Dr Corey Ranford-Robinson

  • Lecturer International Relations (Political & International Studies)

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 Geopolitics, Third World Quarterly, International Political Sociology, Security Dialogue, Millennium: Journal of International Studies and in several scholarly volumes. Corey’s writing has also appeared in media outlets such as The New Humanitarian, The 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).

Publications

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Number of items: 12.

2024

Robinson, C. (2024) The international organization for migration in North Africa: making international migration management by Inken Bartels, New York, Routledge, 2022, 248pp., £130.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781032068541. Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp. 1735-1737. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2178952)[Book Review]

Su, Y., Robinson, C. and Rehaag, S. (2024) Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students. Conversation, 5 May.

Robinson, C. (2024) Offshoring and outsourcing anti-smuggling policy: capacity building and the geopolitics of migrant smuggling. Geopolitics, 29(1), pp. 13-38. (doi: 10.1080/14650045.2022.2159385)

2023

Su, Y. and Robinson, C. (2023) Fearmongering about people fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty narrative. Conversation, 12 March.

2022

Su, Y. and Robinson, C. (2022) Debunking the myth of the ‘evil people smuggler’. Conversation, 20 July.

Su, Y., Valiquette, T., Greatrick, A. and Robinson, C. (2022) How LGBTQI+ to LGBTQI+ support is helping Ukrainian refugees find safety in the EU. New Humanitarian, 8 June.

Robinson, C. (2022) Deportability, humanitarianism and development: neoliberal deportation and the Global Assistance for Irregular Migrants program. Third World Quarterly, 43(4), pp. 879-897. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2038128)

Taylor, G., Gilbert, G., Hidalgo, S., Korthals Altes, M., Lewis, B., Robinson, C. , Sandri, E., Stoianova, V. and Ward, J. (2022) Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Rights of Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Documentation. UNHCR, Geneva.

2021

Watson, S. D. and Robinson, C. (2021) Knowledge controversies of global migration governance: understanding the controversy surrounding the Global Compact. In: Dauvergne, C. (ed.) Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 323-339. ISBN 9781789902259 (doi: 10.4337/9781789902266.00035)

2020

Robinson, C. (2020) Measuring ‘well-governed’ migration: the IOM’s Migration Governance Indicators. In: Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A. (eds.) The International Organization for Migration. Series: International political economy series. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 123-143. ISBN 9783030329754 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32976-1_6)

2018

Robinson, C. (2018) Making migration knowable and governable: benchmarking practices as technologies of global migration governance. International Political Sociology, 12(4), pp. 418-437. (doi: 10.1093/ips/oly020)

2017

Robinson, C. (2017) Tracing and explaining securitization: social mechanisms, process tracing and the securitization of irregular migration. Security Dialogue, 48(6), pp. 503-523. (doi: 10.1177/0967010617721872)

This list was generated on Thu Nov 21 03:45:12 2024 GMT.
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Number of items: 12.

Articles

Su, Y., Robinson, C. and Rehaag, S. (2024) Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students. Conversation, 5 May.

Robinson, C. (2024) Offshoring and outsourcing anti-smuggling policy: capacity building and the geopolitics of migrant smuggling. Geopolitics, 29(1), pp. 13-38. (doi: 10.1080/14650045.2022.2159385)

Su, Y. and Robinson, C. (2023) Fearmongering about people fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty narrative. Conversation, 12 March.

Su, Y. and Robinson, C. (2022) Debunking the myth of the ‘evil people smuggler’. Conversation, 20 July.

Su, Y., Valiquette, T., Greatrick, A. and Robinson, C. (2022) How LGBTQI+ to LGBTQI+ support is helping Ukrainian refugees find safety in the EU. New Humanitarian, 8 June.

Robinson, C. (2022) Deportability, humanitarianism and development: neoliberal deportation and the Global Assistance for Irregular Migrants program. Third World Quarterly, 43(4), pp. 879-897. (doi: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2038128)

Robinson, C. (2018) Making migration knowable and governable: benchmarking practices as technologies of global migration governance. International Political Sociology, 12(4), pp. 418-437. (doi: 10.1093/ips/oly020)

Robinson, C. (2017) Tracing and explaining securitization: social mechanisms, process tracing and the securitization of irregular migration. Security Dialogue, 48(6), pp. 503-523. (doi: 10.1177/0967010617721872)

Book Sections

Watson, S. D. and Robinson, C. (2021) Knowledge controversies of global migration governance: understanding the controversy surrounding the Global Compact. In: Dauvergne, C. (ed.) Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 323-339. ISBN 9781789902259 (doi: 10.4337/9781789902266.00035)

Robinson, C. (2020) Measuring ‘well-governed’ migration: the IOM’s Migration Governance Indicators. In: Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A. (eds.) The International Organization for Migration. Series: International political economy series. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 123-143. ISBN 9783030329754 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32976-1_6)

Book Reviews

Robinson, C. (2024) The international organization for migration in North Africa: making international migration management by Inken Bartels, New York, Routledge, 2022, 248pp., £130.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781032068541. Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp. 1735-1737. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2178952)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Taylor, G., Gilbert, G., Hidalgo, S., Korthals Altes, M., Lewis, B., Robinson, C. , Sandri, E., Stoianova, V. and Ward, J. (2022) Joint Evaluation of the Protection of the Rights of Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Documentation. UNHCR, Geneva.

This list was generated on Thu Nov 21 03:45:12 2024 GMT.

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