Recent publications
2022
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The impact of COVID-19 on the living and survival conditions of internally displaced persons in Burkina FasoWorld Development Perspectives, Vol 25, March 2022 This article written by Pierre Ozer, Adama Dembele, Simplice Yameogo, Elodie Hut and Florence de Longueville explores explores how COVID-19 has impacted the living conditions of IDPs in Burkina Faso. |
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Natural resources, human mobility and sustainability: a review and research gap analysisSustainability Science, February 2022 Caroline Zickgraf is the lead author on this paper reviewing the scientific evidence on the interlinkages between natural resources, human migration and sustainability. |
2021
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Theorizing (im)mobility in the face of environmental changeRegional Environmental Change, Vol. 21, no. 4, 2021 This article written by Caroline Zickgraf connects knowledge from environmental migration studies to immobility in broader migration research. |
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Stifling silos: The need for a more holistic approach to mixed migration in a warming worldMixed Migration Review 2021 This essay by Caroline Zickgraf focuses on the challenges of envisioning, and responding to, mixed migration in a warming world based on existing quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence. |
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Géopolitique du Climat. Les relations internationales dans un monde réchauffé.Armand Colin, 2021 This book by François Gemenne discusses the international governance of climate change. |
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The Romanian white-collar immigrants in Brussels: a transnational community under constructionBelgeo, no. 3, 2021 In this artivle, Sanda Nicola, Caroline Zickgraf et Serge Schmitz assess the migration to Brussels of highly qualified Romanian immigrants after the elimination in 2014 of all restrictions imposed on Romanian and Bulgarian citizens in the EU. |
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Les sécheresses en Wallonie, un nouveau défi du changement climatique ? |
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Climate Migration is about People, not numbersOpen Book Publishers, 2021 In this collective book chapter featuring Elodie Hut, derived from Steffen Böhm & Sian Sullivan's book Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis, authors provide a critical analysis of the (mis)uses of large climate migration numbers and argue for more people-centered approaches. |
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Climate change, slow-onset events and human mobility: reviewing the evidenceCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 50, June 2021 In this article, Caroline Zickgraf synthesizes recent empirical literature on human mobility linked to slow-onset impacts of climate change. |
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La migration comme stratégie d'adaptation aux changements environnementaux: réalités empiriques et enjeux politiquesScience Connection, no.64, April-May-June 2021 This article by Elodie Hut, Céline Le Flour and Tatiana Castillo Betancourt emphasises the multi-factorial nature of human mobility, the way environmental issues and their perceptions interact with those factors in the decision to migrate, and the benefits and risks of migration as an adaptation strategy. |
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The migration-sustainability paradox: transformations in mobile worldsCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 49, April 2021 Caroline Zickgraf is one of the authors of this article on the apparent migration-sustainability paradox and the dimensions of the transformative potential of migration. |
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Migration and Environmental Change in Morocco - In search for Linkages Between Migration Aspirations and (Perceived) Environmental ChangesSpringer, May 2021 Written by Lore Van Praag, Loubna Ou-Salah, Elodie Hut and Caroline Zickgraf, this open access book is based on the insights derived from the MIGRADAPT Project. It aims to demonstrate the complex interplay between environmental change and the development of migration aspirations and trajectories in the Moroccan context. |
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Understanding Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Politics of the localMena Politics Newsletter, Vol 4 no.1, Spring 2021 In this article, Başak Yavçan addresses local responses to the pandemic's effects on displaced populations in Turkey, analysing what constitutes good practices. |
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Conceptual framing to link climate risk assessments and climate-migration scholarshipClimatic Change, March 2021 Co-written by Robert McLeman, David Wrathall, Elisabeth Gilmore, Philip Thornton, Helen Adams and François Gemenne, this article aims at building a conceptual framing linking climate risk assessments and existing scholarship on the climate-migration nexus. |
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Communicating COVID-19 on year on - What public health experts can learn from combating climate change misinformationClimate Change Communicated, 12/04/2021 The final part of this article features François Gemenne and Anneliese Dupoux's insights on what our response to the COVID-19 pandemic tells us about our capacity to respond to climate change. |
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The State of Environmental Migration 2020: A review of 2019Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2020 Edited by Caroline Zickgraf, Tatiana Castillo and Elodie Hut (The Hugo Observatory). |
2020
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Dis, c'est quoi l'immigration?Renaissance Du Livre, 2020 In this book aimed at young readers, François Gemenne explores the topic of immigration and how it transforms societies. |
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On a tous un ami noirFayard, 2020 This book by François Gemenne offers an alternative to the way immigration is currently debated. It builds on facts, research and testimony to show that is possible to engage with the question of immigration in a rational and calm way. |
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Beyond ideology - a comparative analysis of how local governance can expand national integration policy: the case of Syrian refugees in IstanbulJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, September 2020 In this paper, Fulya Memişoğlu and Başak Yavçan analyse the integration policies of two district municipalities in Istanbul. Based on in-depth interviews with local-level policy actors, the study unveils potential reasons for their highly inclusive integration policy grounded in their multi-level networks. |
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Comparing climate change perceptions and meteorological data in rural West Africa to improve the understanding of household decision to migrateClimatic Change Journal, vol. 159, April 2020 In this paper, Florence de Longueville, Pierre Ozer, François Gemenne, Sabine Henry, Ole Mertz and Jona O. Nielsen performed a literature review relating to perceptions of climate change and variability in West Africa, followed by an in-depth comparison between perceptions by rural dwellers of Burkina Faso and trends in meteorological data to discuss the importance of perceptions vis-à-vis climate trends in migration decision. |
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The State of Environmental Migration 2019: A review of 2018Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2020 Edited by Caroline Zickgraf, Tatiana Castillo and Elodie Hut (The Hugo Observatory). |
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Transformative climate actions in citiesForced Migration Review, Vol. 63, 2020 In this article, Caroline Zickgraf, François Gemenne, Anneliese Depoux, Laetita Pettinotti, Agathe Cavicchioli and Sarah Rosengaertner explain why climate change will affect migrant populations in cities and how local governance to combat climate change may respond to migrants' vulnerability and support their inclusion in cities. |
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Climate Change and Migration: Myths and RealitiesGreen European Journal, Vol. 19, 2020 In this article, Caroline Zickgraf separates myth from reality and calls for evidence-based preparation rather than fear-based reactions and crisis responses. |
2019
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Human mobility and climate change: Migration and displacement in a warming worldECDPM Great Insights magazine, Autumn 2019 (Volume 8, Issue 4). In this article, Caroline Zickgraf looks at the link between the changing climate and migration. |
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Geopolitical Ecologies of Environmental Change, Land Grabbing and Migration. Comparative perspectives from Senegal and CambodiaPhD Thesis under the supervision of François Gemenne, 2019. In her PhD thesis, Hugo Observatory member Sara Vigil Diaz Telenti explores the material and discursive interactions between environmental change, land grabbing, and migration. Watch the PhD defense: https://www.iss.nl/en/news/successful-phd-defence-sara-vigil |
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Climate migration mythsIngrid Boas, Carol Farbotko et al. (inlc. Elodie Hut and Caroline Zickgraf) |
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Atlas de l'AntrophocèneFrançois Gemenne, Aleksandar Rankovic and the Atelier de cartographie de Sciences Po |
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« Sans coopération, pas de gestion des migrations »In this article, Elodie Hut (University of Liège) discusses several points of concern related to migration governance, using the example of the EU “migration crisis”, and calls for increased cooperation at both domestic and international levels. |
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Keeping people in place: Political factors of (im)mobility and climate changeSocial Sciences, 8(8), 228 This contribution by Caroline Zickgraf locates environmental immobility within mobilities studies, its conceptual complexities, and, finally, illustrates the importance of political factors in shaping (im)mobilities, based on semi-structured interviews conducted in Senegal and Vietnam. |
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Climate Change and Migration Crisis in AfricaThe Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Eds. C. Menjivar, M. Ruiz & I. Ness) In this chapter, Caroline Zickgraf outlines the varying and multidimensional relationships between human mobility and climate change in Africa. It considers the threat of climate change to African settlement dynamics both presently and in the century to come, before providing an overview of climate change–migration dynamics and challenges throughout the continent. |
2018 |
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The State of Environmental Migration 2018: A review of 2017Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2018 Edited by Caroline Zickgraf, Elodie Hut, François Gemenne |
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Au-Delà des Frontières. Pour une Justice MigratoireBy François Gemenne and Pierre Verbeeren |
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Migrations Environnementales: Un Phénomène Structurel à Intégrer dans l’Agenda Global du Développement (Dossier thématique)
By Elodie Hut
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Journal of International Relations, Special Issue on Problematics of Environmental Diplomacy and GeopoliticsVol XVI, 1/2018, Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics in Bratislava With contributions from: François Gemenne, Caroline Zickgraf, Pierre Ozer, Luka De Bruyckere, Paula Puskarova, Marine Denis. |
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The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, 2018, RoutledgeEdited by Robert McLeman and François Gemenne With contributions from: François Gemenne, Caroline Zickgraf, Sara Vigil, Dalila Gharbaoui |
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Green Grabbing-Induced Diplacement2018, Instituto per gli studi di politica internazionale (ISPI) By Sara Vigil |
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Du paria au leader, du leader au paria : les trajectoires croisées de la Chine et des États-Unis dans les négociations climatiques2018Revue Internationale Stratégique No. 109, Armand Colin, Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS) |
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Long-Term Solutions to Cross-Border Disaster Displacement: Lessons from West AfricaAfrican Human Mobility Review Vol. 3, No. 3, Sep-Dec 2017, Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa - By Julia Blocher and Dalila Gharbaoui |
2017 |
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The State of Environmental Migration 2017: A review of 2016
University Presses of Liège, 2017
Edited by François Gemenne, Caroline Zickgraf, Luka De Bruyckere |
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Consequences of rapid ice sheet melting on the Sahelian population vulnerability2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America By François Gemenne and others |
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2016 |
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Ouvrir les frontières, une question de souverainetéPresses Universitaires de France, 2016 By François Gemenne |
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Presses Universitaires de France, 2016 |
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