PhD Blog
Every year, the IMISCOE PhD Network invites PhD students to reflect on their research trajectories. Even though the work we all put in is a major part of what we do, most of us deal with a lot of pressure. For some, private matters occupy our time. For...
Special Issue "Unpacking Intersectional Perspectives on Migrant Marginalities: Tracing Agency, Solidarity and Resistance"
Migration dynamics within North Africa have historically remained peripheral in both scholarly inquiry and policy discourse. Much of the existing literature has overwhelmingly centred on the Euro-Mediterranean migration corridor, reinforcing a...
Women have long faced systemic gender discrimination and inequality, economic disparities, obstacles to education, and reproductive health problems in developing regions that are exacerbated by the climate crises. Natural disasters are not neutral since...
Recalling lived experiences of migration can bring about a range of emotions, memories, and aspirations. But what about the children of those who migrate who may have no lived experience or memory of migrating themselves yet bear the burden of retelling...
For Indigenous PhD students who are migrants or refugees, pursuing a doctorate in migration studies is intellectually and emotionally a convoluted undertaking. These scholars offer a profound understanding of their field, conditioned by self-related...
In the intricate landscape of migration studies, the tension between the academic imperative to publish and the moral imperative to effect societal change is particularly pronounced. This tension opened up to me during a conversation with an NGO worker...
Migration toward the Global North introduces us, Global South researchers, to a challenging dance of global immigration policies. Our mobility becomes constrained, hindering access to scientific opportunities concentrated in the Global North. Upon...
In this blog post, I argue that limited livelihood rights extended to Rohingya refugees in India restrict their basic needs and blur their future, thereby violating the right to life in the host country. This argument is based on the analysis drawn from...
Moving to Ireland as a student was more than just a change in geography for me—it was a profound shift in my cultural and spiritual life. While planning my departure, there was one thing I didn’t plan for, the need to recreate a sense of home in a...