LITERATURE REVIEW OF MIGRATION, RELIGION AND INTEGRATION AMONG IMMIGRANTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

This study provides an analysis of migration, religion and integration literature in a twofold approach: first, the development in volume and the internationalization of the field are analysed. Second, development is analysed in terms of topical focus within migration studies over the recent decades of the 21st century. To capture volume, internationalisation, and topic focus, my analysis involves topic modelling of the landscape of migration studies. Given that there exist different research motives surrounding the subject of migration, previous literature indicates a linear growth path towards an increasingly diversified and fragmented field. Although previous literature indicates an increase in migration studies the problems of migration, in reality, are yet far from being solved. Moreover, the analysis reveals that there is a shift between various topics within the migration field as opposed to a growth of diversification of topics. This means that there is less linkage between studies tackling a specific topic as studies have taken independent directions. Lastly, this literature review study reveals that fragmentation in migration studies has no consistent trend and in contrast, there is a recent connectedness between related topics of migration.  Article visualizations: