Research
Research groups
Current research
My scholarship centres around the geographies of migration and development, as a broad umbrella covering a number of strands, including: i) geopolitics of borders and migration; ii) gendering of remittances; and iii) migration, ageing and care in later life. More recently, I am developing a research interest on the links between climate change and mobilities/migration.
My focus is often on migrants' countries of origin, particularly in the Global South. Geographically my own empirical work has been conducted in Albania, but I have also supervised doctoral research examining migration in India, Pakistan, the Philippines, St Lucia, and the UK.
PhD supervision
*Lead supervisor
Current
* Michael Lomotey (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Afterlife of colonialism: Assessing flood-risk preparedness, response and post-disaster reconstruction in Hull through the lens of antiblackness’
Mandy Preville-Findlay (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Developing intersectional, participatory methods of diaspora engagement institutions’
Mariam Malik (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Mothering under racialised precarity in Britain’s hostile environment. An exploration into the experiences of mothers subject to the 10-year route to settlement and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) in London navigating health care for the infants.’
Sanna Rautio (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Digital encounters and the possibilities of belonging: Exploring migrant women's urban encounters mediated by digital platforms’
Completed
* Bianca Luna (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Connected by care: The skilled migration of Philippine healthcare workers to the UK and the reconfiguration of transnational family relationships’ [2025]
* Kashif Salik (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Exploring the relationship between internal migration and well-being: the case of rural Punjab, Pakistan’ [2024]
* Giorgia Prati (PhD in Geography) Title: ‘Migration and adaptation: The impact of migration on women’s adaptive capacity in the Mahanadi Delta, India’ [2024]
Jessica Clapham (PhD in Psychology) Title: ‘Exploring young people seeking asylum in the UK’s lived experiences of belonging in schools and colleges’ [2023]