Nina's First Blog

Episode 10: Is migration good, bad, or normal?  Migration is normal, not a problem to be solved. It has always been part of human experi...

Episode 9: Want More or Less Migration? Here's What to Think About  Look not only at migration policy; look at your entire economic ...

1. Suzi Hall, architect-ethnographer:  Are Migrants City-Takers or City Makers? Part 1, What can an ordinary street tell us about modern...

Episode 8: How effective are borders in keeping people out?  (Not very. Nations secure borders to keep people out, but often the effect is t...

Episode 6: Can we "fix" poorer countries to keep people from emigrating?  (Actually, development can speed up movement rather than...

Episode 4: Will Climate Change Lead to More Migration?  (There is no evidence for this. During floods and hurricanes, people tend to go very...

About a month ago, I signed up for a free online "course" on migration ( Migration Matters: Learn About Migration in Five Minutes ...

The MOOC actually ended last week, but I fell behind on both readings and lectures. I've been working on midterm reports for my own stud...