Biography

Andrew Geddes is a Professor of Migration Studies and Director of the Migration Policy Centre. His work focuses on the politics and policy‑making of migration, spanning European migration governance, comparative regional migration systems, and the relationship between migration research, policy, and practice. 

He has led and participated in numerous major international projects with academic and non‑academic partners. Between 2024 and 2027 he coordinates the Horizon Europe project Innovating to Enhance Dialogues on Migration Research and Policies (INNOVATE), which develops a Migration Research to Policy Co‑Lab comprising a Research Exchange, Engagement Hub, and Training Facility.

He was part of the team that, in 2025, developed U‑Lead, a flagship partnership between the EUI, UNICEF, high schools in Florence, and local associations supporting unaccompanied migrant youth. The initiative promotes youth engagement, civic participation and leadership development.

From 2014 to 2019 he held a European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant for a project on the drivers of global migration governance, analysing how political leaders, officials, international organisations, and civil society actors interpret and act upon migration challenges.

He has published widely on global and regional migration governance. Recent publications include Governing Migration Beyond the State (2021, Oxford University Press), and What Europeans Think About Immigration and Why It Matters (2026, Oxford University Press, co‑authored with James Dennison).

Recent research output

• Authors: PETTRACHIN, Andrea;BRUMAT, Leiza;GEDDES, Andrew
  From global to local : how local actors and networks shape global refugee protection norms in Brazil, Bangladesh, and Turkey - Article

• Authors: BRUMAT, Leiza;GEDDES, Andrew;PETTRACHIN, Andrea
  Actors and their networks : scope for adaptation to and contestation of global norms for refugee protection - Contribution to book

• Authors: KEDA, Marina;DRAŽANOVÁ, Lenka;GEDDES, Andrew;SEIGER, Fiona;TARCHI, Dario;LASHCHUK, Iuliia
  Migration governance in times of crisis and disinformation : the case of Ukraine - Other

• Authors: GEDDES, Andrew
  The governance of migration in Europe : beyond fragmentation? - Contribution to book

• Authors: GEDDES, Andrew
  Knowledge of, about, for, and against criminalized migration - Article

• Authors: GEDDES, Andrew
  Who governs migration and mobilities globally? - Contribution to book

• Authors: GEDDES, Andrew
  Repertoires of migration governance in Europe and North America - Contribution to book

• Authors: GEDDES, Andrew;HADJ ABDOU, Leila
  Migration - Contribution to book

• Authors: DENNISON, James;KUSTOV, Alexander;GEDDES, Andrew
  Public attitudes to immigration in the aftermath of COVID-19 : little change in policy preferences, big drops in issue salience - Article

• Authors: BRUMAT, Leiza;GEDDES, Andrew
  Refugee recognition in Brazil under Bolsonaro : the domestic impact of international norms and standards - Article