Visiting Fellow
Sergio Carrera is Visiting Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI). He is also Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Justice and Home Affairs Programme at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. Sergio is Visiting Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po (France). He holds two honorary academic posts: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law in Maastricht University (The Netherlands); and Honorary Industry Professor at the School of Law in Queen Mary University of London (UK).
Research topics: Migration, Asylum, Schengen, Citizenship and Integration laws and policies in the European Union.
Geographic areas: All Areas, with special focus on the European Union.
List of Academic Publications since 2013:
Books
Carrera, S., L. den Hertog, D. Kostakopoulou and M. Panizzon, editors (2018). The External Faces of EU Migration, Borders and Asylum Policies: Intersecting Policy Universes. Brill Nijhoff: Leiden, forthcoming.
Carrera, S., V. Mitsilegas, J. Allsopp, and L. Vosyliute, editors (2018). Policing Humanitarianism: Policies against Migrant Smuggling and Their Impact on Civil Society in the EU. Hart Publishing, forthcoming.
Carrera, S., J. Santos and T. Strik, editors (2018). Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis: Legality, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Reconsidered. Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
Carrera, S. (2016). Implementation of EU Readmission Agreements: Identity Determination Dilemmas and the Blurring of Rights, Springer Briefs in Law. Springer International Publishers.
Carrera, S., D. Bigo and E. Guild, editors (2013). Foreigners, Refugees or Minorities? Rethinking People in the Context of Border Controls and Visas. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Refereed journal articles
Carrera, S. J. Allsopp and L. Vosyliute (2018). âThe Effects of Anti-Migrant Smuggling Policies on Humanitarian Assistance in the EUâ, International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, forthcoming.
Carrera, S. L. den Hertog and M. Stefan (2018). âThe EU-Turkey Statement: Reversing âLisbonisationâ in EU Migration and Asylum Policiesâ. Nordic Journal of International Law, Special Issue, forthcoming.
Carrera, S. (2016). âThe ECtHRâs Judgment in Biao v Denmark: Non-Discrimination among Nationals and Family Reunification as Converging European Standardsâ. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol(23)5, pp. 865-889.
Carrera, S. and N. Hernanz (2015). âRe-framing Mobility and Identity Controls: The Next Generation of the EU Migration Management Toolkitâ. Journal of Borderlands Studies.
Carrera, S. and G. Marrero GonzĂĄlez (2014). âLa CiudadanĂa Europea en Venta: El Programa de Venta de Nacionalidad Maltesa: Una Brecha en el Principio de CooperaciĂłn Leal en el Ămbito de CiudadanĂa de la UniĂłnâ. Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, NĂșmero 49.
Carrera, S. (2014). âThe Price of EU Citizenship: The Maltese Citizenship-for-Sale Affair and the Principle of Sincere Cooperation in Nationality Mattersâ. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law.
Carrera, S., L. den Hertog and J. Parkin (2013). âThe Peculiar Nature of EU Home Affairs Agencies in Migration Control: Beyond Accountability versus Autonomy?â. European Journal of Migration and Law, Issue 4.
Book chapters
Carrera, S. and J. Allsopp (2017). âThe irregular immigration policy conundrum: problematizing âeffectivenessâ as a frame for EU criminalization and expulsion policiesâ. In Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research, edited by F. Trauner and A. Ripoll. Routledge London.
Carrera, S. and A. Ălvarez RodrĂguez (2016). âLas Nuevas Exigencias de IntegraciĂłn en el Acceso a la Nacionalidad Española: retroceso para los Iberoamericanos?â. In Groot Boek Liber Amicorum Gerard-RenĂ© de Groot, edited by O. Vonk et al. Wolters Kluwer, pp. 13-62.
Carrera, S. (2016). âCivic Integration Exams in EU Immigration Law: What Integration is Not in European Lawâ. In Residence, Employment and Social Rights of Mobile Persons: On How EU Law Defines where they belong, edited by H. Verschueren. Intersentia, pp. 129-160.
Carrera S. (2014). âIntegration of Immigrants in EU Law and Policy: Challenges to Rule of Law, Exceptions to Inclusionâ. In Migration and EU Law and Policy, edited by L. Azoulai and K. de Vries. Oxford University Press.
Carrera, S. (2013). âThe Framing of Roma as Abnormal EU Citizens: Assessing European Politics on Roma Evictions and Expulsions in Franceâ. In The Reconceptualization of EU Citizenship, edited by E. Guild, C. Gortazar and D. Kostakopoulou. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Carrera S. (2013). âIntegration of Immigrants in EU Law and Policy: Challenges to Rule of Law, Exceptions to Inclusionâ. In Migration and EU Law and Policy, edited by L. Azoulai and K. de Vries. Oxford University Press.
Carrera, S. and B. Petkova (2013). âThe role and potential of civil society and human rights organizations through third party interventions before the European Courts: The case of the EUâs Area of Freedom, Security and Justiceâ. In Judicial Activism at the Court of Justice: Causes, Responses and Solutions, edited by M. Dawson, E. Muir and B. de Witte. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Other Publications
Paperback Books and Reports
Carrera, S. and M. Stefan (2018). Complaint Mechanisms in Border Management and Expulsion Operations in Europe: Effective Remedies for Victims of Human Rights Violations?, CEPS, Study Commissioned by the Council of Europe Special Representative on Migration and Refugees, Brussels.
Carrera, S., A. Geddes, E. Guild and M. Stefan (2017). Pathways towards Legal Migration into the EU: Reappraising Concepts, Trajectories and Polices, CEPS, Brussels.
Carrera, S., S. Blockmans, J.P. Cassarino, D. Gros and E. Guild (2017). The European Border and Coast Guard: Addressing Migration and Asylum Challenges in the Mediterranean?, CEPS, Brussels.
Carrera, S., E. Guild and K. Eisele (2014), Re-Thinking the Attractiveness of EU Labour Immigration Policy: Comparative Perspectives on the EU, the USA, Canada and Beyond, CEPS, Brussels.
Working Papers
Carrera, S., L. den Hertog, and M. Stefan (2017). âIt Wasnât Me! The Luxembourg Court Orders on the EU-Turkey Refugee Dealâ. CEPS Policy Insight, Brussels.
Carrera, S. and E. Guild (2017). âOffshore processing of asylum applications: Out of sight, out of mind?â. CEPS Commentary, Brussels.
Carrera, S., E. Guild, and Ngo C. Luk (2017). âThe integration of immigrants and legal paths to mobility to the EU: Some surprising (and encouraging) factsâ. CEPS Commentary, Brussels.
Carrera, S. and E. Guild (2016). âEU-Turkey plan for handling refugees is fraught with legal and procedural challengesâ. CEPS Commentary, Brussels.
Carrera, S. and L. den Hertog (2016). âA European Border and Coast Guard: Whatâs in the Name?â. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe Series, Brussels.
Carrera S. et al. (2016). âEU-Morocco Cooperation on Readmission, Borders and Protection: A model to follow?â. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe Series, Brussels.
Carrera, S. and L. den Hertog (2015). âWhose Mare? Rule of Law Challenges in the Field of European Border Surveillance in the Mediterraneanâ. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe Series, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels.
Studies and Reports for European Parliament
S. Carrera, C. Luk, M. Stefan, L. Vosyliute (2018). âThe Future of the Schengen Area: Latest Developments and Challenges in the Schengen Governance Framework since 2016â, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera et al. (2017). âTowards a Comprehensive EU Protection System for Minoritiesâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
E. Guild, S. Carrera, L. VosyliĆ«tÄ, K. Groenendijk, E. Brouwer, D. Bigo, J. Jeandesboz and M. Martin-MazĂ© (2016). âAn Analysis of the Schengen Area in the Wake of Recent Developmentsâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
P. BĂĄrd, S. Carrera, E. Guild and D. Kochenov (2016) âAn EU mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rightsâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG EPRS, Brussels.
S. Carrera, E. Guild, L. VosyliĆ«tÄ, A. Scherrer and V. Mitsilegas (2016). âThe Cost of Non Europe in the Area of Organised Crimeâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG EPRS, Brussels.
S. Carrera, E. Guild, A. Aliverti, J. Allsopp, M. Giovanna Manieri and M. LeVoy (2016). âFit for purpose? The Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrantsâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera and E. Guild (2015). âImplementing the Lisbon Treaty: Improving the Functioning of the EU on Justice and Home Affairsâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera, V. Mitsilegas and K. Eisele (2014). âWho Monitors Trust in the European Justice Area? The End of the Transitional Period for the Measures under Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Adopted before the Lisbon Treatyâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL (Internal Policies), Brussels.
S. Carrera, D. Bigo, N. Hernanz and A. Scherrer (2014). âThe Use of Intelligence Information, the National Security or State Secrets Rule and Secret Evidence in National Legislation and Its Interpretation by Courtsâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera, E. Guild and N. Hernanz (2013). âThe Triangular Relationship between Fundamental Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in the EU: Towards an EU Copenhagen Mechanismâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera, D. Bigo, N. Hernanz, A. Scherrer, F. Ragazzi and J. Jeandesboz and J. Parkin (2013). âMass Surveillance of Personal Data by EU Member States and its Compatibility with EU Lawâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
S. Carrera, N. Hernanz and J. Parkin (2013). âThe âLisbonisationâ of the European Parliament: Assessing Progress, Shortcomings and Challenges for Democratic Accountability in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justiceâ, Study for the European Parliament, DG IPOL, Brussels.
Books
Refereed journal articles
Book chapters
Other Publications
Paperback Books and Reports
Working Papers
Studies and Reports for European Parliament