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The study of migration helps make the world a better place for populations on the move. Migrations researchers at Cornell promote human rights for migrants, study migratory bird species, and support scholars under threat. 

A person views a photo of a TPS worker wearing a "TPS to Residency Now" jacket.
Patricia Campos-Medina organizes an exhibit about migrant workers.
Professors Ian Kysel and Luwam Dirar Lay Out Landmark African Migrant Rights Principles at a panel
Ian Kysel presents African Migrant Rights Principles.
Amanda Rodewald holding small yellow bird
Amanda Rodewald studies migratory birds in Central America.

Migrations Publications

Eleanor Paynter
Emergency in Transit responds to the crisis framings that dominate migration debates in the global north. This capacious, interdisciplinary study reformulates Europe's so-called "migrant crisis" from…
Els de Graauw and Shannon Gleeson
In Advancing Immigrant Rights in Houston, Els de Graauw and Shannon Gleeson recount how local and multi-level contexts shape the creation, contestation, and implementation of immigrant rights…
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Amanda D. Rodewald et al.
Complex social challenges such as narco trafficking can have unexpected consequences for biodiversity conservation. Here we show how international counter-drug strategies may increase the risk of…
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Edited by Esra Akcan and Iftikhar Dadi
This book brings together essays by established and emerging scholars that discuss Pakistan, Turkey, and their diasporas in Europe. Together, the contributions show the scope of diverse artistic…
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Natasha Raheja
In the western Indian city of Jodhpur, computer typists provide migration brokerage services to Pakistani Hindu refugee-migrants and Indian immigration officers. Such encounters and their…
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Tao Leigh Goffe, Shannon Gleeson, Atif Khan, Austin Kocher, Christin Washington , Judith Salcido , Rewa Phansalkar , Ryan Persadie , Anisa Jackson, Elspeth Iralu, Erica Violet Lee, Hashem Abushama, Nisrin Elamin, Randa Tawil, et al.
Tackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, this essay introduces a speculative cartography experiment entitled The World We Became: Map Quest 2350. A collaboration between a…
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Aparajita Bhandari, Diana Freed, Tara Pilato, Faten Taki, Gunisha Kaur, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Jane Powers, Tao Long, and Natalya N. Bazarova
There is a concerning lack of clear and accurate information around accessing public benefits for asylum applicants in the United States (U.S.), which has been shown to negatively affect their…
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Mario D. Molina, Nancy Chau, Amanda D. Rodewald, and Filiz Garip
A growing body of research investigates how changes in weather shape individual choices about migration, yet highly variable results continue to challenge our understanding of the weather-migration…
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A Nicole Kreisberg, Els de Graauw, and Shannon Gleeson
In the United States, the integration experiences of immigrants depend partly on whether they are recognized as refugees or economic migrants. Unlike economic migrants, refugees receive federal…
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