Irma Mačkinė Editor

Mieke Schrooten is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Odisee University of Applied Sciences and the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Her research focuses on migration and social work, with a particular focus on transnational social work, migration governance, and the role of civil society in welfare provision.

Irma Mačkinė is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Vilnius University, Lithuania. Her research focuses on migration and transnational families, with particular attention to family solidarity amid personal, social and political disruptions. She is currently an editor of Polish Sociological Review and an associate editor of Nordic Journal of Migration Research.

Vida Česnuitytė is Professor of Sociology at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her research focuses on family conceptualisation and practices, transnational families, social policy, and social research methodology. She has been actively involved in national and international research projects for more than two decades.