The social worker as border guard: how and why British welfare workers are disposed to control immigration

A recent study by Reinhard Schweitzer (TransDeM-UAB) and Andreas Streiter analyses how social workers in the UK have become key players in implementing migration control policies. The authors identify the governmental mechanisms that have turned social work into a tool of exclusion, highlighting the impact of funding, the association between poverty and irregularity, and the […]

Bolstering autocracy, hindering democracy: EU migration externalization policies in Morocco

We have a new blog post out on Divulga UAB, UAB’s research dissemination platform, in which we explain some of the latest findings on the impact of the EU’s migration externalization policies on reinforcing authoritarianism in Morocco. The post is based on a paper by TransDeM researcher Luisa Faustini Torres, titled Bolstering Autocracy, Hindering Democracy: Local […]

First Seminar: Irina Ciornei

We are glad to announce that the TransDeM group has began this Semester’s Seminar sessions. The first one was hosted by Irina Ciornei the 18th of September at the UAB, Faculty of Sociology and Political Science.