Inmaculada
Serrano Sanguilinda

Institute of Economy, Geography y Demography (IEGD)
Tenured Scientist
Dept. of Population
Research Group on Demographic Dynamics
Office
3F7
Phone
916022569 / Extensión interna: 441432
Digital CSIC
ORCID
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Redes sociales

Biografía

My research focuses on international migration and forced migration, with a particular focus on return and decision-making. In recent years, I have also worked on topics related to migrant and refugee integration, particularly with migrant and refugee children.  

I hold a PhD in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Madrid (BA in Sociology from the University of Salamanca and Master of Arts in Social Sciences from the Juan March Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences).  My dissertation, combining long-term ethnographic work and quantitative analysis, focused on the return process of IDPs in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the 1990s conflict, and it was awarded the 2011 Juan Linz award for the best doctoral thesis in political science. 

I have had a coordinating or leading role in various national and international research projects in these fields (TEMPER, MAFE/MESE, IMMERSE, Breaking). I have worked in different capacities with international organizations such as UNHCR, OHCHR, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and ILO. And I have been Director of Migraciones international journal.

Specialization field
International migration, forced migration. Quantitative and qualitative analysis, survey data and survey design, indicators.
Publications

Selected publications:

  • Serrano, I., Fernández, M. & Bajo, E. (2024) “Building a Set of Indicators to Assess Migrant Children's Integration in Europe: A Co-Creation Approach. Child Indicators Research 17, 2389–2417. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-024-10165-y  
  • Bajo Marcos, Serrano, I. & E. Fernández, M. (2024), “A theoretical framework of the integration and well-being of migrant and refugee minors in Europe”.  Revista Española de Sociología, 33(2), a213, https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2024.213   
  • (Alphabetic order) Bajo, E., Ordóñez, A., Rodríguez-Ventosa, E. & Serrano, I. (2023). “Identifying the Core Indicators of Migrant and Refugee Children’s Integration Using the Delphi Method:  A Multi-Input Strategy for Definition of Consensus”.  International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221149     
  • Bajo Marcos, E., Fernández, M., & Serrano, I. (2023). “Happy to belong: Exploring the embeddedness of well-being in the integration of migrant and refugee minors”. Current Psychology, 42, 22576–22588.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-022-03341-2
  • Monti, A., & Serrano, I. (2022). “Economic reintegration postreturn—examining the role of return voluntariness, resource mobilization and time to prepare”. Population, Space and Place, 28(7) e2577  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/psp.2577 
  • Bajo Marcos, E., Serrano, I., & Fernández García, M. (2021). “The antecedents of well-being in first-generation migrant children: A systematic review”. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13(3), 677–692. https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aphw.12282 
  • (Alphabetic order) Hellgren, Z., & Serrano, I. (2019). “Financial Crisis and Migrant Domestic Workers in Spain: Employment Opportunities and Conditions during the Great Recession”. International Migration Review, 53(4), 1209–1229. (JIF: 2.901; JCR Q2; SJR 1.109, Q1)  
  • Hobson, B., Hellgren, Z., & Serrano, I. (2018). “Migrants, markets and domestic work: Do institutional contexts matter in the personal household service sector?” Journal of European Social Policy, 28(4), 386–401
  • Serrano, I., Barbiano di Belgiojoso, E., González Ferrer, A., Rimoldi, S. M. L., & Blangiardo, G. C. (2017). “Surveying immigrants in Southern Europe: Spanish and Italian strategies in comparative perspective”. Comparative Migration Studies, 5(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-017-0060-4
  • Serrano, I. (2015). “Property rights and reconstruction in the Bosnian return process”. Forced Migration Review, 50, 18–20 
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  • Serrano, I. (2010) Return After Conflict. Rationality and Emotions in the Aftermath of Violent Conflict. Instituto Juan March, Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-694-0983-1. https://cdnrepositorios.march.es/sites/default/files/images/node-53432-document.pdf
  • Serrano, I. (2008). “Understanding the Dynamics of Return: The Importance of Microfoundations”. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 25(1), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21394