Nicole Hirt

Dr. Nicole Hirt is a research fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs. Her research focuses on the migration policy of the European Union, the persistence of authoritarian regimes, militarisation, diasporas and sanctions, as well as peace and conflict studies. Her regional focus lies on East Africa, especially on the countries Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. One of her recent publications is the refereed article Hirt, Nicole / Saleh Mohammad, Abdulkader (2018), “The Lack of Political Space of the Eritrean Diaspora in the Arab Gulf and Sudan: Torn Between an Autocratic Home and Authoritarian Hosts,” in Mashriq & Mahjar (eds.), Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, 5, 1, pp. 101–126.

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