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Expert
Dr. Alice Szczepanikova
Born 1980QUALIFICATIONS: 2005-2009: PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Dissertation title: Constructing a Refugee: The State, NGOs and Gendered Experiences of Asylum in the Czech Republic
2003-2005: MA & MPhil in Gender Studies, Department of Gender Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
2000-2003: BA in Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
2004 - 2010: Member of the Editorial Board of www.migrationonline.cz - a specialised web portal on migration issues in Central and Eastern Europe, coordinated a special section on Gender and Migration http://www.migrationonline.cz/themes/gender/
PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS:
2009 - 2012 Gendered Transformations in Exile: Chechen Refugee Women in Germany, Austria and Poland
Postdoctoral research project supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Junior Scientists in Focus Programme of the Goethe University - Principle researcher
2006-2007: Civic Stratification, Gender and Family Migration Policy in Europe
International project coordinated by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development - Project associate responsible for the research on family migration patterns in the Czech Republic
AWARDS:
2009-2011: Junior Scientists in Focus: Funding award for outstanding young researchers, Goethe University
2008: Lisa Gilad Prize for the most innovative and thoughtful contribution to the advancement of refugee studies, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration
2006: Winner of the Best Refugee Story Competition for long-term focus on refugee and migration related issues in the Czech media, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
FELLOWSHIPS:
2009-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
2005-2008: Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowship, University of Warwick
Key activities
- Asylum
- Bi-/multilingualism
- Cultural/social activities/self organisation
- Education and migration
- Flight
- Integration politics
- Intercultural Life
- Migration and gender
- Migration politics in Europe
- Migration politics nationally
- Migration research
- Migration worldwide/in Europe
- Migration/emigration
- Minorities
- Non-discrimination/equal treatment/conflict resolution
- Professional/social/cultural integration
- Racism/xenophobia
- Religion/interreligious dialogue
- Rights of foreigners and asylum seekers
Publications
- Szczepanikova, Alice (2013): Czech Republic and Slovakia, Modern Era Migrations. In I. Ness & P. Bellwood (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Szczepanikova, Alice (2012): Becoming more conservative? Contrasting gender practices of two generations of Chechen women in Europe. European Journal of Women’s Studies 19 (4): 475-489.
- Szczepanikova, Alice (2012): Between Control and Assistance: The Problem of European Accommodation Centres for Asylum Seekers. International Migration DOI: 10.1111/imig.12031.
- Szczepanikova, Alice (2011): From the Right to Asylum to Migration Management: The Legal-Political Construction of ‘A Refugee’ in the Post-Communist Czech Republic. Europe-Asia Studies 63 (5): 789 — 806.
- Szczepanikova, Alice (2010): Performing Refugeeness in the Czech Republic: Gendered Depoliticisation through NGO Assistance. Gender, Place & Culture 17 (4): 461–477.
Contact
University of Leicester, United KingdomDr. Alice Szczepanikova
Brussels
Belgium
http://szczepanikova.wordpress.com