Projects
Refugee for sale. A multi-methodological research project on international refugee organizations' public communication strategies on the Syrian and Central African refugee crises (2011-2018). Ghent University
This multi-methodological project investigates the complex dimensions of international refugee organizations’ public communication strategies towards the recent Syrian and Central African crises, thereby focusing on (1) the production process by means of interviews with these organizations, (2) the discursive practices of representing refugees, and (3) the reception of the public communication efforts by citizens, refugees and relevant ...
Technologies of the displaced: governance, communication use and media experiences among Syrian refugees in Sanliurfa (South- Eastern Turkey) and Brussels (Belgium). University of Antwerp
From Camp to Campus: Social Investment in Refugees and Newcomers through Higher Education. KU Leuven
The main objective of ‘From Camp to Campus’ is to provide the scientific evidence base for a ‘social investment approach’ which can boost the efficiency and effectiveness of R&N integration strategies through higher education. Alongside the scientific objective, ‘From Camp to Campus’ has a societal objective: to foster a win-win strategy, with welfare gains for R&N themselves, and for the Flemish economy and society at large. This ...
Towards the Emergence of Urban Asylum Regimes: Policies, Approaches and Consequences of the Reception of Refugees in European and US American Cities Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Substance use recovery and social recovery capital among refugees Ghent University
Although little is known about the prevalence of substance use among refugees in Europe, studies point out that it increases over time after arrival in the EU. The EU Asylum agency (EUAA) recently reported that drug-related incidents are an increasing concern in asylum settings across Europe. Yet, evidence-based interventions targeting these populations are scarce and leading substance use recovery theories did not yet study recovery among ...
Forced Migration as Urban Development: The Emergence of Formal and Informal Planning Approaches for the Arrival and Settlement of Refugees Vrije Universiteit Brussel
reduced to discussions about emergency measures, such as the
construction of asylum camps, rather than seeing refugees as longterm community members. Largely neglected by scholars, some
cities have nevertheless recognized the role of urban planning in
providing durable solutions for housing, neighborhood development,
and immigrant integration. This ...
Exiled and separated: a multi-sited ethnography of Eritrean refugees and their families attempting to reunite. University of Antwerp
Rebuilding home in different citizenship regimes. How Syrian refugees reconstruct their social lives, experience belonging and organise themselves in two European cities and their hinterlands. Ghent University
Since 2015 more than one million Syrians have fled to Europe. Government officials increasingly seem to consider sending them ‘back’ as soon as the Syrian conflict calms down. Yet where do Syrians themselves think they belong? The home they left behind is often irretrievably lost, and the memories to violence too fresh and painful to return. At the same time many refugees in Europe struggle to find work, affordable housing and recognition. ...
The International Protection and Rights of 'Environmental Refugees' Ghent University
Environmental refugees are increasingly becoming a problem for the international community. Being forced to leave the homeland by external environmental factors, they currently have no legal right to protection, contrary to 'political' refugees. The research focuses firstly on an ecological migration typology ('refugee' versus 'migrant' versus 'displaced person'). Then it will be examined which current or future legal instruments can offer ...