PhD Defence

On April 10, 2015 Karlijn Haagsman will defend her PhD thesis “Parenting across borders – Effects of transnational parenting on the lives of Angolan and Nigerian migrant parents in the Netherlands.” 

Family-Member Migration and the Psychosocial Health Outcomes of Children in Moldova and Georgia 

PhD Defence by Michaella Vanore 

UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance 

The Economic and Social Effects of Remittances and Return Migration in Conflict-Affected Areas: The Case of Burundi 

PhD Defence by Sonja Fransen 

Family-Member Migration and the Psychosocial Health Outcomes of Children in Moldova and Georgia 

PhD Defence by Michaella Vanore 

UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance 

Living Apart Together Across Borders; How Ghanaian couples form, transform, or dissolve in the context of international migration 

PhD Defence by Kim Caarls 

Supervisor: prof.dr. V. Mazzucato 

National expulsion decisions following a criminal conviction in light of European standards and their effects on the European level 

PhD Defence by Kathrin Hamenstädt 

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hildegard Schneider and Dr. Elise Muir 

The status of children arising from inter-country surrogacy arrangements; the past, the present, the future 

by Michael Wells-Greco 

Citizenship and Statelessness in Africa: The law and politics of belonging 

by Bronwen Manby 

Thanks to an external doctoral student under the supervision of professor René de Groot at Maastricht University, the future is looking a little bit brighter for the millions of Africans living without an official nationality.

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