- Antje Ellermann
- Irene Bloemraad
- Matthew Wright
- Vince Hopkins
- Terri Givens
Key Publications:
- The Comparative Politics of Immigration: Policy Choice in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States (2021)
- States against Migrants: Deportation in Germany and the United States (2009)
- “Human-capital Citizenship and the Changing Logic of Immigrant Admissions,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2019
Current Courses: POLI 516C Debates in Migration and Citizenship
Research Projects:
- Immigration Bureaucracies in an Era of Anti-Immigration Populism
- Graphic Narratives of Migration
- Belonging in Unceded Territory
See Antje Ellermann's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Immigrant Legalization: A dilemma between justice and the rule of law”, Migration Studies, 2022.
- “The Limits of Rights: Claims-making on Behalf of Immigrants”, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020.
- “Our Gratitude to Our Soldiers: Military Spouses, Family Re-unification, and Postwar Immigration Reform”, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 2010.
- Citizenship and Immigration: Multiculturalism, Assimilation, and Challenges to the Nation-State, Annual Review of Sociology, 2008.
- Becoming a Citizen in the United States and Canada: Structured Mobilization and Immigrant Political Incorporation, 2006.
See Irene Bloemraad's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Gendered Jobs: Integrating Immigrants versus Controlling Immigration in the European Union.” Politics and Gender, 2013.
- “The Radical Right Gender Gap.” Comparative Political Studies, 2004. Migration Policy and Politics: The European Union, Western Europe, Immigration Control, Immigrant Integration.
- Immigration in the 21st Century: The Comparative Politics of Immigration Policy. Routledge Press, 2020.
- “Immigrant Integration.” In Introduction to International Migration: Population Movements in the 21st Century, 2021.
Courses: POLI 333M-001 - Issues in Comparative Politics: Western European Politics
See Terri Givens' full profile here.
Key Publications:
- "How do immigration policies affect voter support for low-skilled immigrants? Evidence from a survey experiment." With Andrea Lawlor and Mireille Paquet. Under review.
Grants:
- Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides (SSHRC)
See Vince Hopkins' full profile here
Key Publications:
- Immigration and the American Ethos (Cambridge University Press), 2020
- "Mass Opinion and Immigration Policy in the United States: Re-Assessing Clientelist and Elite Perspectives," Perspectives on Politics, 2016
- "Public Attitudes Toward Immigration Policy Across the Legal/Illegal Divide," Political Behavior, 2016
Research Project:
- Understanding public support for cultural pluralism in immigrant-receiving countries
See Matthew Wright's full profile here
Research News
UBC Political Science Faculty Publications: Fall 2024
January 10, 2025
Prof. Antje Ellermann and PhD student Dhriti Mehta compare immigration policies in Canada and the US
September 26, 2024
Prof. Irene Bloemraad on how a Kamala Harris presidency could affect Canada’s immigration policies
August 22, 2024