dr Rafael Camarero

dr Rafael Camarero

Rafael Camarero is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Migration Research with extensive international experience in diaspora studies, North African studies, and the study of Islam in Europe. Since January 2026, he has been working on the project Political Remitting of Mobile EU Citizens – A Comparative Study of Polish and Spanish Migrants, funded by the National Science Centre in Poland.

His main research interests include diaspora policies, international migration, citizenship, Moroccan communities, and Muslim youth in Spain and Europe, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that combines political science, sociology, social anthropology, international relations, area studies, and migration studies.

During his doctoral training, he was awarded several competitive grants and fellowships, including a ten-month Visiting Researcher stay at the Centre for Global Studies (International University of Rabat), a six-month predoctoral research fellowship at the Centre Jacques-Berque in Morocco (CNRS), and a four-month research stay at the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Leiden University).

He obtained his PhD in Human Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid in October 2024. His dissertation, Deterritorializing the Nation: A Study on Moroccan Diaspora Policies and the Descendants of Moroccan Migrants in Spain, was awarded cum laude and the International Mention. He holds degrees in Translation and Interpreting (University of Granada), Political Science and Public Administration (UNED), and an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Inter-Mediterranean Relations from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and the University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry.

 

 

 

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