Louise Hombert is the newest GRITIM-UPF visiting fellow, she is a PhD student in Political Science at Paris Dauphine University-PSL* Research University, a fellow of the Institut Convergences Migrations (2018-2021) and a scientific member of la Casa de Velazquez - EHEHI (2020-2021). Her work focuses on “refuge-cities” and their migrants’ reception governance, including NGOs and citizen collectives’ influences in the construction of local welcoming policies. For her doctorate, she is conducting a comparative analysis of Paris and Barcelona’s situations, regarding the European reception “crisis”. Her research also lead her to study city-to-city dynamics, including city networks specialized in migration issues.

Main areas of research :

• Social problems
• Local Public Action
• Urban Sociology
• Immigration Policy
• Collective Action : grassroots movements & NGOs

She will be visiting from November 2020 to April 2021.