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Book SynopsisThis forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources.
Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility. Covering diverse geographies and using interdisciplinary approaches, contributions provide new analysis of migration futures. A discrete chapter on digital technology and COVID-19 global pandemic offers reflections on how migration and mobility are being profoundly reshaped by the global pandemic. The practical applications and limitations of digital technology in relation to international migration are also highlighted and supported with key case studies.
Analytical yet accessible, this Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the fields of migration and digital technology, while also being of benefit to policy makers and civil society actors specialising in migration.
Trade Review‘A pioneer Research Handbook in a burgeoning field mapping the multifaceted interlinkages between international migration and digital technology. This edited volume fills a huge gap in the current literature, providing the state of the art and exploring future avenues to better understand the profound impact of digital transformations upon the processes, patterns and politics of migration. While offering a rich array of topics, perspectives and disciplines, this Research Handbook illuminates the complexities and controversies surrounding digital technology as a facilitator and a disruptor of international migration. The reader will find insightful analyses of many topical issues, including the use of digital technology in migration research and analysis, its role as a tool of empowerment and agency of migrants across the migration cycle, the digitalization and automation of border control and population surveillance, and the spread of disinformation in the public debate. A must-read for anyone interested in the cutting-edge issues associated with migration and digital technology.’ -- Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute, Switzerland
‘This book is a must-read for everyone interested in the intersection between migration and digitalization. As the volume of data grows from expanding forms of technology, the implications for understanding migration are wide-ranging. Impressive in scope, this book offers us a lens for examining how data-driven technologies are reshaping migration in fundamental ways.’ -- Katharine M. Donato, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University, US
‘This Research Handbook is a major advance in the study of the relationship between international migration and digital technology. Not only does it powerfully synthesize an emerging and hugely important field of research, but it also establishes new agendas for future enquiry.’ -- Andrew Geddes, European University Institute, Italy
'This is a much-needed Research Handbook on how the rapid evolution of digital technologies is changing international migration pathways and policies. Contributions to this volume highlight the challenges of advanced technologies for human rights violations, as well as the possibilities they open up for migrant connectivity across time and space. A must-have for students, researchers and media and policy professionals working in this field.' -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: 1 International migration and digital technology: an overview 1 Marie McAuliffe PART I UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND MIGRATION RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 2 Digital migration studies 15 Koen Leurs and Saskia Witteborn 3 Migration stocks and flows: data concepts, availability and comparability 29 Dilek Yildiz and Guy Abel 4 The roles and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows and human mobility 42 Marie McAuliffe and Adam Sawyer 5 The practice and politics of migration data visualization 58 William Allen 6 Migration networks: applications of network analysis to macroscale migration patterns 70 Valentin Danchev and Mason A. Porter PART II DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE ACT OF MOVING: (IM)MOBILITY, BARRIERS AND BORDERS 7 Navigating borders/navigating networks: migration, technology and social capital 92 Farah Azhar, Sara Vannini, Bryce Clayton Newell and Ricardo Gomez 8 Mobile data challenges for human mobility analysis and humanitarian response 107 Albert Ali Salah 9 Migrant smuggling and ICT: research advances, prospects and challenges 123 Georgios Papanicolaou, Parisa Diba and Georgios A. Antonopoulos 10 Robots and refugees: the human rights impacts of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making in migration 134 Petra Molnar 11 Drones and border control: an examination of state and non-state actor use of UAVs along borders 152 Rey Koslowski PART III INTEGRATION, REINTEGRATION AND MIGRANTS’ (DIGITAL) (VIRTUAL) (TRANSNATIONAL) IDENTITIES 12 Migrant inclusion 4.0: the role of mobile tech 167 Céline Bauloz 13 Online technology for promoting the inclusion of refugees into higher education: a systematic review of current approaches and developments 182 Franziska Reinhardt, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Roland Happ and Sarah Nell-Müller 14 Using ICTs to be here and not ‘here’: African migrants and religious transnationalism 195 Henrietta Nyamnjoh 15 ICTs and transnational householding: the double burden of polymedia connectivity for international ‘study mothers’ 207 Yang Wang and Sun Sun Lim 16 In support of return and reintegration? A roadmap for a responsible use of technology 220 Nassim Majidi, Camille Kasavan and G. Harindranath PART IV CONNECTIVITY AND MIGRATION: TRENDS AND IMPACTS 17 Technology for engaging and empowering migrant workers 236 Angela Kintominas, Laurie Berg and Bassina Farbenblum 18 Mobile money and financial inclusion of migrants in sub-Saharan Africa 251 Adrian Kitimbo 19 The gender dimensions of technology in the context of migration and displacement: a critical overview 267 Ibrahim L. Saïd 20 Mobility of tech professionals in the world economy: the case of Indian entrepreneurialism in the United States 284 Binod Khadria and Ratnam Mishra 21 Transnational families and technology: trends, impacts and futures 300 Jacqueline Bhabha, Abhishek Bhatia and Sam Peisch PART V MIGRATION, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC DEBATES 22 How online disinformation and far-right activism is shaping public debates on immigration 316 Eileen Culloty and Jane Suiter 23 The role of networked publics in immigration debates 330 Markus Ojala 24 Using new media platforms for human rights advocacy in real-time: people seeking asylum in Nauru and Papua New Guinea 344 Cecilia Cannon and Shaminda Kanapathi PART VI DIGITAL MIGRATION FUTURES 25 Technological transformations in migration processes: spatiality, temporality and agency 361 Huub Dijstelbloem 26 Migration forecasting using new technology and methods 376 Arkadiusz Wiśniowski 27 Ahead of the policy curve: migrants harnessing tech to survive 393 Emre Eren Korkmaz 28 Migration, mobility and digital technology in a post-COVID-19 world: initial reflections on transformations underway 406 Marie McAuliffe and Jenna Blower Index 423
