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Short biography:
Kiran Banerjee joined the Department of Political Science at 蘑菇AV听in 2019. His research addresses global migration governance with a focus on the normative role of international institutions and domestic political actors in responding to forced displacement. Banerjee鈥檚 broader research interests include political theory, international ethics, the history of political thought, international relations theory, and migration studies, as well as legal theory. Before joining the Department of Political Science, Banerjee was a faculty member in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Global Policy Initiative and School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He 听holds a Ph.D from the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Research Overview:
Forced migration has become an increasingly widespread feature of the contemporary world. The population of individuals globally displaced now exceeds the highest figures ever on record in the post-war period. Exacerbating this, international protection and resettlement options for refugees have significantly deteriorated in recent decades, despite a greater capacity for global governance and the intensified institutionalization of humanitarian assistance. This reality underscores the pressing need to develop new responses to forced displacement.听

As Canada Research Chair in Forced Migration Governance and Refugee Protection, Dr. Kiran Banerjee鈥檚 research provides insights into how successful and sustainable refugee policies emerge. To do so, Banerjee focuses on non-state actors and agents that are often under-studied in accounts of forced migration. In bridging normative, theoretical, and policy-oriented perspectives, his research brings a holistic and multilevel analysis to the study of refugee assistance, highlighting the interdependent dimensions of effective domestic refugee resettlement, multilateral asylum policy, and global cooperation on the provision of international protection.听

At a national level, Canada's ongoing commitment to the Global Compact for Refugees and supporting knowledge regarding refugee resettlement indicates a need for future work in this area. At the global level, the increased politicization of migration, alongside stalled efforts to reform the refugee regime makes such research urgently necessary. This work speaks directly to these concerns by providing valuable data and resources for the formation and crafting of a more effective refugee policy. In this way, Banerjee will advance improved solutions to forced migration across domestic, regional, and international contexts that respond to the needs of refugees.

Education History
Ph.D., University of Toronto
B.A., University of Chicago
M.A., University of Chicago

Professional affiliations:
Canadian Political Science Association (since 2010)
International Studies Association (since 2014)
Association for Political Theory (since 2015)
American Political Science Association (since 2009)听

Online Media:
Twitter: @KM_Banerjee
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Select听Peer Reviewed Publications:

Banerjee, Kiran and Geoffrey Cameron. (2025). 鈥淚mmigration Bureaucrats and the Development of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.鈥� Canadian Journal of Political Science, 58(4), 1-24.

Banerjee, Kiran and Geoffrey Cameron. (2025) 鈥淭he Counter-Judicialization of Migration and Asylum Controls: Safe Third Country in Comparative Context.鈥� International Migration Institute, No. 188, 1-19.

Banerjee, Kiran, Abraham Singer and Melissa Williams. (2025). 鈥淧olitical Theory in Context, Normativity without Frontiers.鈥� Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 29(3), 375-381.

Banerjee, Kiran and Abraham Singer. (2025). 鈥淢utual Engagement as Methodology.鈥� Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 29(3), 464-486.

Banerjee, Kiran and Black, David. (2025). 鈥淩elocating Refugee Protection in Canadian Foreign Policy: Mapping Past Approaches and Future Possibilities.鈥� In Nathan Benson, James Milner and Delphine Nakache (eds.), Canada鈥檚 Role in the Global Refugee Regime. Montreal & Kingston, Canada: McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press-MQUP.

Pruysers Scott, Kiran Banerjee, and Julie Blais. (2024). 鈥淔ear of Crime and Anti-Refugee Sentiments: Evidence from Canada.鈥� Refuge: Canada鈥檚 Journal on Refugees, 40(2), 1-19.

Banerjee, Kiran. (2024). 鈥淭heorizing Forced Migration and the Purpose of International Protection鈥� in Christina Clark-Kazak (ed.), Forced migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement听(pp. 72-88). Montreal & Kingston, Canada: McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press-MQUP.

Banerjee, Kiran. (2024). 鈥淕overnance Breakdowns and Normative Deficits in Asylum 鈥楥oordination鈥� in North America: The US-Canada Safe-Third Country Agreement in Context.鈥� In Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith (eds.), Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community (pp. 83-113). 听Montreal & Kingston, Canada: McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press-MQUP.

Banerjee, Kiran and Smith, Craig Damian.听(2024). 鈥淐ontinuity and Change in North American Migration Governance.鈥� In Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith (eds.), Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community (pp. 3-24).听Montreal & Kingston, Canada: McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press-MQUP.

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