PhD Leticia Calderón Chelius
Semblance
She has a PhD in Social Sciences specialized in Political Science
from FLACSO-Mexico (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences).
She is a member of the National Researchers System and of the
Mexican Academy of Sciences. Her academic works include the
following books:Conducting researches in order to influences: reflections on the challenges and tasks of the contemporary social scientist: Mexico, Mora Institute, 2011 (coordinated with Simone LUCATELLO). Superheroes do not exist. Mexican migrants before the first elections abroad. y The political dimension or Mexican migration, co-authored with Jesús Martínez Saldaña. She also coordinated the book Voting from a distance, the extension of political rights to migrants, compared experiences. Moreover, she has published many chapters and chapters of research and dissemination in the fields of political sociology of migration. She has been professor in several higher education institutions and dissertation supervisor in her specialization field. She is member of the Editorial Council of the CEMCA and coordinator of the website www.migrantologos.mx. She is also member of the Sponsorship of the Mexican Civil Association Without Frontiers A.P. of the advisor committee of the Women in Migration Institution (IMUMI) and advisor of the organization Mexicans in exile.
Academic Education
PhD in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico. Dissertation: Living two times: Political attitudes of Mexican migrants.
Research lines
Political culture and political socialization in migration processes.
Transnational citizenship and migrant citizen activism.
International migration as a process of global study.
Political right as human rights: migrants’ right to vote.
Contemporary migration policies.
Research projects
New experiences in the Mexican migration process: forced displacement and political asylum (CONACYT/Mora).
Reasons for not coming back: young Mexican fighting for the Dream
Act and Mexicans demanding political asylum abroad (CEMCA).
SharingSpace - intercultural cities and collective space Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES.
Contact
Phone number: 55 98 37 77 ext. 1109
Email: lcalderon@institutomora.edu.mx