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Dr. Camilla Devitt

Associate Professor (Sociology)
      
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Dr. Camilla Devitt

Associate Professor (Sociology)

 devittca@tcd.ie

 


Camilla Devitt's research focuses on the politics of immigration and social policies in Western Europe, with particular interests in labour migration, labour markets and healthcare. Her research also investigates the determinants of immigration, migrant experiences in Western European labour markets and social attitudes. She is a co-editor (with E. M. Immergut, K. M. Anderson and T. Popic) of Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook (2021, Oxford University Press). Her work has also appeared in various academic journals including the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Review, Social Politics, Journal of European Social Policy and Social Policy and Administration. She teaches political sociology, economic sociology and race, ethnicity and identity at TCD. She has been a Principal Investigator in various European projects. She received her PhD in political and social sciences from the European University Institute (EUI), Florence.
Project Title
 How do states facilitate the employment of immigrants? Evidence from Ireland
From
September 2022
To
September 2026
Summary
This project investigates the effectiveness of Irish employment services in enabling the employment of job-seekers of migrant background and alleviating their risk of long-term unemployment.
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin Provost PhD Award
Project Title
 HEALTHDOX
From
February 2015
To
August 2018
Summary
"The Paradox of Health State Futures" (HEALTHDOX) project involves a team of scholars from seven European universities and aims to explore future trajectories of European health politics and policies through an investigation of the impact of recent health reforms on health inequalities, health expenditures, and public attitudes towards both the health system and the welfare state.
Funding Agency
Norface
Programme
Welfare future programme
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Assessing and Enhancing Integration in Workplaces' project (WORK-INT)
From
December 2013
To
June 2015
Summary
WORK-INT aims to analyse the workplace integration of non-European citizens in a selection of European cities. The TCD team will be led by Dr. Camilla Devitt. The coordinator is FIERI, Turin and other partners are COMPAS Oxford University, Universitat Complutense de Madrid, and the HWWI, Hamburg.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Project Title
 Implementation of asylum policy in Ireland and Italy
From
2023
To
2025
Summary
Analysis of asylum policy implementation in Ireland and Italy with a focus on perspectives of street level bureaucrats in rural and urban contexts.
Funding Agency
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
Project Title
 Labour Migration Governance (LAB-MIG-GOV)
From
February 2011
To
February 2014
Summary
LAB-MIG-GOV is a three year project coordinated by FIERI, Turin. It is implemented with the support of the "Europe and Global Challenges" Programme promoted by Compagnia di San Paolo, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and VolkswagenStiftung. LAB-MIG-GOV involves critical analysis of Western European labour immigration policies.
Funding Agency
Compagnia di San Paolo, Riksbankens Jubileumsfo
Programme
"Europe and Global Challenges" Programme
Project Type
Research
Person Months
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PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Workers' Experiences in Non-Profit and For-Profit Managed Asylum Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Ireland, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Frames of Forced Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Political and Media Discourses in Italy and Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Street Level Bureaucrats in the Irish Privatised Asylum Regime: Experiences and Professional Identity, Sociology, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Comparative labour migration policies in, editor(s)Meardi, Guglielmo , Research Handbook on Migration and Employment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp290 - 308, ppdoi.org/10.4337/9781839107245 , [Devitt, Camilla], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Koay, Aaron and Camilla Devitt, What Obstructs Health Policy Implementation? A Multi-Method Qualitative Case Study of the Delayed Deployment of Community Pharmacies in Ireland"s National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, Qualitative Health Research, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
The Admission Of Foreign Workers To Italy: Closing The 'Gap' With Northern Europe in, editor(s)Finotelli, Claudia Ponzo, Irene , Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe: A North-South Comparison, Dordrecht, Springer, 2023, pp189 - 207, [Devitt, Camilla], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Camilla Devitt, Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes: An Institutionalist Analysis of Italian Labor Immigration Regulations 1990-2020, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 2023, Notes: [DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2023.2180128], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Merve Sancak, Massimo D'Angelo, Nicola Chelotti, Almina Beši, Metin Çorabatir, Neli Demireva, Camilla Devitt, Claudia Diaz, Buket Bahar Divrak et al, Challenges and opportunities for the employment of refugees in late industrialising countries, Loughborough University London, October, 2023, p1 - 17, Report, PUBLISHED  DOI
Sprong, Stefanie and Camilla Devitt, Onwards and upwards? The Educational and Occupational Expectations of Irish Teens of migrant descent, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43, (7), 2022, p1032-1051 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Camilla Devitt, Beyond Financial Constraints: The politics of Irish health system reform in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Social Policy and Administration, 56, (7), 2022, p1006-1021 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Camilla Devitt, Legal Employment Channels for Third-Country Nationals in the EU 25, Report for European Parliament Brussels, 2005, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED