Julia VAN DESSEL

CV

2019-21: chercheuse boursière titulaire d'un mandat d'aspirant du Fonds de la Recherche scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS)

2017-19: chercheuse boursière Mini-Arc (ULB)

2015-18: Master en Ethique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Grande distinction

Mémoire :: Quels éléments pour une philosophie politique du droit d'asile? Analyse historique, politique et philosophie du concept depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours 

2015-17: Master en Etudes européennes, Institut d'Etudes européennes (IEE-ULB) - La plus grande distinction

Mémoire : La cogestion stratégique des enjeux liés à l’externalisation des politiques européennes en matière d’asile et d’immigration au Niger 

Domaines d'intérêt

Migration - Externalisation - European Union - West Africa - Information campaigns

Présentation des recherches

PhD Thesis : EU-funded information campaigns on irregular migration in West Africa

Supervisors:
Andrea REA : Group for research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME), Institut de Sociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Julien JEANDESBOZ : Recherche et Enseignement en Politique Internationale (REPI), Institut d’Études Européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles
 

Travaux sélectionnés

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals :

-Maâ, A., Van Dessel, J. & Savio Vammen, I. M ., "Can Migrants do the (Border)Work? Conflicting Dynamics and Effects of 'Peer-to-peer' Intermediation in North and West Africa", Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2108111

-Van Dessel, J., "Externalization through ‘awareness-raising’: the border spectacle of EU migration information campaigns in Niger", Territory, Politics, Governance, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2021.1974535. 

 -Van Dessel, J., “International Delegation and Agency in the Externalization Process of EU Migration and Asylum Policy: The Role of the IOM and the UNHCR in Niger”, European journal of migration and law, 2020, 21, 4, pp. 435-458. DOI: 10.1163/15718166-12340060

Conferences :

-Van Dessel, J. chair of the panel: "“Migration Policy in West Africa”, 19th IMISCOE Annual Conference, June-July 2022, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

-Maâ, A., Van Dessel, J. & Van Neste, A., co-organizers of the workshop: "What do we say to migrants throughout their journey? Disputed communication strategies and informational practices between spaces of origin, transit and destination", 22-23 April 2020, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

-Van Dessel, J. & Van Neste, A., co-hosts of the panel: “What do we say to migrants throughout their journey? Official communication strategies between spaces of origin, transit and destination” during the annual conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) entitled “Digital Fortress Europe: Exploring Boundaries between Media, Migration and Technology”, 30-31 October 2019, Brussels, Belgium.

-Van Dessel, J., “Protection, Information or Propaganda ? An Insight into the Competing Narratives Surrounding Awareness-Raising Activities about Irregular Migration in Niger“, during the international conference “Governing Migration outside ‘Fortress Europe”, 16-17 September 2019, University of Cambridge, UK.

Others :

-Pécoud, A. & Van Dessel, J., "Campagnes de dissuasion massive", Le Monde diplomatique, mars 2021, p. 16. Lien: https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2021/03/PECOUD/62833

-Pécoud, A. & Van Dessel, J., "A NGO’s dilemma: rescuing migrants at sea or keeping them in their place?", Border Criminologies, 27 April 2020. Link: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2020/04/ngos-dilemma