Steven Vertovec

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Steven Vertovec is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity and Honorary Joint Professor of Sociology and Ethnology at the University of Göttingen. He is also a Supernumerary Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford. His previous positions include Professor of Transnational Anthropology at the University of Oxford (2002-07) and directorships at the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (1997-2007). Vertovec’s research foci include globalization and the transnational along with international migration and ethnic diasporas. Co-Founder and Co-Editor of the journal Global Networks, Vertovec has provided consultancy expertise to organizations including the British Council, the European Commission, and the World Bank.