Global Migration and Inequality

This research cluster explores the impact of migrations on populations and environments around the world. It welcomes research on various types of global migration, including internal, labor, economic, and religious migration and forced displacement. This research cluster is particularly concerned with the rise of social and economic inequality as both a driver and an outcome of migrations.

The number of refugees worldwide is at its historic high, following mass displacement from Syria, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine, South Sudan, and beyond. We are also witnessing a rising tide of anti-refugee xenophobia and racism, including in the United States, the European Union, and Turkey. This cluster calls for more research on refugees and undocumented migrants, particularly on immigrant integration and acculturation, border-crossing and detention, access to healthcare, education, and labor markets, and histories of immigration and asylum legislation around the world.