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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 and Switzerland, 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 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 programme as well as a research/analytical function on irregular migration.

Supervisor:
Professor James Raymer
  • McAuliffe, M & Koser, K 2015, Unintended Consequences: How Migrant Smugglers are Exploiting the International Protection System,  Advance, Australian National University, Winter 2015, pp. 30-33.
  • McAuliffe, M & 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) , pp. 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) pp. 383-389.
  • McAuliffe, M & 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), pp 44-59.
  • Jayasuriya, D, McAuliffe, M & 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 & 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) pp. 221-231.
  • McAuliffe, M & Koser, K (eds) 2017, A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe, M & Mence, V 2017, Irregular maritime migration as a global phenomenon, in M McAuliffe & K Koser (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe, M & Jayasuriya, D 2017, Placing Sri Lankan maritime arrivals in a broader migration context, in M McAuliffe & K Koser (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 M McAuliffe & K Koser (eds), A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making. ANU Press, Canberra.
  • McAuliffe, M, Weeks, W & Koser, K 2017, Media and migration: Comparative analysis of print and online media reporting on migrants and migration in selected countries, in M McAuliffe & K Koser (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 M McAuliffe & M Klein Solomon (Conveners) Migration Research Leaders’ Syndicate: Ideas to Inform International Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe, M & 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), pp. 221-231.
  • McAuliffe, M & 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, II(4), International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe, M 2018, The nexus between forced and irregular migration: Insights from demography, in G Hugo M J Abbasi-Shavazi & EP Kraly (eds) The Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration. Springer & IUSSP.
  • McAuliffe, M &  Goossens, A M 2018,  Regulating International Migration in an Era of Increasing Interconnectedness, in A 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 N Klocher & O Dun (eds) Population, Migration and Settlement in Australia and the Asia-Pacific: In memory of Graeme Hugo, Routledge, Oxon and New York.
  • McAuliffe, M 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 & 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), pp.15-21.
  • McAuliffe, M 2020, ‘On the margins: Migrant smuggling in the context of development’ in T Bastia, & R Skeldon. (eds) Handbook of Migration and Development, Routledge, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe, M, Blower, J, Beduschi, A 2021, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Migration and Mobility: Transnational Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Societies, 11(4), article no 135.
  • Iqbal, M, 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, Triandafyllidou, A (eds) 2021, World Migration Report 2022. International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • McAuliffe, M, Freier, L F, Skeldon, R & Blower, J. 2021, The Great Disrupter: COVID-19's impacts on migration and migrants globally, in M McAuliffe & A Triandafyllidou (eds) World Migration Report 2022. International Organization for Migration, Geneva.
  • Beduschi, A & McAuliffe, M 2021, Artificial intelligence, migration and mobility, in M McAuliffe & A Triandafyllidou (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 & Sawyer, A 2021, The role and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows, in M McAuliffe (ed) Research Handbook of International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe, M & Blower, J 2021, The role and limitations of data science in understanding international migration flows, in M McAuliffe (ed) Research Handbook of International Migration and Digital Technology, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Oxford.
  • McAuliffe, M, Abel, G, Kitimbo, A & 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), pp. 268-270.
  • McAuliffe, M Iqbal, M 2022, Struggling to Survive: Gender, Displacement, and Migration in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington.
     

Dr Michael McKenzie
SRW Scholarship Graduated 2016

Dr

Michael McKenzie

Australian Federal Policy (on leave from Attorney General’s Department)

Australian National University

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

Michael’s research examines the conditions that promote criminal justice cooperation between Australia and Indonesia. He published a book based on the research, Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations, with Oxford University Press in 2018.

Prior to commencing his PhD, Michael worked at the Attorney-General’s Department on legal capacity building in South-East Asia. His work focused on assisting countries in the region to strengthen their terrorism and transnational crime laws. After his research, Michael served as Counsellor (Legal) at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta (2016-2019). He currently serves as Minister-Counsellor (Legal) at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby. Michael is also a visitor at RegNet.

Supervisor:
Professor Veronica Taylor
  • Connery, D, Sambhi, N & 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 & 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.
  • McKenizie, 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 T Lindsey & D McRae (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), pp. 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/>.
 
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