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Chiara Pagano is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Southeast European Studies (CSEES) at the University of Graz, Austria, affiliated with the Graz School of Interdisciplinary Transnational Studies. Her work bridges African Studies, Critical Migration Studies, and Borderlands Studies, with a regional focus on North Africa and the Mediterranean, particularly the Libyan-Tunisian border region.
Her research explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of geographical, political, and identity-based frontiers, emphasizing the externalization of EU borders and the transformation of border practices in Tunisia following the 2011 uprisings. She is currently conducting ethnographic research in the Medenine governorate as part of the project Elastic Borders: Rethinking Borders in the 21st Century.
Her core research areas include:
- African Studies (Afrikanistik)
- Migration Research
- European Integration
- Border and Mobility Studies
- Postcolonial and Critical Geopolitics
She serves on the editorial board of the academic journal L'Année du Maghreb since 2021, contributing to scholarly discourse on North African societies and politics. While her publications are not listed in the provided text, her research trajectory indicates a strong focus on ethnographic and historically informed analyses of migration, statecraft, and transnational mobility in the southern Mediterranean.
She is actively engaged in research but no information is available regarding formal student supervision, teaching roles, grants, or scientific awards. She is based at Schubertstraße 21/I, 8010 Graz, Austria.
