Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?

Name: Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?
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Kudakwashe Vanyoro (University of the Witwatersrand)

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Bristol University Press
19 May 2026

Research methods: general; History of ideas; Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology

Series: Decolonization and Social Worlds

What does it really mean to ""decolonize"" migration studies? Often the term is used as a slogan, without asking whether it genuinely changes research or simply replaces one dominant framework with another.

This book explores when decolonial approaches create new openings and when they risk shutting down debate. Drawing on vivid case studies from partnerships between North and South, to fieldwork, reciprocity and participatory methods, the book offers fresh insights into how ideas of decolonization play out in practice.

This is essential reading for anyone rethinking migration research today.

By: Kudakwashe Vanyoro (University of the Witwatersrand)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529242362
ISBN 10: 1529242363
Series: Decolonization and Social Worlds
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 19 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction 1. On Colonialism 2. Decolonization, Decoloniality and Modernity 3. Migration and Colonialism 4. Contemporary Migration Governance 5. Institutionalizing Migration Studies 6. Rethinking Research Partnerships in Migration Studies 7. Participatory Methods and Migration Studies 8. Migration, (De)Coloniality and the Burden of Looking Forward

Kudakwashe Vanyoro is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand and a 2024-25 A.G. Leventis Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews for Can Migration Studies be Decolonized?

‘This book is a delight to read - an invitation to an invigorating and intellectually stimulating conversation on the continued presence of coloniality, its effects on migration governance and research, and the potential ways to begin overcoming it.’ Franzisca Zanker, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute