Dr Corey Ranford-Robinson

  • Lecturer International Relations (Politics)

Biography

Working at the intersection of international political sociology, refugee and migration studies and critical security studies, Corey’s research examines the international politics of migration governance and border control.

With expertise in migrant smuggling, irregular migration, asylum and global migration governance, Corey's research has appeared in GeopoliticsThird World QuarterlyInternational Political SociologySecurity DialogueMillennium: Journal of International Studies and in several scholarly volumes. Corey’s writing has also appeared in media outlets such as The New HumanitarianThe Toronto Star and The Conversation.

Before coming to Glasgow in 2023, Corey was a Lecturer in International Relations at Durham University (2022-23). Previously, Corey held teaching positions at the University of Toronto and York University and conducted research in the field of humanitarian evaluation. At Humanitarian Outcomes, Corey co-authored the Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Rights of Refugees During the COVID-19 Pandemic, conducted under the auspices of UNHCR, the OECD and other actors as a part of the COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition.

Corey holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Graduate Diploma in Refugee and Migration Studies from York University. Corey's Ph.D. research was funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (CGS) Doctoral Scholarships and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).

Grants

2024 - ‘Climate Change Adaptation, Dispossession and Displacement: Co-constructing Solutions with Coastal Vulnerable Groups in Africa and Asia.’ (£1,838,174), Co-Principal Investigator

  • Three-year international grant with partners in UK, Norway, Canada, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Ghana, awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council, Norwegian Research Council and New Frontiers in Research Fund/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

 

2023 - ‘Resettlement as Climate Change Adaptation? Exploring the longer-term impacts of post-disaster resettlements in rural coastal and island communities in Eastern Samar, the Philippines,’ Partnership Engage Grant (£14,993), Co-Principal Investigator

  • Awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Supervision

  • Hoppermann, Judith
    Theorising the International Politics of Refugee Returns – Actors, Diplomacy, and the State in Lebanon