The Climate Migration research group is dedicated to addressing the complex and multifaceted challenges posed by climate-induced migration. As global climate change continues to reshape migration patterns, the group emphasizes the importance of advancing comprehensive research, informed policy analysis, and effective community engagement.
By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, producing impactful research, and driving meaningful policy advocacy, it aims to build a robust foundation for addressing this critical global issue.
Research Areas
- Gender, mobility and social equity in climate migration
- Qualitative and Quantitative research, place-based GIS with mobilities
- Community, livelihoods and health vulnerability research and assessments
- Policy analysis, cross-border movements, grassroots and institutional responses
- Climate modeling, impacts and mobility forecasting research
- Transnational mobilities research with inclusion of non-humans
Coordinators
The research group is co-led by Dr. Jemima Baada, Assistant Professor of Geography, and Dr. Farrukh Ahmed Chishtie, President of Peaceful Society, Science and Innovation Foundation.
Members
The Climate and Migration research group brings together scholars from diverse fields and is open to all CMS affiliates.
- Dr. Farrukh Ahmed Chishtie, Lecturer, Climate Adaptation and Resilience
- Caroline Armstrong, Graduate Student, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
- Dr. Jemima Baada, Assistant Professor, Geography
- Koyali Burman, Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership Manager
- Dr. Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor, Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies
- Aysan Dehghani, Program Assistant, Geography
- Dr. David Durand-Delacre, Visiting Assistant Professor, Geography
- Dr. Aline Ferreira de Faria, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SFU
- Mojan Farshchi, MKS Immigration Lawyers
- Dr. Michael Hooper, School of Community and Regional Planning
- Dr. Suzanne Huot, Associate Professor, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
- Dr. Kathryn McConnell, Assistant Professor, Sociology
- Dr. Anne Murphy, Associate Professor, History
- Dr. Elizabeth Nijdam, Assistant Professor, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
- Javier Ojer, Engagement Strategist, UBC Centre for Migration Studies
- Dr. Gaoheng Zhang, Associate Professor, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
Get in touch
Connect with Aysan Dehghani at adehgh02@student.ubc.ca if you have questions about the research group or are interested in joining.