Jill Stigter graduated from the International Master's in Advanced Research in Criminology (IMARC) and was awarded the Han Entzinger Award for the best Master's thesis on migration and diversity in 2023. In her research, Jill conducted a narrative analysis of the lived experiences of people-on-the-move with harm resulting from migration control practices in Greece and the European Union.
The Han Entzinger Best Migration Master Thesis Award
Han Entzinger has been one of the pioneers of migration research at Erasmus University Rotterdam as well as in the Netherlands and Europe in general. At Erasmus University, he spurred the development of interdisciplinary research on migration and diversity, and increased attention to these themes within education. On a European scale, Han Entzinger was one of the pioneers of European networks for collaboration on migration studies (IMISCOE) and the development of more comparative research. The Han Entzinger Best Migration Master Thesis Award is designed to mark and keep Entzinger's legacy alive.
The jury
This year's jury consisted of Jacco van Sterkenburg, Warda Belabas, Mieke Kox, and Nanneke Winters, chaired by Han Entzinger.
Entzinger about winning the award: "Jill Stigter's Master thesis deals with the lived experiences that people-on-the-move have with harm and injustice resulting from migration control practices of the European Union and Greece. The thesis powerfully engages with the participants' voices collected through fieldwork and in-depth interviews in Greece. The activism and involvement of the researcher enabled her to capture the real voices and to make these vulnerable people feel 'heard'. The empirical work is very strong, and the chosen methodology is highly original: a true award winner!"
Jill wrote her thesis under the supervision of Richard Staring, Professor of Empirical Criminology at Erasmus School of Law, Gert Vermeulen and Olga Petintseva from Ghent University.
The award will be presented to Jill during an award ceremony on 29 February.