New Research Grant Awarded to Study Global Migration and Security
Published: 9 October 2024
Professor Gerasimos Tsourapas has been awarded a $500,000 research grant for a 24-month project entitled “Securitisation Without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order.”
The School of Social & Political Sciences is pleased to announce that Professor Gerasimos Tsourapas has been awarded a $500,000 research grant for a 24-month project entitled “Securitisation Without Security: How Migration is Shaping the Global Order.”
This project, co-led by Professor Katrina Burgess from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, will explore how migration and the security measures adopted by states to manage it have created new inter- and intrastate political levers. The research will analyze the weaponization of migrants by transit states, investigate illicit political economies, and develop alternative strategies for managing these challenges. Findings will be disseminated through papers, briefings, and targeted events to policymakers in the United States and abroad.
Professors Tsourapas said: ‘this is a fantastic opportunity to compare how Europe and the United States handle refugee crises and to explore the impact of their responses on migration governance. It ties into the exciting work happening across the School of Social & Political Sciences on the politics of migration, with great potential for collaboration and synergies with colleagues at Tufts University and beyond.’
The project is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, as part of their recent funding scheme aimed at “Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order.”
Professors Tsourapas and Burgess look forward to advancing this critical work and contributing to a deeper understanding of migration’s role in shaping the global order.
First published: 9 October 2024
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