Migration and Education

Harvard HGSE

Why do people migrate? The world is witnessing an era of unprecedented human mobility, with the number of migrants worldwide reaching over 300 million people in 2025. Half of all im/migrants are women, 36 million of them are children and almost 40% of global migration occurs between countries in the global South. This course examines migration and education in global urban contexts. Drawing on the anthropology and sociology of immigration, the course reviews major theories of immigrant…