Are you interested in human rights issues related to migrants and refugees? Do you wish to know more about how your studies can shape debates around migration policy? Are you at the beginning of a master thesis that relates to migration and asylum?
Join us for the second event in the Human Rights Thesis Talks series organised by the Student Advisory Board for the Centre for Fundamental Rights.
Three Hertie Alumna, who have written their outstanding master theses on a migration-related topics, will share their experience and discuss their theses’ processes and findings. The presentations will be followed by an open discussion with students. There will be the opportunity to explore different methods and approaches to research migration, the high points and difficulties of writing a thesis, as well as the influence it had on professional choices afterwards.
The Human Rights Thesis Talks event series aims to support current students interested in human rights topics in their research processes, as well as to give visibility to the human rights research conducted by Hertie Alumni in the past. We hope to also show how human rights can be researched through a variety of methods and theoretical approaches and inspire current students to engage with human rights debates.
Prior registration is not required. Please join the event here.
Speakers
Julia Black (MIA Class of 2017) works on the Missing Migrants Project at the International Organization for Migration Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (IOM GMDAC) and is also part of IOM GMDAC’s Strategy and Communications unit. Her work deals with irregular migration, migrant rights, and data collection on hard-to-reach populations. Julia holds a MA in International Affairs from the Hertie School and a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Master’s thesis title: Restricting the Right to Family Life in Times of Crisis: A comparison of policies for asylum grantees in Germany and the United Kingdom during the European Refugee Crisis
Andrea García Borja (MPP Class of 2019) is a Data Analyst at the Missing Migrants Project. Her work centres around collecting and analysing data on migrant deaths and disappearances worldwide. Before joining GMDAC, Andrea worked at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) - focusing on mixed migration flows in the Horn of Africa - and several civil society organisations in Mexico. She has worked and studied in Mexico, Belgium, India, Kenya and Germany. Andrea holds a Master in Public Policy from the Hertie School and a B.A. in International Affairs from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Master’s thesis title: Empathy in action: Responses of a Nonprofit Organization to the Changes in Transit Migration in Mexico.
Asha Manoharan (MPP Class of 2017) is a Data Analyst at the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). She currently works on the Migration Data Portal and helps make migration data accessible and easier to understand. Prior to studying at the Hertie School, Asha worked at the Consulate General of India and, as part of her internships, was delegated to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. Master’s thesis title: Public Attitudes Towards Immigrants & Immigration: A Comparative Study of the United States of America & Germany
Conveners
Marina Luna (MPP Class of 2022) joined Hertie School for the MPP in 2020. Her main topics of interests are migration, human rights and social policy. Marina worked as a policy advisor with integration policies for immigrants in the Human Rights Office at São Paulo City Hall. She previoulsy worked with international advocacy for human rights in civil society organizations and in the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights. Marina holds a bachelor in International Relations from the University of São Paulo.
Malte Spielmann (MPP Class of 2022) joined Hertie for a MPP in September 2020. His personal research interests are the role of law in authoritarian systems, the European human rights regime, and the intersections of jurisprudence and critical theories. He is passionate about public policies that are not just in conformity with but actually guided by human rights norms.
