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
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
Get to know UBC Political Science Professor Irene Bloemraad
August 20, 2024