Biography

Younes Ahouga is a Senior Lecturer at the Euromed Institute of Legal and Political Sciences. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Geneva obtained in 2019 and served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University between 2021 and 2025.

His research and publications focus on the role of international organizations in the global governance of migration. His doctoral thesis analyzed how the International Organization for Migration (IOM) uses the migration management paradigm to rationalize state sovereignty, resolve migration crises, and shape an international migration agenda. His postdoctoral research at Toronto Metropolitan University examined how international organizations draw on the Global Compact for Migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to strengthen their authority vis-à-vis states. Between 2023 and 2026, he also participated in the Horizon Europe project on the governance of return migration entitled “GAPs: Decentring the study of migrant returns and readmission policies in Europe and beyond.” In this capacity, he conducted research on how the IOM and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees problematize and organize the return of refugees and migrants to their countries of origin. His current research focuses on the impact of international organizations’ use of digital technologies on migration governance.

Younes Ahouga is the author of a book titled “Governing Migration to Perpetuate Globalization: Migration Management and the IOM” published by the University of Ottawa Press (2024). He has also published scientific articles in Critique internationale, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Global Governance, and Geopolitics.