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Leander Kandilige

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Migration and Development, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteCENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
DepartmentCENTRE FOR MIGRATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Migration and developmenttheories of migrationlabour migrationregional integrationreturn
Publications

65

Citations

503

H-index

11

i10-index

13

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
7.7
Most cited paper
112
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:06
Publications

65 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Nikoi., E. and Deshingkar., P. 2019a. Connection men, pusher, and migrant trajectories: Examining the dynamics of migration industry in Ghana and along routes into Europe and …
M Awumbila, J Teye, L Kandilige
1900 Working Paper, Migrating Out of Poverty Consortium, University of Sussex, 0 Social Sciences 5
Labour migration in Africa
L Kandilige, G Yogo, LA Oucho
2024 Research handbook on migration and employment, 269-288, 2024 Social Sciences 4
Ghanaian domestic workers in the Middle East
L Kandilige, JK Teye, M Setrana, DM Badasu
2019 IOM, Ghana, 2019 Social Sciences 4
Exploring the lived experiences of Ghanaian migrants along the Ghana-China migration corridor
L Kandilige, JA Yaro, J Mensah
2024 African Perspectives on South–South Migration, 55-72, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Gaps in Protection for West African Migrants in Times of Crisis: The Role of a Multi-Stakeholder Platform Within a Partnership in Preparedness Model?
L Kandilige, GA Ampah
2022 Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader, 129-149, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Down payment for future return: perspectives of Ghanaian migrants in the UK
L Kandilige
2017 Ghana Social Science Journal, 2017 Social Sciences 3
Partnering for Rural Development in Ghana
L Kandilige
2017 Migration and Development in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Policy …, 2017 Social Sciences 3
Migration and the constant search for self-improvement in Africa
L Kandilige, GA Ampah, TK Abutima
2024 African Human Mobility Review 10 (1), 97-113, 2024 Social Sciences 2
Nordic Region to push for knowledge-based migration governance
C Talleraas, A Gopsill, IMS Vammen, O Bakewell, L Kandilige, ...
2023 Fast Track to, 142, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Same Policy But Different Implications for Different People?: An Analysis of how Diverse Categories of ECOWAS Nationals Experience the Free Movement Protocol
T Yeboah, L Kandilige, A Bisong, F Garba, J Teye
2020 Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana, 2020 Social Sciences 2
Understanding recruitment agencies in migrant domestic work in Ghana: Exploiters or facilitators
M Awumbila, JK Teye, L Kandilige, M Chambel
2017 Social Sciences 2
Ghanaian mobilities, intersecting inequalities and transnational activities
L Kandilige
2013 Migration and Inequalities, Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 95-120, 2013 Social Sciences 2
‘Door‐to‐door’: An emerging transnational business model along the Global North‐Global South migration corridor
L Kandilige, GA Ampah
2023 Population, Space and Place 29 (1), e2597, 2023 Social Sciences 1
Dialectical Relations and Agency in Migration Brokerage for Domestic Work in Ghana
M Awumbila, P Deshingkar, L Kandilige, JK Teye, M Setrana
2017 International Conference on Migrating out of Poverty: From Evidence to …, 2017 Social Sciences 1
„Down payments‟ for future return: the case of Ghanaian migrants in the UK
L Kandilige
2017 GHANA SOCIAL SCIENCE 14 (1), 193, 2017 Social Sciences 1
‘The saga of the returnee’: return and reintegration experiences of Ghanaian returnees from Libya
L Kandilige, MG Adiku
1900 Social Sciences 1
Migration policy making in Africa: internal and external drivers of policy coordination
TK Abutima, L Kandilige
2026 Handbook on Migration and Public Policy, 41-55, 2026 Social Sciences 0
The Voices of Working Children on the Trade-Offs from Working in Fisheries on the Volta Lake, Ghana
T Yeboah, DA Kwarteng, L Kandilige, E Kumi
2026 The European Journal of Development Research, 1-25, 2026 Agriculture 0
Effects of information about irregular migration on transit community attitudes towards migrants
A Wiig, I Kolstad, L Kandilige, C Talleraas
2025 World Development 193, 107044, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement
S Elmubarak
2025 Sudan Brief 2025 (01), 2025 Social Sciences 0
Asylum and protection mercenarism: Effects of European externalisation on African migration governance
T Kandilige, L. and Yeboah
2024 Externalizing asylum: a compendium of scientific knowledge, 145-152, 2024 Social Sciences 0
Effects of Externalisation (EFFEXT) Final Report
C Talleraas, K Gezahegne, A Gopsill, Z Jordan, L Kandilige, AJ Knudsen, ...
2024 Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2024 Social Sciences 0
MIGNEX policy database
C Vargas-Silva, M Godin, L Andersson, M Chapman, M Ekhtiari, ...
2024 Zenodo, 2024 Social Sciences 0
MIGNEX Survey Dataset (open-access variant)
J Hagen-Zanker, J Carling, G Hennessey, R Memon, M Rubio, ...
2024 Zenodo, 2024 Social Sciences 0
Development impacts of migration as reflected in focus groups.
KL Marchand K.
2023 www.mignex.org/d074, 2023 Social Sciences 0