Prof. Jean-Pierre CASSARINO

Prof. Jean-Pierre Cassarino holds a Ph.D. in social and political sciences, awarded in 1998, by the European University Institute. Previously, he studied political science at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Aix-en-Provence where he specialized on the Middle East and North Africa region. He has lived and worked in Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

He joined the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe (Natolin campus) where he directs the Natolin Academy of Migration as Senior Research Fellow.

Prior to this, he was part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (European University Institute, Florence) where he supervised and managed interdisciplinary research projects on migration matters, mobilizing EU and non-EU partner institutions (Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus). In the course of his academic career, he has also worked for the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Prof Jean-Pierre Cassarino has more than fifteen years of experience in comparative policy research. His research interests focus on patterns of international cooperation and modes of norm diffusion and policy transfers in dynamic regional consultative processes, especially with reference to the “management” of migration and borders. He is most interested in comparatively analyzing policy design and implementation as well as how policy transfers are administered (and often readjusted) through processes of bilateral and multilateral consultations between the EU and third countries. This analytical scope has often structured his approach to policy analysis and state-to-state cooperation while highlighting the gaps that may exist between reciprocal policy commitments in international relations and effective actions, as well as between intentions and contingencies.

 

His most recent publications include:

• (2020), “Are Current “Return Policies” Return Policies? A Reflection and Critique.” In Ronald Skeldon and Tanja Bastia (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development. New York: Routledge, pp. 343-352.
• (2020), (ed.), “L’expulsion des étrangers dans le contexte euro-méditerranéen : Faire la lumière sur la zone grise”, Les Cahiers de Tunisie, Numéro spécial.
• (2018), « Le gouvernement des migrations en Tunisie : Vers un nouveau paradigme ? » In Amin Allal et Vincent Geisser, dir., Tunisie : Une démocratisation au-dessus de tout soupçon ? Paris: CNRS Éditions, pp. 295-309.
• (2018), “Informalising EU readmission cooperation.” In Ariadna Ripoll Servent and Florian Trauner (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research. London: Routledge, pp. 83-98.
• (2018), “Beyond the Criminalisation of Migration: A Non-Western Perspective”, International Journal of Migration and Border Studies 4(4): 397–411.

Datasets:

1. Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission: Created in 2006 and updated on a regular basis, this inventory provides a clear illustration of how states have configured their cooperation on the removal of unauthorized aliens. Available here: http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
2. Dataset on return migrants’ patterns of reintegration: This dataset includes more than 2000 interviews made with returnees in Algeria, Armenia, Mali, Morocco and Tunisia. Raw data (SPSS and STATA) can be downloaded at http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/dataset-on-return-migrants/

Jean-Pierre Cassarino’s list of publications is available at Academia.edu
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