Cristiano Codagnone was awarded a PhD in sociology at New York University (1995). Currently he is lecturer in the Department of Sociology of Bocconi University of Milan, and research associate with the Centre for European Migration and Ethnic Studies (CEMES) with responsibility for the Ethnobarometer Programme jointly organised by CEMES and CSS. In 1996 he held an EC ‘Human Capital and Mobility’ Fellowship at the European Centre on Migration and Ethnic Studies (ERCOMER) at the University of Utrecht. His research has recently concentrated on Russian post-Soviet transition, with a particular focus on ethnic and migration issues, and on migration and citizenship issues in Western Europe. Dr Codagnone’s publications include the book, Questione Nazionale e Migrazioni Etniche: La Russia e lo Spazio Post-Sovietico (Milano: Franco Angeli-ISMU, 1997), contibutions to edited books, and articles in peer-reviewed journals.