[STS-Africa] PhD positions at REMEP - Technicisation of exclusionary practices in the context of migration

[TimmS]

Dear all,

The International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation 
and Punishment (IMPRS REMEP) at the Max Planck Institute for Social 
Anthropology is announcing PhD positions. This specific cohort shall be 
working on the „Technicisation of exclusionary practices in the context 
of migration“.

Please find more details under: ‚
https://recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/321/Description/1

Kind regards,
Timm Sureau




Full text:
Technicisation of exclusionary practices in the context of migration

The EU is externalising its borders into the Mediterranean and far 
beyond by creating laws and regulations for military interventions, by 
providing for refugee camps in Sudan and elsewhere, and by regulating 
the activities of NGO ships engaged in saving mobile populations. With 
an African policy that focuses on incentives, and on financial and 
technological assistance to canalize migration patterns, the EU shifts 
questions of integration and identity from local negotiation processes 
within the member states to its expanded borders, and to the realm of 
laws, technologies and media.

This call invites project proposals looking at topics such as the usage 
of technological securitisation, biometric data policies, and 
technologies of humanitarian intervention among refugee populations in 
relation to European law and EU politics in Africa and along its 
borders. Candidates’ projects should look empirically at exclusionary 
practices in the context of migration, focusing on the impact of 
technologies and on the criminalisation of migration and European legal 
provisions. This could include, for example, database development, 
technological securitisation of borders, or biometric registration in 
refugee camps; or maritime research in the Mediterranean on and about 
NGO, military and governmental ships, as well as boats used by human 
traffickers. The topics outlined above should be analysed from an 
anthropological, legal, discursive, and technological perspective. 
Applicants are expected to develop their research questions 
independently, and to specify those in their proposal. Proposals with a 
comparative perspective and/or an inter-disciplinary approach will be 
considered with priority.