Emeritus Professor (Geography)
Teaching
Although he has taught widely at undergraduate level in the past, Russell King's teaching has for many years been mostly at postgraduate level, especially on the . He supervises a large group of doctoral students and some postdoctoral fellows, all working on migration. Applicants wishing to study for a should write in the first instance with a one-page outline of their research ideas to pg.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk
Recently completed DPhils at Sussex supervised by Russell include:
- Mariagiulia Grassilli: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2002).
- Ayman Zohry: Rural-to-Urban Labour Migration: A Study of Upper Egyptian Labourers in Cairo (DPhil in Geography, 2002).
- Elisabetta Zontini: (DPhil in Contemporary European Studies, 2002).
- Nicola Mai: (DPhil in Media and Cultural Studies, 2002).
- Anastasia Christou: (DPhil in Geography, 2003).
- Savina Ammassari: (DPhil in Development Studies, 2003).
- Pontus Odmalm: (DPhil in Comparative Politics, 2004).
- Panos Hatziprokopiou: (DPhil in Contemporary European Studies, 2005).
- Ilias Meintanis: (DPhil in Contemporary European Studies, 2005).
- Myriam Cherti: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2006).
- João Sardinha: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2007).
- Nayla Moukarbel: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2007).
- Nikos Gogonas: (DPhil in Linguistics, 2007).
- Julie Vullnetari: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2008).
- Lena Näre: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2008).
- Naluwembe Binaisa: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2009).
- Ozge Aktas: (DPhil in Sociology, 2009).
- Janine Teerling: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2010).
- Zana Vathi: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2011).
- Francesca Conti: (DPhil in Sociology, 2011).
- Diana Mata-Codesal: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2011).
- Giuseppe Scotto: (DPhil in Politics, 2012).
- Dorothea Mueller: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2012).
- Gunjan Sondhi: (DPhil in Migration Studies, 2013).
- Maria Abranches: (DPhil in Anthropology, 2013).
Current research students include:
- : Intra-European Union Onward Migration of Nigerian Migrants (DPhil in Migration Studies).
- : The Development and Welfare Impact of Return Migration and Return Migration Policies: A Case Study of Guyana (DPhil in Migration Studies)
- : Return Migration to the Causasus: The Adyghe-Abkhaz Diaspora(s), Transnationalism and Life after Return (DPhil in Migration Studies).
- : African Diaspora International Volunteering: Responding to 'Brain Drain' in the Health Professions? (DPhil in Migration Studies).
- : Migration in Development: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of Moldovan Migrant Associations in Development Initiatives (DPhil in Migration Studies).
- : Female Immigrant Employment and Empowerment: Narratives of Albanian Women in Greece (DPhil in Migration Studies).
- : Later-In-Life International Migration to the Azores: Unravelling Ageing Experiences and Social and Economic Implications in Place (DPhil in Geography).
- : Romantic Love Relationships Between British Migrants and Spanish/Czech Nationals in the Context of European Integration (DPhil in Migration Studies).