Stephen Castles and Australian Immigration Policies, Politics and Possibilities

ABSTRACT

Stephen Castles has been a cutting-edge migration scholar and migration theorist since the 1970s. An Australian by birth, Castles’ retirement from the University of Sydney in 2017 provides a moment to reflect on his legacy in the field of global and Australian immigration scholarship. In this paper, I first present some personal reflections on the profound way that Stephen has shaped my own career as an Australian immigration scholar. The paper then situates Stephen Castles within the field of Australian immigration scholarship and situates his legacy of the giants in this field, including Charles Price, WD Borrie, Graeme Hugo and James Jupp. The paper then shifts to assess Stephen Castles’ contributions to the international migration literature.

KEYWORDS:

• Migration
• forced migration
• Australia
• scholarship

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes on contributor

Jock Collins is Professor of Social Economics in the Management Discipline Group at the University of Technology (UTS) Business School. He has been conducting research into interdisciplinary aspects of Australian immigration since the early 1970s. He is the author or co-author of ten books and over 130 articles in refereed journals and book chapters.

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Funding

This work was supported by Australian Research Council [DP150104059].