Dr. Andrew Burridge

Biography

Andrew Burridge is a political geographer currently based in the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University. He serves as the Director of Masters Research and is an editorial board member for the Australian Geographer journal. His research interests primarily focus on undocumented migration, the effects of border securitisation, immigration detention, and issues surrounding asylum and refugee reception and settlement. Andrew obtained his PhD from the University of Southern California, where his dissertation examined humanitarian aid counter-mapping practices at the Mexico-U.S. borderlands. He has previously worked with the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham University, focusing on consultancy efforts to mitigate conflicts related to international boundaries. Andrew has a background in urban studies and planning and has been involved in various organisations advocating for immigrant and refugee rights. His teaching at Macquarie University includes graduate and postgraduate courses in geography, and he has received recognition for his efforts to embed Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into the curriculum. He is actively supervising research students at both the Master's and PhD levels in the areas of refugee and asylum studies, critical border studies, and carceral geographies.

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