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Lorena Rocio Izaguirre Valdivieso

Chargée de recherche FNRS

SSH/IACS Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACCHOS)

I am a sociologist exploring how migration and displacement reshape lives and societies, with a particular focus on South-South migration. My research examines the intersectional impacts of class, race, ethnicity, and gender on migrant experiences, the relationship between spatial and social mobility, and the entanglement of precarity and informality.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at UCLouvain, funded by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS) and based at the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Families and Sexualities (CIRFASE). Previously, I held a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Geography of the University of Neuchâtel and nccr – on the move.

I completed my academic training in Peru, France, and Belgium, earning a Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences from UCLouvain (2019). My work is grounded in fieldwork in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Belgium and engages with Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese academic traditions.

My current project examines how Venezuelan displaced women navigate disrupted mobilities, biographical ruptures, and intergenerational continuities, and how they imagine and negotiate their futures in contexts of displacement.

Year Label School
2019 Docteur en sciences politiques et sociales Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique)
2010 Master en sociologie Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique)
2025
Journal article

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., Bastia, T., Walsham, M., & Cortés, P. P. (2025). Neglected intersections: a view from the South. Comparative Migration Studies, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00456-w (Original work published 2025)


2024
Journal article

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., & Riaño, Y. (2024). Weaving transnational spaces: Peruvian and Colombian suitcase traders moving across South American borders. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, Online first(Online first), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2024.2322747 (Original work published 2024)


Report

Merla, L., Murru, S., Nobels, B., Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., & Robbeets, C. (2024). Children in shared physical custody in Belgium and Italy - Final transversal report of the MobileKids project. Cirfase, UCLouvain. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214264


2023
Journal article

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., & Sandoz, L. (2023). Entrepreneurship as Self-improvement: Stories of Freedom and Precarity among Self-employed People on the Move in São Paulo and Barcelona. Mobility Humanities, 2(2), 27-48. https://doi.org/10.23090/MH.2023.07.2.2.027 (Original work published 2023)


Report

Merla, L., Murru, S., Nobels, B., Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., & Robbeets, C. (2023). Les enfants en garde alternée en Belgique et en Italie - Rapport final transversal du projet MobileKids. Cirfase, UCLouvain. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/214263


2019
Book chapter

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R. (2019). Retornar y comenzar de cero. Experiencias de peruanas retornantes de destinos intra y extra regionales. In Rivera Sánchez, Liliana (ed.) (ed.), ¿Volver a casa? Migrantes de retorno en América Latina. Debates, tendencias y experiencias divergentes (pp. 543-576). El Colegio de México. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/220741


Dissertation

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R. (2019). Trois décennies de migration péruvienne à São Paulo : mobilités et parcours d’incorporation dans une ville en globalisation. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/261003


Journal article

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R. (2019). « On apportait de la boue et on rentrait avec des dollars ! » : la construction d’un circuit migratoire entre São Paulo et Cusco. Cahiers des Ameriques Latines, 91(91), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.4000/cal.9462 (Original work published 2019)


2017
Book chapter

Izaguirre Valdivieso, L. R., Busse, E., & Vásquez, T. (2017). Discursos en tensión y oportunidades de cambio: la nueva ley de migraciones en Perú. In Ramírez, Jacques (coord.) (ed.), Migración, Estado y Políticas. Cambios y continuidad en América del Sur (p. 288 p.). CELAG, Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/223396


Learning units for 2025

Label Code
Sociological approaches to family and couple LSEXM2713