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Hans Lucht
Primary research areas
Hans Lucht’s research focuses on undocumented migration from Africa to Europe via North Africa. Lucht’s core interests include migrant sending communities in West Africa; West African connection men and the organization of clandestine routes to Europe; high-risk migration on the Mediterranean Sea and in the Sahara Desert; migrant lives in post-Gaddafi Libya; migration related deaths and the ramifications in Europe and in Africa; undocumented migrant lives in Southern Europe; European migration policies; global, social and existential anthropology. Hans Lucht’s work is based on ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana, Niger, Libya, Italy, and Greece.
Current research
Hans Lucht is heading the research project, ‘Borderwork - An Ethnographic Study of Migrants, Brokers and European Border Governance in West Africa’ (2018–2021). Focusing on West Africa, this project explores competing notions of borderwork in the expanded EU-African borderlands in a time when safe and legal mobility is limited and human, social, and political conditions of migrants are severely challenged.
Research and activites
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Photo/illustration by Ida Marie VammenJournal Article2023The root causes policy debate and irregular migrationLars Engberg-Pedersen, Ida Marie Savio Vammen & Hans Lucht
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Chapter2023Cathrine Talleraas, Anna Gopsill, Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Oliver Bakewell, Leander Kandilige, Are John Knudsen, Nadia Nameh, Robert Forster & Hans Lucht
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Book2023Migrants, brokers and European border governance in AfricaIda Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Hans Lucht
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseWeb Article2022Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Hans Lucht
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Web Article2022Aboard trawlers fishing illegally in W AfricaHans Lucht
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Journal Article2022From migrants to gold, drugs, and rare animalsHans Lucht
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Journal Article2021Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Hans Lucht
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DIIS Working Paper2021drivers, desires and developmentIda Marie Savio Vammen, Lars Engberg-Pedersen & Hans Lucht
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Journal Article2019The Migrant Workers Perservering in LibyaHans Lucht
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Journal Article2019Ghanaian Migrant Business and Power in Veneto, ItalyHans Lucht
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Book Chapter2019Hans Lucht
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DIIS Report2017Human Security ImplicationsNinna Nyberg Sørensen, Nauja Kleist & Hans Lucht
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Book Chapter2016Hope and Despair among Ghanaian Migrants and Deportees Stranded in NigerHans Lucht
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Book Chapter2015Ghanaian Migration Brokerage in a Disjointed WorldHans Lucht
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Literature Review2015Expectations of Migration in Africa and the Middle EastHans Lucht
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseBook Chapter2015Hope and Sacrifice in a Ghanaian Fishing VillageHans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2023Hans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Migration, aid and economic progressHans Lucht, Lars Engberg-Pedersen & Ida Marie Savio Vammen
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Photo/illustration by Andrew Testa/Ate03040grn/Ritzau ScanpixDIIS Policy Brief2021No green future without ChinaPer Kalvig & Hans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2020Peace and PlightHans Lucht & Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS policy brief2019From migrants to drugs, gold, and rare animalsHans Lucht & Luca Raineri
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DIIS Policy Brief2018Strictly business?Hans Lucht
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DIIS Impact2017EU migration control in Niger could be counterproductiveHans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2017The EU-Turkey deal on migrationIda Marie Savio Vammen & Hans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2017The EU's Desert Front against migrationHans Lucht
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DIIS Policy Brief2016One year on, the UN-backed government is at a lossRasmus Alenius Boserup, Hans Lucht & Mohamed Eljarh
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DIIS Impact2016Migrant deaths on the Mediterranean soar to new heightsHans Lucht & Rasmus Alenius Boserup
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DIIS Policy Brief2015New threats in Maghreb and SahelRasmus Alenius Boserup, Hans Lucht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Luiz Martinez