Research Fellow
Eugenia Markova obtained her PhD, with distinction, from the Department of Economics of the University of Athens in April 2001. Her thesis was on the economic performance of Bulgarian illegal and legalised immigrants in the Greek labour market. After completion of her doctorate research and until December 2002, she worked at the Department of Economics of the University of Athens on research dealing with the economic effects of migration, the educational needs for second-generation migrants and, the Greek government employment strategies for immigrants and ethnic minorities; at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) – Athens branch, on trafficking in unaccompanied minors in Greece; and, in a Business Plan on ‘Migrants in Greece’ (Panteion University, Athens) for the establishment of the Centre for Migration Policy (IMEPO) in the Greek Ministry of Interior.
While in Greece, Eugenia had been involved in voluntary work at the Athens Labour Centre providing consultancy on Greek immigration legislation; she was the founder of the Migrant Bulgarian Association “Vassil Levski” (1998-2002) and the founder, and manager of the 1st Bilingual Sunday School for Bulgarian migrant children in Athens (2001-2002).
Between January 2002 and August 2006, Eugenia had worked for the Sussex Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex, UK. There, she extended her work on Bulgarian migration in Spain and the UK; lately, she was the principal investigator and a co-manager of a research project on ‘New European Immigrants and Social Cohesion in Britain’. In parallel with her research, Eugenia was also involved in teaching in development studies.
Between September 2006 and September 2007, Dr. Markova was a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research work there focused on Bulgarian and Romanian migration to Greece and, the effects on the host and the origin countries. She also contributed to the teaching of an MSc course on Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy.
She is a member of the British Society for Population Studies.
She is currently a Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute of the London Metropolitan University. She works on a TUC Commission on Vulnerable Employment funded project on agency employment and a EU7 funded project on Undocumented Workers’ Transitions.
Markova, E. and R. Black, 2008. “The experiences of ‘new’ East European immigrants in the UK labour market”. Benefits: The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (forthcoming in February)
Markova, E and R. Black, 2007. New East European Immigration and Community Cohesion. York Publishing: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. ISBN 978 1 85935 581 7.
Markova, E. and B. Reilly, 2007. “Bulgarian Migrant Remittances and Legal Status: Some Micro-level Evidence from Madrid”, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, vol. 5(1), pp. 55-71.
Markova, E., 2007. “Gaining from Migration: The Case of Bulgaria”. OECD Development Centre: Paris.
O’ Cinneide, M. and E. Markova, 2005. Population Dynamics, Governance and Local Development in a Transition Economy: The Case of Bulgaria, OECD: Paris.
Markova, E, 2004. “Recent Phenomena - Employment Initiatives towards Immigrants in Greece”. In: J. Blaschke and B. Vollmer (eds.), Employment Strategies for Immigrants in the European Union, Edition Parabolis: Berlin, pp. 201-238.
Markova, E, 2003. “Trafficking in Unaccompanied Minors in Greece”. In: International Organization for Migration, Trafficking in Unaccompanied Minors in the European Union, IOM-Paris, pp. 47-53.
Markova, E. and A. Sarris, 2001. “The Decision to Legalise by Bulgarian Illegal Immigrants in Greece”. In: Djajic, S. (ed.), International Migration: Trends, Policy and Economic Impact, Routledge Publishers: London.
Markova, E, 2004. “A Survey of Bulgarian Immigrants in Greece and Spain”, March 2004, vol.164, http://www.ime-bg.org/pr bg
P. Tinios and E. Markova, 2001. “The Bulgarian Pension System and Reform: A perspective from Greece”. Holzmann, R. (ed.), Learning from the Partners, by World Bank (electronic version).
2006 “The Performance of Bulgarian Undocumented and Legalised Immigrants in the Spanish Labour Market”. Sussex Migration Working Paper No. 31, University of Sussex.
2001 (with A. Sarris) “Human Capital Investment and Earnings Performance of Bulgarian Immigrants in Greece”. Discussion Paper No:23, University of Athens, Faculty of Economics.
2001 (with A. Sarris) “Remitting and Saving Behaviour of Bulgarian Immigrants in Greece”. Discussion Paper No:24, University of Athens, Faculty of Economics.
2001 (with L. Katseli and H. Magoula) “Educational Choices for Second Generation Migration: Is There a Role for a European Education Policy?”. Discussion Paper No: 34, University of Athens, Faculty of Economics.
2007 “Labour Emigration: What can be expected”, The Bridge, 01/2007, issue 4 (at www.bridge-mag.com)
Eugenia Markova
Working Lives Research Institute
London Metropolitan University
31 Jewry Street
London EC3N 2EY
Tel. 020 7320 1397
