GTD Completed research projects

MAFE: Migrations between Africa and Europe

TCRA: Effects of transnational child-raising arrangements on life-chances of children, migrant parents and caregivers in Ghana and The Netherlands

The TCRA project consisted of 3 projects: 

  1. TCRA: Effects of transnational child-raising arrangements on life-chances of children, migrant parents and caregivers in Ghana and The Netherlands
  2. TCRAf-EU: Effects of transnational child-raising arrangements on life-chances of children, migrant parents and caregivers between Africa and Europe
  3. TCRA-SAN: The functioning and consequences of transnational child raising arrangements in South and North: Angolan, Nigerian and Ghanaian migrant parents living in South Africa and The Netherlands

Prof. Valentina Mazzucato led all three projects and 2 PhD candidates were involved.

PhD candidate Project Supervisor
Karlijn Haagsman The Effect of Transnational Family Life on Angolan and Nigerian Migrant Parents’ Life-Chances in the Netherlands Prof. Valentina Mazzucato
Miranda Poeze Transnational Child Raising Arrangements between Ghana and the Netherlands: Gender, Social Parenting Norms and Migration Policies in Shaping Everyday Lived Experiences of Migrant Parents and Stay Behind Children Prof. Valentina Mazzucato
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TRANSMIC: Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Circulation of Rights and Responsibilities

The TRANSMIC project was coordinated by Maastricht University's Faculty of Law. Prof. Valentina Mazzucato and 1 PhD candidate represented GTD in the project.

PhD candidate Project Supervisor
Ester Serra Mingot Social protection Across Borders. How Sudanese migrants in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and their families in Sudan maken use of social protection, locally and transnationally Prof. Valentina Mazzucato
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