Publications

Recent Work

Demireva, N. (2022). Social Cohesion, Community Responses to Sustainability, Food Insecurity and Alternative Food Networks: the Case of CoFarm, https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/the-case-of-cofarm

Demireva, N. & Zwysen, S. (2021) “Wellbeing in local areas: how trust, happiness, social distance and experience of discrimination differ in the perceived ethnic enclave”, European Societies, DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2021.2006258

Demireva, N. (2021) “On Voluntary associations and New Avenues for Research on Social Trust” pp.159-178 in Trust Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Essays, Raquel Barradas de Freitas and Sergio Lo Iacono (ed.), Hart Publishing, Oxford

Demireva, N. and Zwysen, W. (2021) “Ethnic Enclaves, Economic and Political Threat: An Investigation With the European Social Survey.” Frontiers in Sociology 6(110).

Thompson, P., Plummer, K. and Demireva, N. (2021) Pioneering Social Research: Life stories of a generation, Policy Press

Demireva, N. (2021) “Theoretical frameworks underlying research on the ‘lived’ experiences of migration” Chapter 1 pp. 21-42 in Migration Insights, Kovacheva, S and Popivanov, B. (ed.) ”On the road: Migration as part of the lived experience of Bulgarian immigrants in the EU”, St. Kliment Ohridki University Press, Sofia

Selected Journal Articles

Demireva, N. and Zwysen, W. (2021) “Wellbeing in local areas: how trust, happiness, social distance and experience of discrimination differ in the perceived ethnic enclave”, European Societies, DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2021.2006258

Demireva, N. and Zwysen, W. (2021). “Ethnic Enclaves, Economic and Political Threat: An Investigation With the European Social Survey.” Frontiers in Sociology 6(110).

Social Inclusion Special Issue: The Lived Experiences of Migration: Individual Strategies, Institutional Settings and Destination Effects in the European Mobility Process

Demireva, N. (2019) “Receiving Country Investments and Acquisitions: How Migrants Negotiate the Adaptation to Their Destination”, Social Inclusion, Volume 7, Issue 4.

Demireva, N. and Quassoli, F. (2019) “An Introduction to The Lived Experiences of Migration: Individual Strategies, Institutional Settings and Destination Effects in the European Mobility Process”, Social Inclusion, Volume 7, Issue 4.

Social Inclusion Special Issue: Returns to Human Capital and the Incorporation of Highly-Skilled Workers in the Public and Private Sector of Major Immigrant Societies

Demireva, N. and Fellini, I. (2018). An Introduction to “Returns to Human Capital and the Incorporation of Highly-Skilled Workers in the Public and Private Sector of Major Immigrant Societies”, Social Inclusion, 6(3), 1-5.

Zwysen, W. and Demireva, N. (2018). An Examination of Ethnic Hierarchies and Returns to Human Capital in the UK. Social Inclusion, 6(3), 6-33.

Lo Iacono, S. and Demireva, N. (2018). Returns to Foreign and Host Country Qualifications: Evidence from the US on the Labour Market Placement of Migrants and the Second Generation. Social Inclusion, 6(3), 142-152.

Zwysen, W. and Demireva, N. (2018) “Ethnic and migrant penalties in job quality in the UK: the role of residential concentration and occupational clustering.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2018): 1-22. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1498777

Russell-Jonsson, K. and Demireva, N. (2018) “Does the ethno-religious diversity of a neighbourhood affect the perceived health of its residents?” Social Science & Medicine 204 (2018): 108-116.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.011

Demireva, N. and Heath, A. (2017) Minority Embeddedness and Economic Integration: Is Diversity or Homogeneity Associated with Better Employment Outcomes? Social Inclusion (ISSN: 2183–2803)2017, Volume 5, Issue 1, DOI: 10.17645/si.v5i1.825, Special issue “International Migration and Ethnic Integration”, editors Yaojun Li and Anthony Heath

Demireva, N. and Heath, A. (2014) “Diversity and the Civic Spirit in British Neighbourhoods: An Investigation with MCDS and EMBES 2010 Data.” Sociology: 48 (4): 643-663.

Heath, A. and Demireva, N. (2014) “Has multiculturalism failed in Britain?” Ethnic and Racial Studies 37(1): 161-180.

Demireva, N. (2011) “New Migrants in the UK: Employment Patterns and Occupational Attainment”; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37 (4): 637-655

Demireva, N. and Kesler, C. (2011) “The Curse of Inopportune Transitions: the Labour Market Behaviour of Immigrants and Natives in the UK”, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 52 (4): 306-326

Demireva, N. with Kovacheva, S. and Lewis, S. (2005) “Changing Cultures in Changing Workplaces: UK and Bulgaria Compared”, Sociological Problems: p. 62-81

Books and Chapters in Edited Volumes

Thompson, P., Plummer, K. and Demireva, N. (2021) Pioneering Social Research: Life stories of a generation, Policy Press

Demireva, N. (2021) “On Voluntary associations and New Avenues for Research on Social Trust” in Trust Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Essays, Raquel Barradas de Freitas and Sergio Lo Iacono (ed.)

Demireva, N. and Heath, A. (2015) “Informal, Associational Bonding and Associational Bridging: Which Ties Matter Most for Minority Involvement and Integration” Chapter 8, pp 126-145 in in Li, Y. (ed) The Handbook of Research Methods and Applications on Social Capital, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

Demireva, N. (2008) “Examining the differential job search methods of ethnic groups in the UK – how immigrants and minority members use their social resources and institutional settings to overcome labour market disadvantage” pp.209-241 in ‘Ethnicity, Equality and Justice Beyond the Paradigms of Recognition and Redistribution’, Karin Hallden, Elias le Grand, Zenia Hellgren (ed.); Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Working Papers

Zwysen, W. and Demireva, N. (2020). “Who benefits from host country skills? Evidence of heterogeneous labour market returns to host country skills by migrant motivation”, ISER Working Paper Series

Papers in Progress

Demireva, N. with Wouter Zwysen “Why do we believe that majority members have been undercut by rising shares of migrants – an analysis of Understanding Society and BHPS”

Demireva, N. with Wouter Zwysen “Labour market incorporation of migrants according to their motivations in Australia” (GEMM Project)

Demireva, N. with Sergio Lo Iacono “Betting Shops as Agents of Local Neighbourhood Disorganization: Crime and Local Institutions, the Case of the UK”

Demireva, N., with Anthony Heath, and Ceri Peach “Segregation, Ethnic Flights and Stereotyping in the Context of the British Neighbourhood”

Policy Reports

Demireva, N. (2018) GEMM Research in Focus/GEMM Policy Brief in Focus, GEMM Project website

Demireva, N. (2018) “Promoting Contact Through Local Community Centres” in ‘If you could do one thing…Local actions to improve social integration’, Anthony Heath (ed.) British Academy Report

Demireva, N. (2014) ‘Social Cohesion in Britain: Key Facts, Challenges and Responses’, pp161-179 in “Social Cohesion – Addressing Social Divides in Europe and Asia”. Editors Wilhelm Hofmeister, Patrick Rueppel, Yeo Lay Hwee and Claire Dhéret, Select Books

Kesler, C. and Demireva, N. (2011) “Social Cohesion and Host Country Nationality among Immigrants in Western Europe”, Chapter 8, pp.209-236 in “Naturalisation: A Passport For The Better Integration Of Immigrants?”, OECD Publications

Demireva, N. (2009) “Ethnicity and Social Organisation: Changes and Challenges”, Report for Beyond Current Horizons; Futurelab Initiative of the Department for Children, Schools and Families

Demireva, N. (2009) “Equalsoc Reports: Ethnic Minority Representation in the Public Sectors of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the US”, Equalsoc Reports

Demireva, N. (2008) “The Labour Market Performance of Ethnic Minority Populations”, Equalsoc Reports