Born in Chicago, Vertovec completed a double major (anthropology and religious studies) B.A. Magna cum laude at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1979. Thereafter, he gained an M.A. in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982. In 1988 he was awarded a D.Phil. in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, where he was a student at Nuffield College.
Vertovec’s doctoral work concerned religion, ethnicity and socio-economic development in Trinidad, West Indies.[2] Since then, his work has examined issues surrounding ethnic and religious minorities, international migration, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, diasporas, transnationalism, diversity and super-diversity. He has mainly conducted research in Britain and Germany.
After coining the term super-diversity[8] different major news outlets have reported on Vertovec's research [9][10] and Vertovec himself has actively contributed to debates on immigration and thinking about social complexities[11]
Selected publications
Clarke, Colin, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec, eds. [1990] South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN9780521129657.
Rogers, Alisdair and Steven Vertovec, eds [1995] The Urban Context: Ethnicity, Social Networks, and Situational Analysis, Oxford: Berg ISBN9780333535059.
Vertovec S. [1992] Hindu Trinidad: Religion, Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Change, Basingstoke: Macmillan ISBN9780333535059.
Vertovec, Steven, Ed. [1999] Migration and Social Cohesion, Aldershot: Edward Elgar ISBN9781858988689.
Vertovec, Steven [1996] ‘Multiculturalism, culturalism, and public incorporation,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 19(1): 49-69 doi:10.1080/01419870.1996.9993898.
Vertovec, Steven and Robin Cohen, eds [1999] Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism, Aldershot: Edward Elgar ISBN9781858988696.
Vertovec, Steven [1999] ‘Conceiving and researching transnationalism,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 22 (2): 447-62 doi:10.1080/014198799329558.
Vertovec, Steven [1999] ‘Minority associations, networks and public policies: re-assessing relationships,’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 25(1): 21-42 doi:10.1080/1369183X.1999.9976670.
Vertovec, Steven [2000] The HinduDiaspora: Comparative Patterns, London and New York: Routledge ISBN9780415238939.
Vertovec, Steven [2001] ‘Transnationalism and identity,’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 27(4): 573-82 {{doi:10.1080/13691830120090386}}.
Vertovec, Steven and Robin Cohen, eds [2002] Conceiving Cosmopolitanism: Theory, Context and Practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN9780199252282.
Vertovec, Steven [ 2003] ‘Migration and other forms of transnationalism: Towards conceptual cross-fertilization,’ International Migration Review 37(3): 641-65 doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00153.x.
Vertovec, Steven [2004] ‘Cheap calls: The social glue of migrant transnationalism,’ Global Networks 4(2) 219-24 doi:10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00088.x.
Vertovec, Steven [2004] ‘Migrant transnationalism and modes of transformation,’ International Migration Review 38(3): 970-1001 doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00226.x.
Vertovec, Steven [2007] ‘Super-diversity and its implications’, Ethnic and RacialStudies 29(6): 1024-54: doi:10.1080/01419870701599465.
Vertovec, Steven [2009] Transnationalism, London & New York: Routledge: ISBN9780415432993.
Vertovec, Steven, Ed. [2009] Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions, London: Routledge ISBN978-0-415-50882-7.
Vertovec, Steven and Susanne Wessendorf, eds [2010] The MulticulturalBacklash: European Discourses, Policies and Practices, London Routledge ISBN978-0-415-55649-1.
Vertovec, Steven [2010] ‘Toward post-multiculturalism? Changing communities, conditions and contexts of diversity,’ International Social Science Journal 199: 83-95 doi:10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01749.x.
Vertovec, Steven, Ed. [2014] Migration and Diversity, Cheltanham: Edward Elgar: ISBN978-1-78254-718-1.
Nowicka, Magda and Steven Vertovec [2014] ‘Introduction: Dreams and realities of living with difference,’ European Journal of Cultural Studies 17(4): 341-356 doi:10.1177/1367549413510414.
Vertovec, Steven, Ed. [2015] Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies, London and New York: Routledge ISBN9781315747224.
Meissner, Fran and Steven Vertovec [2015] ‘Comparing super-diversity,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 38(4): 541-55 doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.980295.
Vertovec, Steven, Ed. [2015] Diversities Old and New: Migration and Socio-spatial Patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN978-1-137-49548-8.
Vertovec, Steven [2017] ‘Mooring, migration milieus and complex explanation’, Ethnic and Racial Studies 40(9): 574-1581 doi:10.1080/01419870.2017.1308534
Vertovec, Steven; Wari, Shahd et al [2017] Addressing the diversity of asylum-seekers‘ needs and aspirations. A report to the Volkswagen Foundation. MMG Working Paper 17-05. ISSN 2192-2357
^Munasinghe, Viranjini (1993). "Review of Hindu Trinidad: Religion, Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Change". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 67 (3/4): 349–351. JSTOR41849566.
^Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. "Humboldt Netzwerk". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 2018-02-21.