Research
My research spans migration and security (with a Global South focus), critical security studies (securitization and desecuritization), global governance, and international organizations (UN, UNODC, IOM, UNHCR). I focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly the Dominican Republic and Haiti, examining how state and non-state actors shape migration policies, often revealing unintended consequences such as security backlash. My work also explores gender in international organizations and migration governance, including human trafficking and the intersection of human security and global governance.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
This section includes scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to academic debates on migration, security, global governance, and international organizations
Murray, Jean-Pierre . 2024. Contesting the Securitization of Migration: NGOs, IGOs and the Security Backlash. International Studies Quarterly, 68(4), sqae139. Article Link
Haack, Kirsten, Margaret P. Karns, Jean-Pierre Murray. 2022. From Aspiration to Commitment: The UN's Long March Towards Gender Equality. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 28(2), 155-179. Article Link
Murray, Jean-Pierre. 2020. "Beyond the ‘Women-and-children’ Bias in Human Trafficking: A Study of Haitian Migrants in the Dominican Republic.” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, 8(2), 132-150. Article Link
Haack, Kirsten, Margaret P. Karns, Jean-Pierre Murray. 2020. “The United Nations at Seventy-Five: Where Are the Women in the United Nations Now?” Ethics & International Affairs, 34(3), 361-371. Article Link
Murray, Jean-Pierre. 2019. The UNODC and the Human Rights Approach to Human Trafficking: Explaining the Organizational (Mis)Fit, Journal of International Organizations Studies, 10(1), 107 - 136. Article Link
Murray, Jean-Pierre. 2015. International Drug Interdiction: The Narcotisation of United States – Colombia Relations. Caribbean Journal of International Relations & Diplomacy, 3(2), 59-91. Article Link
Book Chapters
This section includes contributions to edited volumes that expand on my research themes - migration, security, global governance, and international organizations
Murray, Jean-Pierre and Jeffrey Pugh. "Refugees, Forced Migration, Conflict, and Security," in Maia Carter Hallward, Ji Eun Kim, Cecile Mouly, Timothy Seidel and Zubairu Wai eds. The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies. London: Sage 378 - 388. (forthcoming, April 2025)
Public Scholarship & Policy Engagement
This section includes public-facing scholarship, policy analysis, and commentary aimed at engaging broader audiences on issues of migration, security, and global governance
"Beating the Backlash: Can Incremental Approaches Strengthen NGO Responses to Security-Based Migration Policies?" Wilson Center, New Security Beat, (February 4, 2025). Article Link
“Haitian Migrants: The Hidden Faces of Human Trafficking in the Dominican Republic.” Wilson Center, New Security Beat, (June 8, 2020). Article Link
“El Escándalo Windrush: Herencia Colonial Se Tropieza con Control Inmigratorio del Siglo 21.” OBMICA 9(4), (2019), 4-5. Article Link.
English Language Version: "The Windrush Scandal: Colonial Heritage Meets 21st Century Immigration Control" Article Link.
