Episode 4: Birth Registration as Bordering Practice. Allison Petrozziello, Balsillie School of International Affairs

The episode features:

Allison Petrozziello, a feminist migration researcher and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is affiliated with the International Migration Research Centre.  She shares her experiences at Laurier and how she came to study in the PhD in Global Governance program and her academic influences including Dr. Jenna Hennebry, Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts, Dr. Alison Mountz, Dr. Rianne Mahon, Dr. Carol Duncan, Dr. Jasmin Habib and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.After explaining what her interdisciplinary research encompasses, she explains how her work connects gender, migration, citizenship rights, and statelessness. She explains the global inventory of exclusionary birth registration practices she is creating. Her interview concludes with an invitation of where to start to get involved in eliminating statelessness and efforts to link her academic work with global advocacy campaigns.Additional information about the research and transcript (with relevant links) available from wlu.ca/ResearchChat