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Dr Marie McAuliffe
SRW Scholarship Graduated 2017

Dr

Marie McAuliffe

International Organization for Migration (formerly Department of Home Affairs)

Australian National University

PhD title: Self-agency and asylum

Marie’s PhD research examined the migration patterns, processes and factors involved in irregular maritime migration to Australia of Afghan Hazaras between 2008 and 2013. Her research focused on the conceptualisation of international migration, and irregular maritime migration specifically. In 2018, she was awarded the Charles Price prize for outstanding doctoral research in demography for her thesis. She has published and edited extensively in academic and policy spheres on international migration, serving on the editorial boards of scientific journals Migration Studies and International Migration, and is an associate editor of the Harvard Data Science Review. Marie maintains visiting scholar positions at ANU’s School of Demography and the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (Geneva). Marie serves as a senior official in the UN system as the head of the Migration Research Division and editor of the flagship World Migration Report in IOM Geneva. In her role she has led the implementation of migration research projects funded by the governments of Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and USA, with research partners from across the developing and developed world. She leads migration research and analysis initiatives with a wide range of partners, including the World Economic Forum, MIT Technology Review, Meta and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Populations as well as several universities.

Marie started work with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) in 2000. She has worked for the department in offices in Canberra, Seoul and Moscow. Marie has led branches and sections in DIBP, the Australian Public Service Commission, and the Department of Workplace Relations. She has consulted to the International Labor Organization as well as in the private sector. For three years Marie managed DIBP’s largest research program as well as a research/analytical function on irregular migration.

Supervisor:
Professor James Raymer
  • McAuliffe M, and Koser K (2015) ‘Unintended Consequences: How Migrant Smugglers are Exploiting the International Protection System’, Advance, Australian National University, Winter 2015:30-33.
  • McAuliffe M and Laczko F (eds) (2016) Migrant Smuggling Data and Research: A global review of the emerging evidence base, International Organization for Migration: Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M (ed) (2016) ‘Afghan Displacement Special Issue’. Migration Policy Practice, IV(3).
  • McAuliffe, M (2016) ‘How transnational connectivity is shaping irregular migration: Insights for migration policy and practice from the 2015 irregular migration flows to Europe’. Migration Policy Practice, VI(1):4-10.
  • McAuliffe M (2016) Resolving policy conundrums: Enhancing humanitarian protection in Southeast Asia. Migration Policy Institute, Washington DC.
  • McAuliffe M (2016) ‘Migration moderate, ‘master weaver’ and inspirational team leader: Reflecting on the lasting legacy of Graeme Hugo in three spheres of migration policy’. Australian Geographer, 47(4):383-389.
  • McAuliffe M and Jayasuriya D (2016) ‘Do asylum seekers and refugees choose destination countries? Evidence from large-scale surveys in Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka’. International Migration, 54(4):44-59.
  • Jayasuriya D, McAuliffe M and Iqbal M (2016) ‘The dynamic nature of migration aspirations: Findings from a longitudinal study of households in Sri Lanka’. Occasional Paper Series, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M and Ruhs M (eds) (2017) World Migration Report 2018. International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M (2017) Self-agency and asylum [PhD Thesis], The Australian National University, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M (2017) ‘Protection Elsewhere, Resilience Here: Introduction to the Special Issue on Statelessness, Irregularity, and Protection in Southeast Asia’. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 15(3):221-231.
  • McAuliffe M and Koser K (eds) (2017) A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M and Mence V (2017) ‘Irregular maritime migration as a global phenomenon’, in McAuliffe M and Koser K (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M and Jayasuriya D (2017) ‘Placing Sri Lankan maritime arrivals in a broader migration context’, in McAuliffe M and Koser K (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M (2017) ‘Seeking the views of irregular migrants: Decision-making, drivers and migration journeys’, in McAuliffe M and Koser K (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M, Weeks W and Koser K (2017) ‘Media and migration: Comparative analysis of print and online media reporting on migrants and migration in selected countries’, in McAuliffe M and Koser K (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe M (2017) ‘The Human Development Visa Scheme: Applying Practical and Sustainable Policy Levers to Actively Encourage Migrants to Undertake Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration’, in McAuliffe M and Klein Solomon M (Conveners) Migration Research Leaders’ Syndicate: Ideas to Inform International Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M and Klein Solomon M (eds) (2017) ‘Migration Research Leaders Syndicate Special Issue’, Migration Policy Practice, VII(3).
  • McAuliffe M (2017) ‘Protection Elsewhere, Resilience Here: Introduction to the Special Issue on Statelessness, Irregularity and Protection in Southeast Asia’, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 15(3):221-231.
  • McAuliffe M and Triandafyllidou A (2018), Migrant Smuggling Data and Research: A global review of the emerging evidence base, Volume 2, International Organization for Migration: Geneva.
  • McAuliffe, M & Ruhs, M (eds) 2018, ‘World Migration Report Special Issue’, Migration Policy Practice, VII(4), International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M (2018) ‘The nexus between forced and irregular migration: Insights from demography’, in Hugo G, Abbasi-Shavazi M J and Kraly EP (eds) The Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration. Springer & IUSSP.
  • McAuliffe M and Goossens A M (2018) ‘Regulating International Migration in an Era of Increasing Interconnectedness’, in Triandafyllidou A (ed) Handbook on Migration and Globalisation, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham.
  • McAuliffe M (2018) ‘Migration moderate, ‘master weaver’ and inspirational team leader: Reflecting on the lasting legacy of Graeme Hugo in three spheres of migration policy’, in Klocher N and Dun O (eds) Population, Migration and Settlement in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: In memory of Graeme Hugo, Routledge, Oxon and New York.
  • McAuliffe M and Khadria B (eds) (2019) World Migration Report 2020, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M (2020) ‘Immobility as the ultimate “migration disrupter”: COVID-19 and the securitization of migration’, Migration Research Series Paper No 64, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M, Bauloz C and Kitimbo A (2020) ‘The challenge of real-time analysis: making sense of the migration and mobility implications of COVID-19’, Migration Policy Practice, 10(2):15-21.
  • McAuliffe M (2020) ‘On the margins: Migrant smuggling in the context of development’ in Bastia T and Skeldon R (eds) Handbook of Migration and Development, Routledge, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M, Blower J and Beduschi A (2021) ‘Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Migration and Mobility: Transnational Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic’. Societies, 11(4) Article 135.
  • Iqbal M and McAuliffe M (2021) ‘After decades of instability, what does the future hold for Afghan migration?’, Agenda [Blog], World Economic Forum, Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/what-does-the-future-hold-for-afghan-migration/.
  • McAuliffe M and Triandafyllidou A (eds) (2021) World Migration Report 2022. International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M, Freier L F, Skeldon R and Blower J (2021) ‘The Great Disrupter: COVID-19’s impacts on migration and migrants globally’, in McAuliffe M and Triandafyllidou A (eds), World Migration Report 2022, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • Beduschi A and McAuliffe M (2021) ‘Artificial intelligence, migration and mobility’, in McAuliffe M and Triandafyllidou A (eds), World Migration Report 2022, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M (ed) (2021) Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M and Sawyer A (2021) ‘The role and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows’, in McAuliffe M (ed), Research Handbook of International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M and Blower J (2021) ‘The role and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows’, in McAuliffe M (ed), Research Handbook of International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M, Abel G, Kitimbo A and Martin Galan I (2022) ‘Data, design and deep domain knowledge: science-policy collaboration to combat misinformation on migration and migrants’, Harvard Data Science Review, 4(1), DOI: 10.1162/99608f92.b3353b93.
  • McAuliffe M (2022) ‘Afghan displacement and migration: situating the current humanitarian-displacement crisis’, International Migration, 60(1):268-270.
  • Iqbal M and McAuliffe M (2022) ‘The “eighth phase” of Afghan displacement: Situating the top ten issues for policymakers’, Migration Research Series, 71, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M and Iqbal M (2022) Struggling to Survive: Gender, Displacement, and Migration in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington.
  • McAuliffe M and Bauloz C (2022) The San Antonio Tragedy Was Sadly Not Uncommon, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC.
  • McAuliffe M (16 December 2022) ‘Who will be our migrants of the future? Celebrating International Migrants’ Day with a keen eye on the growing gender gap’ [blog], People Move. Accessed 22 March 2023, https://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/who-will-be-our-migrants-future-celebrating-international-migrants-day-keen-eye-growing.
  • McAuliffe M (25 January 2023) ‘AI in migration is fuelling global inequality: How can we bridge the gap?’ Agenda. Accessed 22 March 2023, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/ai-in-migration-is-fuelling-global-inequality-how-can-we-bridge-gap/.
  • McAuliffe M (2024) ‘By the wayside: gender dimensions of stranded migrants during the COVID-19 crisis’ in McAuliffe, M and Bauloz C (eds) Research Handbook on Migration, Gender and COVID-19, Edward Elgar: Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M and Bauloz C (eds) (2024) Research Handbook on Migration, Gender and COVID-19, Edward Elgar: Oxford.
  • McAuliffe M and Oucho L A (eds) (2024) World Migration Report, International Organization for Migration: Geneva.
  • McAuliffe M, Rojas Coppari P, Abassi-Shavazi M J and Maunganidze O A (2024) 'Migration and human security: Unpacking myths and examining new realities and responses', in McAuliffe M Oucho L A (eds) World Migration Report 2024, International Organization for Migration: Geneva.

Dr Michael McKenzie
SRW Scholarship Graduated 2016

Dr

Michael McKenzie

Attorney General’s Department

The Australian National University

PhD title: Rethinking International Cooperation: Crime, Policy and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations

Michael’s PhD research examined the conditions that promote criminal justice cooperation between Australia and Indonesia. His book based on the research is Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations (OUP, 2018).

After completing his PhD, Michael served as Counsellor (Legal) at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta (2016-2018) and Minister-Counsellor (Legal) at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby (2019-2021). He is currently on secondment to the Australian Federal Police as a strategic adviser in Pacific Asia Command. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet).

Supervisor:
Professor Veronica Taylor
  • Connery D, Sambhi N snd McKenzie M (2014) A Return on Investment: The Future of Police Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra.
  • Connery D, McKenzie M and Sambh N (2014), Partners Against Crime: A Short History of the AFP-POLRI Relationship, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra.
  • McKenzie M (2016) Rethinking International Cooperation: Crime, Policy and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations [PhD Thesis], The Australian National University, Canberra.
  • McKenzie M (2018) Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • McKenzie M (2018) ‘A Common Enemy: Police Cooperation Between Australia and Indonesia’, in Lindsey T and McRae D (eds), Strangers Next Door? Indonesia and Australia in the Asian Century, Hart Publishing, Oxford.
  • McKenzie M (2019) ‘Securitising transnational crime: the political drivers of police cooperation between Australia and Indonesia’ Policing and Society, 29(3):333-348.
  • McKenzie M (2020) Between Politics and Policy: International Cooperation Beyond COVID-19, E-International Relations, https://www.e-ir.info/2020/06/04/between-politics-and-policy-international-cooperation-beyond-covid-19/.

Steve Munns
SRW Pat Turner Scholarship Graduated

Dr

Steve Munns

Australian Public Service Commission

Australian National University

PhD title: Violence at work: reducing assault and abuse experienced by frontline staff in public service roles

Steve is a Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man with his mob being from Grafton in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Steve is currently the Director of the Australian Public Services Commission’s First Nations Unit which is focusing on boosting First Nations employment across the Australian Public Service.

Steve commenced his public service career in 2004 as a psychologist with Centrelink. Steve’s background is in forensic psychology, having worked and studied in various forensic environments both in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Steve’s previous postgraduate studies have been in the areas of Cognitive Neuroscience, Forensic Psychology and Public Administration. Steve’s research aimed to understand the nature, prevalence and severity of service user violence and aggression perpetrated against frontline APS staff. He explored the issues associated with the risk of violence and aggression through understanding pre-incident factors, including staff and service user behaviour, as well as operational and physical environments. Steve’s research used a multi-phased mixed methods approach. He hopes the evidence-based outcomes of this research will provide insights that will lead to greater proactive risk mitigation policies, a reduction of service user violence and aggression but more importantly a decrease in physical and psychological injuries incurred by frontline public servants.

Supervisor:
Professor Roderic Broadhurst

Munns S (2023) Violence at Work: Reducing Assault and Abuse Experienced by Frontline Staff in Public Service Roles [PhD thesis], The Australian National University, Canberra.

Conway L, Daffy L, Faulkner S, Lahn J, Munns S and Richardson G (2024) 'First nations First: First Nations public servants, the future of the Australian public service' Policy Quarterly 20(1): 30-29.

 
The Sir Roland Wilson Foundation is a partnership between The Australian National University, Charles Darwin University and the Australian Public Service.