Socio-economic Integration of African Migrants in Russia
On October 26, 2022, Isaac Oni will defend his PhD thesis on the topic "Socio-economic Integration of African Migrants in Russia" in the scientific specialty 22.00.04 - Social structure, social institutions and processes.
Socio-economic Integration of African Migrants in Russia
The candidate:
Oni Isaac Olumayowa
Руководитель:
Oparin Dmitriy (other work under the hand)
Члены комитета:
Brednikova Olga (Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Social Sciences, Chairman of the Committee),
Dmitry Grigoryev (Centre for Sociocultural Research, Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Psychology),
Caress Schenk (Nazarbayev University, PhD),
Simon Mark (The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Candidate of Political Sciences),
Loyd Thomas Robert (Cardiff University, PhD).
The dissertation was accepted for preliminary consideration: 5.08.2022
This dissertation accepted for defense: 5.08.2022
Diss. Council: Council on Sociology
Date of protection: 26.10.2022
This dissertation examines the integration process of African migrants in Russia (Moscow). The African migrant community in Russia remains an understudied group among migrant communities in Russia. Though, African migrants constitute a small fragment of migrants’ community in Russia, their population within the Russian landscape is gradually increasing. Most of the academic research on African migrants have predominantly focused on student migrants without considering the gradual increase of labor migrants from Africa. According to the Russian statistics, as many labor migrants from Africa are arriving in Russia, many are also departing. This dissertation investigates the strategies employed by African migrants to cope with the challenges encountered in Russia and how this has facilitated their integration process. Using a qualitative research method, this research explores three context-based topics which include: sociability, housing market and labor market. Therefore, revealing the situations that African migrants are exposed to and how they have been able to adapt. Viewing these topics through the lenses of the African migrants, the research reveals individual and collective approaches of coping strategies employed by African migrants. Using the ‘thick skin’ and surrogate method are individual strategies used by African migrants to cope within the social arena while ethnic entrepreneurship is a coping strategy used in the economic environment. Drawing conclusions from in-depth interviews with labor migrants from African countries, much is learned about their experiences and how it has shaped their perceptions about their host country.
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