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On migration, geography, and epistemic communities

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This commentary paper starts by questioning the assumption that migration means international migration, and goes on to affirm that migration studies has indeed come of age as a coherent if… Click to show full abstract

This commentary paper starts by questioning the assumption that migration means international migration, and goes on to affirm that migration studies has indeed come of age as a coherent if highly diverse research field. Several emerging epistemic communities are identified: migration and development; gender and migration; lifestyle migration; and youth and student migrations. Finally, I argue that the role of geography in the study of migration has been under-valued.

Keywords: geography; migration geography; migration; epistemic communities; geography epistemic

Journal Title: Comparative Migration Studies
Year Published: 2020

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