Migration and Development

Migration is a powerful driver of social change across the contemporary world. This subject explores the key issues and debates at the intersection of migration and development, drawing on conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work in economics, development studies, gender studies, human geography, anthropology, sociology, demography, and political science. Through class debates and practical exercises, students will engage critically with the conceptual models and theoretical frameworks used to analyse migration and its impacts on development. Core concepts - including transnationalism, neoliberalism, forced migration, global care chains, governmentality, and global householding - will be examined and critiqued. The subject also considers the economic, social, and cultural implications of migration for development processes at both micro and macro levels, assessing its relationship to broader debates on globalisation, poverty, gender, and social change.