María Hernández-Carretero left PRIO in 2014. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
María Hernández-Carretero
Doctoral Researcher
Email: mariahc@prio.no
Work phone: (+47) 22547703
Research Interests
I am currently working on my doctoral dissertation, which is part of the larger project Theorising Risk, Money and Moralities in Migration (TRiMM). My case study focuses on Senegalese migration to Spain, involving fieldwork in Spain and Senegal.
Other research areas (past and present) include:
- Unauthorized maritime migration from Senegal, West Africa, to the Canary Islands, Spain.
- Migrant decision-making. Focus on the concept of risk-taking as part of the decision to migrate through dangerous, unauthorised routes.
- European approaches to migration control.
Education:
2008: MPhil in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies.
University of Tromsø, Norway.
2006: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociocultural Anthropology and International Development Studies (Joint Honours).
McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
2002: International Baccalaureate (IB).
Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Working experience:
2009 - present: Researcher, PRIO
2008 - 2009: Research Assistant, PRIO.
2008 and 2009: Assistant Coordinator for the Peace Research course at the International Summer School (ISS) of the University of Oslo.
June-December 2006: Research Assistant at the International Center for Migration and Health (ICMH), Geneva, Switzerland.
Languages:
Spanish (mother tongue), English, French, Norwegian, Wolof (conversational).
Latest publications
All publications
Hope and Uncertainty in Senegalese Migration to Spain: Taking Chances on Emigration but not Upon Return
Book Chapter in Hope and Uncertainty in Contemporary African Migration
Leaving to belong: migration, transnational connectedness and social becoming
PhD Thesis
Renegotiating Obligations through Migration: Senegalese Transnationalism and the Quest for the Right Distance
Journal Article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Migration aspirations in Senegal: Who wants to leave and why does it matter?
Report - External Series
Beyond "Kamikaze Migrants": Risk Taking in West African Boat Migration to Europe
Journal Article in Human Organization
Morals, Reciprocity and Belonging: Transnational Engagements and Migrant Trajectories
Conference Paper
Protecting Europe and Protecting Migrants? Strategies for Managing Unauthorised Migration from Africa
Journal Article in British Journal of Politics and International Relations
The Inclusion of the Analytical Concept of Risk in Migration Theory and the Implications for Migration Control Policies
Conference Paper
Reconciling Border Control with the Human Aspects of Unauthorized Migration
PRIO Policy Brief
Risk-taking in Unauthorised Migration
Master Thesis
Latest news
Successful Doctoral Defence by María Hernández-Carretero
Who wants to go to Europe? New PRIO Policy Brief
What images of Europe lie behind the wish to migrate? And who are the people who prefer to remain in their own country? A new policy brief, Who wants to go to Europe? (PRIO Policy Brief 04/2013) was launched at a breakfast seminar at PRIO today. Written by PRIO research director Jørgen Carling, the policy brief presents the results from a migration survey of 8000 people from 16 different areas within Morocco, Senegal, Turkey and Ukraine. The survey was conducted as a part of the research project 'Imagining Europe from the Outside (EUMAGINE)'.
New web site for the PRIO Fieldwork Network (FIWON)
FIWON is a network at PRIO that aims to develop and promote competence on fieldwork-based research. More information about the network is published on the newly created site www.prio.no/fiwon.
TRiMM project showcased by the Research Council of Norway
PRIO's new project Theorizing Risk, Money and Moralities in Migration (TRiMM) is presented on the Research Council's web site in connection with the programme for funding independent projects (FRIPRO). This programme funds research projects of particularly high scientific merit in order to promote scientific innovation and to encourage new advancement through basic research. [More... (in Norwegian)]
Doctoral researcher on African migration hired
The doctoral research fellowship that was announced by PRIO in March has been offerd to María Hernández Carretero, who has accepted the position. Twenty-five applicants from a dozen African and European countries competed for the fellowship.
Latest events
Closed Sea: Protection of Borders, Protection of Migrants?
Proximity and Distance in Transnational Relationships
Who Wants to go to Europe?
Transnational aspects of multi-sited fieldwork (FIWON seminar)
Moralities of Migration
Migration seminar: 'Project presentation: Imagining Europe from the outside (EUMAGINE)'
Migration seminar: Protecting Europe and protecting migrants?
Transnational parenthood and children-left-behind
