Majella Kilkey je profesorica socijalne politike na Odeljenju socioloških nauka Univerziteta u Šefildu u Velikoj Britaniji, gde je ko-osnivačica, a trenutno i ko-rukovodilac Grupe za istraživanja migracija na Fakultetu društvenih nauka, gde izvodi nastavu i na master studijama Međunarodne socijalne promene i politike. Glavne oblasti njenog istraživanja su migracije, trans-nacionalne porodice i nega, migracije i rod, uključujući maskulinitet, starenje i migracije, te porodične i migracione politike. Njen geografski fokus je prevashodno na evropskim društvima. Objavila je niz knjiga na navedene teme, uključujući: Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA (sa Diane Perrons, Ania Plomien, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo i Hernan Ramirez, Palgrave 2013); Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility: Global Perspectives through the Life Course (urednica sa Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck, Palgrave 2016). Trenutno učestvuje na brojnim eksterno finansiranim istraživačkim projektima u navedenim oblastima. Majella je izuzetno angažovana u britanskoj akademskoj zajednici u oblasti socijalne politike. Trenutno je ko-urednica časopisa Social Policy & Society (Cambridge University Press), izvršna članica Britanske asocijacije za socijalnu politiku i članica uredništva časopisa Journal of Social Policy (Cambridge University Press). Na međunarodnom nivou, Majella je članica Evropskog sociološkog udruženja i Međunarodnog sociološkog udruženja i predstavnica Univerziteta u Šefildu u IMISCOE-ovom Odboru direktora.
Publikacije u oblasti migracija
Kilkey, M. & Ryan, L. (2020) ‘Unsettling Events: Understanding Migrants’ Responses to Geopolitical Transformative Episodes through a Life-Course Lens’, International Migration Review https://doi.org/10.1177/0197918320905507
Merla, L., Kilkey, M. & Baldassar, L. (2020) ‘Examining transnational care circulation trajectories within immobilizing regimes of migration: Implications for proximate care’, Journal of Family Research https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-351
Kushnir, I., Kilkey, M. & Strumia, F. (2020) ‘EU integration in the (post)-migrant-crisis context: learning new integration modes?’, European Review https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798719000425
Kilkey, M., Merla, L. & Baldassar, L. (2018) ‘Editorial’, Special Issue – The Social Reproductive Worlds of Migrants, Journal of Family Studies, 24:1, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2018.1422319
Kilkey, M. (2018) ‘Transnational Families: Opportunities and Constraints for Caring Across Borders’, in Kapella, O., Schneider, N. & Roast, H. (eds) Familie – Bildung – Migration, Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Baldassar, L., Kilkey, M., Merla, L. & Wilding, R. (2018) ‘Transnational Families in the Era of Global Mobility’, in Triandafyllidou, A. (ed) Handbook on Migration and Globalisation, Edward Elgar.
Kim, G. & Kilkey, M. (2017) ‘Marriage Migration Policy in South Korea: Social Investment beyond the Nation State’, International Migration, 56:1, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12350
Kilkey, M. (2017) ‘Conditioning Family-life at the Intersection of Migration and Welfare: The Implications for “Brexit Families’’’, Journal of Social Policy, 46: 4, 797 – 814. https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727941700037X
Kilkey, M. & Urzi, D. (2017) ‘Social Reproduction in Sicily’s Agricultural Sector: Migration Status and Context of Reception’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43: 15, 2573-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1286971
Kilkey, M. & Palenga-Möllenbeck, E. (eds) (2016) Family Life in An Age of Migration and Mobility. Global Perspectives through the Life Course, Palgrave Macmillan.
Kilkey, M. & Merla, L. (2014) ‘Situating Transnational Families’ Care-giving Arrangements: the role of institutional contexts’, Global Networks. A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 14: 2, 210-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12034
Kilkey, M., Plomien, A. & Perrons, D. (2014) ‘Migrant men’s fathering practices and projects in national and transnational spaces: recent Polish male migrants to London’, International Migration, 52: 1, 178-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12046
Kilkey, M., Perrons, D. & Plomien, A. with Hondagneu-Sotelo, P. & Ramirez, H. (2013) Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA, Palgrave Macmillan.
Kilkey, M. & Palenga-Möllenbeck, E. (2013) ‘Fathers’ time-bind and the outsourcing of ‘male’ domestic work in Europe: the cases of UK and Germany’, Comparative and International Social Policy, 29: 2, 109-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2013.832702
Kilkey, M. (2010) ‘Men and Domestic Labour: A Missing Link in the Global Care Chain’, Men and Masculinities, 13: 1, 126-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X10382884
Kilkey, M., Lutz, H. & Palenga-Möllenbeck, E. (2010) ‘Introduction’ in Themed Section ‘Domestic and care work at the intersection of welfare, gender and migration regimes: European experiences’ (Guest Editors Kilkey, M., Lutz, H. & Palenga-Möllenbeck, E.), Social Policy and Society, 9: 3, 379-84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746410000096
Kilkey, M. & Perrons, D. (2010) ‘Gendered divisions in domestic-work time. The rise of the (migrant) handyman phenomenon’, Time and Society, 19: 2, 239-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X09354439
Perrons, D., Plomien, A. & Kilkey, M. (2010) ‘Migration and uneven development within an enlarged European Union: Fathering, gender divisions and male migrant domestic services’, European Urban and Regional Studies, 17: 2, 197-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776409357362
Aktuelni projekti u oblasti migracija
Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems (Co-I, Economic and Social Research Council-funded, 2017-2021)
Migration, Integration and Governance Research Centre (MIGREC) (Co-I, EU H2020-funded, 2019-2022)
Empowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in Vulnerable Conditions (MIMY) (Co-I, EU H2020-funded, 2020-2023)