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Thursday, February 8

Is a Desecuritization of Migration Strategies Possible? Insights From the Flexicuritization of Migration Approach
European Security: A European Studies Center Seminar
Time:
3:00 pm
Presenter:
Georgia Dimari, Ph.D. University of Crete
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
European Union Center of Excellence and European Union Studies Association
Contact:
Randall Halle
Contact Email:
rhalle@ pitt.edu or europeanstudies@pitt.edu

Discussions of “crisis at the border” fill the news on both sides of the Atlantic. Focusing on one of the primary European receiving countries in the current migration waves, this seminar will put forward a consideration of flexicuritization as a departure from the securitization of migration.
As preparation for the discussion with Prof. Dimari, participants in the seminar will read three brief articles of hers available upon registration.

Limited Seating Available
Last day for Registration: February 6, 2024
Only Graduates and Faculty.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Georgia Dimari is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete, where she has taught security and securitization issues. Currently, she is exploring the transformation of the Greek Migration Policy the post-2015 period. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Crete, an MA in American Studies
from the University of Turin, and a BA in International and European Studies from the University of Piraeus. She researches security, securitization of migration, desecuritization and migration policy, and the securitization of Covid- 19 in Greece. She participated in the research program (CA 10076) “Impact and categorization of the prospects of integration of
refugees into the Greek productive system.” co-funded by the European Social Fund and national funds, and currently in the program “Management of Migration in Greece: Construction of a Pilot Model (Start-up) for Forecasting Migration Flows and Development of Policy Scenario.