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Mechthild Roos

Researcher in European Studies & Comparative Politics
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    • The nexus of migration, incorporation and health policies in Europe
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Summer conference season 2021: Presentations on European social policy, national health and asylum policies & more

The summer conference season 2021 opened for me with this year’s annual conference of the Refugee Law Initiative, ‘Ageing Gracefully? The 1951 Refugee Convention at 70‘. What a splendid event, with an enormous variety of speakers from all parts of the world, inspiring keynotes and in-depth discussions! I was happy…

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Talk on the roles attributed to the EU in German and Swedish regulation of asylum seekers’ and refugees’ access to health care

Following my presentation on the (construed) role of the EU in national policies on asylum seekers’ and refugees’ access to health care at the “Health in Europe” discussion forum hosted by the Centre for Law and Society, Lancaster Law School (UK), in late March, I worked further on the underlying…

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Upcoming talk: The (construed) role of the EU in national policies on asylum seekers’ and refugees’ access to health care

On Wednesday, 24 March, I will present a part of my research project “Migration and health policies in Europe” at the “Health in Europe” discussion forum hosted by the Centre for Law and Society, Lancaster Law School (UK). In my talk, I will shed light on the (construed) roles national…

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First article of the EU Migration and Health Policies project is out

Following the 2019 RESPOND Conference in Cambridge, the organisers of the Panel “Governing through uncertainty?” Veronica Federico and Renato Ibridoin put together a special issue at DPCE Online (collaboration with Ginevra Cerrina Feroni), which is now published. I was glad to contribute an article on the impact of national values…

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“National values” in asylum and health policies: Presentation at the RESPOND Conference in Cambridge (17-19 Oct 2019)

From 17 to 19 October 2019, I had the opportunity to be among a wide range of scholars from a variety of disciplines – political science, sociology, law, anthropology, history etc. – who gathered at Newnham College, Cambridge University, to discuss recent developments and new insights in the field of…

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