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  "ownerName": "Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi",
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    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2026-intersecting-margins",
      "title": "Intersecting Margins: Analysing the Integration of Global South Student Migrants through Migration, Labour Market, and Housing Patterns in Italy",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi", "F. Q. Kakar"],
      "year": 2026,
      "venue": "International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 10(7)",
      "type": "Journal Article",
      "selected": true,
      "doi": "10.47772/IJRISS.2026.100700088",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "The article examines the socio-economic integration of Global South student migrants in Italy, showing how migration status, labour-market participation, and housing conditions jointly shape settlement decisions. Drawing on a survey of students and recent graduates alongside secondary data, it identifies limited employment opportunities, language barriers, racial discrimination, bureaucratic hurdles, and housing insecurity as intersecting structural obstacles. These barriers discourage graduates from staying, contributing to onward migration and the loss of skilled talent; the paper argues for inclusive national and EU-level policies on employment pathways, language support, affordable housing, and anti-discrimination protection."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2026-beyond-borders",
      "title": "Beyond Borders? Networks, Hierarchies and the Unheard: A Critical Social Network Analysis of EU–Libya Migration Governance",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2026,
      "venue": "Manuscript submitted for publication (Journal of Borderland Studies)",
      "type": "Working Paper",
      "selected": true,
      "doi": null,
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "This study critically examines migration governance between the European Union and Libya, asking how security priorities, institutional networks, and border externalisation shape migration management. Drawing on securitisation theory and a social network analysis of an EU Trust Fund project in Libya, it shows how European institutions and North African state authorities influence policy while migrants remain largely excluded from decision-making. The paper argues that networked, multilevel governance reproduces unequal power relations and hierarchical structures, and calls for a human-centred approach that prioritises migrants' rights, participation, and security."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2026-negotiating-belonging",
      "title": "Negotiating Belonging: Storytelling and Witnessing among Global South International Students in Italy and China",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2026,
      "venue": "MSc thesis, University of Padua",
      "type": "Thesis",
      "selected": true,
      "doi": null,
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "A qualitative study of how Global South international students narrate and negotiate belonging across two host societies. Through storytelling and witnessing, the thesis traces how students make sense of inclusion, exclusion, and their own position within European and Chinese higher education, and how those accounts connect to migration policy, labour markets, and everyday encounters."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2024-eu-g7",
      "title": "The European Union and the G7 as Political Forces to Be Reckoned With: A Case Study of Giorgia Meloni and the Externalization of Migration Control",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2024,
      "venue": "SSRN (preprint)",
      "type": "Preprint",
      "selected": true,
      "doi": "10.2139/ssrn.5162495",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "This paper examines the role of the European Union and the G7 in shaping global migration governance, taking Giorgia Meloni's leadership in Italy and its 2024 G7 presidency as a case study. Using secondary research, critical discourse analysis, and securitisation theory, it connects the Italy–Albania protocol, agreements with Libya and Tunisia, and the Mattei Plan to the externalisation of migration control. It weighs European commitments to human rights and free movement against deterrence and offshore asylum processing, and calls for transparency, independent oversight, safer legal pathways, and more equitable Europe–Africa partnerships."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2023-visa-rights",
      "title": "No Rights of Foreign Citizens to a Visa: Visa Regulations, Migration Management, and Legitimate Interest",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2023,
      "venue": "SSRN (preprint)",
      "type": "Preprint",
      "selected": false,
      "doi": "10.2139/ssrn.4707826",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "The paper examines visa regulations, migration management, and the legal principle that foreign nationals hold no automatic right to a visa. Focusing on Nigeria and international migration systems, it explores how national security, diplomatic relations, and perceived applicant intentions shape visa decisions. A mixed-methods design — questionnaires and interviews with 30 visa applicants — documents the obstacles faced by people seeking study, religious, medical, sports, and residency visas, and argues for fairer, more transparent procedures and stronger international cooperation."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2023-national-identity",
      "title": "Understanding How Changing Ideas of National Identity Impact Migration Policies and Practices Worldwide: A Case Study of “The Swimmers”",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2023,
      "venue": "SSRN (preprint)",
      "type": "Preprint",
      "selected": false,
      "doi": "10.2139/ssrn.4775708",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "Using the film The Swimmers as a case study, this paper traces how changing perceptions of national identity influence migration policies and practices. Qualitative content analysis highlights the motivations, challenges, and risks migrants and refugees face, with attention to how gender, ethnicity, and national identity shape treatment and integration in host countries. The analysis examines the tension between national security, border control, and humanitarian responsibility, and advocates more inclusive, balanced, and humane migration policies."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2022-japa",
      "title": "Citizenship, Migration, and the Imperative for Restructuring in Nigeria: Understanding the Grievances of the “Japa” Generation",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2022,
      "venue": "SSRN (preprint)",
      "type": "Preprint",
      "selected": true,
      "doi": "10.2139/ssrn.4283797",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "This paper examines the relationship between citizenship, migration, and the case for political and institutional restructuring in Nigeria, focusing on the grievances of the “Japa” generation. Conceptual and secondary analysis shows how insecurity, unemployment, educational challenges, political disillusionment, corruption, and gender inequality drive emigration decisions. It argues that mass emigration signals deeper concerns about governance, inclusion, and public trust while draining human capital, and calls for institutional reform, accountable leadership, equitable resource distribution, youth participation, security, quality education, and gender equality."
    },
    {
      "id": "adesuyi-2020-idps-nigeria",
      "title": "The Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal",
      "authors": ["Adetokunboh A. Adesuyi"],
      "year": 2020,
      "venue": "SSRN (preprint); BSc thesis, Babcock University",
      "type": "Preprint",
      "selected": false,
      "doi": "10.2139/ssrn.4709295",
      "pdf": null,
      "abstract": "The study critically examines the human rights of internally displaced persons in Nigeria, focusing on gaps in legal protection, humanitarian assistance, and government accountability. Drawing on qualitative research, including focus group discussions with 30 displaced persons at the Durumi IDP Camp in Abuja, it documents difficulties in accessing shelter, healthcare, education, and security, and the systematic neglect of displaced people living in host communities. It advocates stronger legal enforcement, improved humanitarian coordination, and an inclusive national verification mechanism."
    }
  ]
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