Nicole Marie Ostrand
Biographic Data
| ID | 1028127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Marie Ostrand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ostrand |
| SIGNATURE | OSTRAND N M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität für Weiterbildung Krems |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5546-4337 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Translating ‘legitimate’ violence in deportation
States of Un/Knowing
Migration governance in Europe is continuously shaped by various rationalities and actors, including those from state, supra/international, civil society and academic institutions. This article contributes to the epistemologies and methodologies of knowledge and nonknowledge by bringing focus to the fluid, that is, the co-constitutive, relational and contextual dimensions of non/knowledge production. It interrogates how specific governance strate…
The Constitution and Contestability of Borders
This article introduces the special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders. Reflecting the processual turn in critical border studies, Yuval-Davis, Wemyss, and Cassidy (2019, 5) describe bordering as the set of practices and techniques that generate the forms of difference that enable distinctions between political subjects. Drawing on the concept of the borderscape, this special issue contributes to research within the field of …
Externalization Beyond “Immigration Risk”? UK Borderwork Creep in Africa and its Cumulative Rippling Effects
This article examines UK “borderwork creep” into ever more sites in states across Africa and considers how it is transformed and produced by practitioners on the ground. The aim is to go beyond research focusing on the EU and Northern and Western Africa to show the more expansive and, in some cases, unexpected reach of UK borderwork. Drawing on interviews, documentary research, and freedom of information requests, I find UK-funded “training” and …
Overseas immigration liaison officers
A significant yet overlooked aspect in many states’ extraterritorial migration control efforts is their immigration liaison officers (ILOs) posted to foreign jurisdictions, who make decisions and take actions abroad to support their country’s immigration goals. Importantly, this occurs within an interconnected system of nation-states, requiring mid-level officials from multiple states to co-operate. Yet, there is very little analysis on what happ…
Liaison officers as influential 'immigration risk' brokers in visa policy implementation
This article studies the hidden world of extraterritorial liaison officers, mid-level civil servants posted abroad whose agency influences UK visa implementation within a global framework. Specifically, we unpack their influential role in translating vague policy objectives into specific institutional justifications, norms, and practices, which bureaucrats apply when implementing visa decisions on location. ‘Risk’ knowledge production is crucial:…
Street-level' agents operating beyond 'remote control
Extraterritorial migration management perspectives on how states try to enforce immigration controls beyond their juridical borders are strongly influenced by ‘remote control’ metaphors. This is conceptually limited and outdated. Most research fails to sufficiently acknowledge agency by a destination state's officials acting abroad, foreign states and their officials, when evaluating extraterritorial measures and ‘outcomes’. We study UK liaison o…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The conflict in Syria between the government of Bashar al-Assad and various other forces, which started in the spring of 2011, continues to cause displacement within the country and across the region. By the end of 2014, an estimated 7.6 million people were internally displaced and 3.7 million Syrians had fled the country since the conflict began (OCHA 2014; UNHCR 2015a). The refugee situation caused by the Syrian conflict is dire, and it has pla…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Street-level' agents operating beyond 'remote control
Extraterritorial migration management perspectives on how states try to enforce immigration controls beyond their juridical borders are strongly influenced by ‘remote control’ metaphors. This is conceptually limited and outdated. Most research fails to sufficiently acknowledge agency by a destination state's officials acting abroad, foreign states and their officials, when evaluating extraterritorial measures and ‘outcomes’. We study UK liaison o…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Liaison officers as influential 'immigration risk' brokers in visa policy implementation
This article studies the hidden world of extraterritorial liaison officers, mid-level civil servants posted abroad whose agency influences UK visa implementation within a global framework. Specifically, we unpack their influential role in translating vague policy objectives into specific institutional justifications, norms, and practices, which bureaucrats apply when implementing visa decisions on location. ‘Risk’ knowledge production is crucial:…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The conflict in Syria between the government of Bashar al-Assad and various other forces, which started in the spring of 2011, continues to cause displacement within the country and across the region. By the end of 2014, an estimated 7.6 million people were internally displaced and 3.7 million Syrians had fled the country since the conflict began (OCHA 2014; UNHCR 2015a). The refugee situation caused by the Syrian conflict is dire, and it has pla…
Overseas immigration liaison officers
A significant yet overlooked aspect in many states’ extraterritorial migration control efforts is their immigration liaison officers (ILOs) posted to foreign jurisdictions, who make decisions and take actions abroad to support their country’s immigration goals. Importantly, this occurs within an interconnected system of nation-states, requiring mid-level officials from multiple states to co-operate. Yet, there is very little analysis on what happ…
States of Un/Knowing
Migration governance in Europe is continuously shaped by various rationalities and actors, including those from state, supra/international, civil society and academic institutions. This article contributes to the epistemologies and methodologies of knowledge and nonknowledge by bringing focus to the fluid, that is, the co-constitutive, relational and contextual dimensions of non/knowledge production. It interrogates how specific governance strate…
Externalization Beyond “Immigration Risk”? UK Borderwork Creep in Africa and its Cumulative Rippling Effects
This article examines UK “borderwork creep” into ever more sites in states across Africa and considers how it is transformed and produced by practitioners on the ground. The aim is to go beyond research focusing on the EU and Northern and Western Africa to show the more expansive and, in some cases, unexpected reach of UK borderwork. Drawing on interviews, documentary research, and freedom of information requests, I find UK-funded “training” and …
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The conflict in Syria between the government of Bashar al-Assad and various other forces, which started in the spring of 2011, continues to cause displacement within the country and across the region. By the end of 2014, an estimated 7.6 million people were internally displaced and 3.7 million Syrians had fled the country since the conflict began (OCHA 2014; UNHCR 2015a). The refugee situation caused by the Syrian conflict is dire, and it has pla…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Street-level' agents operating beyond 'remote control
Extraterritorial migration management perspectives on how states try to enforce immigration controls beyond their juridical borders are strongly influenced by ‘remote control’ metaphors. This is conceptually limited and outdated. Most research fails to sufficiently acknowledge agency by a destination state's officials acting abroad, foreign states and their officials, when evaluating extraterritorial measures and ‘outcomes’. We study UK liaison o…
Overseas immigration liaison officers
A significant yet overlooked aspect in many states’ extraterritorial migration control efforts is their immigration liaison officers (ILOs) posted to foreign jurisdictions, who make decisions and take actions abroad to support their country’s immigration goals. Importantly, this occurs within an interconnected system of nation-states, requiring mid-level officials from multiple states to co-operate. Yet, there is very little analysis on what happ…
Liaison officers as influential 'immigration risk' brokers in visa policy implementation
This article studies the hidden world of extraterritorial liaison officers, mid-level civil servants posted abroad whose agency influences UK visa implementation within a global framework. Specifically, we unpack their influential role in translating vague policy objectives into specific institutional justifications, norms, and practices, which bureaucrats apply when implementing visa decisions on location. ‘Risk’ knowledge production is crucial:…
Externalization Beyond “Immigration Risk”? UK Borderwork Creep in Africa and its Cumulative Rippling Effects
This article examines UK “borderwork creep” into ever more sites in states across Africa and considers how it is transformed and produced by practitioners on the ground. The aim is to go beyond research focusing on the EU and Northern and Western Africa to show the more expansive and, in some cases, unexpected reach of UK borderwork. Drawing on interviews, documentary research, and freedom of information requests, I find UK-funded “training” and …
States of Un/Knowing
Migration governance in Europe is continuously shaped by various rationalities and actors, including those from state, supra/international, civil society and academic institutions. This article contributes to the epistemologies and methodologies of knowledge and nonknowledge by bringing focus to the fluid, that is, the co-constitutive, relational and contextual dimensions of non/knowledge production. It interrogates how specific governance strate…
The Constitution and Contestability of Borders
This article introduces the special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders. Reflecting the processual turn in critical border studies, Yuval-Davis, Wemyss, and Cassidy (2019, 5) describe bordering as the set of practices and techniques that generate the forms of difference that enable distinctions between political subjects. Drawing on the concept of the borderscape, this special issue contributes to research within the field of …
Translating ‘legitimate’ violence in deportation
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)