Dr. Marieke Van Houte

Biography

Marieke van Houte is an Assistant Professor at Radboud University, specializing in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies. She is a senior researcher on the Horizon Europe project focused on return migration and engages with themes of human geography, examining how individuals share meanings, identities, and navigate structural inequalities and conflicts. Her research primarily addresses human migration, identities, and the governance of migration, utilizing co-creative and participatory methods to foster social change and inclusivity. She obtained her PhD from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance in 2014, and prior to joining Radboud University in 2023, held a Marie Curie Fellowship at the International Migration Institute at the University of Oxford. Van Houte has also had experience as a freelance participatory theatre maker and has worked in research positions at VU University Amsterdam and the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her ongoing projects include the GAPs initiative, which examines the dynamics of migrant return and European readmission policies.

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