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Dr Christina Boswell (Senior Lecturer) |
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The University of Edinburgh
School of Social and Political Studies
Politics
Crystal Macmillan Building
15A George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LD
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0)131 650 9924
Fax +44 (0)131 650 6546
Email christina.boswell[at]ed.ac.uk
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Research
Focus:
- European immigration and refugee
policies
- Theories of migration policy
- Political philosophy and migration
Description
of Research Interests
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| Education |
| 1997-2000 |
PhD, Department of International Relations,
London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD. thesis title: "Refugee Policy and the Limits
of Liberal Universalism" |
| 1993-1994 |
M.A. in European Politics and Administration, College
of Europe, Bruges |
1990-1993
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B.A. Hons. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Balliol
College, Oxford University |
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| Awards |
| 2004 |
EU Marie Curie Excellence Grant |
| 2000 |
EU Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship |
| 1997 |
UK Economic and Social Research Council, full scholarship
for PhD |
| 1993 |
British government scholarship for the College of Europe |
| 1990 |
London Examining Board Prize for History |
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| Professional Experience |
| May 2005-August 2006 |
Senior Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWA/HWWI,
Hamburg, Germany |
| July 2003 - April 2005 |
Founder and Head, Migration Research Group,
HWWA, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2001 - 2003 |
Marie Curie Fellow, Institute for Peace Research and
Security Policy at the University of Hamburg |
| Since 2000 |
Associate Fellow, European Programme, Royal Institute
of International Affairs, Chatham House, London |
| 1996 - 1999 |
Research Consultant, Policy Research Unit, UNHCR, Geneva |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Field Officer, United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR), Burundi |
| 1995 |
Researcher, Inter-governmental Consultations on Immigration,
Refugee and Asylum Policy (IGC), Geneva |
1994 - 1995 |
Paid intern, Task Force on Justice and Home Affairs
(Immigration and Asylum Unit), European Commission, Brussels |
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| Teaching |
| 2005-2006 |
Europe and International Migration, MA
in Peace Research, IFSH |
| 2002 - 2003 |
Theories of International Politics, MA in
Peace Research, IFSH |
| 2000 |
Theory and Practice of Human Rights (Summer School),
LSE |
| 1999 |
Theories and Concepts of Nationalism, LSE |
| 1998 - 1999 |
International Political Theory, LSE |
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Publications |
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| Articles |
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-- with Dan Hough,
Politicising
Migration: Opportunity or Liability for the Centre-Right in Germany,
Journal of European Public Policy, 15:3 (2008), pp. 331-347
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-- with Oana Ciobanu,
Culture, Utility
or Social Systems? Explaining the Cross-National Ties of Emigrants from Borsa, Romania, Journal of Ethnic and Racial
Studies (2008)
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The
Political Functions of Expert Knowledge: Knowledge and Legitimation in European Union Immigration Policy
, Journal of European Public Policy, 15:4 (2008), pp. 471-488
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Knowledge,
Legitimation and the Politics of Risk: The Functions of Research in Public Debates on Migration, Political
Studies, 56:3 (2008), pp. 1-22
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Evasion,
Reinterpretation and Decoupling: European Commission
responses to the 'External Dimension' of Immigration and Asylum,
West European Politics, 31:3 (2008), pp. 491-512
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Combining
Economics and Sociology in Migration Theory,
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 34:4 (2008), pp. 549-566
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"Theorizing
Migration Policy: Is There a Third Way?" International
Migration Review 41:1 (2007), pp. 75-100 |
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Migration
Control in Europe after 9/11: Explaining the Absence of Securitization,
Journal of Common Market Studies, 45:3 (2007), pp. 589-610
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"The
‘External Dimension’ of EU Cooperation in
Immigration and Asylum", International Affairs
73:3 (May 2003), pp. 619-38 |
"Spreading
the ‘costs’ of asylum in Europe: Lessons
Learned from UK and German Experiences", Journal
of Refugee Studies, 16:3 (2003), pp. 316-335 |
"Des politiques
européennes pour prévenir les causes des
flux migratoires et de réfugiés: une approche
intégrée?", Migrations-Société
14 :83 (Sep.-Oct. 2002), pp.113-28 |
| "European
Values and the Asylum Crisis", International Affairs
76/3 (July 2000), pp. 537-557 |
| "Doing Justice
to Refugees: Challenges and Limits of the Current Debate"
(Review Article), International Journal of Human Rights
4:2 (Summer 2000), pp. 79-88 |
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with Thomas Straubhaar, "The Illegal Employment of
Foreign Workers: An Overview". In: Intereconomics,
39:1 (2004), pp. 4-7 |
| "Burden-sharing
in the New Age of Immigration", Migration Information
Source, November 2003 |
| -- with George Borjas
and Jeff Crisp, "Poverty, International Migration
and Asylum", WIDER Aspects 2002/2, pp. 1-3 |
| "Terrorismusbekämpfung
durch Einwanderungskontrolle? Ein Fall fehlgeleiteter
politischer Antworten", Welt Trends, November (2001),
pp. 149-52 |
| "Trafficking
Migrants: Desperate Measures, The World Today, November
(2001), pp. 25-7 |
| "Trafficking
in Migrants: The Dark Side of Globalisation?", Sicherheit
und Frieden 4 (2001), pp. 219-22 |
| "The Conflict
between Refugee Rights and National Interest: Background
and Policy Strategies", Refugee Survey Quarterly
18/2 (November 1999), pp. 40-60 |
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Book
Chapters |
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"Migration Policy Debates in Europe after 9/11: Securitization,
Embedded Liberalism, or the Quest for Legitimation?", in Terri E. Givens, Gary P. Freeman,
and David L. Leal, eds.
"Immigration
Policy and Security: U.S., European, and Commonwealth Perspectives" (New York: Routledge, 2008)
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"Migration in Europe", in Barbara Marshall, ed.
"The Politics
of Migration: A Survey" (London: Routledge, 2006)
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| "Labor Migration
Programmes in Europe: History Repeating Itself?",
in H. Henke, ed., Crossing Over: Comparing Recent Migration
in the US and Europe (Oxford: Lexington, 2005) |
| "The Liberal
Dilemma in the Ethics of Refugee Policy", in G. Lahav
and A. Messina, eds., The Migration Reader: Exploring
Politics and Policies (Boulder, CO., Lynne Rienner Publishers,
Forthcoming 2005). |
| "Innere Sicherheit
durch Einwanderungskontrolle?", Friedensgutachten
(Lit Verlag: Münster, 2002), pp. 135-41.3 |
| "EU External
Policy and the Prevention of Displacement: A Case of Conflicting
Agendas?", AFK-Band Macht - Europa - Frieden?, forthcoming
Winter 2002 (24 pp.) |
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Working
Papers |
"The European Migration Network and
the Symbolic Functions of Expert Knowledge" (Paris:
2006)
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“Migration
in Europe”, Paper Prepared for the Global Commission
on International Migration (Geneva: 2005) |
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with Meng-Hsuan Chou and Julie Smith, "Reconciling
Demand for Labour Migration with Public Concerns about
Immigration: Germany and the UK", Anglo-German
Foundation Report (London: AGF, August 2005) |
| "Knowledge
Transfer and Migration Policy Making", Special Lecture
on Migration (Geneva: International Institute for Labour
Studies, October 2004) |
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with Silvia Stiller and Thomas Straubhaar, “Forecasting
Labour and Skills Shortages: How Can Projections Better
Inform Labour Migration Policies?” (MRG, 2004) |
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with Jeff Crisp, “Poverty, International Migration
and Asylum”, UNU WIDER Policy Brief No. 8 (Helsinki:
UNU-WIDER, 2004) |
| “Preventing
the Causes of Migration and Refugee Flows: Towards an
EU Policy Framework”, New Issues in Refugee Research
(Geneva: UNHCR, December 2002) |
| “European Immigration
and Asylum Policy: The Laeken Summit and Beyond”,
Chatham House Briefing Paper (London: RIIA, February 2002)
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| “Spreading the
Costs of Asylum: A Critical Analysis of Dispersal Policies
in the UK and Germany”, Anglo-German Foundation
Report 1314 (London and Berlin: AGF, June 2001) |
| “EU Enlargement:
What are the Prospects for East-West Migration?”,
Chatham House Working Paper (London: RIIA: December 2000) |
| "Asylum in Europe:
Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century",
Briefing to UK Parliamentarians, June 2000 |
| -- with Anne Bayefsky,
Michael Doyle et. al. (co-rapporteur), "Emergency
Return: Principles and Guidelines" (Princeton, NJ:
Center of International Studies, Princeton University,
1999) |
| "Responding to
Declining Protection Standards: The Strategies Open to
UNHCR", UNHCR policy paper, January 1998 |
| "Return after
Ethnic Cleansing: Dilemmas and Policy Responses",
UNHCR policy paper, August 1997 |
| -- With Eric Morris,
"Reintegration in the Transition from War to Peace",
UNHCR policy paper, May 1997 (UNHCR contribution to the
UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee) |
| "Voluntary Repatriation:
A Critical Analysis", UNHCR policy paper, December
1996 |
| "Reception in
the Region of Origin", Inter-governmental Consultations,
August 1996 |
| "Methods for
Estimating Stocks of Illegal Immigrants in European IGC
Participating States", Inter-governmental Consultations,
July 1995 |
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