Handbook of Research Methods in Migration

Edited by William L. Allen, Lecturer in Political Science, Department of Politics and International Relations (PAIR), University of Southampton and Carlos Vargas-Silva, Professor of Migration Studies, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) and Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK

• Contents1 Methods for migration studies: data, techniques, questions 1William L. Allen and Carlos Vargas-SilvaPART I QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES2 Conceptualizing, planning, and administering migration surveys 10Stefanie Barratt, Sonja Fransen and Craig Loschmann3 Survey experiments in migration research 31Maria Sobolewska and Laurence Lessard-Phillips4 Field and natural experiments in migration 48David McKenzie and Dean Yang5 Emerging big data sources for studying migration 83Tuba Bircan and Albert Ali Salah6 Using satellite maps to build sampling frames in migration surveys 104Jessica Hagen-ZankerPART II QUALITATIVE APPROACHES7 Analysing archives to write migration histories 116Uttara Shahani8 Critical discourse studies and migration 136Gavin Brookes and David Wright9 Visual methods for migration research: approaches, strategies, andchallenges 153Kevin Smets10 Making sense of digital traces in migration contexts 172Helena Dedecek Gertz, Earvin Cabalquinto and Koen Leurs11 Digital ethnography as an inter-ethnic reckoning method 193Ka-Kin Cheuk12 Participatory mapping as a research tool in migration studies 204Luis Sánchez-Ayala13 Implementing collaborative qualitative data collection 213Marta Bivand ErdalPART III CASE STUDIES14 Beyond the surveillance data set: blending qualitative and quantitativeapproaches to visualizing forced migration 228Roopika Risam15 Using qualitative mixed methods in migration studies: a case study of asylumseekers fleeing gender-based persecution 245Connie Oxford16 A mobile methodology for the study of environmental change and humanmobility 258Ingrid Boas17 Mixed methods and the study of American franchises 266Jennifer ParkerPART IV PRACTICE, POLICY, PARTICIPATION18 Migration statistics in times of large-scale mobility data: ethical concernsand concerns with ethics 280Linnet Taylor and Fran Meissner19 Data visualisation in migration research: the case of circular migration plots 296Nikola Sander and Andreas Genoni20 Engaging refugees as researchers: ethics, challenges, successes 312Evan Easton-Calabria21 Influencing migration policy and public debate through targetedcommunications: lessons for researchers and practitioners as to what, who,how, and when to engage 324Helen Dempster22 Beyond dissemination: knowledge exchange, impact and the active researcher 343Jacqueline BroadheadIndex 359

‘In the rapidly expanding field of migration studies, the editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in creating this treasure trove of information, guidance and insight into both the methods and practice of migration research that will be an invaluable resource for migration researchers.’