Dr Ivanna Kyliushyk from Kozminski University has received PLN 701,307 to carry out a project on dual citizenship among Ukrainian migrants in Poland and Canada. The project was selected for funding under the SONATINA 10 call of the National Science Centre Poland.
The project, entitled “Dandelion: Reconfiguring Citizenship Beyond Territory. A Study of Dual Citizenship among Ukrainian Migrants in Poland and Canada”, will examine how migrants interpret, experience and use dual citizenship. Dr Kyliushyk will analyse its impact on their sense of belonging, life strategies and relationships with Ukraine and their country of residence.
The research will cover two distinct migration contexts. Poland has become the main destination for the largest wave of contemporary migration from Ukraine, particularly since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Canada, meanwhile, is home to the world’s largest historically established Ukrainian diaspora. Comparing migrants’ experiences in the two countries will help determine how institutional, political and social environments shape the meaning of dual citizenship.
The project will use qualitative research methods. Dr Kyliushyk will conduct in-depth interviews with Ukrainian migrants who hold Polish or Canadian citizenship, as well as with experts specialising in migration, citizenship policy and relations between states and their diasporas. The material collected will form the basis for a comparative analysis of migrants’ experiences and the institutional conditions in both countries.
The findings will contribute to research in the sociology of citizenship, migration studies and transnationalism. They may also inform the debate on Ukraine’s relations with its citizens living abroad, ways of harnessing the potential of the Ukrainian diaspora, and its role in the country’s post-war reconstruction and integration with the European Union.
As part of the project, Dr Kyliushyk will complete a six-month research fellowship at the Global Migration Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University. She will work with Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, a world-renowned migration scholar, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, and founding director of the Global Migration Institute.
Dr Ivanna Kyliushyk is a political scientist and sociologist affiliated with the Centre for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility (CRASH) at Kozminski University. Her research focuses on Ukrainian migration, the social and professional integration of migrants, mobility capital, transnational practices and the political inclusion of migrants.
The National Science Centre’s SONATINA call supports researchers at the beginning of their academic careers following the completion of their doctoral degrees. Funded projects run for 24 or 36 months and include a research fellowship at a foreign institution.
