Scholars of Excellence

The Scholars of Excellence program invites up to four scholars each year to join the Global Migration Institute for one to three months. Scholars are internationally recognized researchers who can contribute to one of the Global Migration Institute's five research streams. While working on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus, Scholars will deliver a lecture and seminar, mentor graduate students and young scholars, and contribute to conferences, workshops and new research proposals. The Scholars of Excellence program brings complementary perspectives and expertise to the Global Migration Institute and creates lasting collaborations through the Institutes expanding global network.

Diego Acosta Arcarazo, Professor, European and Migration Law, University of Bristol

Maruja Milagros B. Asis, Senior Researcher and former Director at the Scalabrini Migration Center

Oliver Bakewell, Reader in Migration Studies, University of Manchester

Ayşe Çağlar, Professor, University of Vienna

Naika Foroutan, Professor of Social Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Co-Founder and Head of Department at the Berlin Institute on Integration and Migration (BIM), Director and Founding Board Member at the German Center for Integration and Migration (DeZIM)

Gioconda Herrera, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)

Daniel Hiebert, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of British Columbia

B. Nadya Jaworsky, Professor, Masaryk University

Binod Khadria, Professor and Chairperson, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Thomas Lacroix, Director of research in geography, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Marcela Tapia Ladino, Profesora Titular, Directora del Doctorado en Estudios Transfronterizos del Instituto de Estudios

Gracia Liu-Farrer, Professor, Waseda University

Gurpreet Mahajan, Former Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Sabrina Marchetti, Associate Professor, Università Ca' Foscari

Tariq Modood, Professor and Director, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol

Linda Adhiambo Oucho, Executive Director of the African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC)

Mireille Paquet, Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration, Concordia University and Scientific Director of the Équipe de recherche sur l’immigration au Québec et ailleurs

Nicola Piper, Professor of International Migration and British Academy Global Professor Fellow, Queen Mary University of London

Andreas Pott, Professor, Osnabrück University

S. Irudaya Rajan, Chairman, International Institute of Migration and Development, Kerala

Stephen Reyna, Research Partner, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Pragna Rugunanan, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg

Nina Glick Schiller, Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK and University of New Hampshire, USA

Nasra M. Shah, Professor of Migration and Development, Lahore School of Economics

Joseph Teye, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana

Brenda Yeoh, Raffles Professor and Director, Humanities and Social Science Research Office of Deputy President (Research & Technology), National University of Singapore