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Barry Maydom

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    I joined ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú's Department of Politics in 2018 after completing my DPhil at the University of Oxford and teaching at Oxford and the London School of Economics.

    My research focuses on two main areas: 1) the effects of emigration and financial remittances on political attitudes and behaviour in migrants’ homelands, and 2) the political drivers of individuals’ migration decisions.

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Programme Director, MRes Politics
    • Chair, Postgraduate Social Sciences Exam Board
    • Deputy Lead for Postgraduate Research Programmes

    Visiting posts

    • Fellow, , 01 January 2024 to 01 December 2024

    Professional memberships

    • Fellow of Advance HE

    Honours and awards

    • Best Lecturer Award ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú Students Union, July 2024
    • Best Dissertation Supervisor Award ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú Students Union, July 2022

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  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Migration
    • Democratization
    • Corruption

    Research overview

    My research has explored how migrants’ financial remittances influence political participation in Africa and Latin America, investigated how frontline corruption drives emigration in the Western Balkans, and examined previously state-supported trade unions’ effects on labour politics after democratic transitions. I have published in journals of politics, migration, and development, including Comparative Political Studies, World Development and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. I am currently working on projects exploring the 'Trump effect' on migration intentions in Central America, the relationship between family emigration and fiscal policy attitudes in Africa and what influences the payment of bribes for public services in Peru.

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    Supervisions within ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú:
    4

    Current PhD students

    • Mohammed AlHajri: The Ports of Oman in China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative
    • Dean Stokes: You’re Hired: Investigating the impact of ‘mediators’ on the apprenticeship ecosystem in England
    • Lindsay Ward: How does policy learning proceed in authoritarian regimes? A case study of the making of Jordan’s expanded refugee response

     Completed PhD students

    • Alex Mutnansky: A Comparative Analysis of Sustained and Non-Sustained Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Post-Communist Space: The Hungarians in Romania and Lezgins in Azerbaijan (completed in 2025)
    • Ben Steyn: A Political Values Spectrum for Nature and Technology (secondary supervisor, completed in 2023)

    I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas

    • The politics of migration
    • Political participation in developing countries
    • Corruption
    • Democratisation and authoritarian legacies

    If you are interested in pursuing research in any of these areas, you should first read our advice on how to apply for MPhil/PhD research before submitting an application.

    Current doctoral researchers

    • MOHAMMED AL HAJRI
      Nature of supervision:
      PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR,
    • DEAN STOKES
      Nature of supervision:
      JOINT PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR,
      Title of thesis:
      Inbetweeners: Investigating the impact of intermediaries on the apprenticeship ecosystem in England
    • LINDSAY WARD
      Nature of supervision:
      PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR,
      Title of thesis:
      How policy learning proceeds in authoritarian regimes.

    Doctoral alumni since 2013-14

    • ALEX MUTNANSKY
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor,
      Title of thesis:
      A Comparative Analysis of Sustained and Non-Sustained Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Post-Communist Space: The Hungarians in Romania and Lezgins in Azerbaijan
      Awarded:
      2025

    Teaching

    This year, I am teaching Introduction to Quantitative Social Research, Experiments in Social Science and Doing Political Research. I also contribute a session on survey design to the Masterclass in Social Research.

    In previous years, I have taught modules on International Migration and Transnationalism, The Politics of Population Change, Qualitative Social Research, Liberal Order and Disorder in Global Politics and Challenges in Contemporary Politics.

    Teaching modules

    • Experiments in Social Science
    • Introduction to Quantitative Social Research
    • Doing Political and Social Research
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Maara, J. and Maydom, Barry (2026) . World Development 199 (107262), ISSN 0305-750X.
    • Maydom, Barry (2026) . Comparative Migration Studies ISSN 2214-594X.
    • López García, A.I. and Berens, S. and Maydom, Barry (2024) . Comparative Political Studies 57 (11), pp. 1902-1933. ISSN 0010-4140.
    • Maydom, Barry (2024) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies ISSN 1369-183X.
    • Berens, S. and Lopez Garcia, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2024) . Studies in Comparative International Development ISSN 0039-3606.
    • López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2023) . Political Studies 71 (4), pp. 1025-1046. ISSN 0032-3217.
    • López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2023) . Migration Studies ISSN 2049-5838.
    • López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2021) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47 (6), pp. 1349-1374. ISSN 1369-183X.
    • López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2021) . Latin American Politics and Society 63 (2), pp. 26-50. ISSN 1531-426X.
    • Fedorowycz, D. and Gatto, M.A.C. and Maydom, Barry (2020) . Democratization ISSN 1351-0347.

    Book section

    • Maydom, Barry and López García, A.I. and Berens, S. (2024) . In: Starke, P. and Elbek, L.L. and Wenzelburger, G. (eds.) Unequal Security: Welfare, Crime and Social Inequality. Routledge. pp. 141-164. ISBN 9781032611259.

    Monograph

    • Maara, J. and Maydom, Barry (2024) . Governance and Local Development Institute.