Pau Palop-García is a political scientist and migration researcher specializing in the study of migration policies and political representation of migrants in transnational spaces. He has published numerous articles on these topics in renowned journals such as Democratization, Citizenship Studies, Comparative Migration Studies, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Prior to joining DeZIM Institute, he was a Research Fellow at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt and at the Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS) of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin. At DeZIM Institute, Pau focuses on the impact of migration policies on the opportunities for migrants beyond their migratory status.
Research focus
- Political representation of migrants
- Diaspora-engagement policies (i.e. Emigrant policies)
- Comparison of migration policies
- Transnationalism
- Migration policies in Latin America