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The Broomhouse Centre & Enterprises Report (2023)
Report
Maclean, G., O'Donnell, E., Cunningham, A., & Ran, J. (2023). The Broomhouse Centre & Enterprises Report. Broomehouse Centre and Edinburgh Napier University

Report produced from consultancy work Edinburgh Napier University was asked to conduct on behalf of the The Broomhouse Centre.

A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Siegert, R. J., Zhu, A., Jia, X., Ran, G. J., French, N., Johnston, D., …Liu, L. S. (in press). A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2023.2251900

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated levels of distress and resulted in anti-Asian discrimination in many countries. We aimed to determine the 10-month prevalence of depression symptoms in Asian adults in New Zealand during the pandemic and to see if t... Read More about A cross-sectional online survey of depression symptoms among New Zealand’s Asian community in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand (2023)
Book Chapter
Liu, L. S., & Ran, G. J. (2023). Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand. In P. Boccagni (Ed.), Handbook on Home and Migration (635-646). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882775.00065

After three decades during which New Zealand has embraced a neoliberal immigration regime, a large number of new Chinese immigrants from Mainland China have arrived in the country with the visible presence of many multi-generational new Chinese immig... Read More about Making sense of family and home: multi-generational immigrant families from China to New Zealand.

Measuring the missing: Knowledge, risk perceptions and self-protection practices of COVID-19 among the Asian population in New Zealand: An online survey (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., Jia, X., Zhu, A., Ran, G. J., Johnston, D., Siegert, R., …Lu, J. (in press). Measuring the missing: Knowledge, risk perceptions and self-protection practices of COVID-19 among the Asian population in New Zealand: An online survey. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01926-0

Aim Asians are the second largest and fastest growing non-European population in New Zealand but are under-researched in terms of their COVID-19 pandemic response. The paper aims to illustrates Asians’ risk perceptions and knowledge of COVID-19, and... Read More about Measuring the missing: Knowledge, risk perceptions and self-protection practices of COVID-19 among the Asian population in New Zealand: An online survey.

The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) (2023)
Journal Article
Caie, S., & Ran, G. J. (2023). The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping). Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(1), 85-94

INTRODUCTION: Although electronic cigarettes are primarily advertised as smoking cessation tools, recent studies found a significant increase of adolescents who are non-smokers initiating the use of electronic cigarettes, and the understanding of the... Read More about The rationale of non-smoking adolescents’ use of electronic cigarettes (vaping).

Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., Jia, X., Zhu, A., Ran, G. J., Siegert, R., French, N., & Johnston, D. (2023). Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10, 2704-2717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01448-7

The Asian community — the second largest non-European ethnic community in New Zealand — plays an important role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, evidenced by their active advocation for border control and mass masking. Despite the long history of... Read More about Stigmatising and Racialising COVID-19: Asian People’s Experience in New Zealand.

New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., Ran, G. J., & Jia, X. (2022). New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 31(3), 312-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968221126206

In September 2021, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) announced the offer of a one-off residence visa category – the 2021 Resident Visa, to over 165,000 temporary migrant workers and their family members living in the country. The offer was a response to... Read More about New Zealand border restrictions amidst COVID-19 and their impacts on temporary migrant workers.

Contemporary family sponsorship and older parent reunification immigration under New Zealand’s neoliberal immigration regime (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., & Ran, G. J. (2022). Contemporary family sponsorship and older parent reunification immigration under New Zealand’s neoliberal immigration regime. Journal of Population Research, 39(1), 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-022-09279-3

A neoliberal immigration regime often takes an “economic” lens to frame and reframe immigration regulation based on a rational cost–benefit analysis of what immigration might bring to immigration-receiving countries. Under such a regime, skilled and... Read More about Contemporary family sponsorship and older parent reunification immigration under New Zealand’s neoliberal immigration regime.

Re-constructing reverse family remittances: the case of new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand (2021)
Journal Article
Ran, G. J., & Liu, L. S. (2023). Re-constructing reverse family remittances: the case of new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(1), 313-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2021.1999221

Transnational family remittances normally indicate the transfer of money from immigrants to their left-behind families in the country of origin. However, a significant remittance pattern in many new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand demonstra... Read More about Re-constructing reverse family remittances: the case of new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand.

A conceptual framework studying transnational immigrant family experiences: The phenomenon of Chinese seasonal parents/grandparents in New Zealand (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, L. S., & Ran, G. J. (2022). A conceptual framework studying transnational immigrant family experiences: The phenomenon of Chinese seasonal parents/grandparents in New Zealand. Population, Space and Place, 28(4), Article e2527. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2527

Despite heightened scholarly attention paid to transnational immigrant families since the 1990s, a systematic analysis framework explaining the formation of these family experiences has been absent. Building on a 3-year qualitative research project (... Read More about A conceptual framework studying transnational immigrant family experiences: The phenomenon of Chinese seasonal parents/grandparents in New Zealand.

Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand (2021)
Thesis
Ran, G. (2021). Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand. (Thesis). Massey University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2974489

The Immigration Act 1987 fundamentally transformed New Zealand’s immigration policy from one that was race-based to one based on economic needs of New Zealand society. It opened the borders to immigrants from much wider regions. As a result of this “... Read More about Family finds a way: experiences of multigenerational transnational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand.

CaDDANZ Brief: Ageing And Wellbeing In Northcote (2020)
Report
Irvine, J., Ran, G. J., Terruhn, T., & Cain, T. (2020). CaDDANZ Brief: Ageing And Wellbeing In Northcote. Hamilton, New Zealand: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), New Zealand Government

Asian community’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand: Risk perceptions, government measures and ethnic boundaries (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, L. S., & Ran, G. J. (2020, September). Asian community’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand: Risk perceptions, government measures and ethnic boundaries. Paper presented at Aotearoa Migration Research Network Symposium: Migration in uncertain times: Im/mobilities, belonging and identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Hamilton

‘Forced’ family separation and inter-generational dynamics: multi-generational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand (2020)
Journal Article
Ran, G. J., & Liu, L. S. (2021). ‘Forced’ family separation and inter-generational dynamics: multi-generational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 16(1), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083x.2020.1801772

In New Zealand (NZ), due to the immigration policy change against family reunifications, many ‘forced’ transnational immigrant families emerged between NZ and other immigration sending countries. Closely tied family members across generations now hav... Read More about ‘Forced’ family separation and inter-generational dynamics: multi-generational new Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand.

Liu, L.S., 'Chinese Transnational Migration in the Age of Global Modernity: The Case of Oceania', Routledge Studies in Asian Diasporas, Migrations and Mobilities. Routledge: Abingdon and New York, 2018, 307 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐315‐43852‐8 (2020)
Journal Article
Ran, G. J. (2020). Liu, L.S., 'Chinese Transnational Migration in the Age of Global Modernity: The Case of Oceania', Routledge Studies in Asian Diasporas, Migrations and Mobilities. Routledge: Abingdon and New York, 2018, 307 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐315‐43852‐8. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61(3), 577-578. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12262

No abstract is available for this article.

Influence of family hosting on refugee integration and its implication on social work practice: the French case (2019)
Journal Article
Ran, G. J., & Join-Lambert, H. (2020). Influence of family hosting on refugee integration and its implication on social work practice: the French case. European Journal of Social Work, 23(3), 461-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2019.1706450

In addition to existing institutional barriers in European societies, refugee settlement and integration also faces numerous social challenges, such as discrimination and stigmatisation towards refugee groups. Family hosting is a bold refugee accommo... Read More about Influence of family hosting on refugee integration and its implication on social work practice: the French case.

Navigating transnational migrant family: A multi-generational perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ran, G. J. (2019, October). Navigating transnational migrant family: A multi-generational perspective. Paper presented at RC06 (Research Committee of Family, International Sociological Association) - VSA (Vietnam Sociological Association) International Conference: The Family in Modern and Global Societies: Persistence and Change, Hanoi, Vietnam

New Chinese Immigrant Community in Bangkok (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ran, G. J. (2015, July). New Chinese Immigrant Community in Bangkok. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICRID 2015), Bangkok