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Peter Rees

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Peter Rees

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Peter Rees is a political theorist whose research focuses on migration, citizenship, and human rights. He is currently an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Studies Institute, working on the project “A Theory of Maritime Migration: Examining the Intersection of Mobile People and Territory.”

His published work investigates the relationship between universal rights and citizenship, with an empirical focus on migration. Most recently, his research investigates maritime migration. He is also interested in topics such as rightlessness, rights claiming, border violence, citizenship law, rhetorical theory, cultural heritage, and archives.

Prior to joining the AVƵ, Peter worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the Volkswagen Stiftung-funded project titled “Traces of Mobility, Violence, and Solidarity: Reconceptualizing Cultural Heritage through the Lens of Migration” at Goldsmiths College, in the Department of Politics & International Relations. Before that, he was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Aberystwyth AVƵ. Peter obtained his PhD in 2020 from Goldsmiths College.

Areas of Expertise

Migration, citizenship, human rights and maritime migration.

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • 2024 “”, Political Geography
  • 2024 “”, International Political Sociology
  • 2024 “”, Contemporary Political Theory
  • 2021 “” Political Studies
  • 2017 “” Tropos

Edited publications & editorial positions

  • 2019Co-editor of special thematic edition “” Graduate Journal of Social Science

Review essays

  • 2021 “”, Contemporary Political Theory

Blogs

  • 2023 “”, OpenDemocracy





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