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Kerilyn Daniel Schewel

Lecturing Fellow in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Lecturing Fellow in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2024 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development · 2023 - Present Duke Center for International Development, Sanford School of Public Policy

In the News


Published May 23, 2024
Reuben-Cooke Fellows’ Projects Tell Stories of Social Justice
Published November 10, 2022
'Some Places Will Not Be Livable'

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Recent Publications


Articulating and Claiming the Right to Stay in the Context of Climate Change

Journal Article Georgetown Immigration Law Journal · May 14, 2024 Open Access Cite

Global trends in south-south migration

Chapter · December 27, 2023 Over one-third of all international migration is between countries of the Global South, a greater share than South-North migration in 2020. This chapter reviews global, regional, and county-level trends in South-South migration between 1990 and 2020 using ... Full text Cite

The Aspiration to Stay: A Global Analysis

Journal Article International Migration Review · December 13, 2023 There is growing interest from both policy and academic communities in understanding why people do not migrate. This article offers the first global analysis of the aspiration to stay, defined here as the preference to stay in one's country of res ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Rural Transformation and the Capability to Stay

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Social Science Research Council · 2022 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) · 2019 Ph.D.
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) · 2015 M.S.
University of Virginia · 2009 B.A.