As a Development Studies scholar, I consider myself as an interdisciplinary researcher, given that the field amalgamates several disciplines. I am particularly keen on searching for worldviews that can change both the development narrative and migration mantra within the framework of the Global South. The general logic is to develop a discourse that departs from the “dogmatic” views that more or less seem rigidly applicable within the Global North. I hold a bachelor degree in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, an MSc degree in Development Studies from London South Bank University, UK. I am currently in the final phase of my PhD in Development Studies at the University of Lisbon, IGOT, Portugal.
- The Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT) and Centro de Estudos GeograficosResearcherLisbon
As a Development Studies scholar, I consider myself as an interdisciplinary researcher, given that the field amalgamates several disciplines. I am particularly keen on searching for worldviews that can change both the development narrative and migration mantra within the framework of the Global South. The general logic is to develop a discourse that departs from the “dogmatic” views that more or less seem rigidly applicable within the Global North. I hold a bachelor degree in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, an MSc degree in Development Studies from London South Bank University, UK. I am currently in the final phase of my PhD in Development Studies at the University of Lisbon, IGOT, Portugal.
A. Aziz is a PhD candidate at School of Communication, Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. His current research examines the social uses and consequences of digital technologies among Rohingya diaspora in a transnational and comparative context. His research focuses on digital and cultures practices of everyday life with particular emphasis on diaspora , religion, gender, ethnic identity and inclusion. Earlier, he studied and researched in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands under the Erasmus Mundus scholarship and Netherlands fellowship program.
A. Aziz is a PhD candidate at School of Communication, Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. His current research examines the social uses and consequences of digital technologies among Rohingya diaspora in a transnational and comparative context. His research focuses on digital and cultures practices of everyday life with particular emphasis on diaspora , religion, gender, ethnic identity and inclusion. Earlier, he studied and researched in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands under the Erasmus Mundus scholarship and Netherlands fellowship program.
Badre is a policy development expert, based in Germany. His research seeks to analyze current norms that hamper the progress and livelihood of migrants, women, and youth as social groups; and aims at generating evidence-based recommendations that could inform national and regional policies, providing comparable data across borders on key countries in the Southern Mediterranean Neighborhood. He worked for a number of international organizations (Fulbright, EU-JRC, ERASMUS+, InterAcademy Partnership, Konrad-Adenaeur Foundation, Global Young Academy, Next Einstein Forum, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, ECSA Global, and Arab Council for Social Sciences, American Political Sciences Association, MAJALAT Consortium; Réseau Euromed France REF; and EDU4U. He has also served as visiting professor & research fellow at Alfred University in New York, Monterey Institute for International Studies in California, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; Aalborg University in Denmark, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, and Babes Bolyai University in Romania. He is the editor of Social Science Section for ELSAVIER & Scientific African Journal. His recent publications include: North-South Economic Diplomacy: EU-Morocco Free Trade Negotiation (Germany, November 2020); & Voices of Early Career Researchers in and out of the Academy: A Pan- African Perspective (Germany May 2020). Currently, he is a coordinator and author the EuroMeSCo Joint Study Group 2021: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: A Comparative Perspective on Maghreb Countries Migration Cooperation with their West African Neighbours.
- Mohammed V UniversityAssociate ProfessorRabat
- University of North CarolinaAssociate ResearcherNC
- Institute For Cultural DiplomacyProgram DirectorBerlin
- Aalborg UniverisityVisiting ProfessorAalborg
- Monterey Institute for Intrernational StudiesVisiting ProfessorMonterey
- American Language CenterProfessorRabat
- Alfred UniversityFulbright TAAlfred
- Université Mohammed V de RabatAssistant ProfessorRabat
Badre is a policy development expert, based in Germany. His research seeks to analyze current norms that hamper the progress and livelihood of migrants, women, and youth as social groups; and aims at generating evidence-based recommendations that could inform national and regional policies, providing comparable data across borders on key countries in the Southern Mediterranean Neighborhood. He worked for a number of international organizations (Fulbright, EU-JRC, ERASMUS+, InterAcademy Partnership, Konrad-Adenaeur Foundation, Global Young Academy, Next Einstein Forum, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, ECSA Global, and Arab Council for Social Sciences, American Political Sciences Association, MAJALAT Consortium; Réseau Euromed France REF; and EDU4U. He has also served as visiting professor & research fellow at Alfred University in New York, Monterey Institute for International Studies in California, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; Aalborg University in Denmark, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, and Babes Bolyai University in Romania. He is the editor of Social Science Section for ELSAVIER & Scientific African Journal. His recent publications include: North-South Economic Diplomacy: EU-Morocco Free Trade Negotiation (Germany, November 2020); & Voices of Early Career Researchers in and out of the Academy: A Pan- African Perspective (Germany May 2020). Currently, he is a coordinator and author the EuroMeSCo Joint Study Group 2021: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia: A Comparative Perspective on Maghreb Countries Migration Cooperation with their West African Neighbours.
Osman Balkan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College and Senior Fellow at the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the politics of migration, race/ethnicity, and citizenship in Western Europe and the Middle East. His first book project, Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration in Europe explores how minority communities manage and make sense of death and dying in countries where they face structural barriers to full citizenship.
- Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, University of PennsylvaniaSenior FellowPhiladelphia
Osman Balkan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College and Senior Fellow at the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the politics of migration, race/ethnicity, and citizenship in Western Europe and the Middle East. His first book project, Dying Abroad: The Political Afterlives of Migration in Europe explores how minority communities manage and make sense of death and dying in countries where they face structural barriers to full citizenship.
Associate Professor of the Department of Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid (U.C.M.), with teaching in the degree of Social Anthropology in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the (U.C. M.). Doctor Cum Laude and International Mention in Feminist and Gender Studies, by the Institute of Feminist Research of the Complutense University of Madrid. His research interests are Gender, Postcolonialism and Migrations, African Women and Care Practices, Traditional Systems of Economic Cooperation and Local Development. Professor in charge of the virtual teaching of Introduction to Social Anthropology at the Universidad de Mayores (Senior University UCM), and lecturer in the Master on Islam in Contemporary Societies at the UCM. He is the author of several publications, monographs, reports and articles on these subjects and participates as a Researcher / Collaborator in research projects at the same University.
- University Complutense MadridMadrid
Associate Professor of the Department of Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid (U.C.M.), with teaching in the degree of Social Anthropology in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the (U.C. M.). Doctor Cum Laude and International Mention in Feminist and Gender Studies, by the Institute of Feminist Research of the Complutense University of Madrid. His research interests are Gender, Postcolonialism and Migrations, African Women and Care Practices, Traditional Systems of Economic Cooperation and Local Development. Professor in charge of the virtual teaching of Introduction to Social Anthropology at the Universidad de Mayores (Senior University UCM), and lecturer in the Master on Islam in Contemporary Societies at the UCM. He is the author of several publications, monographs, reports and articles on these subjects and participates as a Researcher / Collaborator in research projects at the same University.
Associate Professor at the University of Leeds UK. Originally from Romania, Erasmus alumni and a 'migrant' in five European countries, my work seeks to bring new understandings of migrant rights, citizenship and integration, newly arrived migrant and refugee communities, diverse cities and global inequalities, borders and nations. PhD in Social and Political Studies, European University Institute (2013). Most recent projects: Feeding the nation: Seasonal migrants workers and food security (have a look! https://feedingthenation.leeds.ac.uk/ ) and Northern exposure: race, nation and dissatisfaction in 'ordinary' cities (have a look! https://northernexposure.leeds.ac.uk/) . Languages: Romanian, Spanish, Italian, English, passive knowledge German and French. Mother of second generation. She/her.
- The University Of LeedsAssociate ProfessorLeeds
Associate Professor at the University of Leeds UK. Originally from Romania, Erasmus alumni and a 'migrant' in five European countries, my work seeks to bring new understandings of migrant rights, citizenship and integration, newly arrived migrant and refugee communities, diverse cities and global inequalities, borders and nations. PhD in Social and Political Studies, European University Institute (2013). Most recent projects: Feeding the nation: Seasonal migrants workers and food security (have a look! https://feedingthenation.leeds.ac.uk/ ) and Northern exposure: race, nation and dissatisfaction in 'ordinary' cities (have a look! https://northernexposure.leeds.ac.uk/) . Languages: Romanian, Spanish, Italian, English, passive knowledge German and French. Mother of second generation. She/her.
Ahmad Walid Barlas is from Afghanistan. He received his master's degree in economic and management from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Currently, he is employed as a lecturer and head of BBA department at Samangan Higher Education Institute, Afghanistan. His research interest area is migration, remittances and economic development. Mr. Barlas has conducted a number of research projects on migration studies.
- Samangan Higher Education InstituteLecturer and head of BBA departmentAybak
Ahmad Walid Barlas is from Afghanistan. He received his master's degree in economic and management from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Currently, he is employed as a lecturer and head of BBA department at Samangan Higher Education Institute, Afghanistan. His research interest area is migration, remittances and economic development. Mr. Barlas has conducted a number of research projects on migration studies.
I am a doctoral student in Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI) at Freie Universität Berlin. In my doctoral project I am investigating remigration and reintegration processes of indocumented mexican labour migrants.
Before, I studied Cultural Sciences (Social Sciences / Cultural Anthropology / Socio-Linguistics) at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Universidad de Málaga (Spain) and Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico).
- Institute for Latin American Studies - Freie Universität BerlinPhD StudentBerlin
I am a doctoral student in Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI) at Freie Universität Berlin. In my doctoral project I am investigating remigration and reintegration processes of indocumented mexican labour migrants.
Before, I studied Cultural Sciences (Social Sciences / Cultural Anthropology / Socio-Linguistics) at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Universidad de Málaga (Spain) and Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico).
International migration researcher currently doing a MA in Mobility Studies, in the Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences and the Ancient World at the University of Padua. Has a bachelor's degree in International Relations from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Focused on Latin American migration flows and social network analysis. Assistant researcher at Revibra Europe, a network that provides support to Brazilian victims of gender-based violence and domestic abuse in the EU. Member of the Working Group on Migration at EST (European Student Think Tank).
- RevibraResearch assistantBrussels
- EST - European Student Think TankMember and researcherBrussels
- University of PaduaTutorPadova
International migration researcher currently doing a MA in Mobility Studies, in the Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences and the Ancient World at the University of Padua. Has a bachelor's degree in International Relations from São Paulo State University (UNESP). Focused on Latin American migration flows and social network analysis. Assistant researcher at Revibra Europe, a network that provides support to Brazilian victims of gender-based violence and domestic abuse in the EU. Member of the Working Group on Migration at EST (European Student Think Tank).
Jean Beaman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was previously on the faculty at Purdue University and has held visiting fellowships at Duke University and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). Her research is ethnographic in nature and focuses on race/ethnicity, racism, international migration, and state-sponsored violence in both France and the United States. She is author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France (University of California Press, 2017), as well as numerous articles and chapters. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University. She is also an Editor of H-Net Black Europe, an Associate Editor of the journal, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, and Corresponding Editor for the journal Metropolitics/Metropolitiques.
- University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara
Jean Beaman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was previously on the faculty at Purdue University and has held visiting fellowships at Duke University and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). Her research is ethnographic in nature and focuses on race/ethnicity, racism, international migration, and state-sponsored violence in both France and the United States. She is author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France (University of California Press, 2017), as well as numerous articles and chapters. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University. She is also an Editor of H-Net Black Europe, an Associate Editor of the journal, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, and Corresponding Editor for the journal Metropolitics/Metropolitiques.
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