Stephen Castles
Senior Research Associate
Stephen Castles is a Senior Research Associate and formerly Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute, 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.