Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Magdalena Kmak is Professor of Public International Law, with a specialization in Migration and Minority Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Business, and Economics. Magdalena received her PhD in 2009 from the Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. She holds the title of Docent in law and globalization (University of Helsinki). Her current research focuses on the multifaceted relationship between law and mobility, in particular in the context of global migration and minority regimes. Her research interests encompass new minorities, exile studies and history of migration, mobility studies, public international law, human rights and international and European refugee and migration law. Magdalena is team leader and researcher in the Subproject: Migration and the narrative of Europe as an “Area of freedom, security and justice” at the The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (eurostorie.org) at the University of Helsinki and one of the co-applicants and researchers in the project: ‘Climate refugees’ in the Nordic Region: legal and policy responses to new patterns of human mobility (CLaREFi) (2020-2021).
External positions
Team Leader, Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives, University of Helsinki
1 Jan 2018 → …
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
-
‘Climate refugees’ in the Nordic Region: legal and policy responses to new patterns of human mobility (CLaREFi)
01/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Academy of Finland/Other Research Councils
Publications
-
Our European Way of Life? Challenges to Human Rights and Justice in the EU’s Migration Policy
Kmak, M. & Phillips, S., 10 Feb 2022, In: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
-
Personal and academic narratives of exiled and displaced scholars
Kmak, M. & Farzamfar, M., 2022, Refugees and Knowledge Production: Europe's Past and Present. Kmak, M. & Björklund, H. (eds.). Routledge, p. 109 129 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Refugees and Knowledge Production: Europe's Past and Present
Kmak, M. (ed.) & Björklund, H. (ed.), 2022, Routledge. 234 p.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Edited Book/Edited Journal › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access -
Exclusion and Inequality
Kmak, M. & Toivanen, R., 2021, Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts. Parker Krieg, C. & Toivanen, R. (eds.). Helsinki University Press, p. 137-152Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access -
From Law’s Discourse on Refugees to Refugees’ Discourse on Law
Kmak, M., 16 Dec 2021, In: Redescriptions. Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory. 24, 2, p. 110 128 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
-
The 19th Etmu Days, 24-25 November 2022, Joensuu
Magdalena Kmak (Chair) & Mervi Leppäkorpi (Chair)
25 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
-
Member of the Examination Board, Doctoral Dissertation Educating global citizens: a study on interaction between NGOs and schools in Finland
Magdalena Kmak (Member of examination board )
7 Oct 2022Activity: Evaluation, assessment or examination › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students or membership of examination board
-
Human Rights and Resistance in Mobile Law
Magdalena Kmak (Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
-
Mobility as method of knowledge production: law in experience of displaced academics
Magdalena Kmak (Invited speaker)
4 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
-
Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Magdalena Kmak (Visiting researcher)
3 Oct 2022 → 7 Oct 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Courses
-
FR00CC30 Special Protection in Human Rights Law, 5 sp
Mikaela Heikkilä, Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso & Magdalena Kmak 18/01/21 → 15/02/21
Course