Jean Pierre Misago is a Senior Researcher and Co-Director 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.
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Jean.Misago@wits.ac.za
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Jean Pierre Misago
Senior Researcher & Co-Director
Publications (8)
- 2025 From Deprivation to Mobilization: Towards a Multideterminant Model of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa African Human Mobility Review JOURNAL
- 2023 ‘Running Them Out of Time:’ Xenophobia, Violence, and Co-Authoring Spatiotemporal Exclusion in South Africa Geopolitics JOURNAL
- 2019 Political Mobilisation as the Trigger of Xenophobic Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) JOURNAL
- 2018 Free and Safe Movement in Southern Africa Research to promote people’s safe and unencumbered movement across international borders REPORT
- 2018 Migration and Socio-economic Development of Host Societies PRESENTATION
- 2018 Xenowatch: Monitoring Xenophobic Violence in South Africa PRESENTATION
- 2017 Xenophobia and Outsider Exclusion: Addressing Frail Social Cohesion in South Africa’s Diverse Communities. Synthesis Report REPORT
- 2017 Politics by Other Means? The Political Economy of Xenophobic Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa The Black Scholar JOURNAL
News & media (5)
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OP-ED: The hidden violence behind the ‘peaceful’ anti-migrant protests
27 July, 2026
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OP-ED: Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern
22 June, 2026
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Exclusionary cohesion? Rethinking the nexus between social cohesion and xenophobic violence in South Africa
17 June, 2026
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ACMS SEMINAR: Exclusionary Cohesion? Rethinking the Nexus between Social Cohesion and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa
13 March, 2026
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Working together to address xenophobic violence in South Africa
6 February, 2020
Seminars & events (3)
Past
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25 MAR
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12 MAR
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2 AUG
