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Jegen, Leonie

Leonie
Jegen

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Leonie is a PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), UvA. Her doctoral research focuses on the making of Senegalese migrant smuggling governance in the context of externalized EU-ropean migration control. Prior to starting her PhD Leonie has worked as a project researcher on migration governance in West Africa at the University of Freiburg and the Free University of Brussels/UNU-Cris. As part of this work she conducted research in Ghana, Niger, and Senegal. She has also worked as Communication Officer at the European Council of Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). Leonie holds a MA in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex and a BA in International Relations from the University of Groningen.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3517
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-230X
X/Twitter https://twitter.com/@Le0nieFelicitas

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
  • Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Amsterdam

    University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    PhD Student

Research

Suggested Research

The (in)formality of mobility in the ECOWAS region: The paradoxes of free movement

Authors Kwaku Arhin-Sam, Amanda Bisong, Leonie Jegen, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name South African Journal of International Affairs
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1 Journal Article
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