The Global Migration Centre is very pleased to host three new visiting fellows this semester, Mareen Brosinsky, Deborah Casalin and Angela Moore,
Angela Moore is refugee advocate and protection specialist at UNHCR, where she has worked since 2010 in protection and emergency roles based in the field and at headquarters. She is currently working as the Senior Community-Based Protection Officer for the Regional Bureau for Europe, while also pursuing her D.Phil from the University of Oxford.
What is the topic of your research project?
My research project is focused on the regional dimension of refugee protection, examining how the Common European Asylum System facilitates interstate cooperation (or not), as seen specifically through the lens of the refugee "crisis" of 2015. My research looks at the responses to the crisis in Sweden, Germany, and Hungary, in particular.
Why did you choose to come to the Global Migration Centre ?
I was interested to join the Global Migration Centre because I very much appreciate the interdisciplinary, pragmatic approach the Centre takes to current challenges in the area of migration. In tackling some of the most urgent and impactful issues in this area of study, the Centre brings theory and innovation to bear on real-world problems in a manner that facilitates exchange between practitioners and researchers.
Mareen Brosinsky is a PhD candidate at the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry and Doctoral Fellow at the Future of Rights Centre at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.
What is the topic of your research project?
My dissertation looks at universal jurisdiction as a domestic accountability mechanism to respond to international crimes and specifically, to the crime of forced displacement. It applies a constructivist lens to examine how states implement and practice universal jurisdiction as an international principle within their domestic legal and political contexts and how local variations in its interpretation (re)shape the global discourse on the principle. In doing so, it seeks to understand under which conditions universal jurisdiction can be effectively applied to seek accountability for forced displacement. My thesis forms part of a wider research project funded through an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant which looks at a range of accountability mechanisms that can address forced displacement as a crime under international law.
Why did you choose to come to the Global Migration Centre ?
My Visiting Fellowship at the Global Migration Centre provides me with an opportunity to connect with experts in the field who have a strong experience and research focus on the intersection between international human rights and criminal law and the global refuge and migration regime. With its interdisciplinary orientation, the Centre appears to be a great space to receive valuable input and guidance on the complexities and transnational nature of forced migration and criminal justice. I hope to get the chance to discuss my research and identify overlapping interests and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and, of course, be able to contribute to the Centre’s activities with my own work. Further, I intend to conduct essential data-gathering activities, including in-depth interviews with key practitioners in Geneva to receive insightful background information and complement my desk research.
Deborah Casalin is Principal Research Fellow at the University of Antwerp Law Faculty - Law and Development Research Group. She focuses on resolving displacement in international law.
What is the topic of your research project?
My current research is on durable solutions for internally displaced people (IDPs) in international law. This builds further on my PhD research on reparations for displacement, which are only one element that may help to realize a durable solution, or at least safeguard the possibility of voluntary choice. During my time at the Global Migration Centre, I will be concentrating on exploring the potential responsibilities of actors beyond the territorial state in realizing durable solutions for IDPs.
Why did you choose to come to the Global Migration Centre ?
I was very keen to spend time focusing on developing my post-doctoral research among some of the top experts on displacement and migration, in the field of international law as well as in other disciplines. Visiting the Global Migration Centre is an excellent opportunity to enrich my work by exchanging with researchers with similar interests, consulting the comprehensive range of resources available at the Graduate Institute, and connecting with policy and practice here in Geneva.