Baya Amouri

Baya Amouri is a Max Weber Fellow and legal researcher at the Department of Law, European University Institute (EUI). Her work centers on forced migration, irregular migration, and the impact of political dynamics on asylum policy, with a regional focus on the Visegrád countries. She investigates how national policies in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia interact with EU and international legal obligations, especially concerning border controls, humanitarian protections, and the rule of law.

• Institution: European University Institute (EUI)
• Department: Department of Law
• Programme: Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
• Email: baya.amouri@eui.eu
• Office: Badia Fiesolana, BF429

Amouri earned her PhD in Legal Studies from the University of Szeged, Hungary, graduating Summa cum laude in 2023. Her doctoral thesis, ‘The Interaction between the Asylum Policies of the Visegrád Group and International and EU Obligations,’ critically analyzes tensions between national political agendas and supranational legal commitments in the field of asylum.

Her research interests include:

• Forced and irregular migration
• Asylum procedures and refugee rights
• International and EU human rights law
• Climate-induced migration and legal protection gaps
• Political resistance to international protection norms
• Humanitarian criminalization and civil society advocacy

As a Max Weber Fellow, Amouri is conducting a new project on the legal protection of climate migrants, assessing both EU and international frameworks and proposing normative pathways for inclusive governance. Her research is part of the ‘Environmental challenges and climate change governance’ cluster at EUI, mentored by Scott Veale and Loïc Azoulai.

She has published on asylum policy, refugee rights, and the role of international law in displacement contexts. Her work combines doctrinal legal analysis with policy-oriented advocacy, aiming to promote more humane and rights-compliant migration governance.

Amouri has no listed scientific awards in the provided text.

She is actively expanding her research agenda, publishing ongoing work, and developing her teaching and mentorship capabilities. Though no formal advisees are listed, her role as a postdoctoral fellow involves academic collaboration and knowledge dissemination. She is engaged in interdisciplinary research clusters focused on transnational governance and climate policy.

Her research is situated within the Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies, which supports early-career scholars in the social sciences and law. She contributes to thematic discussions on migration, climate change, and human rights at one of Europe’s leading institutions for advanced study.