Stephen Castles is Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, Principal Research Officer for COMPAS and a fellow at Green College, University of Oxford.
He is a sociologist and the author or co-author of various books, such as: 'Immigrant Workers and Class Structure in Western Europe', 'The Age of Migration' and 'Citizenship and Migration'.
Stephen has carried out research on migration and multicultural societies in Europe, Australia and Asia for many years. He has been an advisor to the Australian Government, and worked for the ILO, the IOM, the European Union and other international bodies. He currently chairs the UK Home Office Advisory Panel on Country Information.
Most recent publications:
Castles, S. and Mark J. Miller (2003) The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World (3rd Ed.), London, Macmillan; New York: Guilford Books
Castles, S. (2003) 'Towards a sociology of forced migration and social transformation', Sociology 37(1): 13-34.
Castles, S. (2004) "Why migration policies fail." Ethnic and Racial Studies 27.