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Ioana Vrabiescu

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dr. Ioana Vrabiescu

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-7447

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Dr. Ioana Vrăbiescu is an organisational ethnographer working at the intersection of climate-induced displacement, migration control, and policing. She leads the projects AMALTHEA (Horizon Europe), examining the gendered dimensions of radicalisation and extremism; ESCC-Water on the climate migration nexus, with a focus on India; and Affective Borders (NWO), which explores the role of ethical emotions in migration governance. Since 2026, she has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Social Identities Journal and as an editorial board member of Migration and Development Journal. Previously, she was a visiting scholar at The New School for Social Research, and she held research and teaching positions at the University of Warwick and the University of Amsterdam. Ioana has conducted an extensive multi-sited ethnography on policing, deportation, and social service infrastructures across Europe. Her book Deporting Europeans (2021) and her articles in JEMS, City, Identities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Social Anthropology reflect a strong interdisciplinary profile. She serves on the boards of the Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR), ReSCU Lab, the Gender Research Network (VU), EASA, and H-Migration.

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Keywords

  • H Social Sciences
  • mobility
  • Migration Studies
  • policing migration
  • Police/policing
  • borders
  • Citizenship
  • Gender and Politics
  • racism
  • Gender
  • Intersectionality
  • Deportation, Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Migration and Development, Migration Control, Migration and Social Protection
  • belonging
  • Diversity
  • integration
  • EU
  • Criminology
  • Inequality
  • bureaucracy
  • state
  • India
  • Climate change

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  3. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  7. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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