The Ukrainian Diaspora in Poland after February 2022:
Lifeworlds of the Labor Migrants and Female Refugees
The Ukrainian Diaspora in Poland after February 2022:
Lifeworlds of the Labor Migrants and Female Refugees
Author(s): Jonathan ScovilSubject(s): Gender Studies, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
Keywords: Poland; Ukraine; refugees; grounded theory; Contact Theory;
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the experiences of Ukrainians living in Poland after the Russian invasion of Ukrainein February 2022, focusing on the interpretive patterns they use to navigate in their daily life in a foreign country.Based on focus group interviews with pre-war labor migrants and female refugees in Warsaw, Wrocław, andŁowicz, the data was analyzed using grounded theory methodology and Contact Theory. The article employs theconcept of lifeworlds to explore differences between respondents’ lives in Poland and Ukraine, their relationshipswith Poles and fellow Ukrainians, and their perspectives on the future of the Ukrainian community in Poland.
Journal: Polish Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 230/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 165-180
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
