Migration & Citizenship
2026 APSA Dissertation Workshops
Virtual: TBD (exact dates and times will be determined once participants are selected)
Join us for a virtual APSA Dissertation Workshop on “Migration & Citizenship,” welcoming proposals from PhD candidates working on any aspect of citizenship and/or migration.
Deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026. Click here to apply →
Workshop Description
This virtual dissertation workshop welcomes proposals from PhD candidates working on any aspect of citizenship and/or migration, such as those highlighted by the APSA Migration and Citizenship Organized Section:
Co-Leaders:
- Noora Lori , Boston University
- Willem Maas, York University
- Mary McThomas , University of California, Irvine
- Gerasimos Tsourapas , University of Birmingham
Two virtual workshops will be held with 6-8 graduate students each, led by 2 co-leaders. Co-leader and participants will be grouped to align topics.
Topics include:
- The local, national, transnational, international, and global politics of voluntary and forced migration, including political attitudes and orientations both towards and of all categories of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, and economic, family, circular, business, high-skilled, and irregular migrants.
- Immigration and emigration policies and laws, including the international relations, international political economy, and political philosophy aspects of such policies and laws.
- Immigrant integration and refugee resettlement policies and their implementation, including immigrant and refugee civic engagement, political incorporation, and citizen-making.
- Border and security studies as well as studies on intranational, regional, transnational, and international cooperation on the management and control of migration.
- The changing meanings and practices of citizenship, including the relationship between citizenship and identity, gender, multiculturalism, race and ethnicity, racism and xenophobia, human rights, indigenous peoples, empires and imperialism, civic engagement, transnationality, welfare, and public policy.
- The relationship between citizenship and transformations in or political contestation of sovereignty and political community, including state formation or disintegration, nationalism, sovereignty or secession movements, language, ethnic or other minorities, the politics of diaspora mobilization (including conflicts, democratization, voting, and economic development), and subnational, supranational (e.g., European Union), multilevel, corporate, or global citizenship.
- The politics of nationality and citizenship (and the distinctions between them), including the moral and empirical rights and obligations attached to citizenship, comparative or historical nationality law, statelessness, and policies and practices concerning the acquisition and loss of nationality through such procedures as naturalization and expatriation as well as dual or multiple citizenship.
By the end of the workshop, students will leave with concrete revisions to strengthen their dissertations and future research, as well as an expanded network of scholars working in similar areas.
The American Political Science Association (APSA) sponsors dissertation workshops annually. Our in-person events are held on the Wednesday prior to the APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Each full-day workshop includes six PhD candidates who present a dissertation chapter, along with two faculty members who lead the workshop and moderate discussions. Our virtual workshops are held over the summer or fall. Questions may be directed to teaching@apsanet.org
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