Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in migration and human rights.
A former classical musician, she has been working in migrant justice since 2008, first as a settlement worker and community organizer, and now as a researcher and lawyer. She writes about digital border technologies, immigration detention, health and human rights, gender-based violence, as well as the politics of refugee, immigration, and international law.
Petra has worked all over the world including...
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| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-5663 |
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
- Population dynamics
- Economic and business conditions
- Poverty and inequality
- Public infrastructure, services and provisions
- Climate change and environmental conditions
- Political situation, repression and regime transitions
- Migration policy and other public policies
- Migrant aspirations and attitudes
- Globalisation and (post)colonialism
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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Non-UN Territories
Roles
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Harvard Law School
Other, MA, United States
Faculty Associate -
York University
University, Toronto, Canada
Associate Director -
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
University, Toronto, Canada
Director (Acting) -
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
University, Toronto, Canada
Research Associate
Research
Digital border technologies, techno‐racism and logics of exclusion
| Authors | Petra Molnar, Petra Molnar |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 |
Discretion to Deport: Intersections between Health and Detention of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
| Authors | Petra Molnar |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Everyday Injustices: Barriers to Access to Justice for Immigration Detainees in Canada
| Authors | Stephanie J. Silverman, Petra Molnar |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Refugee Survey Quarterly |
Suggested Research
The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
| Authors | Mariel Garcia-Montes, Petra Molnar |
| Year | 2025 |