María Cervantes-Macías
María Cervantes-Macías is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of British Columbia. María is a non-resident fellow at the US-Mexico Center of University of California San Diego and was a 2022-2023 Fox Fellow at Yale University. Her current research focuses on the role of immigrant workers in the platform economy, exploring the ways in which nationality, immigration status, and ethnicity facilitate or deter international mobility. María is broadly interested in North American integration and the international mobility of global elites.
Recent Publications
Cervantes-Macías, M. (2025). Producing the highly skilled migrant: The mobility journeys of Mexican professionals in North America (Working Paper No. 2025/13). Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement.
Marcucci, S., Verhulst, S., & Cervantes, M. E. (2025). When forecasting and foresight meet data and innovation: toward a taxonomy of anticipatory methods for migration policy. Data & Policy, 7, e24.
Cervantes-Macías, M. & Delaise, A.C. (2024). Temporal Trajectories: A Comparative Analysis of Mexican and Vietnamese Students' Strategies in the Canadian Edugration System. Comparative and International Education.