Graeme Hugo
Graeme Hugo is ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, Professor of the Discipline of Geography, Environment and Population, and Director of the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre at the University of Adelaide.
His research interests are in population issues in Australia and South East Asia, especially migration. He is the author of over three hundred books, articles in scholarly journals and chapters in books, as well as a large number of conference papers and reports. In 2002 he secured an ARC Federation Fellowship over five years for his research project, ‘The New Paradigm of International Migration To and From Australia: Dimensions, Causes and Implications’.
His recent research has focused on migration and development, environment and migration and migration policy. In 2009 he was awarded an ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship over five years for his research project ‘Circular Migration in Asia, the Pacific and Australia: Empirical, Theoretical and Policy Dimensions’. In 2009 with colleagues he completed a study of Climate Change and Migration in Asia and the Pacific for the Asian Development Bank.
Articles by Graeme Hugo
Population policies: Why size really does matter
Australia stands at a turning point in its demographic development and it is crucial to develop a vision of our…... Read more
Seven billion reasons to think about sustainability…
The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach seven billion sometime in late October or early November. The…... Read more
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