Jean Pierre Misago

Jean Pierre Misago is a Senior Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology (University of Zimbabwe, 2001); an MA in Forced Migration Studies (Wits University, 2005); an MA in Humanitarian Assistance (Tufts University, 2008); a Certificate in Humanitarian Studies & Field Practice (Harvard University & Tufts University, 2008); a PhD in Migration and Displacement (Wits University, 2016); and a Certificate in Ethnicity, Conflict and Inequality in Global Perspective (Brown University, 2017). His research focuses on the effects of migration on identity and belonging; xenophobia and violent outsider exclusion; and the governance of migration and human mobility at different levels. He has published a significant and growing number of articles in international journals, book chapters in edited volumes, and research reports. He teaches Honours and MA Migration and Displacement courses and supervises Honours, MA and PhD students at ACMS.