Luciana Gandini
Luciana Gandini is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Legal Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the field of sociology of law. She is the Coordinator of the University Seminar on Internal Displacement, Migration, Exile and Repatriation (SUDIMER), which collects and promotes research on migration and human mobility at UNAM.
She is a specialist in migration and refugee policies within Mexico and Latin America, and the labor and sociolegal integration of people on the move among south-south and south-north migratory flows. Her recent research interests include: international migration, development, and human rights; voluntary and involuntary migration; the Venezuelan exodus and Central American caravans; and qualitative and quantitative research methods. In 2020, she researched the impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis on access to socioeconomic rights among migrants and refugees in Latin America.
In 2017 she founded the international network Migrare, composed of more than 200 migration experts from Latin America and beyond. In 2018, she received the UNAM award, National University Distinction for Young Researchers 2018. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and a member of the Comparative Analysis on International Migration and Displacement in the Americas Research Group.
Dr. Gandini received a PhD in social sciences with a concentration in sociology from the College of Mexico (COLMEX) and a master's in population studies from FLACSO-Mexico.
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El financiamiento cambiante de las respuestas al desplazamiento venezolano
La financiación de la respuesta de América Latina al desplazamiento venezolano ha evolucionado con el tiempo, y los recortes de la ayuda internacional exigen nuevos enfoques.
The Shifting Financing of Responses to Venezuelan Displacement
Financing for Latin American responses to Venezuelan displacement has changed over the years, and new approaches are needed in light of foreign aid cuts.
An Imperfect but Constructive Approach: Examining the Latin American and Caribbean Response to Venezuelan Displacement
How have Latin American and Caribbean countries provided protection and access to services for Venezuelan migrants? This discussion explored what the region has and can do to consolidate and deepen existing efforts to help displaced Venezuelans integrate.
Un enfoque imperfecto pero constructivo: examinando la respuesta de América Latina y el Caribe al desplazamiento de venezolanos
Este webinario examina cómo los 15 principales países de acogida en la región de América Latina y el Caribe han brindado protección y acceso a servicios para migrantes venezolanos.
Apuesta por la regularidad migratoria: Respuestas de América Latina y el Caribe frente a la crisis del desplazamiento venezolano
Ante uno de los mayores desplazamientos del mundo, los países latinoamericanos otorgaron estatus legal a entre el 50 y 75 por ciento de los venezolanos desplazados para 2022.
Betting on Legality: Latin American and Caribbean Responses to the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis
Latin American and Caribbean countries granted legal status to an estimated 50 - 75 percent of displaced Venezuelans by 2022, a rare bet on inclusion.
s, M, l, xl ¿Cómo es la bienvenida de los migrantes en las ciudades de tamaño mediano en la región?
En esta conversación, líderes de ciudades medianas examinan las respuestas sociales de la region que han resultado en la integración de nuevos migrantes en comunidades locales.
