Janina Pescinski

Janina Pescinski is a junior research fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Globalisation, Culture and Mobility. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to questions of migration and human rights, as well as the role of diaspora networks and civil society.

Humanitarian citizens: breaking the law to protect human rights

When states criminalise help, is it a sign of active citizenship to disobey?

By Janina Pescinski

/ 28 Aug 2017

Humanitarian citizens: breaking the law to protect human rights

When states criminalise help, is it a sign of active citizenship to disobey?

By Janina Pescinski

/ 28 Aug 2017

Introducing this week's special theme: 'Cities of welcome, cities of transit'

openDemocracy and its partners brought activists, academics, and policy makers together in Barcelona late last July to discuss a way forward for refugee-related activism and city welcome policies.

By Alex Sakalis, En Liang Khong, Cameron Thibos and Janina Pescinski

/ 30 Sep 2016

Introducing this week's special theme: 'Cities of welcome, cities of transit'

openDemocracy and its partners brought activists, academics, and policy makers together in Barcelona late last July to discuss a way forward for refugee-related activism and city welcome policies.

By Alex Sakalis, En Liang Khong, Cameron Thibos and Janina Pescinski

/ 30 Sep 2016

Building a refugee political movement

Refugees in Europe assert their political agency in many ways, but must do so informally. A new movement seeks to give refugees a seat at the policy table.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 8 Sep 2016

Building a refugee political movement

Refugees in Europe assert their political agency in many ways, but must do so informally. A new movement seeks to give refugees a seat at the policy table.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 8 Sep 2016

Fortifying the outer defences under the guise of partnership

The EU is moving deeper into its project of externalising border management, further endangering its claim to be a defender of human rights.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 30 Jun 2016

Fortifying the outer defences under the guise of partnership

The EU is moving deeper into its project of externalising border management, further endangering its claim to be a defender of human rights.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 30 Jun 2016

The common humanity of Nuit Debout

The Nuit Debout movement has effectively challenged state power in many cities, forcing people to think about how their struggles articulate with those of others.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 3 Jun 2016

The common humanity of Nuit Debout

The Nuit Debout movement has effectively challenged state power in many cities, forcing people to think about how their struggles articulate with those of others.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 3 Jun 2016

The limits of borders

Borders are constructed to separate people, but they become a permanent point of contact and violence between the two sides.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 6 May 2016

The limits of borders

Borders are constructed to separate people, but they become a permanent point of contact and violence between the two sides.

By Janina Pescinski

/ 6 May 2016