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Assistant Professor Daniela Alaattinoğlu awarded with the prestigious Nils Klim Prize for excellent research
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Docent of Socio-legal Studies and leader of Mobile Futures work package trust in Law, Daniela Alaattinoğlu is awarded this year’s Nils Klim Prize, worth worth NOK 500 000 (approx. EUR 43 000).
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Mobile Futures researcher Stephen Phillips has successfully defended his thesis
Mobile Futures researcher Stephen Phillips has successfully defended his thesis entitled “An examination of deterrence and access to asylum through law, rhetoric and experience” from Åbo Akademi University. Phillips has researched how countries use security rhetoric to deter asylum seekers. In Hufvudstadsbladet’s article of 23.4.2024, he points out that security does not exclude the possibility…
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The right-wing shock doctrine at the Finnish-Russian border
The right-wing Finnish government has recently proposed a law restricting asylum-seekers from applying for refuge on the Finnish borders under the pretext of national security. As a group of human rights and migration researchers, we explain how this law violates Finland’s international obligations and human rights law.