Louise Hombert is the newest GRITIM-UPF visiting fellow, she a PhD student in Political Science at Paris Dauphine University-PSL* Research University, and a fellow​ of the Institut Convergences Migrations. In 2020-2021, she spent one year in Barcelona for her doctorate as a Scientific member of La Casa de Velaquez - Ecole des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (EHEHI).

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 conducts a comparative analysis of Paris and Barcelona’s situations, regarding the European reception “crisis”. Her research also led her to study city-to-city dynamics, including city networks specialized in migration issues. 

Main areas of research :

• Urban policies

• Migration policies

• Urban governance

• Asylum seekers and refugees' reception

• Collective mobilizations

• Comparative research methods

Visiting GRITIM-UPF from October 15th, 2020 until April 30th, 2021.

E-mail: [email protected]