Disputas Master Sara Toffanin

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig i / The doctoral Thesis are available in Nasjonalt vitenarkiv.

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15 på SVHUM B-1005

"May a state allocate refugees to a particular place and restrict their freedom to move elsewhere in the territory provided that it adequately supports social integration in the allocated place?"

Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet/The trial lecture will also be streamed here.

Disputasen starter kl. 12.15, samme sted og vil bli strømmet/The Disputation starts at 12.15 and will also be streamed here.

Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i en måned./A recording of the disputation will be available for one month.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Vulnerability plays a complex role in refugee protection. While it helps address the specific needs of particularly vulnerable refugees, it can also exclude those deemed less vulnerable, weakening their access to rights and protections. This thesis introduces the concept of non-asylum-grounding vulnerability to distinguish between vulnerabilities that justify asylum (e.g., persecution or human rights violations) and those that arise after displacement, such as social exclusion and disempowerment in host communities. Defined as the potential denial of access to conditions that foster inclusion, non-asylum-grounding vulnerability highlights gaps in current policies that fail to fully protect refugees. I argue that recognizing this form of vulnerability is essential to prevent sanctuary from becoming an alienating experience and to ensure meaningful refugee protection. Through an analysis of three key policies – conditional financial support, differential early inclusion, and minimal reception facilities – I demonstrate how these policies exploit refugees’ non-asylum-grounding vulnerability. By recognising the interconnectedness between refugees and receiving societies, this thesis calls for policies that prioritise integration and accommodation, enabling refugees to rebuild their lives as active social members of their new communities.

Veiledere:

førsteamanuensis Melina Duarte, UiT Norges arktiske universitet 

professor II Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, UiT Norges arktiske universitet/ hovedstilling som professor ved Aarhus universitet.

Bedømmelseskomite:

Professor PhD David Owen, University of Southampton, Storbritania 1. opponent

Professor PhD Christine Straehle, University of Hamburg. 2. opponent

Professor II PhD Andreas Føllesdal, UiT Norges arktiske universitet. Leder av komité

Disputasleder:

nestleder Fredrik Nyseth, institutt for filosofi og førstesemesterstudier.

De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende e-post til leder av disputas fredrik.nyseth@uit.no innen kl. 13.00 disputasdagen