Marta Pachocka
Biographic Data
| ID | 236863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Pachocka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Pachocka |
| SIGNATURE | PACHOCKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | SGH Warsaw School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6930-5078 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Meritorious ‘Other’: The Interconnection of Merit and Race in EU Migration and Asylum Law
Adopting a law‐in‐context approach, this article suggests that merit‐based migrant selection in the European Union (EU) is implicitly shaped by racial dynamics. With a focus on EU law and more specifically on cases from the Netherlands and Germany, it argues that the growing emphasis on merit enables a limited number of ‘racialised others’ to counterbalance the structural disadvantages associated with their citizenships, whilst simultaneously leg…
Selective restrictions and liberalisations: Unpacking Poland's response to forced migration in the post-2022 context
Folding Arms Behind Open Doors: Poland’s Policy on the Admission of Migrants from the Global South in 2014–2023
Poland’s stance towards migrants during the nationalist-conservative government of the Law and Justice party was based on securitisation, especially targeting those coming from the Global South. In the article, we employ an evidence-based approach to examine whether statistical data support Poland’s politically avowed hostility towards migrants from selected countries. Drawing on critical border studies, we aim to explain how Poland’s migration p…
Resilient responses to the massive influx of forced migrants: A case study of medium‐sized cities in Poland
The full‐scale aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In Poland, most forced migrants settled in urban areas, turning cities into unique proving grounds for humanitarian assistance and testing their resilience capabilities. We explore this phenomenon using the case study of three medium‐sized cities with particular attention to the roles of and relationships between local actors (local governme…
The discourse and practices of Polish migration policy during the Covid-19 pandemic – economisation as a form of emergency governance
The existing literature points to securitisation as a dominant form of emergency governance emerging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, also in relation to migration. However, another important way of framing migration during the pandemic is in terms of economisation. This article aims to analyse the rationale underpinning Polish immigration policy during COVID-19 with a focus on different forms of economisation: macro-economisation, which pri…
“Welcoming Spaces”: Migration and New Communities in Marginalised Regions
The presence of migration in non-urban areas is mainly related to the paradoxical coexistence of both restrictive migration policies and a proliferation of welcoming initiatives. These initiatives are aimed at (co-)creating “welcoming spaces” and are often driven by older residents and migrant people but can equally be the outcome of initiatives by local governments, NGOs, and businesses. This contribution introduces the potentialities and limits…
Comparing pre‐war and forced Ukrainian migrants in Poland: Challenges for the labour market and prospects for integration
Before full‐scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly displaced and pre‐war Ukrainian migrants with …
From Reception to Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland
Immigration and Integration Policies in Poland: Institutional, Political and Social Perspectives
Measuring the Cultural Dimension of Migrant Integration and Integration Policy in the European Context: Dilemmas and Discussions 1
Migrant integration is usually studied in four dimensions: economic, political, social and cultural. The cultural sphere seems to be the most ambiguous, but also the one that induces various interpretations as it touches upon core norms and values held both by migrants and by the receiving society. This paper aims to reconstruct research approaches to cultural integration and integration policy. Beside the receiving country’s language, that is th…
Producing public goods in the EU: European integration processes in the fields of refugee protection and climate stability
In recent years, the EU has experienced different integration ‘crises’ in its policy domains. Some policy fields such as the environment have been driven by an integration process of consensus among the Member States while others, such as migration and asylum policy, have not reached a high level of integration because of differences between the states. Although some scholars have attempted to identify the dynamics of integration processes in the…
Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact
The debate on migration is bound to be tough and uneasy, and yet it is necessary to ask the difficult questions and listen to arguments that we may not like. Only in this way, it will be possible to have a solid and healthy discussion on the prospect of an efficient global governance regime. This Special Section addresses this imperative by exploring the prospect of turning away from ad hoc migration management towards holistic global migration g…
Examining the Global North Migration Policies: A “Push Out – Push Back” Approach to Forced Migration
In this paper we focus on adapting the concept of push – pull factors to forced migration by proposing a “push out – push back” approach that underlines two most crucial elements of forced migrants’ experience. On the one hand, it stresses the reasons for leaving countries of origin or of temporary refuge that are not dependant on the will of people who flew those places, thus the “push out” factors. On the other hand, it represents the refusal o…
Comparing pre‐war and forced Ukrainian migrants in Poland: Challenges for the labour market and prospects for integration
Before full‐scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly displaced and pre‐war Ukrainian migrants with …
Examining the Global North Migration Policies: A “Push Out – Push Back” Approach to Forced Migration
In this paper we focus on adapting the concept of push – pull factors to forced migration by proposing a “push out – push back” approach that underlines two most crucial elements of forced migrants’ experience. On the one hand, it stresses the reasons for leaving countries of origin or of temporary refuge that are not dependant on the will of people who flew those places, thus the “push out” factors. On the other hand, it represents the refusal o…
Measuring the Cultural Dimension of Migrant Integration and Integration Policy in the European Context: Dilemmas and Discussions 1
Migrant integration is usually studied in four dimensions: economic, political, social and cultural. The cultural sphere seems to be the most ambiguous, but also the one that induces various interpretations as it touches upon core norms and values held both by migrants and by the receiving society. This paper aims to reconstruct research approaches to cultural integration and integration policy. Beside the receiving country’s language, that is th…
Selective restrictions and liberalisations: Unpacking Poland's response to forced migration in the post-2022 context
The discourse and practices of Polish migration policy during the Covid-19 pandemic – economisation as a form of emergency governance
The existing literature points to securitisation as a dominant form of emergency governance emerging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, also in relation to migration. However, another important way of framing migration during the pandemic is in terms of economisation. This article aims to analyse the rationale underpinning Polish immigration policy during COVID-19 with a focus on different forms of economisation: macro-economisation, which pri…
Producing public goods in the EU: European integration processes in the fields of refugee protection and climate stability
In recent years, the EU has experienced different integration ‘crises’ in its policy domains. Some policy fields such as the environment have been driven by an integration process of consensus among the Member States while others, such as migration and asylum policy, have not reached a high level of integration because of differences between the states. Although some scholars have attempted to identify the dynamics of integration processes in the…
Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact
The debate on migration is bound to be tough and uneasy, and yet it is necessary to ask the difficult questions and listen to arguments that we may not like. Only in this way, it will be possible to have a solid and healthy discussion on the prospect of an efficient global governance regime. This Special Section addresses this imperative by exploring the prospect of turning away from ad hoc migration management towards holistic global migration g…
Resilient responses to the massive influx of forced migrants: A case study of medium‐sized cities in Poland
The full‐scale aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In Poland, most forced migrants settled in urban areas, turning cities into unique proving grounds for humanitarian assistance and testing their resilience capabilities. We explore this phenomenon using the case study of three medium‐sized cities with particular attention to the roles of and relationships between local actors (local governme…
Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact
The debate on migration is bound to be tough and uneasy, and yet it is necessary to ask the difficult questions and listen to arguments that we may not like. Only in this way, it will be possible to have a solid and healthy discussion on the prospect of an efficient global governance regime. This Special Section addresses this imperative by exploring the prospect of turning away from ad hoc migration management towards holistic global migration g…
Examining the Global North Migration Policies: A “Push Out – Push Back” Approach to Forced Migration
In this paper we focus on adapting the concept of push – pull factors to forced migration by proposing a “push out – push back” approach that underlines two most crucial elements of forced migrants’ experience. On the one hand, it stresses the reasons for leaving countries of origin or of temporary refuge that are not dependant on the will of people who flew those places, thus the “push out” factors. On the other hand, it represents the refusal o…
Measuring the Cultural Dimension of Migrant Integration and Integration Policy in the European Context: Dilemmas and Discussions 1
Migrant integration is usually studied in four dimensions: economic, political, social and cultural. The cultural sphere seems to be the most ambiguous, but also the one that induces various interpretations as it touches upon core norms and values held both by migrants and by the receiving society. This paper aims to reconstruct research approaches to cultural integration and integration policy. Beside the receiving country’s language, that is th…
Producing public goods in the EU: European integration processes in the fields of refugee protection and climate stability
In recent years, the EU has experienced different integration ‘crises’ in its policy domains. Some policy fields such as the environment have been driven by an integration process of consensus among the Member States while others, such as migration and asylum policy, have not reached a high level of integration because of differences between the states. Although some scholars have attempted to identify the dynamics of integration processes in the…
Immigration and Integration Policies in Poland: Institutional, Political and Social Perspectives
From Reception to Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland
“Welcoming Spaces”: Migration and New Communities in Marginalised Regions
The presence of migration in non-urban areas is mainly related to the paradoxical coexistence of both restrictive migration policies and a proliferation of welcoming initiatives. These initiatives are aimed at (co-)creating “welcoming spaces” and are often driven by older residents and migrant people but can equally be the outcome of initiatives by local governments, NGOs, and businesses. This contribution introduces the potentialities and limits…
Comparing pre‐war and forced Ukrainian migrants in Poland: Challenges for the labour market and prospects for integration
Before full‐scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly displaced and pre‐war Ukrainian migrants with …
The discourse and practices of Polish migration policy during the Covid-19 pandemic – economisation as a form of emergency governance
The existing literature points to securitisation as a dominant form of emergency governance emerging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, also in relation to migration. However, another important way of framing migration during the pandemic is in terms of economisation. This article aims to analyse the rationale underpinning Polish immigration policy during COVID-19 with a focus on different forms of economisation: macro-economisation, which pri…
Folding Arms Behind Open Doors: Poland’s Policy on the Admission of Migrants from the Global South in 2014–2023
Poland’s stance towards migrants during the nationalist-conservative government of the Law and Justice party was based on securitisation, especially targeting those coming from the Global South. In the article, we employ an evidence-based approach to examine whether statistical data support Poland’s politically avowed hostility towards migrants from selected countries. Drawing on critical border studies, we aim to explain how Poland’s migration p…
Resilient responses to the massive influx of forced migrants: A case study of medium‐sized cities in Poland
The full‐scale aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In Poland, most forced migrants settled in urban areas, turning cities into unique proving grounds for humanitarian assistance and testing their resilience capabilities. We explore this phenomenon using the case study of three medium‐sized cities with particular attention to the roles of and relationships between local actors (local governme…
The Meritorious ‘Other’: The Interconnection of Merit and Race in EU Migration and Asylum Law
Adopting a law‐in‐context approach, this article suggests that merit‐based migrant selection in the European Union (EU) is implicitly shaped by racial dynamics. With a focus on EU law and more specifically on cases from the Netherlands and Germany, it argues that the growing emphasis on merit enables a limited number of ‘racialised others’ to counterbalance the structural disadvantages associated with their citizenships, whilst simultaneously leg…
Selective restrictions and liberalisations: Unpacking Poland's response to forced migration in the post-2022 context
Political science (9 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Political economy (4 works)