About us

Our blog disseminates original research from around the world, first-hand accounts of border control, legal analysis and book reviews. Posts are viewed, on average, 2,000 times per month, by users from more than 170 countries, with a particular concentration from the US, UK, Italy, India and the Netherlands. 

The blog is managed by Melissa Pawson, who is assisted by an editorial board, comprised of Border Criminologies' Associate Directors and academics from across the world. Nayera El Bar is the Book Reviews editor. The blog is part of the Border Criminologies network. The network regularly hosts in-person and online events – sign up to our monthly newsletter to keep up to date. To contribute, read our guidelines or contact our editorial team: bordercrim@law.ox.ac.uk. 

International editorial board:  

• Leanne Weber
• Dominic Aitken 
• Efrat Arbel 
• Giuseppe Campesi 
• Amanda Frost 
• David Hernandez
• Lauren Martin
• Daniel Martinez
• Marion Vannier
• Evgenia Iliadou 
• Alice Gerlach 
• Victoria Taylor
• Helidah Ogude 
• Sabrina Axster
• José Brandariz
• Ismini Mathioudaki
• Annalisa Meloni
• Erin Routon
• Roberto Dufraix Tapia
• Falak Mujtaba
• Tom Kemp
• Amy Cortvriend
• Gianna Eckert
• Alethia Fernández de la Reguera
• Abril Ríos-Rivera
• Ainoa Cabada
• Mia Haas-Goldberg
• Nikki Obernik
• Christopher Levesque
• Heidi Mogstad
• Sumedha Choudhury