Introduction
Yvonne Su is an Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Refugee and Diaspora Studies in the Department of Equity Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. She is a member of the Centre for Refugee Studies and the York Centre for Asian Research.
Yvonne is a specialist on forced migration, climate change-induced displacement, migrant remittances, social capital, global migration governance, humanitarian assistance and post-disaster recovery. She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Development from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
Broadly, her research interests focus on migration and development, refugee protection and disaster risk reduction. Her current research examines South-South humanitarian responses in the context of forced migration using the case study of Venezuelan LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in Brazil. Previously, Yvonne spent 7 months in the Philippines researching the role of migrant remittances in post-disaster recovery after Typhoon Haiyan.
Yvonne’s work has been supported by grants and fellowships from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Doctoral Research Award, Canadian Heritage, the Government of Ontario and the Mackenzie King Scholarship Trust. She is also the recipient of over 25 national and international awards and scholarships including the Young Woman of Distinction Award and the University of Guelph’s Young Alumni Award.
Expert
I am a specialist on forced migration, climate change-induced displacement, migrant remittances, social capital, global migration governance, humanitarian assistance and post-disaster recovery. I have published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender, Place & Culture, Critical Asian Studies, Disaster Prevention and Management and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies among others. I hold a PhD in Political Science and International Development from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
Fields of expertise: Migration