Research grant (€ 50.000) for the project "Loneliness as a Driver of Emigration (LoneDrivE)":
Many migrants suffer from loneliness. This is typically ascribed to the challenges that come with migration, such as the separation from friends and family in the country of origin and struggles with settling in the destination country. This project breaks new ground by exploring an overlooked additional explanation: selection of lonely people into international migration. The wish to escape experiences of loneliness in the country of origin may contribute to people’s intentions to emigrate. This project analyses multiple, complementary data sources to gain insights into the extent to which loneliness is a driver of emigration.
Awarded date
2023
Degree of recognition
National
Granting Organisations
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)