Dr Paulina Trevena
- Affiliate Research Associate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
Biography
I am a linguist (MA, Adam Mickiewicz University) and sociologist (MA, CEU/Lancaster University; PhD, Polish Academy of Sciences).
I have worked as a researcher since 2004, specialising in Polish and Eastern European migration to the UK. However, I have also worked on a variety of other topics and in other fields including public health and demography. I have held research posts at the Centre of Migration Research, Warsaw, Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton, Glasgow Caledonian University and University of Glasgow. I have a strong track-record of policy-oriented research, including commissioned work for the Scottish Government and charities. I was also Academic Fellow with the Scottish Parliament in 2017-18.
I have published extensively on issues related to migration and integration (among others), including a number of policy reports and blogs.
I am currently working on the 'Health, Social, Economic and Cultural impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant essential workers in the UK' project
Research interests
- International migration, especially:
- everyday life experiences
- living and working conditions
- social and occupational mobility
- education
- spatial mobility
- mental health and well-being.
- Public health, especially
- alcohol misuse
- mental health and well-being.
Publications
2024
Trevena, P., Seddon, J., Elliott, L., Wadd, S. and Dutton, M. (2024) Coping with COVID-19 lockdown: a qualitative study of older adults in alcohol treatment. Ageing and Society, (doi: 10.1017/S0144686X23000600) (Early Online Publication)
Gawlewicz, A. , Narkowicz, K., Piekut, A., Trevena, P. and Wright, S. (2024) 'They made bets that I’d die’: impacts of Covid-19 on Polish essential workers in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(2), pp. 442-460. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2249620)
2022
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. and Wright, S. (2022) Addressing the needs of Scotland’s migrant and minority ethnic populations under Covid-19: lessons for the future. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Seddon, J., Trevena, P., Wadd, S., Elliott, L., Dutton, M., McCann, M. and Willmott, S. (2022) Addressing the needs of older adults receiving alcohol treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Aging and Mental Health, 26(5), pp. 919-924. (doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1910794) (PMID:33928805)
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. , Wright, S. , Piekut, A., Narkowicz, K. and Gawłowski, R. (2022) Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrant Essential Workers in Scotland: Policy recommendations. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. , Wright, S. , Piekut, A., Narkowicz, K. and Gawłowski, R. (2022) Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrant Essential Workers in the UK: Policy recommendations. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
2021
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2021) (Not) a good place to stay! – East European migrants’ experiences of settlement in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(15), pp. 3492-3510. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.1886061)
McCollum, D. and Trevena, P. (2021) Protracted precarities: the residential mobilities of Poles in Scotland. Population, Space and Place, 27(4), e2438. (doi: 10.1002/psp.2438)
Wadd, S. et al. (2021) Evaluation of the Drink Wise, Age Well Programme: 2015 to 2020. Documentation. Drink Wise, Age Well.
2020
Seddon, J., Trevena, P., Wadd, S., Elliott, L., Dutton, M., McCann, M., Willmott, S. and Breslin, J. (2020) Addressing the Needs of Older Adults Receiving Alcohol Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A qualitative study. Documentation. Drink Wise, Age Well.
2019
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2019) ‘New’ migrations transforming the city: Central and East European settlement in Glasgow. In: Kintrea, K. and Madgin, R. (eds.) Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City. Policy Press: Bristol. ISBN 9781447349778
Trevena, P. (2019) Post Study Work Visa Options: An International Comparative Review.
Trevena, P. (2019) Brexit and EU Citizens in Scotland: Impact, Challenges and Support Needs. Documentation. EU Citizens' Rights Project Scotland.
2018
Trevena, P. (2018) Attracting and retaining migrants in Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer? SPICe Briefing 18-44. Project Report. Scottish Parliament.
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2018) (In)security, family and settlement: migration decisions amongst Central and East European families in Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 7(1), pp. 17-33. (doi: 10.17467/ceemr.2017.17)
Podgórska, K. and Trevena, P. (2018) Polityka integracyjna: teoria i praktyka. In: Lesińska, M. and Okólski, M. (eds.) 25 wykładów o migracjach = 25 Lectures on Migration. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar: Warsaw. ISBN 9788373835511
2016
Ryan, L., Lopez Rodriguez, M. and Trevena, P. (2016) Opportunities and challenges of unplanned follow-up interviews: experiences with Polish migrants in London. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 17(2), 26.
Trevena, P., McGhee, D. and Heath, S. (2016) Parental capital and strategies for school choice making: Polish parents in England and Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 5(1), pp. 71-92.
2015
Berrington, A., Perelli-Harris, B. and Trevena, P. (2015) Commitment and the changing sequence of cohabitation, childbearing, and marriage. Demographic Research, 33(12), pp. 327-362. (doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.12)
McGhee, D., Trevena, P. and Heath, S. (2015) Social relationships and relationships in context: post-accession Poles in Southampton. Population, Space and Place, 21(5), pp. 433-445. (doi: 10.1002/psp.1922)
Heath, S., McGhee, D. and Trevena, P. (2015) Continuity versus innovation: young Polish migrants and practices of ‘doing family’ in the context of achieving independence in the UK. Studia Migracyjne: Przeglad Polonijny, 3, pp. 139-156.
2014
Trevena, P. (2014) Szkolnictwo a „sprawa migrancka”: percepcje angielskiego a polskiego systemu edukacyjnego i ich wpływ na decyzje migracyjne. Studia BAS, 4(40), pp. 105-133.
2013
Trevena, P., McGhee, D. and Heath, S. (2013) Location, location? A critical examination of patterns and determinants of internal mobility among post-accession Polish migrants in the UK. Population, Space and Place, 19(6), pp. 671-687. (doi: 10.1002/psp.1788)
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2013) Competing obligations and the maintenance of physical co-presence: the impact of migration and structural constraints on post-accession Polish families in the UK. Families, Relationships and Societies, 2(2), pp. 229-245. (doi: 10.1332/204674313X664914)
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2013) Post-accession Polish migrants: their experiences of living in 'low-demand' social housing areas in Glasgow. Environment and Planning A, 45(2), pp. 329-343. (doi: 10.1068/a45158)
Trevena, P. (2013) Why do highly educated migrants go for low-skilled jobs? A case study of Polish graduates working in London. In: Glorius, B., Grabowska-Lusinska, I. and Kuvik, A. (eds.) Mobility in Transition: Migration Patterns after EU Enlargement. Series: IMISCOE research. Amsterdam University Press, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9789089643926
2012
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2012) Dignity, happiness and being able to live a ‘normal life’ in the UK: an examination of post-accession Polish migrants' transnational autobiographical fields. Social Identities, 18(6), pp. 711-727. (doi: 10.1080/13504630.2012.709002)
2011
Heath, S., McGhee, D. and Trevena, P. (2011) Lost in transnationalism: unraveling the conceptualisation of families and personal life through a transnational gaze. Sociological Research Online, 16(4), p. 12. (doi: 10.5153/sro.2534)
Trevena, P. (2011) A question of class? Polish graduates working in low-skilled jobs in London. Studia Migracyjne: Przeglad Polonijny, pp. 71-96.
2010
Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2010) Patterns and determinants of sub-regional migration: a case study of Polish construction workers in Norway. In: Black, R., Engbersen, G., Okolski, M. and Pantiru, M.C. (eds.) A Continent Moving West?: EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe. Series: IMISCOE research. Amsterdam University Press, pp. 51-71. ISBN 9789089641564
Trevena, P., (2010) Degradacja? Koncepcje socjologiczne, percepcja społeczna, a postrzeganie własnego położenia przez wykształconych migrantów pracujących za granicą poniżej kwalifikacji = Declassing? Sociological concepts, social perception and self-perception of own position by educated migrants working below their level of qualifications. In: Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H., Kwiatkowska, A. and Roszak, J. (eds.) Drogi i rozdroża. Migracje Polaków w Unii Europejskiej po 1 maja 2004 roku. Analiza psychologiczno-socjologiczna. Nomos, pp. 146-160. ISBN 9788376880167
Trevena, P. (2010) Konstruowanie tożsamości jednostkowej przez wykształconych migrantów w sytuacji sprzeczności pomiędzy jaźnią subiektywną a odzwierciedloną = Identity construction of highly educated migrants in the situation of conflict between subjective and looking-glass self. In: Konecki, K. T. and Kacperczyk, A. (eds.) Procesy Tożsamościowe: Symboliczno-interakcyjny wymiar konstruowania ładu i nieładu społecznego. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego: Lodz. ISBN 9788375254143
2009
Trevena, P. (2009) ‘New’ Polish Migration to the UK: A Synthesis of Existing Evidence. Working Paper. Economic and Social Research Council, Centre for Population Change.
Trevena, P. (2009) Magister na zmywaku. Style i Charaktery, 1(8), pp. 38-39.
2008
Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2008) Współczesne migracje do Norwegii w świetle najnowszych danych = Contemporary migrations to Norway in the light of recent data. In: Markowski, K. (ed.) Migracja: Wartość Dodana? Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II: Lublin, pp. 39-50. ISBN 9788373635098
Trevena, P. (2008) Teorie i doktryny dotyczące integracji imigrantów. Doświadczenia tradycyjnych i nowych krajów imigracji = Theories and doctrines on immigrant integration: the experience of traditional and new migration countries. In: Grzymała-Kazłowska, A. and Łodziński, S. (eds.) Problemy Integracji Imigrantów: Koncepcje, Badania, Polityki. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego: Warszawa. ISBN 9788323505143
Trevena, P. (2008) Degradacja czy poszukiwanie niezależności? Proces podejmowania decyzji migracyjnych przez wykształconych Polaków wykonujących pracę niewykwalifikowaną w Londynie = Degradation or a search for independence? The process of migration decision-making in the case of highly educated Poles carrying out unskilled work in London. In: Śliz, A. (ed.) Społeczności Lokalne: Postawy Migracyjne Młodych Polaków /. Uniwersytetu Opolskiego. ISBN 9788373953109
2007
Eldring, L. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polish construction in the wake of EU enlargement. CLR News, 2, pp. 9-24.
Eldring, L. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polsk byggenæring i bevegelse = Polish construction on the move. Other. Fafo, Oslo.
Frieberg Trevena,, J. H., Tyldum, G., Eldring, L., Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polonia i Oslo. En studie av arbeids- og levekår blant polakker i hovedstadsområdet = The Polonia in Oslo. A study of working and living conditions of Polish migrants in the city area. Other. Fafo.
2002
Trevena, P. (2002) The sources of stereotypes: Germans, Russians and Jews in the eyes of young Poles. In: Kapralski, S. and Smith, P. V. (eds.) Democracies, Markets, Institutions: Global Tendencies in Local Contexts. Wydawnictwo IFiS: Warsaw. ISBN 9788373880092
Articles
Trevena, P., Seddon, J., Elliott, L., Wadd, S. and Dutton, M. (2024) Coping with COVID-19 lockdown: a qualitative study of older adults in alcohol treatment. Ageing and Society, (doi: 10.1017/S0144686X23000600) (Early Online Publication)
Gawlewicz, A. , Narkowicz, K., Piekut, A., Trevena, P. and Wright, S. (2024) 'They made bets that I’d die’: impacts of Covid-19 on Polish essential workers in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(2), pp. 442-460. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2249620)
Seddon, J., Trevena, P., Wadd, S., Elliott, L., Dutton, M., McCann, M. and Willmott, S. (2022) Addressing the needs of older adults receiving alcohol treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Aging and Mental Health, 26(5), pp. 919-924. (doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1910794) (PMID:33928805)
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2021) (Not) a good place to stay! – East European migrants’ experiences of settlement in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(15), pp. 3492-3510. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.1886061)
McCollum, D. and Trevena, P. (2021) Protracted precarities: the residential mobilities of Poles in Scotland. Population, Space and Place, 27(4), e2438. (doi: 10.1002/psp.2438)
Trevena, P. (2019) Post Study Work Visa Options: An International Comparative Review.
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2018) (In)security, family and settlement: migration decisions amongst Central and East European families in Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 7(1), pp. 17-33. (doi: 10.17467/ceemr.2017.17)
Ryan, L., Lopez Rodriguez, M. and Trevena, P. (2016) Opportunities and challenges of unplanned follow-up interviews: experiences with Polish migrants in London. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 17(2), 26.
Trevena, P., McGhee, D. and Heath, S. (2016) Parental capital and strategies for school choice making: Polish parents in England and Scotland. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 5(1), pp. 71-92.
Berrington, A., Perelli-Harris, B. and Trevena, P. (2015) Commitment and the changing sequence of cohabitation, childbearing, and marriage. Demographic Research, 33(12), pp. 327-362. (doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.12)
McGhee, D., Trevena, P. and Heath, S. (2015) Social relationships and relationships in context: post-accession Poles in Southampton. Population, Space and Place, 21(5), pp. 433-445. (doi: 10.1002/psp.1922)
Heath, S., McGhee, D. and Trevena, P. (2015) Continuity versus innovation: young Polish migrants and practices of ‘doing family’ in the context of achieving independence in the UK. Studia Migracyjne: Przeglad Polonijny, 3, pp. 139-156.
Trevena, P. (2014) Szkolnictwo a „sprawa migrancka”: percepcje angielskiego a polskiego systemu edukacyjnego i ich wpływ na decyzje migracyjne. Studia BAS, 4(40), pp. 105-133.
Trevena, P., McGhee, D. and Heath, S. (2013) Location, location? A critical examination of patterns and determinants of internal mobility among post-accession Polish migrants in the UK. Population, Space and Place, 19(6), pp. 671-687. (doi: 10.1002/psp.1788)
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2013) Competing obligations and the maintenance of physical co-presence: the impact of migration and structural constraints on post-accession Polish families in the UK. Families, Relationships and Societies, 2(2), pp. 229-245. (doi: 10.1332/204674313X664914)
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2013) Post-accession Polish migrants: their experiences of living in 'low-demand' social housing areas in Glasgow. Environment and Planning A, 45(2), pp. 329-343. (doi: 10.1068/a45158)
McGhee, D., Heath, S. and Trevena, P. (2012) Dignity, happiness and being able to live a ‘normal life’ in the UK: an examination of post-accession Polish migrants' transnational autobiographical fields. Social Identities, 18(6), pp. 711-727. (doi: 10.1080/13504630.2012.709002)
Heath, S., McGhee, D. and Trevena, P. (2011) Lost in transnationalism: unraveling the conceptualisation of families and personal life through a transnational gaze. Sociological Research Online, 16(4), p. 12. (doi: 10.5153/sro.2534)
Trevena, P. (2011) A question of class? Polish graduates working in low-skilled jobs in London. Studia Migracyjne: Przeglad Polonijny, pp. 71-96.
Trevena, P. (2009) Magister na zmywaku. Style i Charaktery, 1(8), pp. 38-39.
Eldring, L. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polish construction in the wake of EU enlargement. CLR News, 2, pp. 9-24.
Book Sections
Kay, R. and Trevena, P. (2019) ‘New’ migrations transforming the city: Central and East European settlement in Glasgow. In: Kintrea, K. and Madgin, R. (eds.) Transforming Glasgow: Beyond the Post-Industrial City. Policy Press: Bristol. ISBN 9781447349778
Podgórska, K. and Trevena, P. (2018) Polityka integracyjna: teoria i praktyka. In: Lesińska, M. and Okólski, M. (eds.) 25 wykładów o migracjach = 25 Lectures on Migration. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar: Warsaw. ISBN 9788373835511
Trevena, P. (2013) Why do highly educated migrants go for low-skilled jobs? A case study of Polish graduates working in London. In: Glorius, B., Grabowska-Lusinska, I. and Kuvik, A. (eds.) Mobility in Transition: Migration Patterns after EU Enlargement. Series: IMISCOE research. Amsterdam University Press, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9789089643926
Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2010) Patterns and determinants of sub-regional migration: a case study of Polish construction workers in Norway. In: Black, R., Engbersen, G., Okolski, M. and Pantiru, M.C. (eds.) A Continent Moving West?: EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe. Series: IMISCOE research. Amsterdam University Press, pp. 51-71. ISBN 9789089641564
Trevena, P., (2010) Degradacja? Koncepcje socjologiczne, percepcja społeczna, a postrzeganie własnego położenia przez wykształconych migrantów pracujących za granicą poniżej kwalifikacji = Declassing? Sociological concepts, social perception and self-perception of own position by educated migrants working below their level of qualifications. In: Grzymała-Moszczyńska, H., Kwiatkowska, A. and Roszak, J. (eds.) Drogi i rozdroża. Migracje Polaków w Unii Europejskiej po 1 maja 2004 roku. Analiza psychologiczno-socjologiczna. Nomos, pp. 146-160. ISBN 9788376880167
Trevena, P. (2010) Konstruowanie tożsamości jednostkowej przez wykształconych migrantów w sytuacji sprzeczności pomiędzy jaźnią subiektywną a odzwierciedloną = Identity construction of highly educated migrants in the situation of conflict between subjective and looking-glass self. In: Konecki, K. T. and Kacperczyk, A. (eds.) Procesy Tożsamościowe: Symboliczno-interakcyjny wymiar konstruowania ładu i nieładu społecznego. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego: Lodz. ISBN 9788375254143
Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2008) Współczesne migracje do Norwegii w świetle najnowszych danych = Contemporary migrations to Norway in the light of recent data. In: Markowski, K. (ed.) Migracja: Wartość Dodana? Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II: Lublin, pp. 39-50. ISBN 9788373635098
Trevena, P. (2008) Teorie i doktryny dotyczące integracji imigrantów. Doświadczenia tradycyjnych i nowych krajów imigracji = Theories and doctrines on immigrant integration: the experience of traditional and new migration countries. In: Grzymała-Kazłowska, A. and Łodziński, S. (eds.) Problemy Integracji Imigrantów: Koncepcje, Badania, Polityki. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego: Warszawa. ISBN 9788323505143
Trevena, P. (2008) Degradacja czy poszukiwanie niezależności? Proces podejmowania decyzji migracyjnych przez wykształconych Polaków wykonujących pracę niewykwalifikowaną w Londynie = Degradation or a search for independence? The process of migration decision-making in the case of highly educated Poles carrying out unskilled work in London. In: Śliz, A. (ed.) Społeczności Lokalne: Postawy Migracyjne Młodych Polaków /. Uniwersytetu Opolskiego. ISBN 9788373953109
Trevena, P. (2002) The sources of stereotypes: Germans, Russians and Jews in the eyes of young Poles. In: Kapralski, S. and Smith, P. V. (eds.) Democracies, Markets, Institutions: Global Tendencies in Local Contexts. Wydawnictwo IFiS: Warsaw. ISBN 9788373880092
Research Reports or Papers
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. and Wright, S. (2022) Addressing the needs of Scotland’s migrant and minority ethnic populations under Covid-19: lessons for the future. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. , Wright, S. , Piekut, A., Narkowicz, K. and Gawłowski, R. (2022) Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrant Essential Workers in Scotland: Policy recommendations. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Trevena, P., Gawlewicz, A. , Wright, S. , Piekut, A., Narkowicz, K. and Gawłowski, R. (2022) Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrant Essential Workers in the UK: Policy recommendations. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Wadd, S. et al. (2021) Evaluation of the Drink Wise, Age Well Programme: 2015 to 2020. Documentation. Drink Wise, Age Well.
Seddon, J., Trevena, P., Wadd, S., Elliott, L., Dutton, M., McCann, M., Willmott, S. and Breslin, J. (2020) Addressing the Needs of Older Adults Receiving Alcohol Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A qualitative study. Documentation. Drink Wise, Age Well.
Trevena, P. (2019) Brexit and EU Citizens in Scotland: Impact, Challenges and Support Needs. Documentation. EU Citizens' Rights Project Scotland.
Trevena, P. (2018) Attracting and retaining migrants in Scotland: is a social integration strategy the answer? SPICe Briefing 18-44. Project Report. Scottish Parliament.
Trevena, P. (2009) ‘New’ Polish Migration to the UK: A Synthesis of Existing Evidence. Working Paper. Economic and Social Research Council, Centre for Population Change.
Eldring, L. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polsk byggenæring i bevegelse = Polish construction on the move. Other. Fafo, Oslo.
Frieberg Trevena,, J. H., Tyldum, G., Eldring, L., Napierała, J. and Trevena, P. (2007) Polonia i Oslo. En studie av arbeids- og levekår blant polakker i hovedstadsområdet = The Polonia in Oslo. A study of working and living conditions of Polish migrants in the city area. Other. Fafo.
Research datasets
2023
Piekut, A., Gawlewicz, A. , Narkowicz, K., Wright, S. , Trevena, P. and Le, T. P. L. (2023) Polish Migrant Essential Workers in the UK during COVID-19: Survey Data, 2021. [Data Collection]
Piekut, A., Gawlewicz, A. , Narkowicz, K., Wright, S. , Trevena, P. and Linh Le, T. P. (2023) Polish Migrant Essential Workers in the UK during COVID-19: Survey Metadata, 2021. [Data Collection]
Wright, S. , Gawlewicz, A. , Narkowicz, K., Piekut, A. and Trevena, P. (2023) Polish Migrant Essential Workers in the UK during COVID-19: Qualitative Data, 2021. [Data Collection]
2018
Kay, R., Flynn, M., Shubin, S., Trevena, P., Porteous, H., Needler, C. and Tkach, O. (2018) Experiences of social security and prospects for long term settlement in Scotland amongst migrants from Central Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union 2014-2016. [Data Collection]