Education
- Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Sociology), Loughborough University, UK (July 2018)
- Master of Arts with Merit in Global Migration, Swansea University, UK (2012)
- Degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Political Science (Middle East & North Africa focus), University of Naples “L’Orientale,” Italy (2002)
Research Interests
- International migration; diaspora and transnationalism; integration policies; migrant organizations; social research methods; sociology and anthropology of the Middle East and South Asia; sociology of Islam.
Biography
Dr. Gennaro Errichiello has been Assistant Professor of Social Development and Policy at Habib University since January 2026, having first joined as a Global Fellow in the same program from January to December 2025. He teaches What’s Modernity?, Global Migration, Introduction to Sociology, and Social Theory I & II.
Before Habib, Dr. Errichiello taught at SOAS, University of London (Going Global: Introduction to International Migration; International Migration and Diaspora Politics; Methodologies in the Social Sciences), Webster University in Tashkent (Global Social Problems), and Loughborough University (Foundations in Qualitative Research Methods; Introduction to Research Methods), and was a Lecturer in Health at the London School of Science and Technology (February 2024–January 2025). His research focuses on South–South migration, Pakistani diasporas, migration governance, and integration policies, with particular emphasis on Arab and South Asian contexts. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) programme (since September 2025) and previously worked with GLMM/GRC/the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (May 2025).
Selected Publications
- “The middle-class Pakistanis’ experience of everyday integration in Dubai: Beyond the Western-centric approach.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 34(1), 2025.
- “The ‘local turn’ and everyday integration: The Pakistani middle-class migrants in Dubai.” Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 21(2), 2023.
- Errichiello, G., and Nyhagen, L. “‘Dubai is a transit lounge’: Migration, temporariness, and belonging among Pakistani middle-class migrants.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 30(2), 2021.
- “Foreign workforce in the Arab Gulf States (1930–1950): Migration patterns and nationality clause.” International Migration Review, 46(2), 2012.
Selected Book Chapters
- “The transformation–migration nexus in the United Arab Emirates: A historical analysis,” in Social Change in the Gulf Region, Springer, 2023.
- “Making middle-class lives: Diaspora and belonging among Pakistanis in Dubai,” in Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas, Routledge, 2023.
Scholarships
- Full Ph.D. Scholarship in Social Sciences, Graduate School, Loughborough University (2014–2017)
- Full Scholarship, MA in Global Migration, European and Welsh Social Fund, Swansea University (2011–2012)
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