Three Cities

Amsterdam
The Netherlands has seen heated debates about the purported problems with migrants and their offspring. These problems are primarily understood in terms of ethnic and cultural difference. How does this impact the encounter between migrant parents and professionals?
Paris
Since the banlieue riots and the terrorist attacks, migrant parents and their children have found themselves at the center of political and societal worries in France. How do migrant parents and professionals working with them in Paris negotiate what is 'good parenting' in this context?
Milan
A sense of crisis looms in Italy. Economic concerns, shrinking public resources, and the refugee emergency add to longstanding concerns over national birthrates and migration. How do professionals and volunteers working in Milan address migrant parents in this context of crisis?Research Team

Anouk de Koning is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University, where she leads the Reproducing Europe project.
Anouk de Koning
Amsterdam

Wiebe Ruijtenberg is a PhD candidate at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University. His research explores experiences of fatherhood among Egyptian fathers in Amsterdam.
Wiebe Ruijtenberg
Amsterdam

Anick Vollebergh is Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University. She investigates professionals' notions of good parenting and citizenship in Paris.
Anick Vollebergh
Paris

Soukaina Chakkour is a PhD candidate at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University. Her research focuses on how everyday citizenship is negotiated among Egyptian migrants in Paris.
Soukaina Chakkour
Paris

Milena Marchesi is Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University. She researches how new welfare logics and values shape migrant parenting support practices in Milan.
Milena Marchesi
Milan

Lucrezia Botton is a PhD candidate at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, Radboud University. Her research focuses on how a state that is generally perceived as absent conveys parenting norms in Milan.
Lucrezia Botton
Milan