Professor Renee Luthra
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Email
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Location
6.340, Colchester Campus
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Profile
Biography
Deputy Director, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change Renee Luthra is a sociologist with expertise in international migration, social stratification, education, and quantitative methods. Her current research interests include migration and inequalities in parenting, education, health and access to justice.
Qualifications
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2010 PhD Sociology, University of California Los Angeles
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2005 MA Sociology, University of California Los Angeles
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2003 BA Sociology / German, University of Texas at Austin
Appointments
University of Essex
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Founding Director, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Essex (1/10/2017 - 1/10/2024)
Other academic
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Deputy Director, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC) (1/9/2025 - present)
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Assistant Director, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC), University of Essex (1/9/2019 - 1/9/2024)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
International Migration
Social Stratification
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Applied Social and Economic Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 5/12/2023
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 12/1/2023
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 16/8/2021
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 21/6/2018
Publications
Journal articles (23)
Ferrara, A. and Luthra, R., (2024). Explaining the attainment of the second-generation: When does parental relative education matter?. Social Science Research. 120, 103016-103016
Luthra, R. and Platt, L., (2023). Do immigrants benefit from selection? Migrant educational selectivity and its association with social networks, skills and health. Social Science Research. 113, 102887-102887
Waldinger, R., Thomas, S. and Luthra, R., (2022). Nationalizing Foreigners: The Making of American National Identity. Nations and Nationalism. 28 (1), 47-65
Luthra, R. and Haux, T., (2022). The mental load in separated families. Journal of Family Research. 34 (2), 669-696
Borkowska, M. and Luthra, R., (2022). Socialization Disrupted: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Engagement in Immigrant Families. International Migration Review. 58 (1), 238-265
Luthra, RR., (2021). Mitigating the Hostile Environment: the role of the workplace in EU migrant experience of Brexit. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 47 (1), 190-207
Nandi, A. and Luthra, R., (2021). The EU Referendum and Experiences and Fear of Ethnic and Racial Harassment: Variation across individuals and communities in England. Frontiers in Sociology. 6, 660286-
Soehl, T., Waldinger, R. and Luthra, RR., (2020). Social politics: The importance of the family for naturalization decisions of the 1.5 generation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 46 (7), 1240-1260
Luthra, RR., Nandi, A. and Benzeval, M., (2020). Unravelling the ‘immigrant health paradox’: ethnic maintenance, discrimination, and health behaviours of the foreign born and their children in England. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 46 (5), 980-1001
Nandi, A., Luthra, R. and Benzeval, M., (2020). When does hate hurt the most? Generational differences in the association between ethnic and racial harassment, ethnic attachment, and mental health. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43 (16), 327-347
Platt, L., Knies, G., Luthra, R., Nandi, A. and Benzeval, M., (2020). Understanding Society at 10 Years. European Sociological Review. 36 (6), 976-988
Luthra, RR., Soehl, T. and Waldinger, R., (2019). Origins and Destinations: a rejoinder. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 42 (13), 2302-2309
Luthra, RR., Soehl, T. and Waldinger, R., (2018). Reconceptualizing Context: A Multilevel Model of the Context of Reception and Second-Generation Educational Attainment. International Migration Review. 52 (3), 898-928
Luthra, RR., Platt, L. and Salamońska, J., (2018). Types of Migration: the motivations, composition, and early integration patterns of 'new migrants' in Europe. International Migration Review. 52 (2), 368-403
Luthra, RR. and Flashman, J., (2017). Who Benefits Most from a University Degree?: A Cross-National Comparison of Selection and Wage Returns in the US, UK, and Germany. Research in Higher Education. 58 (8), 843-878
Luthra, RR. and Platt, L., (2017). The changing face of Pakistani migration to the UK. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice, and Community. 15 (1-2), 15-56
Luthra, RR. and Platt, L., (2016). Elite or middling? International students and migrant diversification. Ethnicities. 16 (2), 316-344
Luthra, RR. and Soehl, T., (2015). From parent to child? Transmission of educational attainment within immigrant families: methodological considerations.. Demography. 52 (2), 543-567
Platt, L., Luthra, RR. and Frere-Smith, T., (2015). Adapting chain referral methods to sample new migrants. Demographic Research. 33 (1), 665-700
Luthra, RR., (2013). Explaining ethnic inequality in the German labor market: Labor market institutions, context of reception, and boundaries. European Sociological Review. 29 (5), 1095-1107
Luthra, RR., (2011). The Position of the Turkish and Moroccan Second Generation in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 37 (3), 523-524
Luthra, RR. and Waldinger, R., (2010). Into the Mainstream? Labor market outcomes of Mexican-origin workers. International Migration Review. 44 (4), 830-868
Luthra, RR., (2009). Temporary immigrants in a high-skilled labour market: A study of H-1Bs. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 35 (2), 227-250
Books (1)
Luthra, R., Waldinger, R. and Soehl, T., (2018). Origins and Destinations The Making of the Second Generation. Russell Sage Foundation. 0871549123. 9780871549129
Book chapters (3)
Johnston, LG. and Luthra, RR., (2014). Analyzing data in RDS. In: Applying Respondent Driven Sampling to Migrant Populations Lessons from the Field. Editors: Tyldum, G. and Johnston, LG., . Palgrave Macmillan. 84- 100. 9781137363602
Luthra, RR. and Waldinger, R., (2013). Intergenerational Mobility. In: Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality. Editors: Card, D. and Raphael, S., . Russell Sage Foundation. 169- 205. 978-0-87154-498-8
Waldinger, R. and Luthra, RR., (2007). Today's second generation: getting ahead or falling behind?. In: Securing the future: US immigrant integration policy, a reader. Editors: Fix, M., . Migration Policy Institute. 978-0-9742819-9-5
Reports and Papers (2)
Luthra, R. and Platt, L., (2021). Are UK immigrants selected on education, skills, health and social networks?
Luthra, RR., Platt, L. and Salamońska, J., (2014). Migrant Diversity, Migration Motivations and Early Integration: The Case of Poles in Germany, the Netherlands, London and Dublin
Grants and funding
2024
'Foreignness' and parental separation: immigrants in the family justice system
Nuffield Foundation
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change
Economic and Social Research Council
2022
Explaining the Education Gap in Attitudes Towards Minorities
Leverhulme Trust
2021
First generation migrants as freelance creative workers: creating a transnational local network, and improving the social and economic situation of creative labour in the South-East
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
2019
The Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC)
Economic and Social Research Council
The Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC)
Economic and Social Research Council
2017
Making EU Staff Welcome in a Hostile Policy Context: Human Resource Strategies in UK Higher Education
Society for Research into Higher Education
2016
The Prevalence and Persistence of Ethnic and Racial Harassment and its Impact on Health: A Longitudinal Analysis
Economic & Social Research Council
The Prevalence and Persistence of Ethnic and Racial Harassment and its Impact on Health: A Longitudinal Analysis
Economic & Social Research Council
The Research Centre for Micro-Social Change (MiSoC)
Economic & Social Research Council
2012
Transmitting Educational Disadvantage? Intergenerational Mobility in Immigrant Families
The Spencer Foundation
2011
Who benefits from post-secondary schooling?
The British Academy
2009
Migration in Europe - Social, Economic and Policy Dynamics
NORFACE
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