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WHO WE AREThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System as the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, with 175 member states and a presence in 171 countries.
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MIGRATION RESEARCH LEADERS SYNDICATE - MEMBERS
(in alphabetical order by surname)
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MOHAMMAD JALAL ABBASI-SHAVAZI
Professor of Demography, University of Tehran; Director, National Institute of Population Research of IranMohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi’s recommended top three reads:
- "Socio-cultural Adaptation of Second-generation Afghans in Iran" by Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Rasoul Sadeghi (2014)
- "Theorising Return Migration: The Conceptual Approach to Return Migrants Revisited" by Jean-Pierre Cassarino (2004)
- "Environmental Concerns and International Migration" by Graeme Hugo (1996)
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HARALD BAUDER
Director, Graduate Program in Immigration and Settlement; Professor, Department of Geography, Ryerson UniversityHarald Bauder’s recommended top three reads:
- "Sanctuary Cities: Policies and Practices in International Comparison" by Harald Bauder (2016)
- "Perspectives of Open Borders and No Border" by Harald Bauder (2015)
- "Domicile Citizenship, Human Mobility and Territoriality" by Harald Bauder (2014)
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ALEXANDER BETTS
Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, University of OxfordAlexander Betts’ recommended top three reads:
- "Temporary Work Visas as US-Haiti Development Cooperation" by Michael Clemens and Hannah Postel (2017)
- "The Globalization of Migration? Has the World Become More Migratory?" by Hein de Haas and Mathias Czaika (2014)
- "'Yes!' In My Backyard: The Economics of Refugees and Their Social Dynamics in Kakuma, Kenya" by Apurva Sanghi, Harun Onder and Varalakshmi Vemuru (2017)
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JACQUELINE BHABHA
Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolJacqueline Bhabha's recommended top three reads:
- "Emergency within an Emergency: The Growing Epidemic of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Children in Greece" by Vasileia Digidiki and Jacqueline Bhabha (2017)
- "Recommended Principles to Guide Actions Concerning Children on the Move and Other Children Affected by Migration" (adopted June 2016)
- "Children on the Move in the 21st Century: Developing a Rights-Based Plan of Action" by Jacqueline Bhabha (forthcoming 2018)
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JØRGEN CARLING
Research Professor of Migration and Transnationalism Studies, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Jørgen Carling's recommended top three reads:
- "'Keeping Them in Their Place': The Ambivalent Relationship Between Development and Migration in Africa" by Oliver Bakewell (2008)
- "Refugee Advocacy and the Meaning of ‘Migrants’" by Jørgen Carling (2017)
- "Root Causes and Drivers of Migration: Implications for Humanitarian Efforts and Development Cooperation" by Jørgen Carling and Cathrine Talleraas (2016)
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RODOLFO CASILLAS R.
Senior Professor and Researcher, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) MexicoRodolfo Casillas’ recommended top three reads:
- "The Dark Side of Globalized Migration: The Rise and Peak of Criminal Networks—The Case of Central Americans in Mexico" by Rodolfo Casillas (2011)
- "The Polysemic Use of Identity and Culture in International Migration: The Case of Central American Migration in Mexico" by Rodolfo Casillas (2016)
- "The Analytical Eye and its Urgent Update" by Rodolfo Casillas (2016)
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PABLO CERIANI
Professor of Law and Coordinator, Migration and Human Rights Program, National University of LanúsPablo Ceriani’s recommended top three reads:
- "Principles and Guidelines on the Human Rights of Protection of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations within Large and/or Mixed Movements" by the Global Migration Group (2017)
- "Human Mobility: Inter-American Standards" by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2015)
- "Language as a Migration Policy Tool" by Pablo Ceriani (2016)
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VINCENT CHETAIL
Professor, International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesVincent Chetail‘s recommended top three reads:
- "Migration and International Law: A Short Introduction" by Vincent Chetail (2016)
- "The Transnational Movement of Persons Under General International Law - Mapping the Customary Law Foundations of International Migration" by Vincent Chetail (2014)
- "Sources of International Migration Law" by Vincent Chetail (2012)
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MICHAEL CLEMENS
Senior Fellow, Center for Global DevelopmentMichael Clemens’ recommended top three reads:
- "Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data" by Mette Foged and Giovanni Peri (2015)
- "The 1956 Hungarian Refugee Emergency, An Early and Instructive Case of Resettlement" by Marjoleine Zieck (2013)
- "Does Development Reduce Migration?" by Michael Clemens (2014)
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LAKSHMAN DISSANAYAKE
Vice Chancellor and Senior Professor, University of ColomboLakshman Dissanayake’s recommended top three reads:
- "Environmental Concerns and International Migration" by Graeme Hugo (1996)
- "The Process of Sri Lankan Migration to Australia Focusing on Irregular Migrants Seeking Asylum" by Graeme Hugo and Lakshman Dissanayake (2014)
- "Interlinkages Between Internal and International Migration and Development in the Asian Region" by Ronald Skeldon (2006)
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PAPA DEMBA FALL
Senior Researcher, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, DakarPapa Demba Fall’s recommended top three reads:
- "Imagining Europe: Being Willing to Go Does not Necessarily Result in Taking the Necessary Steps" by Papa Demba Fall (2014)
- "Migration and Development in the Sahel. Upon Lessons Learnt: How to Take Advantage of Mobility Better?" by Papa Demba Fall (2016)
- "Des Francenabé aux Modou-Modou. L’émigration Sénégalaise Contemporaine" by Papa Demba Fall (2016)
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ELIZABETH FERRIS
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown UniversityElizabeth Ferris’ recommended top three reads:
- "The New Wave: Forced Displacement Caused by Organized Crime in Central America and Mexico" by David Cantor (2014)
- "Migration and Global Environmental Change: Future Challenges and Opportunities" by the UK Government Office for Science (2011)
- "Gender and International Migration: From the Slavery Era to the Global Age" by Katharine Donato and Donna Gabaccia (2015)
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ANNE GALLAGHER
Independent Scholar and Legal Adviser to the United Nations and ASEANAnne Gallagher’s recommended top three reads:
- "Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration" by David Miller (2016)
- "The Politics of Immigration: Contradictions of the Liberal State" by James Hampshire (2013)
- "Exploitation in Migration: Unacceptable but Inevitable" by Anne Gallagher (2015)
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HEIN DE HAAS
Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam; Extraordinary Professor of Migration and Development, Maastricht University / United Nations UniversityHein de Haas’ recommended top three reads:
- "Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal" by Douglas Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino and J. Edward Taylor (1993)
- "Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective" by Hein de Haas (2010)
- "Why Border Enforcement Backfired" by Douglas Massey, Jorge Durand and Karen Pren (2016)
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JENNA HENNEBRY
Director, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityJenna Hennebry’s recommended top three reads:
- "Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium" by Douglas Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino (1999)
- "Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains" by Nicola Yeates (2009)
- "Women Migrant Workers’ Journey through the Margins: Labour, Migration and Trafficking" by Jenna Hennebry, Will Grass and Janet McLaughlin (2016)
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AHMET İÇDUYGU
Dean of College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Koç UniversityAhmet İçduygu’s recommended top three reads:
- "Europe’s Failed ‘Fight’ Against Irregular Migration: Ethnographic Notes on a Counterproductive Industry" by Ruben Andersson (2016)
- "Critical Approaches to Transit Migration" by Michael Collyer, Franck Düvell and Hein de Haas (2012)
- "The Politics of Irregular Migratory Flows in the Mediterranean Basin: Economy, Mobility and 'Illegality'" by Ahmet İçduygu (2007)
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LILIANA LYRA JUBILUT
Professor of International Law, Human Rights and Refugee Law, Universidade Católica de SantosLiliana Lyra Jubilut’s recommended top three reads:
- "Durable Solutions: 5 Implementation Challenges and Possible Pathways for Improvement" by André de Lima Madureira and Liliana Lyra Jubilut (2016)
- "Making the Most of Human Mobility" by António Guterres and William Lacy Swing (2010)
- "The Refugee Crisis Is Humanity’s Crisis" by Brad Evans and Zygmunt Bauman (2016)
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RAY JUREIDINI
Professor in Migration Ethics and Human Rights, Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, Hamad Bin Khalifa UniversityRay Jureidini’s recommended top three reads:
- "Ways Forward in Recruitment of Low-skilled Migrant Workers in the Asia-Arab States Corridor" by Ray Jureidini (2016)
- "When Refugees Stopped Being Migrants: Movement, Labour and Humanitarian Protection" by Katy Long (2013)
- "Global Migration Governance" by Alexander Betts (ed.) (2014)
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WALTER KÄLIN
Professor Emeritus for International Law, University of Bern and Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster DisplacementWalter Kälin's recommended top three reads:
- "Migration and Global Environmental Change Report - Executive summary" by Foresight (2011)
- "Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change" by the Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement (2015)
- "Building International Approaches to Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement" by Jane McAdam (2016)
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BINOD KHADRIA
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies, Rutgers UniversityBinod Khadria’s recommended top three reads:
- "Adversary Analysis and the Quest for Global Development" by Binod Khadria (2009)
- "Migration of Health Workers and Health of International Migrants: Framework for Bridging Some Knowledge Disjoints Between Brain Drain and Brawn Drain" by Binod Khadria (2012)
- "Involuntary and Illegal Migration to India: The Case of Bangladesh" by Binod Khadria (2016)
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KHALID KOSER
Executive Director, Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)Khalid Koser’s recommended top three reads:
- "Migration in an Interconnected World: New Directions for Action" by the Global Commission on International Migration (2005)
- "The Business Case for Migration" by the World Economic Forum (2013)
- "International Migration: A Very Short Introduction" by Khalid Koser (2016)
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LOREN LANDAU
South African Research Chair in Mobility and the Politics of Difference, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the WitwatersrandLoren Landau's recommended top three reads:
- "Planning and Participation in Cities that Move: Identifying Obstacles to Municipal Mobility Management" by Loren Landau, Aurelia Segatti and Jean Pierre Misago (2013)
- "Stealth Humanitarianism: Negotiating Politics, Precarity, and Performance Management in Protecting the Urban Displaced" by Caroline Wanjiku Kihato and Loren Landau (2016)
- "Southern Urbanism, Legalization, and the Limits of Migration Law" by Loren Landau (2017)
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GUOFU LIU
Vice Director of Migration Law Committee at the Beijing Society of International LawGuofu LIU's recommended top three reads:
- “Chinese Immigration Law” by Guofu LIU(2010)
- “Chinese Skilled Migration Legislation and Its Introduction of Foreign Talents” by Guofu LIU (2013).
- “Legislation, Impacts and Deficiencies of the Law of Exit and Entry Administration of China 2013” by Guofu LIU (2014)
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HUAWEN LIU
Assistant Director, Professor, Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)Huawen LIU's recommended top three reads:
- "Study on the UN Protocol Against Human Trafficking from a Human Rights Law Perspective" by Huawen LIU (2011) (in Chinese)
- "Basis of Prohibition of Human Trafficking" by Huawen LIU(2016) (in Chinese)
- "Rule of Law, Development and Human Rights: Three Dimensions of China's Path" by Huawen LIU (2014) (in Chinese)
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SUSAN MARTIN
Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration, Georgetown UniversitySusan Martin’s recommended top three reads:
- "Soft Law and the Protection of Vulnerable Migrants" by Alexander Betts (2010)
- "What is Crisis Migration?" by Susan Martin, Sanjula Weerasinghe and Abbie Taylor (2014)
- "International Migration and Global Governance" by Susan Martin (2015)
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LINGUÈRE MBAYE
Research Affiliate, IZA, Institute of Labor Economics, BonnLinguère Mbaye's recommended top three reads:
- “Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants” by Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Klaus F. Zimmermann (2016)
- “Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Migration” by Linguère Mously Mbaye (2017)
- “"Barcelona or Die": Understanding Illegal Migration From Senegal” by Linguère Mously Mbaye (2014)
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PARVATI NAIR
Director, UN University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility (UNU-GCM)Parvati Nair‘s recommended top three reads:
- "In This World" directed by Michael Winterbottom (2002) (film)
- "The Turbulence of Migration: Globalization, Deterritorialization and Hybridity" by Nikos Papastergiadis (2000)
- "Practicing Diversity" by Megha Amrith (2015)
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KATHLEEN NEWLAND
Senior Fellow and Co-Founder, Migration Policy InstituteKathleen Newland's recommended top three reads:
- "Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Migration" by Peter Sutherland (2017)
- "Unauthorized Maritime Migration in Europe and the Mediterranean Region" by Elizabeth Collett (2016)
- "Global Governance: Fear and Desire" by Kathleen Newland (2011)
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MARIUS OLIVIER
Extraordinary professor in the Faculty of Law, Northwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa and an Adjunct-professor in the School of Law, University of Western AustraliaMarius Olivier's reccommended top three reads:
- "Enhancing the Protection of Transnational Migrant Workers: A Critical Evaluation of Regulatory Techniques" by Marius Olivier, Ockert Dupper and Avinash Govindjee (2013)
- "Social Protection for Migrant Workers: National and International Policy Challenges" by Wouter Van Ginneken (2013)
- "Bilateral Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding on Migration of Low Skilled Workers: A Review" by Piyasiri Wickramasekara (2015)
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SRIPRAPHA PETCHARAMESREE
Director, International PhD Program in Human Rights and Peace Studies, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, ThailandSriprapha Petcharamesree's recommended top three reads:
- "States, Nations, and Borders: the Ethics of Making Boundaries" by Allen Buchanan and Margaret Moore (eds) (2003)
- "Beyond Borders" by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (2012)
- "Equal Only in Name - The Human Rights of Stateless Rohingya in Thailand" and "Equal Only in Name - The Human Rights of Stateless Rohingya in Malaysia" by The Equal Rights Trust and Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies (2014)
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MD MIZANUR RAHMAN
Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei DarussalamMd Mizanur Rahman’s recommended top three reads:
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"Gendering Migrant Remittances: Evidence from Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates" by Md Mizanur Rahman (2012)
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"Migrant Indebtedness: Bangladeshis in the GCC Countries" by Md Mizanur Rahman (2013)
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"Immigration and Integration Policy in Singapore" by Md Mizanur Rahman (2017)
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MARTIN RUHS
Associate Professor of Political Economy, Oxford UniversityMartin Ruhs' recommended top three reads:
- "Realistic and Idealistic Approaches to the Ethics of Migration" by Joseph Carens (1996)
- "Merchants of Labor: Recruiters and International Labor Migration" by Philip Martin (2017)
- "The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration" by Martin Ruhs (2013)
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SERGEY RYAZANTSEV
Head, Center of Social Demography, Institute of Socio-Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Head, Department of Demographic and Migration Policy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)Sergey Ryazantsev's recommended top three reads:
- "Emigration from Russia: New Trends and Forms" by V. A. Iontsev, S. V. Ryazantsev and S. V. Iontseva (2016)
- "Russia Needs a New Migration Policy" by Sergey Ryazantsev (2013)
- "Labour Migration from Central Asia to Russia in the Context of the Economic Crisis" by Sergey Ryazantsev (2016)
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RONALD SKELDON
Professor Emeritus, Geography; Professional Teaching Fellow, University of SussexRonald Skeldon‘s recommended top three reads:
- Material produced by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington (http://www.migrationpolicy.org/) and the Migration Observatory in Oxford (http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/)
- "Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas" by David Scott FitzGerald and David Cook-Martin (2014)
- "Empires and Barbarians: Migration, Development and the Birth of Europe" by Peter Heather (2009)
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ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU
Director, Cultural Pluralism Research Area, Global Governance Programme, European University InstituteAnna Triandafyllidou’s recommended top three reads:
- "From Eastern Enlargement to Jihad: The Double Challenge for Migrant Integration in Europe" by Anna Triandafyllidou (2017)
- "Europe 2020: Addressing Low Skill Labour Migration at Times of Fragile Recovery" by Anna Triandafyllidou and Sabrina Marchetti (2014)
- "EU Management of High Skill Migration" by Anna Triandafyllidou and Irina Isaakyan (2014)
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AYMAN ZOHRY
Founding President, the Egyptian Society for Migration Studies (EGYMIG); Adjunct Professor, The American University in Cairo (AUC)Ayman Zohry’s recommended top three reads:
- "Escaping the Escape: Toward Solutions for the Humanitarian Migration Crisis" by Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.) (2017)
- "Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe: Past Developments, Current Status and Future Potentials" by Michael Bommes, Heinz Fassmann and Wiebke Sievers (eds.) (2014)
- "2015 Situation Report on International Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region" by UN-ESCWA and IOM (2015)