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Non-metropolitan productions of multiculturalism: Refugee settlement in rural Australia (2017)
Journal Article
Wilding, R., & Nunn, C. (2018). Non-metropolitan productions of multiculturalism: Refugee settlement in rural Australia. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(14), 2542-2560. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2017.1394479

In spite of the widespread backlash against multicultural policies, diversity remains a feature of globalized societies, requiring better understandings of how cultural difference is negotiated in rapidly transforming communities. Building on existin... Read More about Non-metropolitan productions of multiculturalism: Refugee settlement in rural Australia.

Navigating precarious terrains: Reconceptualising refugee youth settlement (2017)
Journal Article
Nunn, C., Gifford, S. M., McMichael, C., & Correa-Velez, I. (2017). Navigating precarious terrains: Reconceptualising refugee youth settlement. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 33(2), 45-55

Settlement is widely understood as the final stage of the refugee journey: a durable solution to forced displacement and a stable environment in which former refugees can rebuild their lives. However, settlement is shaped by rapidly changing socio-po... Read More about Navigating precarious terrains: Reconceptualising refugee youth settlement.

Resettlement of refugee youth in Australia: experiences and outcomes over time (2017)
Journal Article
McMichael, C., Nunn, C., Correa-Velez, I., & Gifford, S. M. (2017). Resettlement of refugee youth in Australia: experiences and outcomes over time. Forced migration review, 54, 66-68

Findings from a longitudinal study of long-term resettlement experiences of refugee youth living in Melbourne show that refugee experiences – both pre- and post-resettlement – continue to influence opportunities and outcomes many years after arrival. Read More about Resettlement of refugee youth in Australia: experiences and outcomes over time.

Return Visits and Belonging to Countries of Origin among Young People from Refugee Backgrounds (2016)
Journal Article
McMichael, C., Nunn, C., Gifford, S., & Correa-Velez, I. (2017). Return Visits and Belonging to Countries of Origin among Young People from Refugee Backgrounds. Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 17(3), 423-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12149

In this article, we explore the return visits of resettled young people from refugee backgrounds to their personal and/or ancestral countries of origin. We draw on qualitative data from a longitudinal study of people who fled their country of origin... Read More about Return Visits and Belonging to Countries of Origin among Young People from Refugee Backgrounds.

Translations-Generations: Representing and producing migration generations through arts-based research (2016)
Journal Article
Nunn, C. (2016). Translations-Generations: Representing and producing migration generations through arts-based research. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 38(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2017.1269059

Migration generations play a central role in structuring and mediating relations in immigrant-background groups and are important conceptual categories for understanding how these groups change over time. Yet, in both research and practice, communica... Read More about Translations-Generations: Representing and producing migration generations through arts-based research.

Introduction to Home: An exploratory journey with young Somali-Australians (2016)
Journal Article
Nunn, C. (2016). Introduction to Home: An exploratory journey with young Somali-Australians. Liminalities, 12(1),

As the first generation of young people growing up in an emerging immigrant community, the Somali-Australians who passed through adolescence in the first decade of this century were pioneers. Forging their own paths through the spatial, socio-cultura... Read More about Introduction to Home: An exploratory journey with young Somali-Australians.

Negotiating national (non)belongings: Vietnamese Australians in ethno/multicultural Australia (2015)
Journal Article
Nunn, C. (2017). Negotiating national (non)belongings: Vietnamese Australians in ethno/multicultural Australia. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 24(2), 216-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289x.2015.1096273

Many immigrant-receiving countries are characterised by increasing multigenerational ethnocultural diversity, with associated policies and discourses of inclusion. Yet they often simultaneously resist relinquishing narratives and practices grounded i... Read More about Negotiating national (non)belongings: Vietnamese Australians in ethno/multicultural Australia.

Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds (2015)
Journal Article
Nunn, C., McMichael, C., Gifford, S., & Correa-Velez, I. (2016). Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42(3), 382-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2015.1086633

In recent decades, the meaning and value of formal state citizenship has shifted dramatically. In the same period, scholarship on citizenship has drawn attention to the proliferation of alternative forms of sub-, supra- and transnational citizenship,... Read More about Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds.

Studying refugee settlement with longitudinal research: methodological and ethical insights from the Good Starts study (2015)
Journal Article
McMichael, C., Nunn, C., Gifford, S., & Correa-Velez, I. (2015). Studying refugee settlement with longitudinal research: methodological and ethical insights from the Good Starts study. Journal of Refugee Studies, 28(2), 238-257. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feu017

Research involving resettled refugees raises methodological and ethical complexities. These complexities typically emerge within cross-sectional research that focuses on refugee experiences at a specific point in time. Given the long-term and dynamic... Read More about Studying refugee settlement with longitudinal research: methodological and ethical insights from the Good Starts study.

‘I came to this country for a better life’: factors mediating employment trajectories among young people who migrated to Australia as refugees during adolescence (2014)
Journal Article
Nunn, C., McMichael, C., Gifford, S., & Correa-Velez, I. (2014). ‘I came to this country for a better life’: factors mediating employment trajectories among young people who migrated to Australia as refugees during adolescence. Journal of Youth Studies, 17(9), 1205-1220. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2014.901496

Located at the intersection of two vulnerable groups in the contemporary labour market, young people who migrate as refugees during adolescence face a unique constellation of opportunities and challenges that shape their employment trajectories. Yet,... Read More about ‘I came to this country for a better life’: factors mediating employment trajectories among young people who migrated to Australia as refugees during adolescence.