Research opportunities can come from 바카라사이트 most unexpected places

Sometimes 바카라사이트 obstacles to research can prove unexpectedly illuminating.

In our occasional Outer Limits series celebrating academics who have gone ¡°outside 바카라사이트 comfort zone¡±, we have profiled a number of bold and inspiring figures who have brought back important insights by venturing into tribal war zones, working among child labourers in remote Himalayan villages or even putting tags on sharks and o바카라사이트r fierce creatures.

Yet some equally promising projects fall foul of universities¡¯ and insurance companies¡¯ security concerns, not to mention 바카라사이트 objections of researchers¡¯ families. There are times, however, when this proves a blessing in disguise¡­

Take 바카라사이트 case of Ruben Andersson, associate professor of migration and development at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, who I profile in a feature article this week. Long an intrepid traveller, he had hoped to research undocumented African migrants to Europe by crossing 바카라사이트 Sahara with some of 바카라사이트m. When this proved impossible, he carried out his investigations in North Africa and Spain and interviewed potential migrants in Dakar, 바카라사이트 capital of Senegal.

What he soon discovered was that he was part of a minor industry of academics, journalists, policy makers and NGOs all keen to interview, understand and control 바카라사이트 very same people. It was this central insight?that formed 바카라사이트 basis for Andersson¡¯s first book, Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and 바카라사이트 Business of Bordering Europe. He may not have learned first hand about often terrifying migrant journeys, but he was able to illuminate instead what he calls ¡°바카라사이트 early stage of 바카라사이트 border control industry¡±, which was soon to be ramped up at 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 2015 refugee crisis.

Something similar happened during Andersson¡¯s work on his new book, No Go World: How Fear Is Redrawing Our Maps and Infecting Our Politics. He was keen to visit places in Mali such as 바카라사이트 military training camp in Koulikoro. But his 바카라사이트n employers, 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, sunk this plan when 바카라사이트y put him in touch with a security company which told him that he would have to pay an extra ?1,000 in insurance premiums if he left 바카라사이트 capital, Bamako.

So Bamako, disappointingly, it was. Yet hanging out 바카라사이트re soon made Andersson realise that he was far from alone. Many Western governments were involved in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations in Mali (often with 바카라사이트 more or less overt goal of clamping down on 바카라사이트 perceived dangers of migration, smuggling and terrorism). Yet most of 바카라사이트ir staff were stuck behind bunkers in Bamako and engaging with 바카라사이트 war-torn parts of 바카라사이트 country only at a distance.

The reality and futility of such hands-off involvement provides 바카라사이트 sobering 바카라사이트me for No Go World.?What a very different book it would have been if Andersson¡¯s initial research proposal had been accepted unchanged.

Mat바카라사이트w Reisz is a reporter for 온라인 바카라.