Presentations

Artificial Intelligence, Migration Management and US-China Competition

American Political Science Association Meeting (APSA) · Vancouver, Canada

Sep 11, 2025 – Sep 14, 2025

Reducing Brain Waste Among Refugees in New York State

Engineering Cohesive Communities – Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy · Albany, NY, USA

Jun 16, 2025 – Nov 30, -0001

US Asylum Policy, Immigration Courts and the Challenges of Deportation

Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention · Columbia University, New York, USA

May 22, 2025 – May 24, 2025

Migration Management in China: An Illiberal Migration State and its Autocratic Policy Tools

Who Rules over Migrants? Autocratic Elements in Migration Policy · Leiden University, Netherlands

Nov 14, 2024 – Nov 15, 2024

Political Implications of New York City’s Response to its Asylum Seeker Crisis

Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy Annual Meeting · Albany, NY, USA

May 22, 2024

The UN Global Compact for Migration and the Globalization of Border Controls

Amsterdam Centre for European Studies · University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

May 24, 2022 – Nov 30, -0001

Transforming Border Security through Transgovernmental Cooperation: US and Canadian Efforts to get Beyond the Border

Understanding North American Migration Governance Workshop · Dalhousie University, Canada

Feb 23, 2022 – Feb 24, 2022

The Symbolic Politics of Border Control and Immigration Reform

Aspinall Lecture · Colorado Mesa University, USA

Apr 8, 2020 – Nov 30, -0001

The UN Global Compact for Migration and the Globalization of Border Controls

Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies · University of California Irvine, USA

Feb 13, 2020

The UN Global Compact for Migration and the Globalization of Border Controls

Columbia University Human Rights Seminar · New York City, USA

Feb 3, 2020

International Travel Security and the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees

American Political Science Association Meeting (APSA) · Washington, DC, USA

Aug 29, 2019 – Sep 1, 2019

Selective Migration Policies with Chinese Characteristics

American Political Science Association Meeting (APSA) · Washington, DC, USA

Aug 29, 2019 – Sep 1, 2019

Implications of the UN Global Compact for Migration for European Border Control and Migration Management

Europe’s Role in Global Migration Governance · University of Mainz, Germany

Jul 4, 2019 – Jul 5, 2019

Drones Along Borders

New Disruptive Technologies and U.S. National Security · University of Texas at El Paso, USA

Apr 25, 2019 – Apr 26, 2019

The Symbolic Politics of Border Control and Immigration Reform

College of Social Studies Lecture · Wesleyan University, USA

Feb 25, 2019

Border Security and International Cooperation to Secure International Travel

National Security Law Conference · Washington, DC, USA

Nov 1, 2018 – Nov 2, 2018

Drones along Borders: Border Security UAVs in the United States and the European Union

Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit · University at Albany, USA

Oct 11, 2018 – Oct 13, 2018

International Politics of a Technology of Citizenship

American Political Science Association Meeting (APSA) · Boston, MA, USA

Aug 30, 2018 – Sep 2, 2018

Think Global Mobility Instead of International Migration

Global Shifts Colloquium · University of Pennsylvania, USA

Apr 9, 2018 – Apr 10, 2018

Drones along Borders: Border Security UAVs in the United States and the European Union

International Studies Association Meeting (ISA) · San Francisco, CA, USA

Apr 4, 2018 – Apr 7, 2018

Reflections on Chapters Dealing with Visitors, Tourists and Students

Model International Mobility Convention Symposium · Columbia Law School, USA

Apr 26, 2017

Employer Sanctions as Border Security

Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit · George Mason University, USA

Mar 23, 2017 – Mar 24, 2017

Nanotechnology and International Change

International Studies Association Meeting (ISA) · Baltimore, USA

Feb 22, 2017 – Feb 25, 2017

The Symbolic Politics of Border Control & Prospects for Changing Immigration Policies

Rockefeller Institute of Government · Albany, NY, USA

Nov 17, 2016 – Nov 30, -0001

Technologies of Regional Migration Governance in Europe

International Studies Association Meeting (ISA) · Atlanta, USA

Mar 16, 2016 – Mar 19, 2016

Effective Practices in Border Control: Where Are We After 30 Years and What Challenges Lie Ahead?

Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees · Geneva, Switzerland

Dec 14, 2015 – Dec 15, 2015

Selective Migration Strategies and the Politics of Pathways to Citizenship

American Political Science Association Meeting (APSA) · San Francisco, USA

Sep 3, 2015 – Sep 5, 2015

Information Technology, European Union’s Common External Border and Transatlantic Homeland Security

European Union Studies Association Meeting · Boston, USA

Mar 5, 2015 – Mar 7, 2015

Migration, Cross-Strait Relations, and Taiwanese National Identity

International Studies Association Meeting · New Orleans, USA

Feb 18, 2015 – Feb 21, 2015

Selective Migration Policy Models and Recruitment of Foreign Students

American Economics Association – ASSA · Boston, USA

Jan 2, 2015 – Jan 5, 2015

The Interaction of US and Mexican Immigration Reform Processes

North American Studies Programme · University of Oxford, UK

Oct 28, 2014 – Oct 29, 2014

Drivers and Dynamics of High-Skilled Migration

Oxford Martin School · Oxford University, UK

Oct 28, 2014 – Oct 29, 2014

The US Visa Waiver Program and Transatlantic Relations

Remote Control: Externalization of Border Management · Dalhousie University, Canada

Sep 26, 2014

Cyber War, Cyber Peace and the Problem of Attribution

American Political Science Association Meeting · Washington, DC, USA

Aug 28, 2014 – Aug 31, 2014

China’s Selective Migration Policy

American Political Science Association Meeting · Washington, DC, USA

Aug 28, 2014 – Aug 31, 2014

The American Way of Border Control and Immigration Reform Politics

Oxford Martin School · Oxford University, UK

Jun 11, 2014

Human Mobility and the Demographic Context of Political Institutions

International Studies Association Meeting · Toronto, Canada

Mar 26, 2014 – Mar 29, 2014

China’s New Immigration Reform and its Policy Challenges

International Studies Association Meeting · Toronto, Canada

Mar 26, 2014 – Mar 29, 2014

Global Migration, Security, Technology and Reform

Naval Postgraduate School · Monterey, CA, USA

Jan 20, 2014

Visa Policy, Security and Transatlantic Relations

University of Montreal · Montreal, Canada

Dec 6, 2013

Selective Migration Policy Models and Changing Realities

International Conference for Europeanists · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jun 25, 2013 – Jun 27, 2013

Recruiting the Highly-Skilled: US vs Canada and Australia

Woodrow Wilson Center · Washington, DC, USA

Apr 2, 2013

E-Government for Non-Citizens: A Preliminary Examination

Council on Foreign Relations Roundtable · Washington, DC, USA

Nov 16, 2012

Nanotechnology, Extending Moore’s Law and International Change

International Studies Association Meeting · San Diego, USA

Apr 1, 2012 – Apr 4, 2012

US Border Control Efforts: Reflections Ten Years After 9/11

Security and Borders: Policy and Politics · Berlin, Germany

Mar 22, 2012 – Mar 23, 2012

Evolution of Border Controls to Prevent Illegal Immigration

European Commission Conference · Brussels, Belgium

Jun 15, 2011

US Immigration Reform: Plenty of Ideas; Little Action

Center for Migration Studies · New York, USA

Mar 3, 2011

International Migration and Global Mobility in the Modern State System

Anglo-German Fellowship Programme Workshop · Bremen, Germany

May 7, 2010

Global Implications of the Mobility of People

ICAO MRTD Symposium · Montreal, Canada

Sep 21, 2009 – Sep 23, 2009

American Political Science Association Meeting · Toronto, Canada

Sep 3, 2009 – Sep 6, 2009

Visa Policies, New Technologies and Transatlantic Cooperation

German Institute for International and Security Affairs · Berlin, Germany

Jun 16, 2009

Rethinking Border Security Technology

Border Experiences Conference · Nuremberg, Germany

Jun 15, 2009

Global Mobility Regimes

United Nations Development Programme · New York, USA

Feb 17, 2009

Migration Policy Research in the US

Metropolis Conference · Bonn, Germany

Oct 27, 2008 – Oct 31, 2008

Bright Promises and Pitfalls of Selective Migration

Georgetown University · Washington, DC, USA

Sep 19, 2008

Selective Migration Policies and their Potential Pitfalls

University of Virginia · Charlottesville, USA

May 23, 2008 – May 24, 2008

Rethinking Technology and Border Security

Borders, Technology and Security Conference · New Mexico State University, USA

Mar 30, 2008 – Apr 1, 2008

Global Mobility and the Quest for an International Migration Regime

Center for Migration Studies Conference · New York, USA

Jan 17, 2008 – Jan 18, 2008

An Online Global Inventory of Nationality Laws

University of Maastricht Conference · Maastricht, Netherlands

Nov 8, 2007 – Nov 9, 2007

Information Technologies of Border Control

International Digital Government Research Conference · New York, USA

Jul 10, 2007

Border Security Policies and Technologies in the EU

University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, USA

Jun 1, 2007

Immigration Reforms and Border Security Technology in the US

German EU Presidency Conference · Berlin, Germany

Mar 19, 2007

Emigrants and Homeland Politics

Columbia University · New York, USA

Feb 8, 2007

International Regime for Security and Mobility of Labour

International Labour Organization · Bangkok, Thailand

Oct 27, 2006

Migration Policy Research in the US

International Metropolis Conference · Lisbon, Portugal

Oct 2, 2006 – Oct 6, 2006

Strategies and Tools for Effective Border Management

Durham University Workshop · Durham, UK

Apr 3, 2006 – Apr 4, 2006

Trafficking, Smuggling and Illegal Migration; The Question of Demand

Center for International Relations Conference · Chisinau, Moldova

Mar 31, 2006

Migration Policy Institute · Washington, DC, USA

Jun 9, 2005 – Nov 30, -0001

Possible Steps Towards an International Regime for Mobility and Security

United Nations · New York, USA

Mar 31, 2005

Real Challenges for Virtual Borders

COMPAS Oxford University · Oxford, UK

Mar 14, 2005

Toward Virtual Borders: Expanding European Border Control Policy

NYU & European University Institute Conference · Florence, Italy

Mar 13, 2005

European and Transatlantic Cooperation on Migration Mobility and Security

University of Virginia Law School Symposium · Charlottesville, USA

Feb 25, 2005 – Feb 26, 2005

9/11 Commission Recommendations on Biometric Border Screening Systems

Columbia Law School Roundtable · New York, USA

Sep 29, 2004

Possible Steps Towards an International Regime for Mobility and Security

Institute for Futures Studies Workshop · Stockholm, Sweden

Jun 11, 2004 – Jun 12, 2004

New Technologies of Border Control in an Enlarging Europe

Woodrow Wilson Center · Washington, DC, USA

Jun 2, 2004

Smart Borders Virtual Borders or No Borders

Woodrow Wilson Center / University of Toronto · Toronto, Canada

May 20, 2004

Information Technology and Homeland Security: How Virtual Can Smart Borders Get

Migration Policy Institute · Washington, DC, USA

Apr 28, 2004

North American Integration Conference · Ottawa, Canada

Apr 1, 2004 – Apr 2, 2004

Intersections of Information Technology and Human Mobility

Oxford University Conference · Oxford, UK

Mar 25, 2004 – Mar 28, 2004

International Cooperation on Electronic Passenger Information Transfer

International Studies Association Meeting · Montreal, Canada

Mar 17, 2004 – Mar 20, 2004