Hein de Haas

Hein de Haas is a Dutch sociologist and geographer who has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Morocco and the United Kingdom. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). His research concentrates on the relationship between migration and social transformation and development in origin and destination countries. He is a founding member and director of the International Migration Institute at Oxford University. He is also Professor of Migration and Development at the University of Maastricht and directs IMI from its current home at UvA. In his work, De Haas has advanced a long-term view of migration as an integral part of global change and development, challenging a range of conventional wisdoms dominating migration debates. De Haas is lead author of The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World, a leading text book in the field of migration studies. He also maintains a blog on migration-related topics.