Nicholas Micinski Assistant Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Degrees: Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., Political Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
B.A., International Relations, Political Theory, Michigan State University
Bio: Nicholas R. Micinski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations in the School of International Service. Micinski's research focuses on the global governance of migration, the political economy of aid, development, climate displacement, the United Nations, the EU, and human rights. He is the author of three books: Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (University of Michigan Press, 2022) and UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees (Routledge, 2021), and Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa, (co-authored with Kelsey Norman, forthcoming Cambridge University Press).

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Areas of Specialization: Asylum Law; Immigration Law; International Organizations; International Relations; International/Comparative Law; Post-Conflict Constitutions; Transitional Justice
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Teaching

Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). With Kelsey P. Norman.