{"id":1529,"date":"2026-06-29T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1529"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:24:23","slug":"dr-eline-waerp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/en\/dr-eline-waerp\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Eline W\u00e6rp\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:eline.waerp@fau.de\">eline.waerp@fau.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eline-waerp\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Eline-Waerp\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Eline-Waerp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1531 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Eline-Waerp-1.jpg 876w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Eline-Waerp-1-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Eline-Waerp-1-768x748.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Short Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eline W\u00e6rp&nbsp;is a postdoctoral researcher at the FAU\u2019s Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN), focusing on the digitalization of EU air border controls and its impacts on perceptions of risk. She has a PhD in Migration Studies from Malm\u00f6 University, where she focused on Frontex\u2019s production of a securitized border knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-href=\"#research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Research Project at Transforming Human Rights<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" role=\"region\" name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eline&#8217;s research sits at the intersection of Critical Border and Migration Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). She is interested in how new digital tools such as the EU\u2019s Entry\/Exit System (EES), the European Travel Authorisation and Information System (ETIAS), and the Digital Travel Credential (DTC) impact how border control at airports take place, and as a result, travelers\u2019 journey.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"publications\" data-href=\"#publications\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"publications-section\" id=\"publications\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Publications<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"publications-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"publications\" role=\"region\" name=\"publications\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Waerp, E. (2025). EUrope\u2019s Exaggerated Return Conundrum.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Borderlands Studies<\/em>,&nbsp;1\u20139. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08865655.2025.2504886\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08865655.2025.2504886<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waerp, E. (2025). Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rationalize their Participation in Frontex Operations. <em>Nordic Journal of Migration&nbsp;Research, 15<\/em>(3). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33134\/njmr.855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOI: 10.33134\/njmr.855<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waerp, E. (2025). Studying the Absurdity of EU Border Controls. <em>Current Issues in&nbsp;Migration Research&nbsp;(CIMR), <\/em>Malm\u00f6 Institute for Studies of Migration (MIM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waerp, E. (2024). Devious Refugees and Harmless borders? How Frontex Inverts Deviance and Blame.&nbsp;<em>Race &amp; Class<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>0<\/em>(0).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/03063968241291509\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/03063968241291509<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waerp, E. (2024). <em>The Age of Frontex \u2013 Banal Securitization and its Normalization in EUropean External(ized) Border Management<\/em>. PhD dissertation, Department of&nbsp;Global Political Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malm\u00f6 University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral Researcher Contact: eline.waerp@fau.de LinkedIn ResearchGate Short Bio Eline W\u00e6rp&nbsp;is a postdoctoral researcher at the FAU\u2019s Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN), focusing on the digitalization of EU air border controls and its impacts on perceptions of risk. She has a PhD in Migration Studies from Malm\u00f6 University, where she focused on Frontex\u2019s production of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5933,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_rrze_cache":"enabled","_access_permission":"","_rrze_multilang_single_locale":"en_US","_rrze_multilang_single_source":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1529","_faue_teaser_image_id":0,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"page_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"faue_teaser_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1539,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1529\/revisions\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"page_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_tag?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}