Ludmila Bogdan
Biographic Data
| ID | 206336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ludmila Bogdan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ludmila |
| FAMILY NAME | Bogdan |
| SIGNATURE | BOGDAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4151-3411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Migration information campaigns as bureaucratic performances: Governing through visibility
Drawing on a mixed-methods analysis of 97 migration information campaigns implemented across Europe between 2019 and 2026 and more than thirty interviews with migration governance practitioners, policymakers, and international organization staff, this article reconceptualizes migration information campaigns as bureaucratic performances. Rather than informing migrants, campaigns operate as visible governance outputs through which states, internati…
When Aid Comes With Strings: Donor Power and Everyday Anti‐Trafficking Work in Moldova
Anti‐trafficking governance in Moldova unfolds far from the conference rooms where global priorities are set. Drawing on ethnographically informed research and 15 interviews with frontline practitioners, this article shows how donor agendas shape the daily realities of anti‐trafficking work, not only through funding, but through the softer pressures of reputation, metrics, and the symbolic authority of foreign expertise. Using coercion theory, th…
Undocumented and Queer Emerging Adults
This study explores the lived experiences of queer undocumented young adults who were brought to the United States as children and have come of age within overlapping systems of exclusion. Based on five months of ethnographic fieldwork in California, including a focus group with undocumented queer youth, the research examines how participants navigate conditional forms of acceptance and rejection across both familial and state contexts. Participa…
Who are human traffickers? Evidence from Romanian prisons
This paper explores the profiles, motivations, and methods of human traffickers incarcerated in Romania, based on 20 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2018 at Jilava Prison. The study addresses the research question: "How do traffickers rationalize their involvement in human trafficking?" By developing typologies of traffickers and analyzing mechanisms of justification and motivation, the research highlights both the external socio-economic…
Transnational mobility in Moldova: Exploring socio‐economic triggers for migration aspirations
This study examines the relationship between socio‐economic factors and migration aspirations among Moldovans using a mixed‐methods approach. It combines quantitative analysis of demographic and economic variables with qualitative interviews to explore the factors that drive migration considerations. The findings show that economically disadvantaged individuals are less likely to migrate due to concerns about social costs, while wealthier individ…
Polygamy on Trial: Analyzing Anti-Polygamy Legislation in Nineteenth-Century United States
This study examines nineteenth-century United States anti-polygamy legislation, focusing on its intersections with multiculturalism and minority rights. By analyzing the historical and legal aspects of these laws, we identify their impact on Mormon communities and immigrant groups, aimed at enforcing cultural assimilation. Our findings reveal tensions between religious freedom and societal concerns over polygamy, particularly in Christian context…
The Exodus of Moldova: Understanding the Migration Dilemma
This paper explores Moldovas unique context within migration studies, highlighting its potential to enhance theoretical frameworks on migration. Despite its small size, Moldova has a significant portion of its population working abroad, offering insights into both migration and immobility. The study examines Moldova's dual migratory flows toward the European Union (EU) and Russia, influenced by cultural, historical, and economic ties. Contrary to…
Immobility in Moldova: Beyond the migration paradigm
This paper explores the motivations and barriers behind the decision of economically disadvantaged Moldovans to refrain from migrating for better economic prospects. Drawing on 30 qualitative interviews with voluntary stayers, it uncovers a range of individual‐level characteristics that impede migration aspirations. These findings highlight the heightened sensitivity of lower‐wage stayers to their perceived social status abroad, their limited ada…
Navigating Migration Risks: The Role of Risk Perception and Information Engagement Among Moldovans
Executive Summary This study examines migration risk perception and information engagement by potential migrants from Moldova. Employing a qualitative interview approach ( N = 30), it explores the behaviors, intentions, and perceptions that underpin how potential migrants understand labor migration risks. It establishes a robust connection between risk perception and the active pursuit of pertinent information. The study offers a matrix that illu…
Human trafficking, information campaigns and public awareness in Moldova: Why do anti‐trafficking organizations operate under inaccurate assumptions
The assumption that the rural public lacks sufficient knowledge about human trafficking and that providing more awareness will reduce it still dominates the anti‐trafficking field. However, relying on original empirical data from Moldova, I found that rural people are more informed about this problem than other surveyed groups. First, they became more knowledgeable about trafficking precisely because of organizations’ targeting strategies. Second…
Public perception of human trafficking: A case study of Moldova
For two decades, counter-trafficking organizations have been operating under the assumption that rural populations are less informed about human trafficking. Based on a public survey of 300 people in Moldova, I found that anti-trafficking organizations operating in Moldova have flawed assumptions about the public knowledge. Findings show that rural people are, in fact, more knowledgeable about human trafficking than other surveyed groups. In-dept…
Research on Human Trafficking in Moldova: A Review of Literature
This paper investigates the literature on human trafficking in Moldova. Four main categories emerged when reviewing scholarly articles published in English and Romanian from 1998 to 2018: (1) empirical research by policy-making organizations, (2) nonempirical research by policy-making organizations, (3) empirical research by independent researchers, and (4) nonempirical research by independent researchers. I found limited academic work on this to…
Public perception of human trafficking: A case study of Moldova
For two decades, counter-trafficking organizations have been operating under the assumption that rural populations are less informed about human trafficking. Based on a public survey of 300 people in Moldova, I found that anti-trafficking organizations operating in Moldova have flawed assumptions about the public knowledge. Findings show that rural people are, in fact, more knowledgeable about human trafficking than other surveyed groups. In-dept…
Immobility in Moldova: Beyond the migration paradigm
This paper explores the motivations and barriers behind the decision of economically disadvantaged Moldovans to refrain from migrating for better economic prospects. Drawing on 30 qualitative interviews with voluntary stayers, it uncovers a range of individual‐level characteristics that impede migration aspirations. These findings highlight the heightened sensitivity of lower‐wage stayers to their perceived social status abroad, their limited ada…
Navigating Migration Risks: The Role of Risk Perception and Information Engagement Among Moldovans
Executive Summary This study examines migration risk perception and information engagement by potential migrants from Moldova. Employing a qualitative interview approach ( N = 30), it explores the behaviors, intentions, and perceptions that underpin how potential migrants understand labor migration risks. It establishes a robust connection between risk perception and the active pursuit of pertinent information. The study offers a matrix that illu…
Human trafficking, information campaigns and public awareness in Moldova: Why do anti‐trafficking organizations operate under inaccurate assumptions
The assumption that the rural public lacks sufficient knowledge about human trafficking and that providing more awareness will reduce it still dominates the anti‐trafficking field. However, relying on original empirical data from Moldova, I found that rural people are more informed about this problem than other surveyed groups. First, they became more knowledgeable about trafficking precisely because of organizations’ targeting strategies. Second…
Transnational mobility in Moldova: Exploring socio‐economic triggers for migration aspirations
This study examines the relationship between socio‐economic factors and migration aspirations among Moldovans using a mixed‐methods approach. It combines quantitative analysis of demographic and economic variables with qualitative interviews to explore the factors that drive migration considerations. The findings show that economically disadvantaged individuals are less likely to migrate due to concerns about social costs, while wealthier individ…
The Exodus of Moldova: Understanding the Migration Dilemma
This paper explores Moldovas unique context within migration studies, highlighting its potential to enhance theoretical frameworks on migration. Despite its small size, Moldova has a significant portion of its population working abroad, offering insights into both migration and immobility. The study examines Moldova's dual migratory flows toward the European Union (EU) and Russia, influenced by cultural, historical, and economic ties. Contrary to…
Research on Human Trafficking in Moldova: A Review of Literature
This paper investigates the literature on human trafficking in Moldova. Four main categories emerged when reviewing scholarly articles published in English and Romanian from 1998 to 2018: (1) empirical research by policy-making organizations, (2) nonempirical research by policy-making organizations, (3) empirical research by independent researchers, and (4) nonempirical research by independent researchers. I found limited academic work on this to…
Public perception of human trafficking: A case study of Moldova
For two decades, counter-trafficking organizations have been operating under the assumption that rural populations are less informed about human trafficking. Based on a public survey of 300 people in Moldova, I found that anti-trafficking organizations operating in Moldova have flawed assumptions about the public knowledge. Findings show that rural people are, in fact, more knowledgeable about human trafficking than other surveyed groups. In-dept…
Human trafficking, information campaigns and public awareness in Moldova: Why do anti‐trafficking organizations operate under inaccurate assumptions
The assumption that the rural public lacks sufficient knowledge about human trafficking and that providing more awareness will reduce it still dominates the anti‐trafficking field. However, relying on original empirical data from Moldova, I found that rural people are more informed about this problem than other surveyed groups. First, they became more knowledgeable about trafficking precisely because of organizations’ targeting strategies. Second…
Navigating Migration Risks: The Role of Risk Perception and Information Engagement Among Moldovans
Executive Summary This study examines migration risk perception and information engagement by potential migrants from Moldova. Employing a qualitative interview approach ( N = 30), it explores the behaviors, intentions, and perceptions that underpin how potential migrants understand labor migration risks. It establishes a robust connection between risk perception and the active pursuit of pertinent information. The study offers a matrix that illu…
Polygamy on Trial: Analyzing Anti-Polygamy Legislation in Nineteenth-Century United States
This study examines nineteenth-century United States anti-polygamy legislation, focusing on its intersections with multiculturalism and minority rights. By analyzing the historical and legal aspects of these laws, we identify their impact on Mormon communities and immigrant groups, aimed at enforcing cultural assimilation. Our findings reveal tensions between religious freedom and societal concerns over polygamy, particularly in Christian context…
The Exodus of Moldova: Understanding the Migration Dilemma
This paper explores Moldovas unique context within migration studies, highlighting its potential to enhance theoretical frameworks on migration. Despite its small size, Moldova has a significant portion of its population working abroad, offering insights into both migration and immobility. The study examines Moldova's dual migratory flows toward the European Union (EU) and Russia, influenced by cultural, historical, and economic ties. Contrary to…
Immobility in Moldova: Beyond the migration paradigm
This paper explores the motivations and barriers behind the decision of economically disadvantaged Moldovans to refrain from migrating for better economic prospects. Drawing on 30 qualitative interviews with voluntary stayers, it uncovers a range of individual‐level characteristics that impede migration aspirations. These findings highlight the heightened sensitivity of lower‐wage stayers to their perceived social status abroad, their limited ada…
Undocumented and Queer Emerging Adults
This study explores the lived experiences of queer undocumented young adults who were brought to the United States as children and have come of age within overlapping systems of exclusion. Based on five months of ethnographic fieldwork in California, including a focus group with undocumented queer youth, the research examines how participants navigate conditional forms of acceptance and rejection across both familial and state contexts. Participa…
Who are human traffickers? Evidence from Romanian prisons
This paper explores the profiles, motivations, and methods of human traffickers incarcerated in Romania, based on 20 semi-structured interviews conducted in 2018 at Jilava Prison. The study addresses the research question: "How do traffickers rationalize their involvement in human trafficking?" By developing typologies of traffickers and analyzing mechanisms of justification and motivation, the research highlights both the external socio-economic…
Transnational mobility in Moldova: Exploring socio‐economic triggers for migration aspirations
This study examines the relationship between socio‐economic factors and migration aspirations among Moldovans using a mixed‐methods approach. It combines quantitative analysis of demographic and economic variables with qualitative interviews to explore the factors that drive migration considerations. The findings show that economically disadvantaged individuals are less likely to migrate due to concerns about social costs, while wealthier individ…
Migration information campaigns as bureaucratic performances: Governing through visibility
Drawing on a mixed-methods analysis of 97 migration information campaigns implemented across Europe between 2019 and 2026 and more than thirty interviews with migration governance practitioners, policymakers, and international organization staff, this article reconceptualizes migration information campaigns as bureaucratic performances. Rather than informing migrants, campaigns operate as visible governance outputs through which states, internati…
When Aid Comes With Strings: Donor Power and Everyday Anti‐Trafficking Work in Moldova
Anti‐trafficking governance in Moldova unfolds far from the conference rooms where global priorities are set. Drawing on ethnographically informed research and 15 interviews with frontline practitioners, this article shows how donor agendas shape the daily realities of anti‐trafficking work, not only through funding, but through the softer pressures of reputation, metrics, and the symbolic authority of foreign expertise. Using coercion theory, th…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Sex work and related issues (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Human trafficking (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Criminology (3 works)