Rate My Professor Adele Garnier

Adele Garnier served as a lecturer and senior lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Arts, at Macquarie University from approximately 2010 to 2020. She completed her PhD in Politics at Macquarie University in 2012, with a thesis entitled 'The Limits of Control: State Control and the Admission of Refugees in Australia and Britain,' which explored comparative analyses of refugee admission policies in Australia and the UK. Her academic background is rooted in politics and international relations, focusing on empirical and theoretical examinations of migration governance.

Garnier's research specializations encompass refugee resettlement, humanitarian governance, migration management, the role of international organizations such as UNHCR, state sovereignty over borders, and the socioeconomic integration of refugees. She has authored and co-edited influential works in the field. Key publications include co-editing 'Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance' (Berghahn Books, 2018), a volume addressing power dynamics and policy processes in global resettlement regimes; 'Migration Management and Humanitarian Protection: The UNHCR's "Resettlement Expansionism" and Its Impact on Policy-Making in the EU and Australia' (2014); 'Introduction: Refugee Resettlement as Humanitarian Governance: Power Dynamics' (2018); 'Are States in Control of Their Borders? Testing the Venue-Shopping Hypothesis' (2010); 'Transnational Student-Migrants and the State'; 'Twenty Years of Mandatory Detention: The Anatomy of a Failed Policy' (with Lloyd Cox); 'Arrested Development? UNHCR, ILO, and the Refugees' Right to Work' (2013); and 'Migration Policies, Types of' (2012). Additionally, she contributed to the report 'International Students' Experience of Racism: A City of Ryde Report' (2020), supporting anti-racism initiatives with Macquarie University and local authorities. Her scholarship has been cited over 448 times, demonstrating impact in migration studies. Garnier taught courses in politics and international relations and participated in academic collaborations and public engagement on migration issues.