I am a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, with a specialisation in Migration Studies. My research interests include return migration, (re)integration, transnationalism and community dynamics. I am an experienced migration researcher with a focus on Afghanistan - including fieldwork with Afghan migrants, refugees and returnees in Afghanistan, India, UK, Norway and the USA.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1458
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5291-497X
Twitter https://twitter.com/@oeppen

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Research

Forced to leave? The discursive and analytical significance of describing migration as forced and voluntary

Authors Marta Bivand Erdal, Ceri Oeppen
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
1 Journal Article

Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration

Authors Jørgen Carling, Marta Bolognani, Marta Bivand Erdal, ...
Description
This report presents insights from the research project Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration (PREMIG), funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Over a five-year period, a core group of eight researchers in Norway and the United Kingdom studied return migration from multiple perspectives. They drew upon statistical analyses and face-to-face interaction with more than five hundered migrants and returnees in seven countries.
Year 2015
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2 Report

The business of child detention: charitable co-option, migrant advocacy and activist outrage

Authors Imogen Tyler, Nick Gill, Deirdre Conlon, ...
Year 2014
Journal Name Race & Class
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3 Journal Article

The Tactics of Asylum and Irregular Migrant Support Groups: Disrupting Bodily, Technological, and Neoliberal Strategies of Control

Authors Nick Gill, Deirdre Conlon, Imogen Tyler, ...
Year 2014
Journal Name Annals of the Association of American Geographers
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4 Journal Article

Going Public: Reflections on Predicaments and Possibilities in Public Research and Scholarship

Authors Deirdre Conlon, Nick Gill, Imogen Tyler, ...
Year 2014
Book Title The Entrepreneurial University
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5 Book Chapter

A stranger at ‘home’: interactions between transnational return visits and integration for Afghan‐American professionals

Authors CERI OEPPEN
Year 2013
Journal Name Global Networks
Citations (WoS) 19
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6 Journal Article

Migrant Balancing Acts: Understanding the Interactions Between Integration and Transnationalism

Authors Marta Bivand Erdal, Ceri Oeppen
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 84
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7 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Re-Balancing the Reintegration Process and the Potential of Mentoring for Returnees: Evidence from Senegal, Guinea and Morocco

Authors Nassim Majidi, Ceri Oeppen, Camille Kasavan, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
Citations (WoS) 2
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1 Journal Article
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