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Rica Agnes Castaneda is a Researcher for the Decentering Migration Knowledge (DemiKnow) project. The project is examining international student experiences in Canada and the dynamic role of families in the migration decision-making process, with a current focus on Indian international students and their families.

Rica is a PhD Policy Studies candidate at 成人大片 under the Immigration, Settlement and Diaspora stream. She completed her Master鈥檚 in International Studies at the National University of Singapore as an ASEAN Graduate Scholar, and was an Erasmus Mundus Scholar at the Migration and Social Cohesion Programme (MISOCO) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Universidad Deusto in Bilbao, Spain.

A junior Global South researcher, her background is in Asian migrations, politics and the developing world. Her research interests include comparative migration policy and governance, specifically return migration and transnational practices. She intends to embark on research and creative projects looking at return and remittances as key points in both emigrant state governance and the migration narrative.

Recent Publications 

with Niraula, A., and Triandafyllidou, A. (2023). "Complex Pathways of Indian Highly Skilled Migrants and International Students to Canada". In India Migration Report 2023: Student Migration. I. Rajan (ed). London and New Delhi: Routledge 

With Niraula, A. (2023)  IOM Migration Policy Practice.

With Triandafyllidou, A. (2022/10).  (PDF file) Migration, Decision Making and Young Families: A Literature Review.

With Niraula, A. (2022). The Conversation.

With Panelo, J. (2011). Laura Kopecka, Jacob Hurrle & Jungius, Bj枚rn (eds) Multicultural Prague: Czech Republic. ISBN: 9788090480803.

Blogs

. IMISCOE PhD Blog, Special Issue on Methods. Autumn 2022 (11).