Irena Juozeliūnienė

Irena Juozeliūnienė is a professor at the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University. Her research interests focus on families and migration. She published a monograph ‘Mapping Methods in Image-Based Research’ (2014); authored three textbooks, two studies, and is a guest editor of the special issues of Journal of Comparative Family Studies (2013; 2016). She has co-authored a textbook ‘Visual Methods in Migration and Family Research’ (2014), a chapter ‘Transnational families in Lithuania: multi-dimensionality of social relationships and their reorganization’ in Multi-ethnic and transnational families in Europe. Gender and generations (2017); edited collection ‘Family Change in Times of the De-Bordering of Europe and Global Mobility’ (2015; co-editing with J. Seymour). Recent publications include: ‘How Transnational Mothering is Seen to be ‘Troubling’: Contesting and Reframing Mothering’ (2018; co-authoring with I. Budginaitė-Mačkinė); a study ‘Implementation of Return Migration Politics in Lithuania: Experts About Challenges and Coping Mechanisms’ (2019; co-authoring with I. Budginaitė-Mačkinė and I. Bielevičiūtė).