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Prof Johanna Waters
Fellow, Visiting Fellow
Professor of Human Geography at University College London and co-Director of the Migration Research Unit
PhD, MA (British Columbia), BA Hons (Oxon)
Johanna Waters is Professor of Human Geography at University College London and co-Director of the Migration Research Unit. She is visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford and an elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Johanna works on issues related to migration, mobilities and education, with a particular focus on why children and young people seek educational opportunities abroad, and with what consequences (especially for the household). Her latest book (with Rachel Brooks) is entitled Student Mobilities and Migration and will be published by Palgrave in 2021. She is also co-editing a book with Brenda Yeoh on Migration and the Family (Edward Elgar).