Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck and Dr. Victor Iwuoha on mobilization policies in West Africa

Abstract

Abstract: In this latest episode of our podcast, fellow Dr. Victor Iwuoha talks with his host Prof. Dr. Doevenspeck about his latest research on Biometric ID Policies, Gendered Dynamics, and Political Mobilization of Migrants in West Africa. The senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Nigeria scrutinizes how the intrusion of biometric ID technologies into the conduct of cross-border management has revealed radically in political mobilization of migrants across West African borderlands especially in Nigeria.

People & roles

Guest(s): Doevenspeck, Martin; Iwuoha, Victor

Origins & context

Title: Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck and Dr. Victor Iwuoha on mobilization policies in West Africa
Language: English
Podcast series: Cluster Conversations
Date: May 17, 2024

Rights & access

Extent: 21 minutes, 32 seconds

Identifiers & sources

has URL: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_4-Public-engagement_-engagement1/Podcasts/ClusterConversations/Episode-21/index.html

Further details

Episode number: 21

Full text

[music] Speaker 1: Cluster Conversations, a podcast by Africa Multiple. Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to the latest episode of the Cluster Conversation. My name is Martin Diewenbeck, political geographer at the University of Bayreuth, and I am here today with Victor Ewoh, Doctor Victor Ewoh from Nigeria. Victor, welcome. Speaker 2: Good morning, Martin. Speaker 1: Victor, what is your favorite football club in Germany? Speaker 2: Oh, I love Bayern Munich. Speaker 1: Okay, wrong answer. I will continue with the serious stuff, Victor. Victor, could you briefly introduce yourself and tell us about you and your home university? Speaker 2: Right. My name is Victor Ewoh. I studied Political Science and obtained a PhD in Political Science in 2014 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. My area of specialization is International Relations. My research focus is on international migration and security studies. Speaker 1: Okay, could you tell us a bit more about the University of Nigeria? Speaker 2: Alright. University of Nigeria was established in 1960 as the first indigenous university in the country. It is located in southeastern part of Nigeria where it has three campuses. It is a very massive university offering more than hundred academic programs. Of course, it has over hundred departments with seventeen faculties. We have a student population of about fifty thousand. So it is a very, very prominent and very, very massive, you know, place for learning. Speaker 1: Big university compared to Bayreuth. Okay. So our common research interests are let's say the connections between mobility, security and violence. I, as a political geographer, I could also call it, I mean, the political geographies of migration, the political geographies of mobility. So however, you are a political scientist and you have of course a different perspective on things than I do. How would you summarize your research interest in more detail? Speaker 2: Alright, thank you. My research… Read the full text about 2,289 words