Migration and mobility program
The world is facing unprecedented levels of mobility and migration, and this increasing flow of workers from rural to urban areas and across country borders has deep and profound impacts on development. Once treated as separate issues, the intersections between migration and development are being increasingly recognized on the global stage.
Our dedicated migration and mobility program brings together experts from across the globe to share expertise and knowledge of migration and mobility issues related to Asia. As a nexus for scholarly work on the topic, we publish Migration, Mobility, & Displacement an online, peer-reviewed, open-access journal.
Associated UVic Faculty
- Leslie Butt, Anthropology
- Marlea Clarke, Political Science
- Catherine Costigan, Psychology
- Helen Lansdowne, CAPI Associate Director
- Annalee Lepp, Gender Studies
- Scott Watson, Political Science
- Feng Xu, Political Science
Migration, Mobility, & Displacement Journal
Migration, Mobility & Displacement (MMD) is CAPI's online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, founded in 2015. It seeks to publish original and innovative scholarly articles, juried thematic essays from migrant advocacy groups and practitioners, and visual essays that speak to migration, mobility and displacement and that relate in diverse ways to the Asia-Pacific. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars and migrant advocacy groups that are publicly engaged, and who seek to address a range of issues facing migrants, mobile and displaced persons, and especially work which explores injustices and inequalities.
visit the MMD journal website
Read the latest issue of MM&D 'Creating Commons', published October 2023, a special volume culminating from an online conference 'Creating Commons in an Era of Precarity' organized jointly by the CAPI and the Research Centre for the Humanities, Social and Education Science at the University of Crete.
Projects
Stateless children, parents & undocumented migration: An Indonesian case study
A field research project conducted by CAPI Visiting Scholar Leslie Butt and colleagues examining issues related to out-migration in four separate rural communities in East Lombok, Indonesia.
Southeast Asian women, migration and family in the global era
This project, led by CAPI Visiting Scholar Leslie Butt explored the impact of migration on the family lives of skilled migrant women from Indonesia who work abroad in Canada, Australia and Singapore.
Program Events
Creating Commons in an Era of Precarity: International Conference Crossing Multi / Transdisciplinary Boundaries
online conference8-11 June 2021
Workshop: Multimedia, Mobility & The Digital Southeast Asian Family
20-21 April 2017
La Trobe University Melbourne Australia
Migration and Late Capitalism conference
June 2015
University of Victoria
Migration Master Class
27-29 May, 2014University of Victoria