Espiñeira, Keina

Keina
Espiñeira

Keina Espiñeira is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology and Visual Communication, A Coruña University (Spain) and member of the Research Group in the Sociology of International Migration (ESOMI). She graduated in Political Science from Complutense University and in Visual Studies from Carlos III University. She holds a PhD in Political Conflict and Peace Processes from Complutense University and an M.A. in Documentary Cinema from Alcalá University. Her research focuses on the politics of migration and asylum in the Mediterranean region. She focuses her empirical research on the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa. She teaches international relations, comparative politics, border and migration studies. Her artistic research practice arises from politics and academic activism, and it involves fieldwork from a multidisciplinary approach. She is director of documentary films in which she explores cultural geographies, landscapes and mythologies between Africa and Europe. Borders have a pivotal role in her work.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 503
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-2467
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/keinaespineira/
Researcher ID S-1606-2019

Roles

  • Universidade da Coruña

    University, Spain
    Postdoctoral researcher

  • Universidade da Coruña

    Other, A Coruña, Spain
    Profesora Ayudante Doctora

  • Universidade da Coruña

    Other, A Coruña, Spain
    Associate Researcher, project H2020 "Investing in 'Welcoming Spaces' in Europe: revitalizing shrinking areas by hosting non-EU migrants" (H2020, WelcomingSpaces, MIGRATION-03-2019)

  • King's College London

    Other, London, United Kingdom
    Associate Researcher, ERC project: “Enacting border security in the digital age: political worlds of data forms, flows and frictions (SECURITY FLOWS)”, Consolidator Grant ERC-2018-COG, European Commission H2020-EU.1.1

  • Universidade da Coruña

    Other, A Coruña, Spain
    Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Harvard University

    University, Cambridge, United States
    RCC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Université Cadi Ayyad

    Other, Marrakech, Morocco
    Ibn Battutta postdoctoral fellow, EU Erasmus Mundus Project

  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Departament de Geografia

    Other, Barcelona, Spain
    Junior Researcher, EU FP7 Projects: "European Regions, EU External Borders and the Immediate Neighbours. Analysing Regional Development Options through Policies and Practices of Cross-Border Co-operation” (EUBORDERREGIONS, FP7-SSH-2010-266920); and "Bordering, Political Landscapes and Social Arenas: Potentials and Challenges of Evolving Border Concepts in a post-Cold War World” (EUBORDERSCAPES FP7-SSH-2011-1-290775)

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Other, Madrid, Spain
    Predoctoral fellow and teaching assistant

  • Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas

    Other, Madrid, Spain
    Researcher in training

Research

La diáspora de las mujeres saharauis en Galicia

Authors Ana Maria Pernas, Keina Espiñeira, Carlos Diz
Year 2023
Journal Name L’Ouest Saharien
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2 Journal Article

Labour Migration in Malaysia and Spain: Markets, Citizenship and Rights

Authors Keina Espiñeira
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Borderlands Studies
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4 Journal Article

Euro-African Invisibilisations in the Border(land)scape of Punta Tarifa

Authors X. Ferrer-Gallardo, A. Albet-Mas, K. Espiñeira
Year 2015
Book Title Borderscaping: Imaginations and Practices of Border Making
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9 Book Chapter

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