DPhil Student in Migration
St John's College
Erick Moreno Superlano is a DPhil candidate in Migration Studies at the University of Oxford. His research explores how public and political discourses around time and space consolidate social categories and boundaries that shape the lived experiences of (would-be) migrants. His work lies at the intersection of migration studies, human geography, and social theory.
His current research examines how migration containment—practices that restrict and control migrant mobility—is co-produced by state actors and migrant communities in the United States. Focusing on Venezuelan migrants, he reconceptualizes containment beyond formal governance to show how migrants themselves, under conditions of legal and socioeconomic insecurity, may come to reproduce the bordering practices that exclude them.
Erick’s doctoral project is supported by the Clarendon Fund and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. He holds an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, where he studied on an Oxford Refugee Scholarship. Beyond academia, Erick is committed to public scholarship and socially engaged research. He welcomes collaboration with migration scholars, artists, and curators on participatory and outreach projects. He currently serves as the student representative on Oxford University's Sanctuary Steering Committee.
Contact: Erick.morenosuperlano@sjc.ox.ac.uk
Erick is co-supervised by Loren Landau.
