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Indi-Carolina Kryg

Doctoral Researcher

Indi-Carolina Kryg

  • Short CV

    • Since 10/2020: Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies and member of the GIGA Doctoral Programme

    • 2019-2022: Personal Assistant to the GIGA President

    • 2018-2019: Student Assistant in DFG-Project “Security Sector Reform and the Stability of Post-War Peace“ at the GIGA (ILAS)

    • July 2017, June-July 2022: Guest scientist as “Estudiante Huésped” at the CIESAS-Noreste Mexico

    • 2015-2017: Student Assistant in DFG-Project “Ethnic Voting in Latin America” at the GIGA (ILAS)

    • Education: M.A. in Political Science (Comparative and Regional Studies), B.A. in Political Science, University of Hamburg

    Current Research

    • Migration and Refugee Studies

    • Critical Citizenship Studies

    • Border Regimes

    • Political Agency

    • Civil Society Organisations

    Countries and Regions

    • Latin America

    • Central America

    • Mexico

    Memberships

    • Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Membership in region-specific association or network, 2022 - 2025
    • Section "Migraciones, Desplazamientos y Movilidades Section", LASA, Membership of committee, section or working group, since 2022
    • German Association for Latin American Studies (ADLAF), Membership in region-specific association or network, since 2018
    • Nachwuchsgruppe der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung (ADLAF), Indi Kryg is part of the spokespeople team for the Junior Research Group of ADLAF since 2016., 2016 - 2022

    Dissertation

    • The Political Agency of Migrants in the South-South Migration: Non-governmental Organisations and the Political Participation of Latin American Immigrants in Mexico

    Awards

    • Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Stipendium für Promovierende, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), 2023

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

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    Highlights

    Acciones y reacciones en torno a la espectacularización del odio antimigrante de Trump

    Revista Común | Article | 25/03/2025

    Acciones y reacciones en torno a la espectacularización del odio antimigrante de Trump

    In this analysis, we discuss in more detail the changes and continuities in US anti-migration policy, how Latin American governments are responding and how migrants are organizing.

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Dr. Juliana Vanessa Maldonado Macedo

    Dr. Victoria Ríos-Infante

    Dr. Elisa Robbe

    Ein Tag ohne Migrant*innen: Aktionen und Reaktionen auf Trumps Spektakel des einwanderungsfeindlichen Hasses

    Lateinamerika Nachrichten | Article | 10/03/2025

    Ein Tag ohne Migrant*innen: Aktionen und Reaktionen auf Trumps Spektakel des einwanderungsfeindlichen Hasses

    In this analysis, we discuss the changes and continuities in US anti-migration policy, how Latin American governments are responding and how migrants are organizing.

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Publications

    GIGA Focus Latin America | 3/2024

    Mexico: Sheinbaum to Face Militarisation and Human Rights Concerns

    Mexico is experiencing militarisation with increased violence and persistent human rights violations. While civil society actors are demanding an end to this policy, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum secured victory by pledging continuity to the outgoing López Obrador Presidency.

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Luz Marcela Villalobos Andrade

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas | 09/2021

    From Victimization to Political Action? Understanding the (Un)Existing Political Participation of Central American Immigrants in Mexico

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change

    Political Practices Through Digital Media: The Case of Latin American Immigrants in Mexico

    This chapter explores how Latin American immigrants in Mexico use digital media for political engagement, organization, and protest. Semi-structured interviews with immigrants reveal the interplay of digital and physical spaces in shaping their political behavior.

    Ph.D. Rubria Rocha de Luna

    Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Media Contributions

    Revista Común | Article | 25/03/2025

    Acciones y reacciones en torno a la espectacularización del odio antimigrante de Trump

    In this analysis, we discuss in more detail the changes and continuities in US anti-migration policy, how Latin American governments are responding and how migrants are organizing.

    Lateinamerika Nachrichten | Article | 10/03/2025

    Ein Tag ohne Migrant*innen: Aktionen und Reaktionen auf Trumps Spektakel des einwanderungsfeindlichen Hasses

    In this analysis, we discuss the changes and continuities in US anti-migration policy, how Latin American governments are responding and how migrants are organizing.

    Deutsche Welle | Quote | 25/07/2024

    Migration in die USA: "Trump ist kein Panik-Faktor"

    This article discusses current US border and asylum policies and the potential impact of the US elections on migration to the US.

    Lectures

    Iberoamerican University Puebla | 09/06/2025

    Are Migrants Citizens in Mexico?

    Organiser: Iberoamerican University Puebla Indi-Carolina Kryg (Speaker)

    In a joint session on migration with Dr. Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa, Indi Kryg gave a guest lecture on critical citizenship studies in an interdisciplinary seminar for IBERO undergraduate students.

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Conference | 04/06/2023 - 06/06/2025

    The Nexus between Civil Society Organizations and Migrants’ Political Agency in Mexico

    AMEI-ISA Conference 2025: Positioning Latin America and Mexico in International Relations, Universidad del Mar, Huatulco Indi-Carolina Kryg (Speaker)

    Paper Presentation "The Nexus between Civil Society Organizations and Migrants’ Political Agency in Mexico" for Panel "Institutions and Global Human Rights".

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Conference | 23/05/2025 - 26/05/2025

    Immigrants' Use of Social Media Platforms for Political Practices in Mexico

    LASA 2025 - Latin American Studies Association Congress, San Francisco Organisers: Latin American Studies Association Indi-Carolina Kryg (Speaker)

    Presentation of a co-authored book chapter in the panel “Digital Activism and Practices Related to Migration between Mexico and the United States.”

    Indi-Carolina Kryg

    Doctoral Researcher

    Teaching

    Teaching | University of Hamburg (UHH) | 2020

    Migration und politische Agency in den Amerikas

    University of Hamburg (UHH) Hamburg Germany

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