Description
Scholarship Description: A team of four researchers
(PI, post-doc, two Ph.D. researchers) will investigate the transnational
mobilization of conflict-generated diasporas in Europe and their impact
on polities experiencing contested sovereignty in the Balkans, the
Caucasus, and the Middle East. The team aspires to answer an overarching
question: does the mobilization of conflict-generated diasporas in
liberal states have a mitigating or exacerbating effect on political
conflict in homelands experiencing contested sovereignty? The overall
project focuses on five levels of analysis: 1) the attitudes of elite
and non-elite individuals, 2) characteristics of specific groups, 3)
five nation-states with different migrant incorporation regimes (France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK), 4) diaspora linkages to
supranational EU and global institutions, and 5) diaspora mobilization
patterns specific to each of the three conflict-prone regions.
Complementing the results of the comparative studies, the project will
also conduct a cross-country representative survey to capture attitudes
of non-elite individuals in 25 country-groups.
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