Sara Hormozinejad

Sara Hormozinejad is a research assistant for the CERC Migration’s Transnational House project. Sara is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto and is enrolled in the collaborative specialization Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Her SSHRC-funded dissertation project examines the cultures of return migration and mobilities among Iranian migrants. Sara holds an MA in anthropology from the University of Toronto and a BA (Honours) in anthropology from the University of Calgary. Prior to her current joining CERC Migration, Sara held various research assistant and coordination roles at both the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary.

With Goldring, L., Landolt, P., Borras, J., Elgueta, N., and Marshall, S. (2024).  (PDF file) Multiple Jeopardy: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-status families and workers in the GTA (external link) . Toronto: FCJ Refugee Centre, York University and the University of Toronto.

(2023). “‘Why did you return?’: North-South return migration and family ties in the case of Iran (external link) .” Socialpolicy.ch 2023(2):1–19.