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Welcome!

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Université de Montréal, Assistant Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Montreal, and author of The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe (Fernwood, 2025). My research focuses on how governments use borders to stop and manage spontaneous migration, and I am particularly interested in the tension between states’ priorities in the area of migration policy and the protection of migrants’ rights. I have published work on the evolution of contemporary European and North American borders in journals such as Political Geography, Geopolitics, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Migration Studies, International Migration, and Citizenship Studies.
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​​​Download my CV here (Feb 2025):

Research Areas

  • Political Geography

  • Geopolitics

  • Borders & Migration

  • Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR)

  • Forced Migration

  • EU & Canada

Funded Projects (Active)

  • The Vertical Border: How Aerial Technology is Reshaping Border Security (PI, SSHRC Insight Development Grant 430-2025-00511)

  • Maritime Search and Rescue and Migration Control in the European Union (PI, SSHRC Insight 435-2025-0153)​​

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