Irma Budginaite-Mackine
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irma Budginaite-Mackine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irma |
| FAMILY NAME | Budginaite-Mackine |
| SIGNATURE | BUDGINAITE-MACKINE I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vilnius University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7985-8349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Qualitative Methods in Transnational Family Research
Over the past several decades, research on migrant transnationalism and transnational families (TNFs) has expanded considerably, with qualitative approaches playing a central role.These methods are particularly suited to capturing complex, dynamic and multidimensional relationships among family members across national boundaries, offering rich, contextualised accounts of lived experiences and giving study participants a voice.This paper presents …
Affordable Excellence? The Baltic States as a Destination for International Student Mobility in the Global Education Competition
Research on International Student Mobility (ISM) increasingly examines emerging destinations, reflecting broader dynamics of higher education (HE) internationalisation. The Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—offer a compelling example of how small, non‐traditional destinations seek to position themselves within global HE markets. This study examines their strategies to enhance attractiveness for international students (IS) and to compet…
Transnational Childhood Experiences and Adulthood Trajectories
Article explores how young adults in Lithuania who experienced transnational family life during childhood narrate adulthood through the lens of the ‘linked lives’ perspective. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with individuals aged 18 to 35, the study employs a methodological approach that combines timelining and visual mapping to capture the subjective significance of life events. The findings reveal how experiences of parental migratio…
Defining transnational families across countries and time
In an increasingly globalized, digital world, the way family isconceptualized and practiced is becoming highly diversified andcomplex. This article investigates the evolving concept oftransnational families (TNFs) and aims to elucidate the similaritiesand differences in how ‘transnational’ and ‘family’ are understoodin the academic literature across various contexts. The study isbased on an analysis of academic publications on TNF from 2003to 202…
Social inequalities in international student mobility
In recent years, research on international student mobility (ISM) has increased considerably. One recurring topic within this emerging interdisciplinary research field deals with the various social inequalities that exist in relation to accessing and participating in this form of mobility. However, while methodological and empirical aspects are becoming ever more refined, there is a paucity of discussion in relation to its theoretical concerns. A…
Representations of Lithuanian migrants in the Lithuanian media
Gyvenantys mobiliame pasaulyje
Lietuvai atkūrus nepriklausomybę ir įstojus į Europos Sąjungą suaktyvėjo Lietuvos gyventojų judumas, kuris sudarė prielaidas naujoms veikloms, karjeros galimybėms ir šeiminio gyvenimo formoms. 1980–2000 m. gimusiųjų asmeninio gyvenimo planavimas vyko aplinkoje, kuri labai skyrėsi nuo jų tėvų asmeninį gyvenimą formavusios sovietmečio aplinkos. Dalyvavimas migraciniuose procesuose per tėvų, artimųjų arba asmenines patirtis formavo asmeninio gyvenim…
Siblings as Overlooked Potential for Care and Support Across Households and Borders
The growing numbers of Lithuanian families living across borders have prompted the reflection on family relations through the lens of the need for care and support of dependent children and elderly parents. The authors of this article expand the analysis of family lives in the migration context beyond child–parent relationships and shift the attention to understudied areas where sibling relationships are located. Sibling relationships are conside…
The ambiguous lives of ‘the other whites’
A body of recent literature has examined how migrants from Eastern European countries have been racialised in the UK both pre- and post-Brexit, and has explored the limits of their earlier assumed ‘invisibility’ owing to their perceived whiteness. Less attention has been placed on understanding how intersections of class and nationality may play out in these processes of racialisation. In this article we argue that it is precisely the entanglemen…
Mobility Restrictions and Transnational Families
In this article, we analyse how global mobility restrictions related to COVID-19 may affect Lithuanian transnational families and transnational practices of parenting. The article draws on the data from the quota-based survey, implemented while carrying out the research project ‘Global Migration and Lithuanian Family: Family Practices, Circulation of Care and Return Strategies’ (No. S-MIP-17-117), funded by the Lithuanian Research Council, to ana…
Do I deserve to belong? Migrants' perspectives on the debate of deservingness and belonging
The notion of belonging, prominent in social sciences, has been recently used extensively in relation to Central Eastern European migrants in the UK. Whereas the Brexit debates on migration have spotlighted the macro-politics of belonging and the judgments on who deserves to stay and under which conditions, the question of how these discourses of ‘deservingness’ surrounding Brexit may influence the everyday and intimate aspects of belonging among…
How Transnational Mothering is Seen to be 'Troubling
This article aims to examine how changes in mothering induced by international migration become transformed into 'troubles'. Based on the analysis of 79 selected articles on transnational families published between 2004 and 2013 in national press and Internet media portals in Lithuania, along with interviews with transnational mothers conducted between 2008 and 2014, the authors raise questions about how changes in mothering due to migration come…
Global Migration and Family Change in the Baltic Sea Region
Global migration rapidly modifies family life in the Baltic Sea region and, for the several last decades, has presented a challenge to migration scholars. The impact of migration on a family attracts the interest of researchers not only because the number of such families is on the rise, but also because it poses certain challenges to the academic discipline, especially when it comes to revising family theories rooted in the 'low-mobility' family…
Ar Laukiami Diasporos Vaikai Lietuvoje? Tėvų Ir Mokytojų Patirtys
Straipsnyje analizuojamos su vaikais į Lietuvą grįžusių migrantų ir su jų vaikais dirbančių mokytojų patirtys. Nagrinėjamo grįžtamosios migracijos reiškinio įvairiapusiškumas pirmiausia atskleidžiamas pasitelkus pusiau struktūruotų interviu su mokytojais ir tėvais, taip pat grupinės diskusijos su mokytojais metu 2014 m. surinktą medžiagą ir 2013 m. atliktų reprezentatyvių Lietuvos gyventojų ir grįžusių migrantų apklausų duomenis. Straipsnyje a…
Do I deserve to belong? Migrants' perspectives on the debate of deservingness and belonging
The notion of belonging, prominent in social sciences, has been recently used extensively in relation to Central Eastern European migrants in the UK. Whereas the Brexit debates on migration have spotlighted the macro-politics of belonging and the judgments on who deserves to stay and under which conditions, the question of how these discourses of ‘deservingness’ surrounding Brexit may influence the everyday and intimate aspects of belonging among…
The ambiguous lives of ‘the other whites’
A body of recent literature has examined how migrants from Eastern European countries have been racialised in the UK both pre- and post-Brexit, and has explored the limits of their earlier assumed ‘invisibility’ owing to their perceived whiteness. Less attention has been placed on understanding how intersections of class and nationality may play out in these processes of racialisation. In this article we argue that it is precisely the entanglemen…
How Transnational Mothering is Seen to be 'Troubling
This article aims to examine how changes in mothering induced by international migration become transformed into 'troubles'. Based on the analysis of 79 selected articles on transnational families published between 2004 and 2013 in national press and Internet media portals in Lithuania, along with interviews with transnational mothers conducted between 2008 and 2014, the authors raise questions about how changes in mothering due to migration come…
Social inequalities in international student mobility
In recent years, research on international student mobility (ISM) has increased considerably. One recurring topic within this emerging interdisciplinary research field deals with the various social inequalities that exist in relation to accessing and participating in this form of mobility. However, while methodological and empirical aspects are becoming ever more refined, there is a paucity of discussion in relation to its theoretical concerns. A…
Ar Laukiami Diasporos Vaikai Lietuvoje? Tėvų Ir Mokytojų Patirtys
Straipsnyje analizuojamos su vaikais į Lietuvą grįžusių migrantų ir su jų vaikais dirbančių mokytojų patirtys. Nagrinėjamo grįžtamosios migracijos reiškinio įvairiapusiškumas pirmiausia atskleidžiamas pasitelkus pusiau struktūruotų interviu su mokytojais ir tėvais, taip pat grupinės diskusijos su mokytojais metu 2014 m. surinktą medžiagą ir 2013 m. atliktų reprezentatyvių Lietuvos gyventojų ir grįžusių migrantų apklausų duomenis. Straipsnyje a…
Siblings as Overlooked Potential for Care and Support Across Households and Borders
The growing numbers of Lithuanian families living across borders have prompted the reflection on family relations through the lens of the need for care and support of dependent children and elderly parents. The authors of this article expand the analysis of family lives in the migration context beyond child–parent relationships and shift the attention to understudied areas where sibling relationships are located. Sibling relationships are conside…
Ar Laukiami Diasporos Vaikai Lietuvoje? Tėvų Ir Mokytojų Patirtys
Straipsnyje analizuojamos su vaikais į Lietuvą grįžusių migrantų ir su jų vaikais dirbančių mokytojų patirtys. Nagrinėjamo grįžtamosios migracijos reiškinio įvairiapusiškumas pirmiausia atskleidžiamas pasitelkus pusiau struktūruotų interviu su mokytojais ir tėvais, taip pat grupinės diskusijos su mokytojais metu 2014 m. surinktą medžiagą ir 2013 m. atliktų reprezentatyvių Lietuvos gyventojų ir grįžusių migrantų apklausų duomenis. Straipsnyje a…
Global Migration and Family Change in the Baltic Sea Region
Global migration rapidly modifies family life in the Baltic Sea region and, for the several last decades, has presented a challenge to migration scholars. The impact of migration on a family attracts the interest of researchers not only because the number of such families is on the rise, but also because it poses certain challenges to the academic discipline, especially when it comes to revising family theories rooted in the 'low-mobility' family…
How Transnational Mothering is Seen to be 'Troubling
This article aims to examine how changes in mothering induced by international migration become transformed into 'troubles'. Based on the analysis of 79 selected articles on transnational families published between 2004 and 2013 in national press and Internet media portals in Lithuania, along with interviews with transnational mothers conducted between 2008 and 2014, the authors raise questions about how changes in mothering due to migration come…
Mobility Restrictions and Transnational Families
In this article, we analyse how global mobility restrictions related to COVID-19 may affect Lithuanian transnational families and transnational practices of parenting. The article draws on the data from the quota-based survey, implemented while carrying out the research project ‘Global Migration and Lithuanian Family: Family Practices, Circulation of Care and Return Strategies’ (No. S-MIP-17-117), funded by the Lithuanian Research Council, to ana…
Do I deserve to belong? Migrants' perspectives on the debate of deservingness and belonging
The notion of belonging, prominent in social sciences, has been recently used extensively in relation to Central Eastern European migrants in the UK. Whereas the Brexit debates on migration have spotlighted the macro-politics of belonging and the judgments on who deserves to stay and under which conditions, the question of how these discourses of ‘deservingness’ surrounding Brexit may influence the everyday and intimate aspects of belonging among…
The ambiguous lives of ‘the other whites’
A body of recent literature has examined how migrants from Eastern European countries have been racialised in the UK both pre- and post-Brexit, and has explored the limits of their earlier assumed ‘invisibility’ owing to their perceived whiteness. Less attention has been placed on understanding how intersections of class and nationality may play out in these processes of racialisation. In this article we argue that it is precisely the entanglemen…
Gyvenantys mobiliame pasaulyje
Lietuvai atkūrus nepriklausomybę ir įstojus į Europos Sąjungą suaktyvėjo Lietuvos gyventojų judumas, kuris sudarė prielaidas naujoms veikloms, karjeros galimybėms ir šeiminio gyvenimo formoms. 1980–2000 m. gimusiųjų asmeninio gyvenimo planavimas vyko aplinkoje, kuri labai skyrėsi nuo jų tėvų asmeninį gyvenimą formavusios sovietmečio aplinkos. Dalyvavimas migraciniuose procesuose per tėvų, artimųjų arba asmenines patirtis formavo asmeninio gyvenim…
Siblings as Overlooked Potential for Care and Support Across Households and Borders
The growing numbers of Lithuanian families living across borders have prompted the reflection on family relations through the lens of the need for care and support of dependent children and elderly parents. The authors of this article expand the analysis of family lives in the migration context beyond child–parent relationships and shift the attention to understudied areas where sibling relationships are located. Sibling relationships are conside…
Defining transnational families across countries and time
In an increasingly globalized, digital world, the way family isconceptualized and practiced is becoming highly diversified andcomplex. This article investigates the evolving concept oftransnational families (TNFs) and aims to elucidate the similaritiesand differences in how ‘transnational’ and ‘family’ are understoodin the academic literature across various contexts. The study isbased on an analysis of academic publications on TNF from 2003to 202…
Social inequalities in international student mobility
In recent years, research on international student mobility (ISM) has increased considerably. One recurring topic within this emerging interdisciplinary research field deals with the various social inequalities that exist in relation to accessing and participating in this form of mobility. However, while methodological and empirical aspects are becoming ever more refined, there is a paucity of discussion in relation to its theoretical concerns. A…
Representations of Lithuanian migrants in the Lithuanian media
Qualitative Methods in Transnational Family Research
Over the past several decades, research on migrant transnationalism and transnational families (TNFs) has expanded considerably, with qualitative approaches playing a central role.These methods are particularly suited to capturing complex, dynamic and multidimensional relationships among family members across national boundaries, offering rich, contextualised accounts of lived experiences and giving study participants a voice.This paper presents …
Affordable Excellence? The Baltic States as a Destination for International Student Mobility in the Global Education Competition
Research on International Student Mobility (ISM) increasingly examines emerging destinations, reflecting broader dynamics of higher education (HE) internationalisation. The Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—offer a compelling example of how small, non‐traditional destinations seek to position themselves within global HE markets. This study examines their strategies to enhance attractiveness for international students (IS) and to compet…
Transnational Childhood Experiences and Adulthood Trajectories
Article explores how young adults in Lithuania who experienced transnational family life during childhood narrate adulthood through the lens of the ‘linked lives’ perspective. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with individuals aged 18 to 35, the study employs a methodological approach that combines timelining and visual mapping to capture the subjective significance of life events. The findings reveal how experiences of parental migratio…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Lithuanian (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Immigration (3 works)