Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Background:
Peter Holley received his Master of Social Science degree in Sociology in July 2008.
He is currently Doctoral Student at the Department of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. He also works as a researcher at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN). Holley is interested in international migration; personhood; citizenship; ethnic, racial and national identifications; ordinary cosmopolitanisms; ethnographic methods; and narrative and discourse analysis.
Holley's research is supervised by Professor David Inglis, Department of Social Research (Sociology) and Dr Östen Wahlbeck, Swedish School of Social Science (Sociology).
Research areas:
- Sociology
- International migration
- Finland
- Personhood, self and identity
- Ethnicity, 'race' and nationhood
- Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism
- Everyday knowledge
- Ethnography (multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, biographic narrative interviewing and focus group discussions)
- Narrative and discourse analysis (discursive constructionism)
Current Research:
Doctoral research project title: Situated Subjectivities: Narrative Identity and Human Agency in the Context of Migration
Links:
Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
- Transnationalism
- Nationalism
- Cosmopolitanism
- Subjectivity
- Identity
- Collective Identification
- Ethnography
- Ethnomethodology
- Discourse Analysis
- Narrative Analysis
- Ethnicity
- 'Race'/Racism
- 514 Sociology
- Cultural Studies
- Qualitative Research
- Migrancy
- Intersectionality
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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NJMR: Over 10 Years of Commitment to Publishing Excellent Research
Abdelhady, D., Holley, P. & Irastorza, N., 7 Dec 2022, In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 12, 4, p. 376–378 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Being Cosmopolitan and Anti-Cosmopolitan: The Covid-19 Pandemic as a Cosmopolitan Moment
Holley, P., 2 Jun 2020, In: European Sociologist. 45, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Notes on the Corona Crisis
Näre, L., Bendixsen, S. & Holley, P., Jun 2020, In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 10, 2, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Editor's Message
Holley, P. H., 2017, In: European Sociologist. 40, 1, p. 1-3 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › General public
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Editor's Message
Holley, P. H., 2016, In: European Sociologist. 39, 1, p. 1 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › General public
Open Access
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EU-hankevalmistelutuki
Uudenmaan Liitto / Nylands Förbund
18/04/2023 → 31/12/2024
Project: Other funder
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MIDI - Migration and Diaspora Studies Research Group
Wahlbeck, Ö., Saksela-Bergholm, S., Creutz, K., La Vecchia-Mikkola, V., Holley, P., Lillrank, A., Kivisto, P., Toivanen, M., Martikainen, T., Valtonen, K., Pyrhönen, N. J., Koikkalainen, S. & Toivanen, M.
01/10/2014 → …
Project: Research project
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Transnationalism as a Social Resource among Diaspora Communities
Wahlbeck, Ö., Holley, P., Saksela-Bergholm, S., Toivanen, M., Koikkalainen, S. & Toivanen, M.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
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A Study of Temporary Labour Migrants' Experiences of Working Conditions and Social Protection in Finland Part 2
Alho, R., Helander, M., Holley, P. & Saksela-Bergholm, S.
01/05/2012 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
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A Study of Temporary Labour Migrants' Experiences of Working Conditions and Social Protection in Finland Part 1
Helander, M., Saksela-Bergholm, S., Alho, R. & Holley, P.
01/01/2011 → 31/12/2012
Project: Research project
Prizes
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The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation
Holley, Peter (Recipient), 25 May 2012
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation
Holley, Peter (Recipient), 25 May 2013
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Doctoral Research Grant
Holley, Peter (Recipient), 27 Feb 2009
Prize: Prizes and awards
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The Kone Foundation: Doctoral Research Grant
Holley, Peter (Recipient), 30 Nov 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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ESA RN07 (Sociology of Culture) Midterm Conference
Peter Holley (Speaker: Presenter)
10 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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20TH NORDIC MIGRATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE & 17TH ETMU CONFERENCE
Peter Holley (Speaker: Chair)
13 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Sociological Association Conference 15th in Barcelona (online)
Peter Holley (Speaker: Chair)
1 Sept 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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European Sociological Association (ESA) Election Nomination Committee Member
Peter Holley (Participant)
1 Jul 2021 → 3 Sept 2021Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
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ESA Research Network 35 (Sociology of Migration) Midterm Conference
Peter Holley (Speaker: Presenter)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Press/Media
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Election Talk: Immigrant, celebrity, family man, entrepreneur, activist and now a politician?
03/04/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media