Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex, UK.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2796
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-5600
Twitter https://twitter.com/@CollyerMC

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
    Professor of Geography

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Reader

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Lecturer

  • University of Colombo Faculty of Arts

    University, Colombo, Sri Lanka
    Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellow

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Nuffield New Career Development Fellow

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Research Fellow

  • ATD Quart Monde

    Other, Marseille, France
    Educateur de Rue

Research

Social Assistance and Forced Displacement: A New Solution to an Old Problem?

Authors Michael Collyer, Dolf Te Lintelo, Thabani Mutambasere, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
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1 Journal Article

Beyond rights-based social protection for refugees

Authors Tahir Zaman, Michael Collyer, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Global Social Policy
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3 Journal Article

Politics of (Dis)Integration – An Introduction

Authors Michael Collyer, Sophie Hinger, Reinhard Schweitzer
Year 2020
Book Title Politics of (Dis)Integration
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6 Book Chapter

Border work

Authors Michael Collyer
Year 2020
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development
7 Book Chapter

Citizenship, Extraterritorial

Authors Michael Collyer
Year 2020
Book Title International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
8 Book Chapter

Resettled refugee youth and education: aspiration and reality

Authors Linda Morrice, Linda K. Tip, Rupert Brown, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Youth Studies
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9 Journal Article

Improving Refugee Well-Being With Better Language Skills and More Intergroup Contact

Authors Linda K. Tip, Rupert Brown, Linda Morrice, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Social Psychological and Personality Science
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11 Journal Article

The Right to Adequate Housing Following Forced Evictions in Post-Conflict Colombo, Sri Lanka

Authors Michael Collyer, Kopalapillai Amirthalingam, Danesh Jayatilaka
Year 2017
Book Title Geographies of Forced Eviction
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12 Book Chapter

Steel wheels:The Age of Migration5.0

Authors Michael Collyer
Year 2015
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 1
15 Journal Article

Producing transnational space

Authors Michael Collyer, Russell King
Year 2015
Journal Name Progress in Human Geography
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17 Journal Article

Transnational Ties and Belonging: Remittances from Pakistani Migrants in Norway

Authors Michael Collyer
Year 2013
Journal Name Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography
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20 Journal Article

Critical approaches to transit migration

Authors Michael Collyer, Franck Düvell, Hein de Haas
Year 2010
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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25 Journal Article

Migration and Development: The Euro–Moroccan Experience

Authors Michael Collyer, Thomas Lacroix, Myriam Cherti, ...
Year 2009
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 8
27 Journal Article

Introduction: Music and Migration

Authors John Baily, Michael Collyer
Year 2006
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 32
35 Journal Article

Migrants on the margins final report

Authors Michael Collyer, Laura Hammond
Description
Migrants on the margins was a five-year collaborative field research project that investigated the movement of migrants into and around four of the world’s most pressured cities: Colombo in Sri Lanka, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Harare in Zimbabwe and Hargeisa in Somaliland. Supported by the Society, the research team adopted a comparative approach to look at the opportunities available to migrants in order to better understand their experiences and vulnerabilities. Research in the four cities engaged with both newly arrived and well-established residents of 13 neighbourhoods, and involved focus groups, surveys, walk along interviews, oral histories, Q methodology, and GIS and participatory community mapping workshops. The key findings from the project have shed light on the incredible challenges of living in the neighbourhoods studied as well as the significant levels of population mobility, or churn, within these communities. The research also highlights the impact of clear gender differences in men’s and women’s roles in communities, as well as the effect of evictions and tenure security on residents, and how people can easily become ‘trapped’ within these neighbourhoods. Results from the research are continuing to influence policy within the four cities, and the research team have worked to support local policy makers and municipalities to improve the situations that migrants find themselves in.
Year 2022
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42 Report

Suggested Research

The Development Challenges and the European Union

Authors Michael COLLYER
Description
Abstract High-level policy interest in the European Union dates to the late 1990s and has entered a new stage since 2005. This more recent approach moves away from purely instrumentalist concern with development as a way of pursuing goals of migration control, evident in earlier policies. The continued poor quality of data inhibits effective evaluation of this new approach, though it is clear that budgets allocated by EU Member States and the Commission are still relatively small compared to ODA, private remittance flows and especially migration control. Policy retains a focus on remittance flows; this is understandable since data is best, tangible outcomes are clearest and measurable targets have been set. Yet broader concerns are reflected in some recent approaches and the paper highlights a range of best practice examples. These examples illustrate the change in content of policy, particularly responses to developing technologies and the inclusion of a variety of non-state actors. As data improves, more accurate evaluations of all of these initiatives will be possible, but a continual focus on the accuracy and availability of that data is required to support this.
Year 2011
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2 Report

Transit Migration in Europe

Authors Franck Düvell, Michael Collyer, Irina Molodikova
Year 2014
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6 Book

Transit Migration in Europe

Authors Michael Collyer, Irina Molodikova, Franck Düvell
Year 2014
7 Book

The Atlas of Human Migration Global Patterns of People on the Move

Authors Russell King, Richard Black, Michael Collyer, ...
Year 2010
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8 Book

Migration and Development: Causes and Consequences

Authors Richard Black, Xiang Biao, Michael Collyer, ...
Year 2006
Journal Name The Dynamics of Migration and Settlement in Europe
9 Journal Article
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