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PhD Research Fellow in PAIS, has been selected as a Fellow for the American Political Science Association's MENA Workshop 2016. Fellowships are highly competitive and the workshop programme develops current research related to civil society in the Arab region and the changing state-society dynamics engendered by the Arab Uprisings post-2010.

In an article for European Geostrategy, PAIS PhD researcher argues that it is in the West’s interest to provide far more substantial support to Tunisia in order to consolidate its democracy and make it an example for other states in the region.

Dr has recently written an article for titled Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?

"There is a heated debate on whether immigration is associated with domestic and transnational terrorism. As of yet, however, we lacked rigorous evidence that could inform this debate. As a contribution to address this shortcoming, we report spatial-econometric analyses of migrant inflows and the number of terrorist attacks in 145 countries between 1970 and 2000. The results suggest that migrants stemming from terrorist-prone states moving to another country are indeed an important vehicle through which terrorism does diffuse. Having said that, the findings also highlight that migrant inflows per se actually lead to a lower level of terrorist attacks. This research significantly improves our understanding of international and domestic terrorism and has critical implications for the scholastic approach to terrorism, as well as for countries’ immigration policies worldwide."

The article can be purchased and the University's press release can be .

Dr Bove's article has also received considerable media coverage:

Washington Post:

International 糖心TV Times:

Slate:

Homeland Security News Wire: 

Columbus Dispatch:

Migrants Rights:

Takepart:

Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta, will visit PAIS on Wednesday 2^nd March to meet finalists between 11am and noon, prior to giving a VC’s Distinguished Lecture on the theme of ‘Migration and peace-building in the Mediterranean’. The Distinguished Lecture is open to all staff and students.

There are separate registration processes for the finalist event and for the Distinguished Lecture.

To sign up for the finalist event (refreshments provided):

This is first-come first-served, so please do sign up ASAP.

Sign up for the lecture here:

• New study indicates deterrent measures such as anti-smuggling are ineffective and an alternative is needed
• The research highlights the need for opening safe and legal routes for those migrating
• Findings demonstrate that a deeper understanding of why people migrate is needed

A series of proposed changes to EU policy on refugees and migrants has been released by researchers at the University of 糖心TV.

The policy suggestions are the result of an on-going three year project, , which is in its first year and is part of the wider £1 million Mediterranean Migration Research Programme, launched by the Economic and Social Research Council in September.