Anna Triandafyllidou
Anna Triandafyllidou holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), where she became the inaugural Scientific Director of the Global Migration Institute in 2025. She is an internationally renowned sociologist and migration expert whose innovative interdisciplinary research influences debates and policies on migration and asylum; the management of cultural diversity, nationalism and identity; and the contemporary global challenges of migration and integration.
Prior to joining TMU in August 2019, she held a Robert Schuman Chair at the Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. She is Editor of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Chair of the IMISCOE Editorial Committee and member of the IMISCOE Board of Directors.
With an extraordinary grant record, Anna has successfully launched and led numerous transnational and multi-institutional research projects. She has published widely, authoring as many as 200 publications of books, refereed journals and chapters, and has edited numerous books and special issues. In 2021, the University of Liège awarded her a doctorate honoris causa in recognition of her contribution to migration scholarship.
In addition to her academic scholarship and policy engagement, Anna has worked extensively with creative media professionals to use documentary films and online digital storytelling platforms, educational videos and toolkits, online courses, and an award-winning migration podcast to ensure her research achieves the broadest impact possible.
Recent Publications
Mathurin, G., Lam, L., Al-Alaoui, S., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2025). A Fine Balance: Exploring Job Quality in Platform Work Between Migrants and Nonmigrants. (external link) International Migration Review, 0(0).
KC, Hari, and Triandafyllidou, A. (2025) Digital Nomadism and the Emergence of Digital Nomad Visas (external link) : What Policy Objectives Do States Aim to Achieve? International Migration Review.
Sahin-Mencutek, Z., and Triandafyllidou, A. (2024). Coerced return (external link) : formal policies, informal practices and migrants’ navigation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 51(2), 483–500.
Triandafyllidou, A. and Monteiro, S. (2024) Migration narratives on social media (external link) : Digital racism and subversive migrant subjectivities, 29(8-5), August 2024, DOI:
Triandafyllidou, A., Bivand Erdal, M., Marchetti, S., Raghuram, P., Sahin Mencutek, Z., Salamońska, J., … Vintila, D. (2023). Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050 (external link) . Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 22(1), 1–21.
Aytac, S. Parkin, A. and Triandafyllidou, A. (2024) Why Are Public Attitudes towards Immigration in Canada Becoming Increasingly Positive? Exploring the Factors Behind the Changes in Attitudes towards Immigration (1998–2021). (external link) Canadian Review of American Studies. 54(1). 50-74.