Geist, Michael
Dr. Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School. Dr. Geist has been a regular columnist on digital policy with leading publications such as the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star and is the creator and host of Law Bytes, one of Canada’s top technology podcasts.
Research Interests: Migration, Foreign affairs and security International Organisations, EU Enlargement, Development, Geopolitics.
Listing Details
| Institution: | University of Ottawa |
| Fields of Expertise: | Canadian Politics Education and Technology EU Foreign Policy and External Relations Law and Legal Issues Migration |
| Research groups: | The ECSA-C members |
| Email: | michael.geist@uOttawa.ca |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, German, Spanish and Italian |
| Publications: | Geiger, M. 2011, Europäische Migrationspolitik und Raumproduktion. Internationale Regierungsorganisationen im Management von Migration in Albanien, Bosnien-Herzegowina und der Ukraine (Baden-Baden: Nomos). Geiger, Martin (2018) ‘Ideal Partnership or Marriage of Convenience? Canada’s Ambivalent Relationship with the International Organization for Migration’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) 44(10): 1639-1655. Geiger, M. and A. Pécoud (2014) ‘International Organisations and the Politics of Migration’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) 40(6): 865-887. Geiger, M. 2011, “’Offshore Europäisierung’: Migrationsmanagement in Albanien und der Ukraine”, Europa Regional 18(1): 13-25. Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A., eds. 2012, The New Politics of International Mobility. Migration Management and its Discontents (Osnabrück: Special journal issue ‘IMIS Beiträge’) Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A., eds. 2012, The Politics of International Migration Management, (Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan, Series Migration, Minorities and Citizenship) – Paperback [updated hardcover content] Geiger, Martin (2016) ‘Policy Outsourcing and Remote Management. The Present and Future of Border and Migration Politics”. In: Zaiotti, Ruben (ed) Externalizing Migration Management: Europe, North America and the Spread of ‘Remote Control’ Practices. London et al: Routledge: 261-279. Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A. 2012, “The Politics of International Migration Management” in Geiger, M. and Pécoud, A., eds., The Politics of International Migration Management (Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan), 1-20. |
