Staff |
| Head of the research unit: Ninna Nyberg Sørensen |
| Albertsen, Katrine Borg, MA Cultural Studies, PhD Candidate |
| Main research interest: Migration and security, focus on Western European receiving states and the European Union; Nation states, integration policies, migration regimes, and citizenship; National sovereignty, identity, and cohesion; Ethnic, cultural, legal, and functional parameters for inclusion and exclusion; EU and national migration control policies and selection of "wanted" migrants; Desecuritisation of migration. Contact E: kba@diis.dk, T:+45 3269 8704 |
| Brønden, Birgitte Mossin, MA Political Science, CEP, analyst |
| Migration og udvikling: Økonomiske, sociale og politiske remitter; transnationale engagementers betydning for udvikling; migration i udviklingsbistanden særligt i forhold til Afrika syd for Sahara; Brain drain vs. brain gain; forholdet mellem forskning og policy; EU's comprehensive approach to migration. Contact: E: bim@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8910 |
| Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas, PhD, Project Researcher |
| My research focuses on international refugee law, EU asylum and immigration policy and sovereignty. I am particularly interested in the externalisation and privatisation of migration control, and the relationship between international law, EU and Danish migration policy. In addition I work on more theoretical issues related to sovereignty and the relationship between law and politics. Contact: E: tgh@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8658 |
| Hansen, Peter, PhD, Project Researcher |
| Transnational migration and development, return and repatriation, and the involvement of diaspora groups in post-conflict development processes in the Horn of Africa Contact: E: pha@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8706 |
| Hoffmann, Kasper, MSc, PhD Candidate |
| Ethnicity and nationalism in DR Congo particularly the Maï-Maï movement; the conflicts of DR Congo with emphasis on North and South Kivu; the interrelation between security and development;civil-military cooperation; non-state armed actors; post-structuralist theories and methods. Contact: E: kho@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8827 |
| Kleist, Nauja, PhD, Project Senior Researcher |
| Transnationalism; diaspora mobilization and diaspora politics; the relationship between migration and social mobility; migration and development; migrant associations; home and belonging; gender, ethnicity and racialization; inclusion and exclusion mechanisms; refugees and conflict; repatriation; qualitative methods and multi-sited fieldwork; Africa (Ghana, Somalia, Somaliland), Europe (Denmark, Scandinavia, UK). Contact: E: nkl@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8667 |
| Munive Rincon, Jairo, PhD Candidate |
| Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants, post-conflict reconstruction and state building, small arms research. Contact: E: munive.jairo@gmail.com, T: +45 3269 8707 |
| Plambech, Sine, MA, Social Anthropology, PhD Candidate |
| Human trafficking, illegal migration, sex work, gender, repatriation, humanitarian aid, South East Asia, Thailand, Denmark, Europe, Nigeria. Contact: E: spl@diis.dk, T: +1 347 327 3778 |
| Raymond, Danny, PhD Candidate |
| Jewish Diasporas and Migrant Settlers on the West Bank – an obstacle to peace in the Middle East? Contact: E: danny@ruc.dk, T: +45 3269 8680 |
| Sørensen, Ninna Nyberg, PhD, Senior Researcher, Head of research unit on Migration |
| International migration, development and conflict; the migration industry; transnational processes; gender, family and global care chains; Latin America (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru); Africa (Morocco, Somaliland). Contact E: nns@diis.dk, T: +45 32698961 |
| Stepputat, Finn, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| Issues related to violent conflict such as forced migration, relief, resettlement, rehabilitation and state formation. Also more generally stateformation, sovereignty, citizenship and democratization in areas of weak and contested state authority. Contact: E: fst@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8685 |
| Turner, Simon, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| Diaspora; conflict; forced migration; religion; youth; secrecy and conspiracy theories; corruption; ethnicity; post-conflict transitions; genocide; humanitarian relief agencies; gender; Central and East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda and Zanzibar). Contact: E: stu@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8709 |
| Vammen, Ida Marie |
| Migration and Development; transnationalism; the role of migrants transnational religious engagement; African migrant associations in Denmark and their development activities. T: +45 3269 8707, E: imv@diis.dk, F: +45 3269 8700 |

