Senior Lecturer in Health & Social Policy, University of Glasgow. Alistair's research interests lie at the intersection of migration and ageing, and span topics such as health and care, inter-generational relations, end-of-life issues, religiosity, return and circular migration. His books include 'Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return' and 'Handbook of Migration and Ageing' (co-edited with Sandra Torres). His PhD (2012) was awarded IMISCOE's Maria Baganha Prize.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 180 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9282-8478 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Roles
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University of Glasgow
University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in Health & Social Policy -
University of Glasgow
University, Dumfries, United Kingdom
Senior Lecturer in Health & Social Policy -
University of Edinburgh
University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Research
Deploying an ageing‐astute lens in migration studies: Current research and future directions
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Alistair Hunter, Sandra Torres, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | International Migration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Intergenerational ambivalence among families with a migrant background caring for older relatives
| Authors | Sunita Shrestha, Alistair Hunter, Jonas Debesay, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Migration and Health | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Misrecognised as Muslim: the racialisation of Christians of Middle Eastern heritage in the UK
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Fiona McCallum Guiney |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Return and circular migration in later life
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Handbook on Migration and Ageing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and ageing: the nexus and its backdrop
| Authors | Sandra Torres, Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Handbook on Migration and Ageing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Older refugees and internally displaced people
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Anita Böcker |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Handbook on Migration and Ageing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Older Refugees and Internally Displaced People in African Countries: Findings from a Scoping Review of Literature
| Authors | Anita Bocker, Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Is Scotland Different on Race and Migration?
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Nasar Meer |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Scottish Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Legislating for transnational ageing: a challenge to the logics of the welfare state
| Authors | Anita Böcker, Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Ageing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Older migrants and (im)mobilities of Ageing: An introduction
| Authors | Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
End-of-life Care and Rituals in Contexts of Post-migration Diversity in Europe: An Introduction
| Authors | Alistair Hunter a, Eva Soom Ammann b |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | Final Journeys | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Staking a Claim to Land, Faith and Family: Burial Location Preferences of Middle Eastern Christian Migrants
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | Final Journeys | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
End-of-life Care and Rituals in Contexts of Post-migration Diversity in Europe: An Introduction
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Eva Soom Ammann |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Intercultural Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Staking a Claim to Land, Faith and Family: Burial Location Preferences of Middle Eastern Christian Migrants
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Intercultural Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Middle Eastern Christian Spaces in Europe: Multi-sited and Super-diverse
| Authors | Lise Paulsen Galal, Alistair Hunter, Fiona McCallum, ... |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Religion in Europe | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Empowering or impeding return migration? ICT, mobile phones, and older migrants’ communications with home
| Authors | ALISTAIR HUNTER |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Deathscapes in diaspora: contesting space and negotiating home in contexts of post-migration diversity
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social & Cultural Geography |
| Citations (WoS) | 9 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Comparing the Political Functions of Independent Commissions: the Case of UK Migrant Integration Policy
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Christina Boswell |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
(De)constructing Expertise: Comparing Knowledge Utilization in the Migrant Integration "Crisis"
| Authors | Tiziana Caponio, Alistair Hunter, Stijn Verbeek |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“Family values”
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Hommes & migrations |
Theory and practice of return migration at retirement: the case of migrant worker hostel residents in France
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Quest For Equal Citizenship: Middle Eastern Christian Narratives of Migration and Inclusion in the United Kingdom
| Authors | Alistair Hunter, Fiona McCallum Guiney |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Mashriq & Mahjar Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Getting One’s Bearings: Re-integration in the Home Community
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Points of Departure: Geographical, Historical and Theoretical Contexts
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Return to Sender: Remittances, Communication and Family Conflict
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Research-Policy Dialogues in the United Kingdom
| Authors | Christina Boswell, Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Integrating Immigrants in Europe | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
| Authors | Alistair Hunter | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conclusion: The Returns from Theory and a New Approach to Home
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Home/Sick: The Health–Migration Order
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Your Papers, Please: The Temporal and Territorial Demands of Welfare State Inclusion
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Loss of Autonomy, Dying and the Penultimate Voyage
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Journey’s End? Old Age in France’s Migrant Worker Hostels
| Authors | Alistair Hunter |
| Book Title | Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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