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Personal Statement
I am a historian of migration and diaspora. My main research interest is in immigrant community life, especially ethnic associational culture. I primarily work on the Scottish, English and German diasporas, but the scope of my research has widened to include broader aspects of immigrant collective action over time. This has included work on the European diaspora in the UK and the British diaspora in the EU/EEA/Switzerland post-Brexit.
My current project is entitled 'Transeuropean Scots: Scotland’s European Diaspora Post-Brexit in Longitudinal Perspective' and was funded with a Personal Research Fellowship by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. While Scottish diaspora scholarship has expanded significantly, continental Europe has received relatively little attention and we lack understanding of how Scotland’s European diaspora is an interconnected part of ‘global Scotland’. Brexit brings this into sharp focus. Situated within that context, my project explores change and/or persistence of the Scots’ diasporic organisation over time to assess what it can tell us about Scottish present-day migrant life in continental Europe. In so doing, the project offers a new reading of Scotland’s European diaspora as one of ‘transeuropean Scots’: connected diasporically with each other and to Scotland, but also with a continental Europe post-Brexit in which they now live as Europeans who no longer are EU citizens.
Beyond my immediate research, I also engage with policymakers, governments and the wider public and I work with NGOs, think tanks, community groups and museums to do so. In particular, I was recently appointed as an advisor to the Scottish Government for the Scottish Connections Framework.
I was Principal Investigator of the ESRC Future Research Leaders project ‘European, Ethnic and Expatriate: A Longitudinal Comparison of British and German Social Networking and Associational Formations in Modern-day Asia’, and Co-Investigator of the AHRC funded project ‘Locating the Hidden Diaspora: The English in North America in Transatlantic Perspective, 1760-1950’.
I joined Strathclyde in August 2020 and welcome enquiries from prospective Masters and PhD students interested in working on topics to do with migration and diaspora history or the history of ethnic associational culture, immigrant community life and collective action.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington
Award Date: 23 Mar 2009
Master of Arts, University of Bielefeld
Award Date: 1 Aug 2005
External positions
Scottish Connections Advisory Panel, Scottish Government
Oct 2024 → …
Steering Group Member, Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
Jul 2021 → …
External Exminer in History, University of Aberdeen
Oct 2018 → Sept 2022
Keywords
- Migration
- Diaspora
- History
- Brexit
- collective action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Transeuropean Scots Post-Brexit: Developing impact through participatory art
Bueltmann, T. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/24 → …
Project: Internally funded project
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RSE Personal Research Fellowship - Tanja Bueltmann
Bueltmann, T. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research Fellowship
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EU Citizens' Identity, Belonging & Representation Post-Brexit: Full Report
Bueltmann, T. & Bulat, A., 18 Aug 2021, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. 62 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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People make Glasgow portable – and portable people make Glasgow: the case for translocal Scottish diaspora studies
Bueltmann, T., 6 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) Portable City: Glasgow’s Transatlantic Connections, c.1850-c.1950. Bowman, S. & Taylor, K. (eds.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Strategic Themes: Increasing Policymaker Engagement with Research Funding Workshop
Hannon, M. (Organiser), Cunningham, S. (Organiser), Davidson, S. N. (Participant), Nguyen, L. K. N. (Participant), Adams, P. (Participant), Bueltmann, T. (Participant), Sylvester, C. (Participant), De Francesco, F. (Participant), Mattes, R. (Participant), Halliday, S. (Participant), Cairns, I. (Participant) & McQuarrie, J. (Participant)
20 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course