María Cervantes-Macías
María Cervantes-Macías is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies and an Affiliate Member of the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores how migration and digital labour are transforming Canadian cities, focusing on the everyday experiences of immigrant workers in the platform economy. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the U.S.–Mexico Center at the University of California, San Diego, and a former Fox International Fellow at Yale University (2022-2023). Through her work, María examines how borders, technology, and inequality shape who gets to move, work, and belong across North America.
Recent Publications
Cervantes‑Macías, M. (2022). Migration data collection and management in a changing Latin American landscape. (external link) Data & Policy, 4, E40.
Cervantes‑Macías, M. E. (2025). The production of credentialized aspirations: Familial strategies in Mexican upper‑middle‑class international mobility. (external link) Population, Space and Place, 31(8), e70142.
Cervantes‑Macías, M. E. (2026). Uneven development in the platform economy: Stratified immigration policies and uneven access to transnational social protections in North America. (external link) Digital Geography and Society, 100164.