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Irina is a qualitative interpretive sociologist who studies high-skill and elite migrations, migrant agency and integration, the work of memory and identity, symbolic interaction, and formation of diasporas. Through the prism of symbolic interactionism and interpretive biographic research, her work challenges traditional understandings of integration and agency by looking into their intersectionality and having a particular focus on global elite and transnational migrants such as artists and athletes.

Originally from Russia, Irina has studied and worked globally, including academic institutions in Russia, Scotland, Italy and North America. For many years, she has been Associate Editor for the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies and the Managing Editor of the IMISCOE-Springer Research Series.

Recent Publication 

Isaakyan, I. (2026/Forthcoming). ‘Publishing Migration Research: Tips on Publishing a Journal Article’, in R. Zapato-Barrero and D. Vintila (Eds.) Göç Araştırmalarında Yöntemler [How to Do Migration Research (translated into Turkish)]. GAV Perspektif Publishing House.

Isaakyan, I. (2025). , in L. Oso (Ed). Elgar Encyclopedia of Migration. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Isaakyan, I. (2024). . IMISCOE-Springer.

Isaakyan, I. (2024). ‘Publishing Migration Research: Tips on Publishing a Journal Article’, in R. Zapato-Barrero and D. Vintila (Eds.) How to Do Migration Research, Edward Elgar Publishing. .

Isaakyan, I. (2023). ‘Elite migrations’, in A. Triandafyllidou (Ed.) . London & New York: Routledge. Pp. 116-125.

Isaakyan, I., Baglioni, S., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2023). The ‘back-stepper’and the ‘career diplomat’: turning points of labour market integration.  , 120.

Isaakyan, I. (2022). . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(16), 3860–3878. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2022.2028351

Isaakyan, I., Triandafyllidou, A., & Baglioni, S. (2023).  (p. 231). Springer Nature.

Isaakyan, I., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2021). . In Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in European Labour Markets: A Comparative Approach on Legal Barriers and Enablers (pp. 95-113). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Triandafyllidou, A. (2019) , European Journal of Cultural Studies.