Sara Casella-Colombeau

Sara Casella-Colombeau is a Lecturer in Political Science at Université Grenoble-Alpes (UFR Sociétés, Cultures et Langues étrangères) and affiliated with the ILCEA4 laboratory. Her career spans multiple postdoctoral research positions at institutions including the Institut Convergences Migrations (CNRS), University of Edinburgh, and Université de Montréal. She was a PhD candidate at Sciences Po Paris from 2007-2013, focusing on border policing in the Schengen Area.

• Current pedagogical leadership: Responsible for the International Cooperation and Multilingual Communication Master's track (2020-…)
• Scientific coordination: Co-leader of the 'Migrations, Borders, and International Relations' axis at ILCEA4 (2022-…)

Her research explores:

• Migration governance: Analyzing immigration control, regularization policies, and the intersection of migration with welfare systems
• European border dynamics: Investigating Schengen Area policing, Frontex, and Franco-Italian border practices
• Administrative sociology: Studying public policy implementation and state actors' practices

Since 2023, her work appears in comparative migration studies (Cambridge University Press) and critical border atlases. Earlier publications (2017-2022) focus on:

• Schengen internal border policing
• French/UK clandestine migrant construction
• Migrant regularization mechanisms
• Frontex risk analysis frameworks

Her academic engagement includes:

• Coordinating the 'Migrations, frontières et relations internationales' research axis at ILCEA4
• Contributing to critical migration atlases and policy dictionaries
• Teaching geopolitics, fieldwork methods, and EU values