Jonathan Crush
2019 Laurier University Research Professor
CIGI Chair in Global Migration and Development, School of International Policy and Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Professor
Faculty of Science
Geography and Environmental Studies
Waterloo, Ontario
jcrush@balsillieschool.ca
Office:
(226) 772-3123
Expert In
Languages
English
Bio/Research
Raised in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, my first degree was from Cambridge University. I completed my MA at Wilfrid Laurier University and PhD at Queen's University. Before coming to Laurier and the Balsillie School, I was director of the Southern African Research Centre and the Southern ...
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Bio/Research
Raised in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, my first degree was from Cambridge University. I completed my MA at Wilfrid Laurier University and PhD at Queen's University. Before coming to Laurier and the Balsillie School, I was director of the Southern African Research Centre and the Southern African Migration Program (SAMP) at Queen's University. My scholarly contributions include 14 authored and co-edited books, over 100 journal articles and book chapters and numerous published reports for regional and international government and civil society organizations.
My research is focused on two major areas: (a) global migration and development, and (b) rapid urbanization and food security in the Global South.
My current research projects include: the Hungry Cities Partnership (which I direct at Laurier, with Edgar Pieterse at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities); the African Food Security Urban Network; the Consuming Urban Poverty project, and SAMP's Growing Informal Cities Project. I also have close links with the International Migration Research Centre and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the Balsillie School and am a member of the 2030+ Group at BSIA, investigating relationships between health, poverty, climate change and development in the Global South.
You can follow African migration and food security issues on Facebook at Moving on Empty.
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My research is focused on two major areas: (a) global migration and development, and (b) rapid urbanization and food security in the Global South.
My current research projects include: the Hungry Cities Partnership (which I direct at Laurier, with Edgar Pieterse at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities); the African Food Security Urban Network; the Consuming Urban Poverty project, and SAMP's Growing Informal Cities Project. I also have close links with the International Migration Research Centre and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the Balsillie School and am a member of the 2030+ Group at BSIA, investigating relationships between health, poverty, climate change and development in the Global South.
You can follow African migration and food security issues on Facebook at Moving on Empty.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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