Agnieszka Kubal

Post-Doctoral Associate Research Fellow

Contact details: agnieszka.kubal@qeh.ox.ac.uk

 

Agnieszka is a Research Officer at the International Migration Institute, ODID, University of Oxford. Her research interests lie broadly at the intersection of legal and migration studies.

She received her DPhil from the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies for her thesis entitled: ‘Socio-Legal Integration of Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement Migrants in the United Kingdom’ (2010). She holds an MA in Sociology (Jagiellonian University, 2006) and an MA in European Studies (University of Exeter, 2007). Her book entitled: Socio-Legal Integration. Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement Migrants in the UK is forthcoming with Ashgate.

She currently pursues research projects in the areas of European migration systems (THEMIS project), migrants' legal incorporation, comparative legal culture and social theory (structure-agency interplay). She teaches political sociology (Harris Manchester) and Socio-Legal approaches to Migration (MSc in Migration Studies, ODID). She is a member of SLSA and Migration Law network.

 

Publications

Books

• Kubal, A. (forthcoming) Socio-Legal Integration. Polish Post-2004 EU Enlargement Migrants in the United Kingdom, Farnham: Ashgate (contract signed).

 

Journal articles and peer-reviewed papers

• Kubal, A. (2013 - forthcoming) 'Migrants Relationship with Law in the Host Country. Exploring the role of Legal Culture.' Journal of Intercultural Studies, 34(1).

• Kubal, A. (2011) 'Discussing Legal Adaptations: Perspectives on Studying Migrants' Relationship with Law in the Host Country', IMI Working Paper 38, University of Oxford: International Migration Institute.

• Kubal, A. (2009) ‘Polish Migration to the UK in the 'New' European Union. After 2004 – publication review’, Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 23(4).

• Kubal, A. (2009) ‘Why Semi-Legal? Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement Migrants in the United Kingdom’, Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law 23(2).

• Kubal, A. (2004) 'The ethnic situation in Caucasus in the context of modern conflict theories', [‘Sytuacja etniczna na Zakaukaziu w kontekscie rozwazan nad nowoczesnym konfliktem spolecznym.’] (2004)  Forum Europejskie  2/2004

 

Others (conference proceedings)

• Kubal, A. (2009) 'Recognizing the Place of Legal Culture in Legal Integration Research. Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement Migrants in the United Kingdom’, Research Committee in the in the Sociology of Law Annual Meeting Onati, 7- 2 July.
• Kubal, A. (2008) 'Semi-Legality Question. Polish post-2004 EU Enlargement migrants in the UK’, Research Committee in the Sociology of Law Annual Meeting Milan, 6-12 July.
• Kubal, A. (2006) 'Legal Culture of Polish immigrants in the United Kingdom', 9th Congress of European Association of Social Anthropologists, University of Bristol, 16-25 September.
• Kubal, A. (2005) 'Economic and Social Inclusion/Exclusion of post-2004 Enlargement migrants from Central Eastern Europe in the United Kingdom', Annual Symposium: ‘Transcending borders’ Moving Anthropology Student Network, University of Vienna, Austria; 2-6 November.