Harlan Koff
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Professor Universität Luxemburg
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Harlan Koff is Professor of Social Sciences-Migration Studies at the University of Luxembourg since March 2013 and Director of the Political Science Institute since its creation within the IPSE Research Unit en December 2006. He also coordinates Axe III of the European Governance Program (Comparative Governance: Europe in the World), and he is founding President of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) as well as coordinator of RISC’s working group on “Comparative Border and Migration Politics.”
Before coming to the University of Luxembourg, Dr. Koff was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Université de Lille 1, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He completed his M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (2002) at Duke University (USA) and his B.A. at the State University of New York at Binghamton (USA).
Harlan Koff is authorized to direct research (supervision of Ph.D. disserations , postdoctoral scholars and visiting fellows). His fields of research are comparative politics and international relations. In particular, he works in the fields of comparative migration politics, comparative border politics, human rights, comparative regional integration, development, and non-governmental organizations and civil society. He is author of Fortress Europe or a Europe of Fortresses ?: The Integration of Migrants in Western Europe (2008) and editor of Social Cohesion in Europe and the Americas : Power, Time and Space, (2009), Perspectivas Comparativas de Liderazgo (co-editor with Carmen Maganda) Deceiving (Dis)Appearances: Analyzing Current Developments in European and North American Border Regions (2007) and Migrant Integration in European Cities (2003). Dr. Koff also coordinates a book series entitled Regional Integration and Social Cohesion for P.I.E.-Peter Lang (Brussels) and he is member of the editorial committee of the journal Estudios Políticos . Finally he has published articles in internationally recognized peer reviewed journals, such as: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , Ethnopolitics , Estudios Políticos , Déviance et Société , The Journal of European Integration , Italian Politics , Migraciones Internacionales , et The Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration , as well as numerous book chapters in English, Spanish, Italian and French.
His present research projects analyze the impact of regional integration on border communities. Specifically, he is working on a comparative project on border regions in Europe (Bari, Italie- Durres, Albanie et Nord France-Sud Belgique), North America (San Diego, Etats-Unis-Tijuana, Mexico), and South America (Cúcuta, Colombia-San Crístobal, Venezuela). This research examines cross-border political cooperation, economic transformations in these border regions and their impacts on social marginalization, organized crime and migration regimes. Moreover, Dr. Koff is the head of the BRIDGE (Border Regions in Different Geographic Espaces ) project which focuses on power relationships in Luxembourg’s Greater Region in comparison with Belize.
With Carmen Maganda, Harlan Koff coordinates a lecture series entitled “Development Addressing Inequalities: Rights and Responsibilities” which is organized with Luxembourgish non-governmental organizations working in global development politics (Cercle de Coopération, Action Solidarité Tiers Monde and Caritas) and financed by the Fonds National de la Recherche. His also represents Luxembourg in the European Association of Development Research and Training Networks’ Executive Committee and he has participated in various international initiatives focusing on development and human rights in Africa (Mali, Morocco) and Latin America (Colombia, Mexico) . He is a member of the steering committee for the University of Luxembourg’s Human Rights Observatory.
Publications
Fortress Europe or a Europe of Fortresses?: The Integration of Migrants in Western Europe
The integration of non-EU migrants is one of the most salient issues in contemporary European politics and social scientists have dedicated significant attention to this question. Even though this field is generally characterized by its richness, its weakness has been its focus on specific aspects of immigration, such as political participation, immigrant entrepreneurship, models of citizenship, etc. This book addresses migrant integration in its complexity. First, it compares and analyzes local integration regimes because levels and modes of integration vary throughout Europe, all the way to the sub-national level. Second, the book discusses integration issues in various arenas, including political party systems, welfare regimes, social movements, civil society, economic sectors, housing, urban planning, and crime. In doing so, the study addresses the relationships between integration in various spheres, thus embracing the complexity of integration processes. Finally, the book attempts to explain the links between political, economic and social integration through interdisciplinary analysis based on power, class and status.
Deceiving (Dis)Appearances: Analyzing Current Developments in European and North American Border Regions
The impact of recent shifts in global geopolitics and economic markets has led to the re-conceptualization of national borders. Scholars have shifted their analysis away from the narrow idea of «borders», and moved their attention towards the wider view of «borderlands», «border regions», and «border zones», thus, leading to the conceptual re-definition of border politics. These recent approaches have identified border areas as socially constructed territories that demonstrate many of the characteristics of independent polities. Border communities seem to have come to life, creating a degree of autonomy and separation from central state actors. While the rich literature in border studies identifies important changes in local political and economic systems, it does not necessarily identify the mechanisms that create these changes: Why has integration occurred in some border regions while others are being reinforced? Why has integration failed in some cases where opportunity structures are positive, while it has succeeded in others saddled with more limited constraints? The essays in this volume address such fundamental questions.
Articles
“El poder político y la política fronteriza en Europa: la utilidad de comparar las fronteras internas y externas de la UE” Estudios Políticos 32 (Julio-Diciembre 2008).
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“Las Políticas Fronterizas Comparadas y Las Estructuras del Poder” Estudios Políticos 32 (Julio-Diciembre 2008).
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“Decentralization, Democratic Participation and Authoritarian Dogma: Local Opposition to Minority Integration in France, Italy and the United States” Ethnopolitics Vol. 6, N. 2, (June 2007): pp. 315-336.
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“La Protección de los grupos étnicos en europa occidental: El estado de la ley contra la competencia politica,” Estudios Politicos 29 (Julio-Diciembre 2007).
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“Security, Markets and Power: The Relationship Between EU Enlargement and Immigration,” Journal of European Integration , Volume 27 (2) 2005: pp. 397-416.
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“Migrant Participation in Local European Democracies: Understanding Social Capital Through Social Movement Analysis” Migraciones Internacionales 9, Vol.3, N. 2 (Julio - Diciembre 2005): pp. 5-28 .
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“On the Cutting Edge: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Regional Integration in Border Communities in North America and Europe” Working Paper, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies , 2006.
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