Stephen Castles, 1944-2022
The Global Migration Lab notes with sadness the passing of migration scholar Stephen Castles. Stephen was a pioneer in the field, one whose insistence on the role of class and capitalism in structuring (and understanding) migration made a lasting contribution to the study of migration and remains, decades later, as relevant as ever. Inside the classroom, he was an inspired teacher; outside it, he was a tireless advocate for migrant rights. And while he showed no compunction in pointing out errors of thought or evidence in his colleagues’ arguments, he did so in a manner that was invariably kind, almost understated. We, and the broader community of migration scholars, will miss him very much.
Stephen is survived by his partner, Ellie Vasta, two daughters, Freyja Castles and Jenny Wustenberg, and five grandchildren, to whom we extend our condolences.
For more on Stephen’s life and accomplishments, see https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-stephen-castles-1944-2022
Leadership
Affiliated Researchers
Affiliated Faculty
![Charles P. Gomes](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FullSizeRender-280x280.jpg)
Charles P. Gomes
Senior Associate, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
![Tahseen Shams](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2020/08/TahseenShams-280x280.jpg)
Tahseen Shams
Assistant Professor, Sociology
![Ayelet Shachar](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Shachar-MPG-photo-3-280x280.jpg)
Ayelet Shachar
Professor of Law, Political Science, and Global Affairs
R. F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
![Andrea Cortinois](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/01/Andrea-Cortinois-280x280.png)
Andrea A. Cortinois
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
![Michael Donnelly](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/01/DonnellyHeadShot-280x280.jpg)
Michael Donnelly
Director, Professional Masters Programs
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Donna Gabaccia](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/01/DONNA-2016-01-06-12.18.50-280x280.jpg)
Donna Gabaccia
Professor, Historical and Cultural Studies
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/02/UTM-Vincent-Kuuire-14-280x280.jpg)
Vincent Kuuire
Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
![Patricia Landlot](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/01/Patricia_Landolt-14_web-280x280.jpg)
Patricia Landolt
Associate Professor, Sociology
Audrey Macklin
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/eips/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/2015/02/jeffrey-reitz_5-cps-280x280.jpg)
Jeffrey Reitz
Director; Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology; Affiliated faculty, CSUS
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Rachel_Silvey-280x280.jpg)
Rachel Silvey
Richard Charles Lee Director, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/ceres/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2013/03/triadafilopoulos-132x150.jpg)
Phil Triadafilopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Research Associates
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Zach Richer
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj/wp-content/blogs.dir/26/files/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-16-at-5.20.09-PM-280x280.png)
Nicholas A. R. Fraser
Associate, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
![Scott-Emily-Headshot](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Scott-Emily-Headshot-280x280.jpg)
Emily Scott
Anne Balke Staver
Senior Associate
NIBR - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
![Matthew J Gibney](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2022/07/gibney-280x280.jpg)
Matthew Gibney
Senior Research Associate, Professor of Politics and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford, Official Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford, and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
![Diala Ltief](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/02/Diala-280x280.jpg)
Diala Lteif
Research Associate
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/02/Antonela-Arhin-280x280.jpg)
Antonela Arhin
Senior Research Associate
![Geoffrey Cameron](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Geoffrey-Cameron-123_web-280x280.jpg)
Geoffrey Cameron
Research Associate
![Lama Mourad](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/trudeaucentre/wp-content/blogs.dir/19/files/2015/03/mourad-214x280.jpg)
Lama Mourad
Research Associate
![Craig Damian Smith](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/C-Smith-Headshot_crop-280x280.jpg)
Craig Damian Smith
Research Associate
Student Research Initiative
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/10/Jasmine-Wright-280x280.png)
Jasmine Wright
Project Lead
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Caroline-280x280.png)
Caroline Wesley
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Pitasanna-280x280.png)
Pitasanna Shanmugathas
Media and Communications Co-chair
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Leanne-280x170.png)
Leanne Lee
Soukayna Remmal
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Samaa-280x200.png)
Samaa Kazerouni
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Kuuku-280x280.png)
Kuuku Quagraine
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Melika-280x200.png)
Melika Ameresekere
Media and Communications Co-chair
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Sarah-280x280.png)
Sarah Lima
Project Lead
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Jennifer-280x280.png)
Jennifer Martin Del Campo
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Caitlin-280x270.png)
Caitlin Manderville
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Andrea-280x280.png)
Andrea Morales Caceres
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Charles-280x280.png)
Charles Baker
Thaadshajeni Manivasagan
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/BUSHRA_RAHMAN.png)
Bushra Rahman
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2019/11/Azana-Hyder-280x280.jpeg)
Azana Hyder
Kira Bollen
![Rachel Bryce](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/11/RACHEL_BRYCE-280x280.png)
Rachel Bryce
Co-Chair
![Adiba Hasan](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/11/ADIBA_HASAN-280x280.png)
Adiba Hasan
Co-Chair
![Priyanka Shertukde](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/11/PRIYANKA_SHERTUKDE-280x280.png)
Priyanka Shertukde
Co-Chair
![Heejae Yang](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/11/HEEJAE_YANG-280x280.png)
Heejae Yang
![](https://archive.munkschool.utoronto.ca/migration/wp-content/blogs.dir/29/files/2018/11/RACHELLE_TAHERI-280x280.jpg)