Cities of Migration

Asya Pisarevskaya is an Assistant Professor in Migration and Diversity Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She works on migration-related diversities and modes of governance in European cities. Her wider research interests lie in the comparative analysis of policies and practices for migrant inclusion. Dr. Pisarevskaya holds a PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research from the University of Milan and the University of Turin, Italy. She is a lecturer and thesis supervisor in the international Master Programme ‘Governance of Migration and Diversity’ and Bachelor programme ‘Management of International Social Challenges’ at the Erasmus School of Social and Behvaioural Sciences.  Peter Scholten is Full Professor in the Governance of Migration and Diversity at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Peter is director of the LDE (Leiden-Delft-Erasmus) Research Center on the Governance of Migration and Diversity and Coordinator of the European University of Post-Industrial Cities. Also, he is editor in chief of the journal Comparative Migration Studies, and associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. His work focuses on the multi-level governance of migration and diversity policies, on cities of migration, on governance mainstreaming, complexity governance and on the relationship between research and policy in the field of migration policymaking.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Conceptualizing the Plurality of Urban Diversities.- 3. Mapping the Diversity of Urban Diversities.- 4. Cities Cluster I: High Diversity and Low Segregation.- 5. Cities Cluster II: High Diversity And High Segregation.- 6. Cities Cluster III: Low Diversity and High Segregation.- 7. Cities Cluster IV: Low Diversity and Low Segregation.- 8. Towards a Typology of Urban Diversities.- 9. Conclusions.- References.