Education: Maegan has a BA in Global Studies and French from the University of California, Santa Barbara, including a year of study abroad at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Lyon. In 2010, she also received a joint Masters in Global Studies from the University of Leipzig and the University of Vienna.
Relevant experience and expertise:
During her studies, Maegan worked with several intergovernmental organizations on migration issues, including the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), ICMPD and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This work focused on South-South migration, integration policies in Switzerland and gender and migration. She worked with ICMPD from August to November 2010 as a trainee in particular on the project “Promoting Sustainable Policies for Integration (PROSINT)”, and rejoined the team in June 2011 to work on several projects, including “Treatment of third-country nationals at the EU’s external borders”.
Research interests: Diaspora, gender and migration, integration, human rights
Selected Publications:
Hendow, Maegan (2010). Iraqi diaspora and temporary return migration: The role of opportunity, motivation and expectation. MA Thesis, University of Vienna.
Hendow, Maegan (2009). Knowledge as a Passport: How Migrants' Cultural Capital Impacts their Freedom of Movement. Presented at the 39th World Congress of IIS. Yerevan, June 11-14.
Hendow, Maegan (2009). Multiculturalism: How to Reconcile Changing French Identity. Presented at the 39th World Congress of IIS. Yerevan, June 11-14.
Tel: +43-1-5044677-2368
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E-mail: Maegan.Hendow(at)icmpd.org