Gerhard is a political anthropologist focussing on refugee and immigration studies and policy, spiritual and existential security as well as religion and the state.
He is co-editor of a volume on human security and Australian foreign policy published by Allen and Unwin as well as one on Urban refugees: Challenges in Protection, Services and Policy, published by Routledge.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3559 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-3141 |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/gman_h |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
- Conflict, war and violence
- International relations and geopolitical transformations
- Political situation, repression and regime transitions
- Migration governance and infrastructure
- Migration policy and other public policies
- Migrant aspirations and attitudes
- Cultural norms and ties
- Globalisation and (post)colonialism
- Transnational ties
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
Geographies
Roles
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University of Queensland
University, Brisbane, Australia
Research
Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives
| Authors | Tyler Riordan, Richard N.S. Robinson, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Tourism, Global Crises and Justice | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives
| Authors | Tyler Riordan, Richard N.S. Robinson, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | A Sustainable Tourism Workforce | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Graves beyond the waves: enforced strandedness and the impossibility of place-making in the Andaman Sea
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Antje Missbach |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border
| Authors | Sara Riva, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
"There We Are Nothing, Here We Are Nothing!"-The Enduring Effects of the Rohingya Genocide
| Authors | Melanie O'Brien, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2020 |
| Citations (WoS) | 11 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Hyper-Securitisation and Belonging: Understanding the Plight of Young Muslims in Melbourne, Australia
| Authors | David Tittensor, Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Adam Possamai |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘We walk, we laugh, we dance’: refugee experiences of older Chin women in Kuala Lumpur
| Authors | Nicole Lamb, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Ageing and Society | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Arrested Refugee Mobilities: Optics as Bordering Techniques in Malaysia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
When Transit States Pursue Their Own Agenda
| Authors | Antje Missbach, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Society | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“It's God's plan to be here”: Displacement, Transit and Resettlement of Chin and Karenni Refugees to Australia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Nicole Lamb |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Australian Journal of Politics & History | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugees, resettlement and being in Australia: Anthropological stories to question our assumptions
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugees, Islam, and the State: The Role of Religion in Providing Sanctuary in Malaysia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
Trump and the Refugees: Views from “Down Under”
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Anthropology Now | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Asia-Pacific
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Alternative Law Journal | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Place-making: Chin refugees, citizenship and the state in Malaysia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Citizenship Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 14 |
13. Islamic Praxis and Theory: Negotiating Orthodoxy in Contemporary Malaysia
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Islam and freedom of religion: Anthropology, theology and clashes of universalisms in contemporary Malaysia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Barak Kalir and Malini Sur (Ed),Transnational flows and permissive polities: ethnographies of human mobilities in Asia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Asian Ethnicity | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Chapter Twelve God is the Greatest: Multiple Forms of Muslim Religiosity in Peninsular Malaysia
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Faith in the Future | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Secular state, religious lives: Islam and the state in Malaysia
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Asian Ethnicity | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Student Activism in Malaysia: Crucible, Mirror, Sideshow
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Asian Studies Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘All the world's a stage’: structure, agency and accountability in international aid
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Chris Roche |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy |
Proper Islamic consumption: shopping among the Malays in modern Malaysia - By Johan Fischer
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Contested spaces
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
Islam hadhari: A Malaysian Islamic multiculturalism or another blank banner?
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Contemporary Islam | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Representing Culture in Malaysian Cultural Theme Parks: Tensions and Contradictions
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Anthropological Forum |
Seeking justice beyond the platform economy: migrant workers navigating precarious lives
| Authors | Tyler Riordan, Richard N. S. Robinson, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Theme Parks, Anthropological Study of
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Religion and development: prospects and pitfalls of faith-based organizations
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter, David Tittensor |
| Journal Name | Handbook of Research on Development and Religion |
Religion and development: prospects and pitfalls of faith-based organizations
| Authors | Gerhard Hoffstaedter, David Tittensor |
| Journal Name | Handbook of Research on Development and Religion |
Suggested Research
Correction to: The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border
| Authors | Sara Riva, Gerhard Hoffstaedter |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |