Weronika Kloc-Nowak

University of Warsaw | UW · Centre of Migration Research

In the article I analyse the emergence of lifestyle considerations among former labour migrants and the importance of these new preferences for their choice to settle in the new location. The paper critically engages with the theoretical framework of ‘lifestyle migration’ and discusses its applicability to labour migrants from Central-Eastern Europ...

What happens when the parents of migrants age and need care in mobile and aging societies? Ethnomorality of Care acts as a window in sharing how physical distance challenges family-centered elderly care by juxtaposing transnational families with non-migrant families. A novel approach that explores intentions and moral beliefs concerning elderly ca...

The book explores intra-EU mobility of Polish families as seen by the migrants themselves. The author analyses in what way mobility has influenced their choices regarding if, when and where to have and raise their children. She evaluates how the family dynamics have affected their decisions regarding long-term settlement. The analysis is based on n...

How to bolster family ties across geographical distance? If your New Year resolution has been to improve relationships with your significant others amidst the pandemic, we have some expert advice for you. Polish grandparents with migrant families share their strategies for quality time together and effective online communication with their grandchi...

Do distance and national borders make a difference in grandparents’ relation and communication practices with their grandchildren? Is transnational grandparenthood a unique phenomenon? Research on diverse types of grandparental care and virtual co-presence in transnational families suggests migrants and their parents have mastered the ways to care...

Following EU enlargement in 2004, the United Kingdom and Ireland experienced large‐scale migration from Poland and other new EU states. The Poles who migrated to both jurisdictions were demographically similar and have faced similar challenges although these have begun to diverge in the context of Brexit. Previous research emphasized the intentiona...

This article investigates Brexit’s impact within a theoretical (push–pull) framework using a survey of long-term Polish migrants in the UK (CAPI, N = 472, conducted in 2018). Our results show that the perception of Brexit as a factor discouraging migrants from staying in the UK was limited. Still, those with experience of living in other countries,...

Open access: https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/352 The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union will end the European Freedom of Movement and the privileged migration status of EU Citizens in the UK, which will likely affect ‘Brexit families’ and their transnational care arrangements. This is a case study of the b...

The article looks at the origins and scale of migration of Poles to the Republic of Ireland and the characteristics of migrants in light of various statistical data. It outlines the characteristics of the Polish population in Ireland on the basis of 2016 census, taking into account the main directions of changes in relation to previous censuses. Po...

Chapter 10. ‘Elderly people and their families – migrations and care arrangements’ describes the care situation of elderly people in two studied localities, Kluczbork and Końskie, based on the household survey and individual in-depth interviews with the elderly as well as with their migrant children in the United Kingdom (England). We focus specifi...

Building on the distinction between the normative and the negotiable aspects of care, we argue that to understand the social phenomenon of care, we have to analyse not only the moral norms and the care arrangements, but also the intermediary level of intentions. The article presents an ethnomorality of care model combining these three levels. The a...

Przemiany demograficzne zachodzące obecnie w Polsce są przedmiotem zainteresowania i polityków, i naukowców. Badanie konsekwencji tych przemian - zarówno obserwowanych obecnie, jak i oczekiwanych w przyszłości - jest zadaniem niezwykle trudnym ze względu na złożoność problematyki, jej interdyscyplinarność i utrudniony dostęp do wielu istotnych info...

The specific objective of this project is to provide policy-makers and practitioners with a good understanding of the impact of irregular employment of foreigners on the labour markets of the selected EU countries as well its potential for infringement on migrants' rights and for their exploitation; the identification of best measures taken to comb...