Nina Perkowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1080643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nina Perkowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nina |
| FAMILY NAME | Perkowski |
| SIGNATURE | PERKOWSKI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5454-1599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A security built in the dark
Over the last thirty years, borders have become increasingly diversified: border controls no longer take place only at state borders, but also within state territories. This paper critically examines the Italian military operation ‘Strade Sicure’ as an example of urban bordering processes. Launched in 2008 to address a ‘perception of insecurity’ among the Italian population, the operation has included controls of migrant reception centers and pat…
Radical Imagination and Vernacular Security
While critical scholarship has extensively analyzed the governance of migration as a security issue and has documented its detrimental effects, the securitization of migration has become a successful mobilizing tool for far-right actors. Deeply worried by this development, this study moves beyond critique to explore how ordinary people imagine alternative security futures. Based on ten participatory workshops with 125 residents of Hamburg in 2023…
The evolution of EUropean border governance through crisis
Crisis narratives are widespread in migration and border governance globally, including in EUrope. In response, a body of scholarship that critically scrutinizes crisis narratives and imaginaries has emerged. Building on and further extending this scholarship, this article questions the dichotomy between ‘normality’ and ‘crisis’ in border governance. Focusing on four moments in which crises were declared in relation to migration and EUropean bord…
Reclaiming migration
Reclaiming Migration critically assesses the EU’s policy agenda on migration by directly engaging the voices of Europe’s so-called ‘migrant crisis’ that remain largely unheard: those of people on the move. It undertakes an extensive analysis of a counter-archive of migratory testimonies co-produced with people on the move across the Mediterranean during 2015 and 2016, to document the ways in which EU policy developments both produce and perpetuat…
The anti-policy of European anti-smuggling as a site of contestation in the Mediterranean migration ‘crisis
This article analyses the European anti-smuggling agenda as an anti-policy that derives legitimacy from fighting ‘bad things’, in terms that mask political disagreement. By juxtaposing the agenda to the experiences and understandings of those whom such measures affect most directly – people migrating without authorisation to the EU – it uncovers the productivity of anti-smuggling and the political contestations surrounding it. Based on a qualitat…
There Are Voices in Every Direction
This article analyses Frontex through the lens of organizational sociology, challenging conventional accounts of the agency as a coherent, rational actor. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, it argues that Frontex can more appropriately be understood as a fragmented and only loosely coupled organization, with discrepancies existing between different units, languages and structures, and between those implementing Frontex operations o…
Frontex and the convergence of humanitarianism, human rights and security
While there has been growing scholarly interest in the convergence of humanitarianism and security in contemporary EUropean border governance, much of the existing literature has neglected the role of human rights in this process. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Frontex officials, this article takes the simultaneous portrayal of the agency as rescuer of migrants at sea, promoter of fundamental rights and defender of EUropean citizens against …
Deaths, Interventions, Humanitarianism and Human Rights in the Mediterranean ‘Migration Crisis’
Recent declarations of ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean have been distinctly humanitarian, being linked to human deaths and suffering. The growing emphasis on humanitarianism and human rights has coexisted with a continued security rationale, as the three discourses work together in the governance of EUrope’s borders and in ongoing struggles over movement and control
Frontex and the convergence of humanitarianism, human rights and security
While there has been growing scholarly interest in the convergence of humanitarianism and security in contemporary EUropean border governance, much of the existing literature has neglected the role of human rights in this process. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Frontex officials, this article takes the simultaneous portrayal of the agency as rescuer of migrants at sea, promoter of fundamental rights and defender of EUropean citizens against …
Deaths, Interventions, Humanitarianism and Human Rights in the Mediterranean ‘Migration Crisis’
Recent declarations of ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean have been distinctly humanitarian, being linked to human deaths and suffering. The growing emphasis on humanitarianism and human rights has coexisted with a continued security rationale, as the three discourses work together in the governance of EUrope’s borders and in ongoing struggles over movement and control
The evolution of EUropean border governance through crisis
Crisis narratives are widespread in migration and border governance globally, including in EUrope. In response, a body of scholarship that critically scrutinizes crisis narratives and imaginaries has emerged. Building on and further extending this scholarship, this article questions the dichotomy between ‘normality’ and ‘crisis’ in border governance. Focusing on four moments in which crises were declared in relation to migration and EUropean bord…
The anti-policy of European anti-smuggling as a site of contestation in the Mediterranean migration ‘crisis
This article analyses the European anti-smuggling agenda as an anti-policy that derives legitimacy from fighting ‘bad things’, in terms that mask political disagreement. By juxtaposing the agenda to the experiences and understandings of those whom such measures affect most directly – people migrating without authorisation to the EU – it uncovers the productivity of anti-smuggling and the political contestations surrounding it. Based on a qualitat…
There Are Voices in Every Direction
This article analyses Frontex through the lens of organizational sociology, challenging conventional accounts of the agency as a coherent, rational actor. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, it argues that Frontex can more appropriately be understood as a fragmented and only loosely coupled organization, with discrepancies existing between different units, languages and structures, and between those implementing Frontex operations o…
A security built in the dark
Over the last thirty years, borders have become increasingly diversified: border controls no longer take place only at state borders, but also within state territories. This paper critically examines the Italian military operation ‘Strade Sicure’ as an example of urban bordering processes. Launched in 2008 to address a ‘perception of insecurity’ among the Italian population, the operation has included controls of migrant reception centers and pat…
Deaths, Interventions, Humanitarianism and Human Rights in the Mediterranean ‘Migration Crisis’
Recent declarations of ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean have been distinctly humanitarian, being linked to human deaths and suffering. The growing emphasis on humanitarianism and human rights has coexisted with a continued security rationale, as the three discourses work together in the governance of EUrope’s borders and in ongoing struggles over movement and control
Frontex and the convergence of humanitarianism, human rights and security
While there has been growing scholarly interest in the convergence of humanitarianism and security in contemporary EUropean border governance, much of the existing literature has neglected the role of human rights in this process. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Frontex officials, this article takes the simultaneous portrayal of the agency as rescuer of migrants at sea, promoter of fundamental rights and defender of EUropean citizens against …
The anti-policy of European anti-smuggling as a site of contestation in the Mediterranean migration ‘crisis
This article analyses the European anti-smuggling agenda as an anti-policy that derives legitimacy from fighting ‘bad things’, in terms that mask political disagreement. By juxtaposing the agenda to the experiences and understandings of those whom such measures affect most directly – people migrating without authorisation to the EU – it uncovers the productivity of anti-smuggling and the political contestations surrounding it. Based on a qualitat…
There Are Voices in Every Direction
This article analyses Frontex through the lens of organizational sociology, challenging conventional accounts of the agency as a coherent, rational actor. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, it argues that Frontex can more appropriately be understood as a fragmented and only loosely coupled organization, with discrepancies existing between different units, languages and structures, and between those implementing Frontex operations o…
Reclaiming migration
Reclaiming Migration critically assesses the EU’s policy agenda on migration by directly engaging the voices of Europe’s so-called ‘migrant crisis’ that remain largely unheard: those of people on the move. It undertakes an extensive analysis of a counter-archive of migratory testimonies co-produced with people on the move across the Mediterranean during 2015 and 2016, to document the ways in which EU policy developments both produce and perpetuat…
The evolution of EUropean border governance through crisis
Crisis narratives are widespread in migration and border governance globally, including in EUrope. In response, a body of scholarship that critically scrutinizes crisis narratives and imaginaries has emerged. Building on and further extending this scholarship, this article questions the dichotomy between ‘normality’ and ‘crisis’ in border governance. Focusing on four moments in which crises were declared in relation to migration and EUropean bord…
A security built in the dark
Over the last thirty years, borders have become increasingly diversified: border controls no longer take place only at state borders, but also within state territories. This paper critically examines the Italian military operation ‘Strade Sicure’ as an example of urban bordering processes. Launched in 2008 to address a ‘perception of insecurity’ among the Italian population, the operation has included controls of migrant reception centers and pat…
Radical Imagination and Vernacular Security
While critical scholarship has extensively analyzed the governance of migration as a security issue and has documented its detrimental effects, the securitization of migration has become a successful mobilizing tool for far-right actors. Deeply worried by this development, this study moves beyond critique to explore how ordinary people imagine alternative security futures. Based on ten participatory workshops with 125 residents of Hamburg in 2023…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Agency (philosophy (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works)