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Laura Cleton is an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, specializing in migration governance and policies, particularly focusing on the deportation of undocumented children and families within Europe. Her research interests include feminist approaches to migration studies, family migration, and the political analysis of deportation regimes. Currently, she leads several significant projects including the NWO-funded Veni project titled 'Rights of Return,' which examines how frontline workers negotiate the legitimacy of the return of undocumented migrant children. She is also involved as a researcher coordinator in the Horizon Europe project 'Finding Agreement Return' and has been recognized for her contributions with various awards including the Dutch Association for Public Administration's Van Poelje Dissertation Prize. Cleton's academic background is rooted in feminism and intersectionality, having defended her PhD dissertation on the legitimization of deportation practices, which won her the American Political Science Association's Migration & Citizenship Section Dissertation Prize. Her previous roles include postdoctoral researcher at UNU-MERIT, and junior lecturer and researcher at the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University, respectively.
Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam, Netherlands
Teaching and researching in the fields of migration governance and deportation policies, focusing on the implications for families and undocumented children.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.