Research areas
- Migration in the broader Eurasian region
- Migration in Nordic countries
- State and society relations in Central Asia
- International relations in Eurasia
Current research
Sherzod Eraliev is currently working on the following research projects:
- “Non-Western migration regimes in a Global Perspective” (MARS), EU-funded research and staff exchange project with 7 EU universities and 16 non-EU partner universities and institutions globally. The project aims to increase our scientific understanding of global, regional and national migration and mobilities in non-Western contexts.
- “Informality, Migrant Precarity and Exploitation in Nordic Context: Uzbek Migrant Workers in Sweden and Finland” (IMPEX), a research project funded by Forte – Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. This ethnographic study of immigrants explores the everyday experiences of adaptation and integration of Uzbek migrants in Sweden.
- Research on post-Soviet (Russian-speaking) immigration in Nordic countries. Among others, this study particularly looks into the experiences of Ukrainian refugees in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its repercussions for Nordic immigration policies.
Eraliev is also researching civil society institutions and state-society relations in non-democratic regimes, as well as migration and authoritarianism in the Eurasian region.
Publications
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Development of Russian Illiberalism and Migration in Central Asia
Anna-Liisa Heusala, Sherzod Eraliev
(2024) Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe
Book chapterIntroduction: The Mutual Impact of Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe
Anna-Liisa Heusala, Kaarina Aitamurto, Sherzod Eraliev
(2024) Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe , p.1-1
Book chapterLegal, illegal, digital: Usbekische Migranten in Russland und der Türkei
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev, Daniyar Kaldiyarov, Azamat Mukhtarov, Daniya Nurmukhankyzy
(2024) Osteuropa , p.147-163
Journal articleSocial Media, Anti-Corruption Activism and Democratisation in Authoritarian Contexts: A Case Study of Uzbekistan
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev
(2024) Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization
Journal articleEveryday Geopolitics of Uzbek Migrants in Russia and Their Left-behind Families in Uzbekistan
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev
(2024) Eastern Europe and Eurasia in the Global Age: Narrating Geopolitics and Culture
Book chapter"What Have You Done, Brother Putin?" Everyday Geopolitics and Central Asian Labour Migration to Russia
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev
(2024) Central Asian Survey, 43 p.215-234
Journal articleThe Shadow Side of Migration: Exploring the Nexus between Undocumentedness, Informality and Crime among Uzbek Migrants in Sweden
Sherzod Eraliev
(2023) Nordic Journal of Criminology, 24
Journal articleInformality and Uzbek Migrant Networks in Russia and Turkey
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev
(2023) The Central Asian World , p.577-590
Book chapterEveryday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Migrants in Russia: A Socio-Legal Perspective
Rustam Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism
Book chapterReligious Extremism
Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Conflict and Security Law : A Research Handbook , p.1161-1179
Book chapterThe Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes: Central Asian Migrant Workers in Russia and Turkey
Rustam Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) Palgrave International Political Economy Series
BookInformal civil society initiatives in non-Western societies: mahallas in Uzbekistan
Rustam Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) Central Asian Survey, 41 p.477-497
Journal articleMigrant Labor Markets in Russia and Turkey
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.113-143
Book chapterDocumentation and Legalization Arenas in Moscow and Istanbul
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.79-111
Book chapterParallel Worlds of Uzbek Migrants in Russia and Turkey
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.51-77
Book chapterInformality and Migrant Agency in Non-Western Migration Regimes
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.181-188
Book chapterUnderstanding Labor, Law and Informality in Non-Western Migration Regimes
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.1-32
Book chapterThe Shadow Economy and the Street World as a Migration Arena
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.145-180
Book chapterRussian and Turkish Migration Regimes in a Comparative Perspective
Rustamjon Urinboyev, Sherzod Eraliev
(2022) International Political Economy Series , p.33-50
Book chapterCentral Asian female migrants’ transnational social spaces : Straddling illegality and tradition
Sherzod Eraliev, Anna-Liisa Heusala
(2021) Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe , p.114-132
Book chapterPrecarious Times for Central Asian Migrants in Russia
Sherzod Eraliev, Rustam Urinboyev
(2020) Current History, 119 p.258-263
Journal articleCan Return Migration Be a ‘Brain Gain’ for Uzbekistan?
Sherzod Eraliev
(2019) The Diplomat
Newspaper articleGrowing Religiosity Among Central Asian Migrants in Russia: Why Does Migration 'Theologize'?
Sherzod Eraliev
(2018) International and Advanced Japanese Studies, 10-11 p.137-150
Journal article
Background
Sherzod Eraliev has a PhD in Migration Studies from the Special Programme for Central Eurasian Studies at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He has been an Academy of Finland researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, a research fellow at the Central Asia Program of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, and has worked with international organisations in the development, migration and humanitarian spheres.