Rey Koslowski
Rey Koslowski is Associate Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy,
Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs and Policy,
University at Albany (SUNY). Director
of the Center for Policy Research Program
on Border Control and Homeland Security. Dr.
Koslowski received his Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in
1994. His primary teaching
and research
interests are in the field of international
relations dealing with international organization, European integration,
international migration, information technology, homeland security.
He has held fellowships of the Transatlantic
Academy at the
German Marshall
Fund, the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the
Center of International
Studies
at Princeton University and the Center for German
and European Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign
Service. Recent research has been supported by grants from
the the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, National Science Foundation and a fellowship at the Bellagio
Dialogue on Migration of the German Marshall Fund and the Rockefeller
Foundation.
He
is currently
a Nonresident
Fellow of the Migration
Policy Institute. He
serves Associate Editor of Global
Networks and has served as Associate and Book Review
Editor of International
Migration Review and as the Chair of the
Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration section of the International
Studies
Association (ENMISA). Koslowski
is
the author of Migrants
and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European States System(Cornell
University Press, 2000); Real
Challenges for Virtual Borders: The Implementation of US-VISIT (Washington:
Migration Policy Institute, 2005); editor of Global
Mobility Regimes ( Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), International
Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (Routledge,
2005) and co-editor (with David Kyle) of Global
Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives(John
Hopkins University Press, 2001; 2nd. ed. 2011). His articles have appeared
in International
Organization, International Studies Quarterly, The Journal of European
Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, The Journal of Ethnic
and Migration
Studies, The Cambridge Journal of International Studies and The
Brown Journal of World Affairs. Koslowski
is often interviewed and widely quoted in the press, including the New York
Times, Los
Angeles Times, International
Herald
Tribune, Atlanta
Constitution, Dallas Morning News. He has been interviewed for Dying
to Leave, a documentary aired by PBS as
well as national and international radio, including National Public
Radio's Talk of the Nation, American Public Media's Marketplace
Morning Report,
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC).
Curriculm Vitae // Selected Recent Publications // Upcoming and Recent Presentations // Media Appearances // News
Contact info:
Department of Political Science
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
135 Western Ave.
Albany, NY 12222
O: 518-442-5314
F: 518-442-5298
E: rkoslowski (at) uamail (dot) albany (dot) edu
Current and Recent
Research
Projects:
"The International Context of Immigration Reform: US, Mexico and Beyond" examines the politics of changing immigration policies and the implementation of reforms in the US and Mexico from an explicitly comparative and international perspective. Supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
"Global mobility Regimes" analyzes the economic, political and security dimensions of global human mobility (that encompasses international migration and short-term international travel); contribute to a better understanding of existing international cooperation on migration and the potential for global mobility regime formation. Supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The project produced an edited volume: Rey Koslowski, Global Mobility Regimes ( Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
“Visa Policies, New Technologies and Transatlantic Cooperation,” examines the politics and diplomacy of US and EU visa policy as well as the prospects for US-EU cooperation to maintain visa-free transatlantic travel while at the same time increasing security. Supported by a fellowship of the Transatlantic Academy at the German Marshall Fund
“International Migration, Border Control and Homeland Security in the Information Age,” examines efforts by the United States and other advanced industrialized countries to selectively control migration using new information technologies in order to shape flows of human capital to the needs of information technology-driven, globalizing economies."
Teaching:
Undergraduate courses taught include: "Introduction to International Relations," "International Organization," "Politics of International Migration," "Information Technology and World Politics"
Graduate courses taught include: "International Organization," "Information Technology, Globalization and Governance," "Global and Homeland Security," "International Relations Theory," "International Political Economy"