Henk van Houtum
Prof dr Henk van Houtum is Professor Political Geography and Geopolitics and head of the Nijmegen Centre for Border Research (NCBR) at Radboud University Nijmegen. In addition he is a part-time Professor Border Studies at the University of Eastern Finland. Henk van Houtum graduated in Economics at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands (cum laude). He wrote a dissertation on the relationship between political borders and economics at the same university. In 1998, at the University of Nijmegen, he co-founded the Nijmegen Centre for Border Research. He is co-director of the master specialisation on Europe: Borders, Identities and Governance and the master specialisation on Conflicts, Territories and Identities. He published 19 books and around 200 academic articles and book chapters. Research themes: The philosophy of borders: epistemology and (im)morality of borders, processes of b/ordering and othering, Global justice: Wealth differences and equality of access (to resources), National and regional identity (including the geopolitics, internationalisation of and territorial ‘battle’ in soccer and other sports), Borders in and of the EU: Geopolitics of the European integration, The external border regime of the EU, migrant deaths at the border (see our Dutch book: Beyond Fortress Europe (”Voorbij Fort Europa”), Designing Borderlands: The development of cross-border governance and planning of borderlands (see for this, the book: Borderland, 2013), C/Artography: Mapping territories and borders, Freeing the Map: from Atlas to Hermes (see his co-authored blog CompasstoCartopolitics, and see his TEDxLecture: Free the MapUrban geopolitics and planning: glocal urban politics and identity, and geopolitics of capitalismIn additon, he published more than 200 opinion articles and columns in national and international newspapers and magazines. He is a regular commentator for various Dutch and international media.See for all info as well as contact details: www.henkvanhoutum.nl
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Van Houtum en Lucassen plaatsen de migratie naar Europa in een breder historisch en geografisch perspectief en leggen de tegenstrijdigheden en averechtse effecten van het huidige systeem bloot. In een tienpuntenplan presenteren ze concrete alternatieven voor een duurzaam en rechtvaardig migratiebeleid, voorbij Fort Europa.