Rey Koslowski

Professor of Political Science

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany (SUNY)

About

Professor Koslowski's primary teaching and research interests are in the field of international relations dealing with international organization, European integration, international migration, information technology, and homeland security. He is the author of Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European States System (Cornell University Press, 2000) ; editor of International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (Routledge, 2005) and co-editor (with David Kyle) of Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives (John Hopkins University Press, 2001).

His articles have appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, The Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, The Cambridge Journal of International Studies and The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Prior to arriving at the University at Albany, Professor Koslowski taught at Rutgers University, Newark.

He has held fellowships at the German Marshall Fund, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Center of International Studies at Princeton University and the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. His research has been supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Rey Koslowski

Current & Ongoing

Selected Presentations

The Symbolic Politics of Border Control & Prospects for Changing Immigration Policies

Rockefeller Institute of Government · Albany, NY, USA

Nov 17, 2016 – Nov 30, -0001

Seminar

The Symbolic Politics of Border Control and Immigration Reform

Aspinall Lecture · Colorado Mesa University, USA

Apr 8, 2020 – Nov 30, -0001

Keynote

The UN Global Compact for Migration and the Globalization of Border Controls

Amsterdam Centre for European Studies · University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

May 24, 2022 – Nov 30, -0001

Seminar

Reducing Brain Waste Among Refugees in New York State

Engineering Cohesive Communities – Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy · Albany, NY, USA

Jun 16, 2025 – Nov 30, -0001

Conference

Welcome

Welcome to my personal academic website. Feel free to browse these books by authors who have influenced my thinking over the years.