Project Highlights:
- Focus on African experience of European migration management
- Contribution to research on migration in the Global South
Project Summary
The Africa-EU Migration, Mobility and Employment Partnership (MMEP), as well as other ad hoc EU states’ partnerships with African states, have often been criticised as policy tools influenced by neoliberal ideas such as the market-oriented liberalisation of mobility (Maisenbacher 2015), or an effort to externalise EU borders with the aim to restrict immigration from the Global South (Lebovich 2016 and others). Overall, the partnership is said to reflect asymmetric power relations that mostly seek to guarantee the cooperation of countries in Africa with an EU agenda of strict migration control (Tittel-Mosser, 2018 and others).
This proposed project seeks to shed light to the African experience of MMEP in order to address what it identifies as a gap in the relevant literatures. It will do so by exploring how it affects mobility within and across African states; how it may undermine local moral economies involving facilitation of movement; how it may affect migrant bordercrossing trajectories; how current practices reflect past and colonial practices, etc.
A historical perspective on the impact of European migration management policies on the African continent/specific African countries will be the first key component. While the second key component involves the focus on the African experience of said impact, since current work usually betrays a Eurocentric viewpoint.
The methodology foreseen should involve in situ observation/fieldwork. The student will have the potential to shape the project according to their interests and identify the case studies/ states’ examples they would like to work on.
The project will be co-supervised equally by Zoe Groves in History and Myriam Fotou in International Relations with a senior colleague involved as advisor.
Start date: Sept 2023
Eligibility:
UK and International* applicants are welcome to apply.
Entry requirements:
Applicants are required to hold/or expect to obtain a UK Bachelor Degree 2:1 or better in a relevant subject or overseas equivalent.
The University of Leicester English language requirements may apply.
To apply
Please refer to the information and How to Apply section on our web site https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities/future-50-cssah
Please ensure you include the project reference, supervisor and project title on your application.
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