Elke Winter is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Ottawa. Her research examines the relationship between social inequality, boundary construction, and pluralist inclusion in ethnically diverse societies. Her research research aims to understand the dynamics of unequal group relations, processes of ethnicization, and pluralist nation-building from a historical and comparative perspective. She is particularly interested in the ways in which (previously constructed) ethnic diversity is integrated normatively into discourses and policies of immigration and citizenship. Her new book Us, Them and Others (UTP 2011) examines the triangular relations between national majorities, established minorities, and immigration-related diversity in Canada and other Western societies. She currently works on a project comparing naturalization policies and citizenship trajectories in North America and Europe.
Research Interests: Immigration and Citizenship, Multiculturalism in Canada/Québec and Western Europe, Discourse and policy analysis, Comparative sociology, and Sociological theory
| Institution: | University of Ottawa |
| Fields of Expertise: | Canadian Politics Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism Ethics and Political Philosophy European Identity/ EU Citizenship Migration |
| Research groups: | Migration/Citizenship/Borders |
| Email: | elke.winter@uottawa.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish |
| Publications: | Middle-class Nation-building Through Immigration?, special issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2024, 50 (7). Peker, E. & E. Winter. 2024. “Confronting or Incorporating Middle-Class Nation-Building? Right-Wing Responses in the Pan-Canadian Context”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50 (7) 1696-1717 Winter, E., F. Alm. 2024. “Canadian Citizenship from Trudeau to Trudeau: A Tale of (Neo-)Liberalization”, in R. Boswel (ed.) “I Am Canadian’ — Or Not: Perspectives on the History of Citizenship in Canada” special issue of Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens, SS, p. 11-13. Patzelt, A., V. Schmid & E. Winter. 2024. “Citizenship as Claims-making: Öffentliche Forderungen für und gegen die Aufnahme von Geflüchteten als gelebte Bürgerschaft”, ZFlucht: Zeitschrift für Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung, 8(1) 138-170. Winter, E. & A. Mekerian (2024) Denizenship, in M. Garcia & T. Faist Encyclopedia of Citizenship Studies, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 421-425 Beyond Binaries and Polarization? Rethinking Pluralist Inclusion in Immigrant Nations, special issue of Journal of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 2023, 29 (4). La Citoyenneté au temps de « l’intégration civique » : regards croisés France/Canada, numéro thématique bilingue de la Revue européenne des migrations internationales (REMI) 2020 36 (4), avec M. Hachimi Alaoui, M., D. Nakache, J. Pélabay, & Y. Scioldo-Zurcher. |
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