Border Labs
This report exposes how universities are embedded in the EU’s border regime, driving the militarisation, surveillance, and externalisation of migration control. It reveals a growing border-industrial-academic complex and challenges academia’s role in legitimising and advancing policies that systematically harm and exclude people on the move.
| Full title | Border Labs: How Universities Power Europe’s Border Regime |
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| Author | Mark Akkerman |
| Publisher | tni |
| Year | 2026 |
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| Link | https://www.tni.org/files/2026-04/BorderLabs-Report-TNI-March2026-web.pdf |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry, European Externalization Policies & Cash Flows |
| Regions | None added |