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Crawford School of Public Policy · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
On-campus & remote (online) learning available. Students participate in interactive, real-time classes. 2026 class dates: December 3, 10, 11. This course examines a theme frequently identified as a significant security challenge for policymakers: the role of borders and migration in security. The course draws from the interdisciplinary nature of scholarly writing on this topic to provide students with the conceptual and empirical knowledge to make informed and policy-focused analyses. The course will consider human movement, territory, citizenship and borders through critical, practical and national security lenses. Students will be provided frameworks for understanding contemporary events and evolving issues. Alongside academic teaching, engagement with policy practitioners will underscore the challenges in formulating and implementing border and migration policy in an Australian context.
Policy Review (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Research Essay (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
2 days (seminars) plus one extra day (seminars, consultations and public information campaigns)
A list of readings will be provided in lieu of a prescribed text Preliminary Reading Miller, David, Christine Straehle (eds.), The Political Philosophy of Refuge (CUP, 2019). Curley, Melissa and Vandyk, Kahlia, “The Securitisation Of Migrant Smuggling In Australia And Its Consequences For The Bali Process” Australian Journal Of International Affairs, 2017, 71(1), pp. 42-62. Fine, Sarah, Lea Ypi (eds.), Migration in Political Theory: The Ethics of Movement and Membership (OUP: 2016). Sager, Alex (ed.), The Ethics and Politics of Immigration (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Straehle, Christine, “Justice in Migration,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 48(2) (2018): 245-265. Reslow, Natasja “Human rights, domestic politics, and informal agreements: parliamentary challenges to international cooperation on migration management”, Australian Journal Of International Affairs, 2019, 73(6), pp. 546-563. Wellman, C.H., Phillip Cole, Debating the Ethics of Immigration (OUP, 2011). Miller, David, Strangers in our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration (HUP, 2016).