Colleen Boland, Author at Fair Observer

Colleen Boland

Colleen currently works as Research Manager for transnational NGO Common Action Forum. She holds an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies in Middle East Politics, and a PhD in Sociology of Migration from Complutense University of Madrid. Her research interests include migration studies, diversity management, religious pluralism, and citizenship governance and participation.

Is Dutch Exceptionalism Equipped to Cope With the Pandemic?

Such a culture can prove resistant to what is perceived as over-regulation of the private sphere necessitated by the pandemic. Continue Reading

March 04, 2021

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Anne Frank’s Amsterdam: Remembering Our Privilege in Times of Pandemic

Remembering Anne Frank amid the coronavirus pandemic can teach us a valuable lesson in humanity. Continue Reading

April 03, 2020

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Al-Sweady Inquiry: Fit for Purpose?

May 07, 2013

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Who Stays and Who Goes? The Debate Around UK Extradition Law

November 29, 2012

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