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Expert
Dr. Silja Klepp
Born in 1976Research 2010 Vanuatu, South Pacific, Climate Change and Mobility - Legal Discourses around ´Climate Refugees´ in the Pacific Region
April - September 2007 Field research in Southern Italy and Malta to learn more about the practices of national and European border security forces handling the phenomenon of irregular migration in the Mediterranean
October - November 2006 Field research in Tripoli/Libya to analyse the living and detention conditions of immigrants and refugees in Libya and the effects of the Italian-Libyan border cooperation
April 2006 Research trip to Sicily, Italy funded by the German NGO Pro Asyl to undertake research and write a report on the situation of immigrants and refugees in the Italian border region
March - August 2002 Field research for my thesis: "Arrival and Reception of Refugees in Italy". Conducted surveys in several refugee camps and analysis of the border situation in Puglia Region in southern Italy. In northern Italy I researched refugee services run by the city of Turin, the Catholic Church and NGOs. Research also included an analysis of the Italian policy in the European process of harmonising migration and refugee law.
My main interest has been the design and conduct of innovative empirical research projects in emotionally charged and politically sensitive fields.
Education: April 2006 to present: Interdisciplinary postgraduate programme "Critical Junctures of Globalization", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Research Academy Leipzig, University of Leipzig, PhD-project: Asylum at the Border The European Union´s Policy in the Mediterranean between Border Control and Protection of Refugees (working title)
October 1996 - December 2003 Humboldt University, Berlin: Master´s degree in Social Anthropology, subsidiary subjects: Political Science and Italian
Area of specialisation: International migration and refugees, international cooperation and development, human rights, legal anthropology
Key activities
- Asylum
- Flight
- Living environment
- Migration politics in Europe
- Migration research
- Migration worldwide/in Europe
- Rights of foreigners and asylum seekers
Publications
- Klepp, Silja (2010): Italy And Its Libyan Cooperation Program: Pioneer of the European Union’s Refugee Policy? In: Jean-Pierre Cassarino (Hg.), Unbalanced Reciprocities: Cooperation on Readmission in the Euro-Mediterranean Area. Washington D.C.: Middle East Institute. link
- Klepp, Silja (2010): On the high seas, things are a little bit delicate. Die Politik der Europäischen Union auf dem Mittelmeer zwischen Grenzkontrolle und Flüchtlingsschutz. In: Sabine Hess/Bernd Kasparek (Hg.), Grenzregime. Diskurse, Praktiken, Institutionen in Europa. Berlin/Hamburg: Assoziation A, 201-218.
- Klepp, Silja (2010): A Contested Asylum System: The European Union between Refugee Protection and Border Control in the Mediterranean Sea. In: European Journal of Migration and Law 12 (2010), 1–21.
- Klepp, Silja (2009): Notstand auf der Insel? In: Hinterland Nr. 11, 07/2009.
- Klepp, Silja (2008): Negotiating the Principle of Non-Refoulement in the Mediterranean Sea – Missions, Visions and Practices at the Southern Borders of the European Union. Research Academy Leipzig, Working Papers Series No.1, 11/2008.
Contact
University of BremenDr. Silja Klepp
Kornstraße 115
28201 Bremen
Germany
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