China's Global Influence and Migration

Study examines how European biometric border controls inadvertently expanded migrant smuggling in West Africa, revealing networks involving government officials in document fraud.

Analysis of how states securitize diaspora populations across borders through threat-based framings that reinforce national boundaries and state control.

Study challenges state-centric views of Chinese cultural engagement by analyzing the Zambia Shaolin Cultural Center as a collaborative assemblage where diverse actors negotiate and adapt practices.

Study examines tensions between Nairobi's matatu informal transport and Chinese-backed Expressway, revealing how foreign infrastructure reshapes mobility and excludes indigenous systems.

Examine how transnational cultural encounters between Africa and China generate new knowledge frameworks through reflexive analysis of artistic engagement and epistemic inquiry across regions.