Nicholas Dines

Jean Monnet Fellow in the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (Fiesole, Italy). His research cuts across the themes of contemporary urban change, international migration and diversity politics. During his academic career, he has worked in Italy and the United Kingdom, including Roma Tre University, Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples, University College London and King’s College London. He is presently a member of the editorial board of the academic review Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa (Ethnography and Qualitative Research) and is carrying out research into the management of cultural pluralism in cities like Rabat and Cape Town. Notable among his published works are Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples (Berghahn, 2012) and Public Spaces, Social Relations and Well-Being in East London (Policy Press, 2006).