Stephen Castles (1944–2022) was a scholar of migration studies. He studied sociology at
Goethe University Frankfurt
Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...
, and completed postgraduate studies at the
University of Sussex. Castles was the founder of the
International Migration Institute
The International Migration Institute (IMI) is an international network that promotes research on international migration. It is based at the University of Amsterdam and is part of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). It wa ...
at the
University of Oxford, where he also served as the Director of the
Refugee Studies Centre, between 2001 and 2006. He was elected to the
Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1997.
Castles is the co-author of ''The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World'', currently in its sixth edition.
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1944 births
2022 deaths
Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
Alumni of the University of Sussex
Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
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