I am a Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, where my research focuses on women’s rights, human rights & refugees in the Middle East and North Africa. I earned my PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine in 2017.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • Baker Institute for Public Policy

    Research Institute, Houston, United States
    Fellow for the Middle East

Research

Leveraging Selective State Capacity: Understanding Changing Responses to Migration and Refugees

Authors Kelsey P Norman
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Global Security Studies
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1 Journal Article

The ‘inherent vulnerability’ of women on the move: A gendered analysis of Morocco’s migration reform

Authors Kelsey P. Norman, Kelsey P Norman, Carrie Reiling, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
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2 Journal Article

Assessing the domestic political impacts of Turkey’s refugee commodification

Authors Ezgi Irgil, Kelsey P. Norman
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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3 Journal Article

Migration Diplomacy and Policy Liberalization in Morocco and Turkey

Authors Kelsey P. Norman
Year 2020
Journal Name International Migration Review
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5 Journal Article

Transforming refugees into migrants: institutional change and the politics of international protection

Authors Lama Mourad, Kelsey P Norman
Year 2020
Journal Name European Journal of International Relations
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6 Journal Article

Changing Motivations or Capabilities? Migration Deterrence in the Global Context

Authors Jonathan Kent, Kelsey P Norman, Katherine H Tennis
Year 2020
Journal Name International Studies Review
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7 Journal Article

Chez Jolie Coiffure, Rosine Mbakam (dir.) (2018)

Authors Kelsey Norman
Year 2019
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
8 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Cities and the Contentious Politics of Migration

Authors Kelsey Norman, Hans Schattle, Willem Maas
Year 2022
Journal Name Globalizations
1 Journal Article
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