The 21st century sees people on the move on an unprecedented scale, crossing or attempting to cross borders for economic advancement or to escape from conflict in search of peace and security, and often back again – for prolonged periods or permanently.
DEV research tries to understand the movement of people in its social and political context. What happens to a child’s identity who belongs to the West African diaspora living in Europe, when they move to Senegal for religious education, and then back again to Europe, in a context of increasing Islamophobia? What happens on Europe’s borders when voluntary support workers in camps encounter refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East? What happens in northern Uganda when millions of internally displaced persons return to their home villages to become ‘reintegrated’?
DEV research answers such questions using ethnographic methods, taking a close look at individuals and human interaction.
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Islamic schooling and the second generation.
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Islamic education and the ‘diaspora’: Religious schooling and Senegalese migrants’ children
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Senegalese migrants’ children, homeland returns, and Islamic education in a transnational setting
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Mobility, social reproduction and triple minority status: young Senegalese-Americans’ experiences of growing up transnationally
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Transnational migration and educational change in Senegal and Ghana: Educating the new generation of Afropolitans?
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Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast: Exploring Heritage through Collage
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When the Dust Settles: Exploring the Lived Experience of Refugee Families after Reunion
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Temporary migrants or new European citizens?: Geographies of integration and response between ‘camps’ and the city’
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The Politics of Return
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Contesting Europe’s borders: Humanitarian volunteers, refugees and the media
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Counter-currents of migration and faith: the involvement of Senegalese migrants and their children within the religious education sector in Senegal
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Publications
Projects
People
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![person with back to camera, talking to a group of young men]()
Islamic schooling and the second generation.
View > -
![person with back to camera, talking to a group of young men]()
Islamic education and the ‘diaspora’: Religious schooling and Senegalese migrants’ children
View > -
![person with back to camera, talking to a group of young men]()
Senegalese migrants’ children, homeland returns, and Islamic education in a transnational setting
View > -
![person with back to camera, talking to a group of young men]()
Mobility, social reproduction and triple minority status: young Senegalese-Americans’ experiences of growing up transnationally
View > -
![person with back to camera, talking to a group of young men]()
Transnational migration and educational change in Senegal and Ghana: Educating the new generation of Afropolitans?
View >
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![MA-Exploring-Heritage-through-Collage-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
Heritage and Imaginaries of the Coast: Exploring Heritage through Collage
Read more > -
![MA-When-the-Dust-Settles-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
When the Dust Settles: Exploring the Lived Experience of Refugee Families after Reunion
Read more > -
![Temporary-migrants-or-new-European-citizens-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
Temporary migrants or new European citizens?: Geographies of integration and response between ‘camps’ and the city’
Read more > -
![48635944163_073d027655_k-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
The Politics of Return
Read more > -
![DSC_0055-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
Contesting Europe’s borders: Humanitarian volunteers, refugees and the media
Read more > -
![12-IQRA-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9]()
Counter-currents of migration and faith: the involvement of Senegalese migrants and their children within the religious education sector in Senegal
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