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2023

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Citations
11820
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrew Geddes is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a strong emphasis on sociology and political science as well as political science and international relations. Their academic interests center around migration, refugees, and integration, as well as migration and labor dynamics, populism and right-wing movements, and issues concerning migration, health, and trauma.

Geddes has contributed to multiple research topics, including:

  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • European Union Policy and Governance

Their frequent co-authors include Leila Hadj-Abdou, Leiza Brumat, Andrea Pettrachin, James Dennison, and Alexander Kustov.

Geddes's recent papers include:

  • Italian migration policy and politics: Exacerbating paradoxes (2020), Contemporary Italian Politics
  • Centre-right parties and immigration in an era of politicisation (2021), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • The centre no longer holds: the Lega, Matteo Salvini and the remaking of Italian immigration politics (2021), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • Thinking Globally about Attitudes to Immigration: Concerns about Social Conflict, Economic Competition and Cultural Threat (2021), The Political Quarterly
  • Public Attitudes to Immigration in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Little Change in Policy Preferences, Big Drops in Issue Salience (2022), International Migration Review

Geddes has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Contemporary Italian Politics
  • International Migration Review
  • Third World Quarterly

In addition to articles, Geddes has authored books published by the European University Institute. These include Governing Migration Beyond the State: Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia in a Global Context (2021) and Migration and Mobility in the European Union (2nd Edition) (2020).

Andrew Geddes has received recognition as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The politics of migration and immigration in Europe

    Andrew Geddes

  • The effect of environmental change on human migration

    Richard Black;W Neil Adger;Nigel Arnell;Stefan Dercon

  • Immigration and European Integration: Towards Fortress Europe?

    Andrew P. Geddes

  • Migration and Mobility in the European Union

    Christina Boswell;Andrew Geddes

  • Migration, immobility and displacement outcomes following extreme events

    Richard Black;Nigel W. Arnell;W. Neil Adger;David Thomas

  • Immigration and Welfare : Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State

    Michael Bommes;Andrew Geddes

  • The Role of Narratives in Migration Policy‐Making: A Research Framework

    Christina Boswell;Andrew Geddes;Peter Scholten

  • Europe's Border Relationships and International Migration Relations*

    Andrew Geddes

  • A Rising Tide? The Salience of Immigration and the Rise of Anti-Immigration Political Parties in Western Europe

    James Dennison;Andrew Geddes

  • Elites and the ‘organised public’: Who drives British immigration politics and in which direction?

    Paul Statham;Andrew Geddes

  • Britain, France, and EU Anti-Discrimination Policy: The Emergence of an EU Policy Paradigm

    Andrew Geddes

  • Migration and global environmental change

    Richard Black;W Neil Adger;Nigel Arnell;Stefan Dercon

  • Migration and the Welfare State in Europe

    Andrew Geddes

  • Lobbying for migrant inclusion in the European Union: new opportunities for transnational advocacy?

    Andrew Geddes

  • The Politics of Belonging : Migrants and Minorities in Contemporary Europe

    Andrew Geddes;Adrian Favell

  • Focus on environmental risks and migration: causes and consequences

    W. Neil Adger;Nigel W. Arnell;Richard Black;Stefan Dercon

  • International Migration and State Sovereignty in an Integrating Europe

    Andrew Geddes

  • Brexit and the perils of ‘Europeanised’ migration

    James Dennison;Andrew Geddes

  • Britain and the European Union

    Andrew Geddes

  • Getting the best of both worlds? Britain, the EU and migration policy

    Andrew Geddes

  • Migration and Global Environmental Change: Future Challenges and Opportunities

    Richard Black;Neil Adger;Nigel Arnell;Stefan Dercon

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Scholten
Peter Scholten Erasmus University Rotterdam
Richard Black
Richard Black University of Birmingham
Nigel W. Arnell
Nigel W. Arnell University of Reading
Christina Boswell
Christina Boswell University of Edinburgh
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Joni Lovenduski
Joni Lovenduski Birkbeck, University of London
Adrian Favell
Adrian Favell University College Cork
Pippa Norris
Pippa Norris Harvard University
Arne Niemann
Arne Niemann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia

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