Bachelors Thesis: Identity Politics in Polish Migration Discourses.

For my bachelor thesis in political science, I researched identity politics in polish migration discourses. Specifically, I inquired into the ways that Polish media and politicians discussed Ukrainian refugees and Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) refugees.

Through my research, I discussed the history of Ukrainian and MENA people in Poland, analysed nationalism, inquired into refugee status, and outlined the trajectory of the right with Polish PiS (Law and Justice) Party.

My research concluded that Ukrainians were constructed as an extension of Polish national identity due to their “shared European values”. In contrast, MENA refugees were constructed as a threat to Polish national identity, due to their proximity to Islam.

You can read my full thesis, entitled, Identity Politics in Polish Migration Discourses: An Interpretive Qualitative Content Analysis of PiS Discourses towards Ukrainian and Middle Eastern & North African Refugees here.