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Dr Anna Boucher

BA Hons 1 LLB Hons 1 Sydney PGCert MRes PhD London School of Economics
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Biographical details

Anna Boucher’s key research interests are in the areas of public policy, with a particular focus on immigration, gender and welfare state concerns. Her work considers these issues from both an Australian and comparative perspective, with a political science and legal focus. Anna is an active researcher in the immigration field, having co-founded the Migration Studies Unit at the London School of Economics (LSE). She is an ongoing Research Fellow of the Unit and a member of Cities research network at the University of Sydney. Her book Gender Migration and the Global Race for Talent analyses skilled immigration policies globally from a gender perspective. Her second book (in progress), Crossroads of Migration: A Global Approach to Policy Differences (with Justin Gest, Harvard) compares immigration regimes across 61 OECD and non-OECD countries. She holds degrees in law and political science. Prior to coming to Sydney University, she was an Australian Commonwealth Scholar and Zeit Bucerius Scholar in Migration Studies at the LSE.

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Research interests

  • Comparative Politics
  • Public Policy
  • Australian Politics
  • Immigration policy and politics
  • Welfare state policy
  • Gender and politics
  • Population politics
  • Ethnic relations
  • Human Rights
  • Public Law
  • Research Methods
  • Australian, Canadian and German politics
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Teaching and supervision

Research Students
  • Lisette Collins, PhD in Government and International Relations (2012-2014)
Current Courses
  • GOVT1104 - Introduction to Political Science
  • GOVT6358 - Comparative Migration Policy
Past Courses
  • Government Honours - Population Politics
  • GOVT2111 – Human Rights and Australian Politics
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Current research students

Project title Research student
Governance and Accountability: Who Is Granted the Legitimate Authority To Govern Prisons and Immigration Detention Centres, Which House People Seeking Asylum in the United States of America (USA) and Australia? Elias CHRISTOFI
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Selected grants

2015

  • Migrant rights in oil and mineral rich democracies; Boucher A; DVC Research/Laffan Fellowships.

2014

  • Songs of the Camps: The First Holocaust Songbook; Boucher A, Toltz J; Australian National University/Freilich Foundation ECF Research Grants.
  • Understanding skill in the global race for migrant talent; Boucher A; Institute of Public Administration Australia/Public Administration Research Trust Fund.

2013

  • International Workshop of Social Transformation and International Migration Research Network Workshop at the University of Sydney; Castles S, Boucher A, Crock M, Inglis C, Rosewarne S, Short S, McClure W, Delgado Wise R, Icduygu A, Lee H, Fozdar F, Vasta E, Jakubowicz A, Collins J, Mansouri F, De Haas H, Kirisci K, Seol D, Manderson R, Bakewell O, Piper N; DVC International/IPDF Grant.
  • Gender, Migration and the Global Race for Talent; Boucher A; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Research Support Scheme (FRSS).
  • Global Crossroads: Immigration to Kuwait and the GCC in International Perspective; Boucher A; Harvard University/Shared Research Support.

2012

  • Funding for the IMPALA Project; Boucher A, Crock M; Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Federal)/Research Support.

2011

  • Hearing Without Listening: The effect of lecture recordings on student learning; Boucher A; University of Sydney/Teaching and Learning Grant.
  • The Politics of Migration; Gest J, Boucher A; Harvard University/Research Support.
  • European Consortium for Political Research General Conference.; Boucher A; Ian Potter Foundation/Travel Support.
  • Seed Funding for the IMPALA Project; Boucher A, Crock M; Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Federal)/Research Support.
  • Fault-lines of Immigration Policy: Harvard-Sydney Immigration Summit; Boucher A, Crock M, Hiscox M; University of Sydney USA Foundation/Research Grant.

2010

  • Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant; Boucher A; Ian Potter Foundation/Travel Support.
  • Politics of Migration Project; Boucher A; University of Sydney/Institute of Social Sciences Applied Projects Program.
  • Politics of Migration Project; Boucher A; University of Sydney/Research Support.

2009

  • The MSU Immigration Policy Index; Boucher A; The London School of Economics and Political Science/Research Support.
  • The MSU Immigration Policy Index; Boucher A; The Centre for the Study of Economics and Society/Research Support.
  • The MSU Immigration Policy Index; Boucher A; The London School of Economics and Political Science/Seed Fund Grant.
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Selected publications & creative works

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Books

  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2017). Crossroads of immigration: A Global approach to national differences. US: Cambridge University Press.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Gender, migration and the global race for talent. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Boucher, A. (2015). Marketisation of immigrant skills assessment in Australia. In Gabrielle Meagher, Susan Goodwin (Eds.), Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy, (pp. 293-321). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  • Boucher, A., Carney, T. (2014). Social Security for Migrant Workers and their Families in Australia. In Roger Blanpain (Eds.), Social Security and Migrant Workers: Selected Studies of Cross-Border Social Security Mechanisms, (pp. 187-214). The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Gender mainstreaming in skilled immigration policy: From Beijing 1995 to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (2002). In A. Nevile (Eds.), Human Rights and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Values and Citizenship in OECD Countries, (pp. 174-200). Cheltenham & Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Boucher, A. (2008). The Political Participation of Berlin's Turkish Migrants in the Dual Citizenship and Headscarf Debates: A Multi-Level Comparison. In Wendy Ann Pojmann (Eds.), Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945, (pp. 209-231). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journals

  • Beine, M., Boucher, A., Burgoon, B., Crock, M., Gest, J., Hiscox, M., McGovern, M., Rapoport, H., Schaper, J., Thielemann, E. (2016). Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database (Forthcoming). International Migration Review. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). Migration Studies at a Crossroads: A Critique of Immigration Regime Typologies. Migration Studies, 3(2), 182-198. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A., Cerna, L. (2014). Current trends in skilled immigration policy. International Migration, 52(3), 21-25. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Familialism and migrant welfare policy: restrictions on social security provision for newly-arrived immigrants. Policy and Politics, 42(3), 367-384. [More Information]
  • Gest, J., Boucher, A., Challen, S., Burgoon, B., Thielemann, E., Beine, M., McGovern, P., Crock, M., Rapoport, H., Hiscox, M. (2014). Measuring and Comparing Immigration, Asylum and Naturalization Policies Across Countries: Challenges and Solutions. Global Policy, 5(3), 261-274. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Bureaucratic control and policy change: A comparative venue shopping approach to skilled immigration policies in Australia and Canada. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 15(4), 349-367. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2012). Book Review: Barry Edmonston and Eric Fong The Changing Canadian Population (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston/London/Ithaca, 2011) viii + 371pp. Paper. ISBN. 978-0-7735-3794-1. Canadian journal of sociology, 36(3), 256-256.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Book review, Allan Maslove (ed) How Ottawa Spends 2009-2010, Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction (Montreal and Kingston, London, Ithaca: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2009). British Journal of Canadian Studies, 23(2), 301-302.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). How Ottawa Spends 2009-2010, Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction, by Allan Maslove. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 23(2).
  • Carney, T., Boucher, A. (2009). Social Security and Immigration: An agenda for future research? Zeitschrift fur auslandisches und Internationales Arbeits und Sozialrecht ZIAS, 23(1), 35-56.
  • Boucher, A. (2008). The political participation of Berlin's Turkish migrants in the dual citizenship and headscarf debates: A multi-level comparison. Migration Studies Unit Working Papers, 2008, 2008/02-1-2008/02-40.
  • Boucher, A. (2007). Skill, Migration and Gender in Australia and Canada: The Case of Gender-based Analysis. Australian Journal of Political Science, 42(3), 383-401. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2005). Eine Bill of Rights als Losung fur Verletzungen der Menschrechte von Fluchtlingen? Ein Vergleich zwischen Australien und den USA. MenschenRechtsMagazin (Human Rights Magazine), 1(N/A), 49-58.

Conferences

  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2016). Crossroads: A Data-Driven Typology and Comparative Analysis of Migration Regimes in Europe. Council of European Studies, Philadelphia: Council of European Studies.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2016). Dubious Models of the Future: Middle Eastern Migration Regimes in a Global Context. American Political Science Association 2016, USA.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Gender and Skilled Immigration. International and Comparative Perspectives on Australian Labour Migration Law, University of Melbourne.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Measuring worker rights violations in practice: The example of Temporary Work (Skilled) (457) visas in Australia. Symposium on Transnational People Movement and Social Rights, University of Sydney.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Measuring worker rights violations in practice: The example of Temporary Work (Skilled) (457) visas in Australia. Australian Political Science Association, Sydney.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). States of Convergence and Change: A Data-Driven Typology and Analysis of 34 Countries' Migration Regimes. American Political Science Association, San Francisco: APSA.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). The Temporary/Permanent Tilt: Conceptualizing Labor Migration across Democratic and Autocratic States, Immigration Panel. Australian Politics Studies Association Conference, Canberra: APSA.
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Boundary spanning, advocacy coalitions and public policy: The convergence of welfare and immigration policies. Public Policy Network Conference, University of Canberra.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2014). Migrant Stock and Source Diversity: The Foundations of Social Engineering. Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2014, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Obstacles and challenges to migrant organising in global economic immigration debates, Pre-Conference Workshop: Comparative Migration Policy and Politics. Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2014, Sydney: Australian Political Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2014). The Temporary/Permanent Divide: Conceptualising Labour Migration across Democratic and Autocratic States. American Political Science Association General Meeting 2014, Washington DC: American Political Science Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Crossroads of Migration: Policy outcomes in historical perspective. International Studies Association Conference 2013, San Francisco: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2013). Crossroads: Immigration Policy Determinants Across Space and Time. 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association. Social Science History Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Gendering Highly Skilled Immigration Selection: A Global Analysis. American Political Science Association (APSA) 2013 General Meeting, Chicago: International Studies Association (ISA)/American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Boucher, A., Dutcher, L., Mahboob, A. (2013). Power and solidarity in elite interviews: Building a rubric for analysis. Emergences and Convergences Conference, UNSW.
  • Boucher, A., Dutcher, L., Mahboob, A. (2013). Power and solidarity in elite interviews: Building a rubric for analysis. American Political Science Association (APSA) 2013 General Meeting, Chicago: International Studies Association (ISA)/American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Boucher, A. (2013). The immigration mix: Mapping global variation in selection ratios. International Studies Association Conference 2013, San Francisco: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2012). The immigration mix: Mapping global variation in selection ratios. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting APSA 2012, New Orleans: American Political Science Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2012). The International Migration Policy and Law Analysis (IMPALA) database: Methodological Challenges, IMPALA Panel. International Studies Association Conference 2012, San Diego: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2012). Towards a Holistic Typology of Migration Regimes. International Studies Association Conference 2012, San Diego: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2011). Comparing migration, naturalisation and asylum policies: The International Migration Law and Policy Analysis Database (IMPALA). ECPR General Conference 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
  • Boucher, A. (2011). Deadbeat sponsors and welfare grannies: A gender assessment of immigration welfare policy in Australia and Canada. European Conference on Politics and Gender ECPG 2011, Budapest: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
  • Boucher, A. (2010). A venue-setting approach to migrant welfare policy in Australia and Canada. Zeit Bucerius Foundation Meeting for Migration Studies 2010.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Challenges and Opportunities for Comparative Migration Research. London School of Economics and Political Science Methods Workshop, London: Migration Studies Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Gender and elite interviewing: Assessments from the field. Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2010 - Connected Globe: Conflicting Worlds, Melbourne: Australian Political Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2009). 'Picking the best and the brightest': Gendering skilled immigration selection policy. 1st European Conference on Politics and Gender ECPG 2009, United Kingdom: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
  • Boucher, A. (2009). Gendering the Canadian Federal Skilled Immigrant points test. Zeit Bucerius Foundation Meeting for Migration Studies 2009.
  • Boucher, A. (2005). Berlin's Turks and the Nationality Act (2000): Political participation, political opportunity structures and federal politics. CERC Postgraduate Conference 2005 - Politics of Belonging: Citizenship, Migration and Ethnic Conflict in Europe, Australia: Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne.
  • Boucher, A. (2005). Skill, migration and gender in Australia: a comparison with Canada. 9th Australian Social Policy Conference ASPC 2005, Australia: Social Policy Research Centre: University of NSW.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Boucher, A., Crock, M. (2011). Asylum: first ask the right questions. The Canberra Times.

Report

  • Boucher, A. (2016). "Policies on temporary migrants" in Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP Oceania), 2016 Australian Poverty Audit, 13-16.
  • Boucher, A. (2015). Harnessing Knowledge on the Migration of Highly Skilled Women.
  • Boucher, A., Chester, L. (2015). Lecture Capture and Student Learning, Two-year study, University of Sydney, April 2015.
  • Boucher, A. (2015). Submission to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Review – Simplification of the skilled immigration and temporary visa programmes – December 2014.
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Gendering skilled immigration policies across the OECD: The Gender and Skilled Immigration (GenderImmi) Dataset.

Other

  • Boucher, A. (2015), Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Australia’s Migrant Intake – June 2015.
  • Boucher, A. (2015), Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Migrant Intake – December 2015.
  • Boucher, A. (2014), "Teaching the International. Domestically.. Visually." Teacher’s Corner for the American Political Science Association Migration and Citizenship Newsletter, Winter 2014 (with Justin Gest).
  • Boucher, A. (2013), Gendering highly skilled immigration selection: a global analysis, Presentation at the Research School of Political Science, Australian National University, 8 October 2013.
  • Boucher, A. (2013), Gendering highly skilled immigration selection: a global analysis, presentation for: Work and Organizational Studies Colloquium Series, September 2013. Sociology and Social Work Colloquium Series, October 2013. Australian International Political Economy Network Workshop, December 2013.
  • Boucher, A., Carney, T. (2013), Social Security for Migrant Workers and their families in Australia, presentation for the Sydney Social Justice Research Network, April 2013.
  • Boucher, A., Castles, S., Elder, C. (2012), Immigration and settlement policy in Australia, presentation to the Norwegian Delegation of the Norwegian Ambassador and Parliamentary Standing Committee, February 2012.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J., Helbling, M. (2012), Immigration in a globalised world, presentation for grant funding to the Volkswagen Foundation, Stockholm, June 2012.
  • Boucher, A., Chester, L., Bromfield, N. (2012), Lecture capture and student learning: Is there a relationship between learning outcomes and the use of lecture recordings?, University of Sydney Teaching Colloquium, September 2011 and the Institute for Teaching and Learning Research Meeting, October 2011.
  • Boucher, A. (2011), Australia and Canada Compared: The Social Rights of Recently Arrived Immigrants, Migration Institute of Australia Annual Conference, Keynote address, Surfers Paradise, September 2011.

Research Reports

  • Boucher, A. (2016). Australia's de facto low skilled labour immigration program, November, (pp. 45 - 56). Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Australian Political Party Poverty Audit August 2013 | Migration Policy, August 2013, (pp. 29 - 31). Sydney, Australia: Academics Stand Against Poverty.

2017

  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2017). Crossroads of immigration: A Global approach to national differences. US: Cambridge University Press.

2016

  • Boucher, A. (2016). "Policies on temporary migrants" in Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP Oceania), 2016 Australian Poverty Audit, 13-16.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Australia's de facto low skilled labour immigration program, November, (pp. 45 - 56). Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
  • Beine, M., Boucher, A., Burgoon, B., Crock, M., Gest, J., Hiscox, M., McGovern, M., Rapoport, H., Schaper, J., Thielemann, E. (2016). Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database (Forthcoming). International Migration Review. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2016). Crossroads: A Data-Driven Typology and Comparative Analysis of Migration Regimes in Europe. Council of European Studies, Philadelphia: Council of European Studies.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2016). Dubious Models of the Future: Middle Eastern Migration Regimes in a Global Context. American Political Science Association 2016, USA.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Gender and Skilled Immigration. International and Comparative Perspectives on Australian Labour Migration Law, University of Melbourne.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Gender, migration and the global race for talent. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Measuring worker rights violations in practice: The example of Temporary Work (Skilled) (457) visas in Australia. Symposium on Transnational People Movement and Social Rights, University of Sydney.
  • Boucher, A. (2016). Measuring worker rights violations in practice: The example of Temporary Work (Skilled) (457) visas in Australia. Australian Political Science Association, Sydney.

2015

  • Boucher, A. (2015). Harnessing Knowledge on the Migration of Highly Skilled Women.
  • Boucher, A., Chester, L. (2015). Lecture Capture and Student Learning, Two-year study, University of Sydney, April 2015.
  • Boucher, A. (2015). Marketisation of immigrant skills assessment in Australia. In Gabrielle Meagher, Susan Goodwin (Eds.), Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy, (pp. 293-321). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). Migration Studies at a Crossroads: A Critique of Immigration Regime Typologies. Migration Studies, 3(2), 182-198. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). States of Convergence and Change: A Data-Driven Typology and Analysis of 34 Countries' Migration Regimes. American Political Science Association, San Francisco: APSA.
  • Boucher, A. (2015). Submission to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection Review – Simplification of the skilled immigration and temporary visa programmes – December 2014.
  • Boucher, A. (2015), Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Australia’s Migrant Intake – June 2015.
  • Boucher, A. (2015), Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Migrant Intake – December 2015.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2015). The Temporary/Permanent Tilt: Conceptualizing Labor Migration across Democratic and Autocratic States, Immigration Panel. Australian Politics Studies Association Conference, Canberra: APSA.

2014

  • Boucher, A. (2014), "Teaching the International. Domestically.. Visually." Teacher’s Corner for the American Political Science Association Migration and Citizenship Newsletter, Winter 2014 (with Justin Gest).
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Boundary spanning, advocacy coalitions and public policy: The convergence of welfare and immigration policies. Public Policy Network Conference, University of Canberra.
  • Boucher, A., Cerna, L. (2014). Current trends in skilled immigration policy. International Migration, 52(3), 21-25. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Familialism and migrant welfare policy: restrictions on social security provision for newly-arrived immigrants. Policy and Politics, 42(3), 367-384. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Gendering skilled immigration policies across the OECD: The Gender and Skilled Immigration (GenderImmi) Dataset.
  • Gest, J., Boucher, A., Challen, S., Burgoon, B., Thielemann, E., Beine, M., McGovern, P., Crock, M., Rapoport, H., Hiscox, M. (2014). Measuring and Comparing Immigration, Asylum and Naturalization Policies Across Countries: Challenges and Solutions. Global Policy, 5(3), 261-274. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2014). Migrant Stock and Source Diversity: The Foundations of Social Engineering. Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2014, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
  • Boucher, A. (2014). Obstacles and challenges to migrant organising in global economic immigration debates, Pre-Conference Workshop: Comparative Migration Policy and Politics. Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference 2014, Sydney: Australian Political Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Carney, T. (2014). Social Security for Migrant Workers and their Families in Australia. In Roger Blanpain (Eds.), Social Security and Migrant Workers: Selected Studies of Cross-Border Social Security Mechanisms, (pp. 187-214). The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2014). The Temporary/Permanent Divide: Conceptualising Labour Migration across Democratic and Autocratic States. American Political Science Association General Meeting 2014, Washington DC: American Political Science Association.

2013

  • Boucher, A. (2013). Australian Political Party Poverty Audit August 2013 | Migration Policy, August 2013, (pp. 29 - 31). Sydney, Australia: Academics Stand Against Poverty.
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Bureaucratic control and policy change: A comparative venue shopping approach to skilled immigration policies in Australia and Canada. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 15(4), 349-367. [More Information]
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Crossroads of Migration: Policy outcomes in historical perspective. International Studies Association Conference 2013, San Francisco: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2013). Crossroads: Immigration Policy Determinants Across Space and Time. 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association. Social Science History Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2013). Gendering Highly Skilled Immigration Selection: A Global Analysis. American Political Science Association (APSA) 2013 General Meeting, Chicago: International Studies Association (ISA)/American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Boucher, A. (2013), Gendering highly skilled immigration selection: a global analysis, Presentation at the Research School of Political Science, Australian National University, 8 October 2013.
  • Boucher, A. (2013), Gendering highly skilled immigration selection: a global analysis, presentation for: Work and Organizational Studies Colloquium Series, September 2013. Sociology and Social Work Colloquium Series, October 2013. Australian International Political Economy Network Workshop, December 2013.
  • Boucher, A., Dutcher, L., Mahboob, A. (2013). Power and solidarity in elite interviews: Building a rubric for analysis. Emergences and Convergences Conference, UNSW.
  • Boucher, A., Dutcher, L., Mahboob, A. (2013). Power and solidarity in elite interviews: Building a rubric for analysis. American Political Science Association (APSA) 2013 General Meeting, Chicago: International Studies Association (ISA)/American Political Science Association (APSA).
  • Boucher, A., Carney, T. (2013), Social Security for Migrant Workers and their families in Australia, presentation for the Sydney Social Justice Research Network, April 2013.
  • Boucher, A. (2013). The immigration mix: Mapping global variation in selection ratios. International Studies Association Conference 2013, San Francisco: International Studies Association.

2012

  • Boucher, A. (2012). Book Review: Barry Edmonston and Eric Fong The Changing Canadian Population (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston/London/Ithaca, 2011) viii + 371pp. Paper. ISBN. 978-0-7735-3794-1. Canadian journal of sociology, 36(3), 256-256.
  • Boucher, A., Castles, S., Elder, C. (2012), Immigration and settlement policy in Australia, presentation to the Norwegian Delegation of the Norwegian Ambassador and Parliamentary Standing Committee, February 2012.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J., Helbling, M. (2012), Immigration in a globalised world, presentation for grant funding to the Volkswagen Foundation, Stockholm, June 2012.
  • Boucher, A., Chester, L., Bromfield, N. (2012), Lecture capture and student learning: Is there a relationship between learning outcomes and the use of lecture recordings?, University of Sydney Teaching Colloquium, September 2011 and the Institute for Teaching and Learning Research Meeting, October 2011.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2012). The immigration mix: Mapping global variation in selection ratios. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting APSA 2012, New Orleans: American Political Science Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2012). The International Migration Policy and Law Analysis (IMPALA) database: Methodological Challenges, IMPALA Panel. International Studies Association Conference 2012, San Diego: International Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A., Gest, J. (2012). Towards a Holistic Typology of Migration Regimes. International Studies Association Conference 2012, San Diego: International Studies Association.

2011

  • Boucher, A., Crock, M. (2011). Asylum: first ask the right questions. The Canberra Times.
  • Boucher, A. (2011), Australia and Canada Compared: The Social Rights of Recently Arrived Immigrants, Migration Institute of Australia Annual Conference, Keynote address, Surfers Paradise, September 2011.
  • Boucher, A. (2011). Comparing migration, naturalisation and asylum policies: The International Migration Law and Policy Analysis Database (IMPALA). ECPR General Conference 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
  • Boucher, A. (2011). Deadbeat sponsors and welfare grannies: A gender assessment of immigration welfare policy in Australia and Canada. European Conference on Politics and Gender ECPG 2011, Budapest: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

2010

  • Boucher, A. (2010). A venue-setting approach to migrant welfare policy in Australia and Canada. Zeit Bucerius Foundation Meeting for Migration Studies 2010.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Book review, Allan Maslove (ed) How Ottawa Spends 2009-2010, Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction (Montreal and Kingston, London, Ithaca: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2009). British Journal of Canadian Studies, 23(2), 301-302.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Challenges and Opportunities for Comparative Migration Research. London School of Economics and Political Science Methods Workshop, London: Migration Studies Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Gender and elite interviewing: Assessments from the field. Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2010 - Connected Globe: Conflicting Worlds, Melbourne: Australian Political Studies Association.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). Gender mainstreaming in skilled immigration policy: From Beijing 1995 to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (2002). In A. Nevile (Eds.), Human Rights and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Values and Citizenship in OECD Countries, (pp. 174-200). Cheltenham & Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Boucher, A. (2010). How Ottawa Spends 2009-2010, Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction, by Allan Maslove. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 23(2).

2009

  • Boucher, A. (2009). 'Picking the best and the brightest': Gendering skilled immigration selection policy. 1st European Conference on Politics and Gender ECPG 2009, United Kingdom: European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
  • Boucher, A. (2009). Gendering the Canadian Federal Skilled Immigrant points test. Zeit Bucerius Foundation Meeting for Migration Studies 2009.
  • Carney, T., Boucher, A. (2009). Social Security and Immigration: An agenda for future research? Zeitschrift fur auslandisches und Internationales Arbeits und Sozialrecht ZIAS, 23(1), 35-56.

2008

  • Boucher, A. (2008). The Political Participation of Berlin's Turkish Migrants in the Dual Citizenship and Headscarf Debates: A Multi-Level Comparison. In Wendy Ann Pojmann (Eds.), Migration and Activism in Europe since 1945, (pp. 209-231). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Boucher, A. (2008). The political participation of Berlin's Turkish migrants in the dual citizenship and headscarf debates: A multi-level comparison. Migration Studies Unit Working Papers, 2008, 2008/02-1-2008/02-40.

2007

  • Boucher, A. (2007). Skill, Migration and Gender in Australia and Canada: The Case of Gender-based Analysis. Australian Journal of Political Science, 42(3), 383-401. [More Information]

2005

  • Boucher, A. (2005). Berlin's Turks and the Nationality Act (2000): Political participation, political opportunity structures and federal politics. CERC Postgraduate Conference 2005 - Politics of Belonging: Citizenship, Migration and Ethnic Conflict in Europe, Australia: Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne.
  • Boucher, A. (2005). Eine Bill of Rights als Losung fur Verletzungen der Menschrechte von Fluchtlingen? Ein Vergleich zwischen Australien und den USA. MenschenRechtsMagazin (Human Rights Magazine), 1(N/A), 49-58.
  • Boucher, A. (2005). Skill, migration and gender in Australia: a comparison with Canada. 9th Australian Social Policy Conference ASPC 2005, Australia: Social Policy Research Centre: University of NSW.
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