Along with James Clifford, William Safran, and Khachig Tölölyan, Cohen can be considered one of the founding figures of contemporary diaspora studies.

The Zoryan Institute is involved in three main areas of research: genocide studies, diaspora studies, and studies dealing with Armenia in general.

This new trend is known as "African diaspora" studies, and includes blacks who identify primarily as Hispanic or Caribbean .

Professor Gates, who is himself in the early stages of filming a series on the black presence in Latin America, added, "The new attention being paid to diaspora studies is in large part a new way to bring Hispanic experiences into the African fold, a nod to the changing demographics."

His scholarly output and reputation also extends to gender studies, human rights studies and diaspora studies.

His areas of expertise include French politics and ethnicity and nationalism, including diaspora studies.

The department of Human Geography oversees programs in city studies, diaspora studies, physical and human geography.

An academic field, diaspora studies, has become established relating to this sense of the word.

In diaspora studies, the emphasis is on the way groups change across geographic space and time.

The study of diaspora politics is part of the broader field of diaspora studies.