Celia Vives-Gonzalez, Université de Montréal

Research

borders migration migration policy sea migration search and rescue ocean geopolitics jurisdiction International Migration

Latest funding

Maritime Search and Rescue and migration control in the EU
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$65,209
The New Face of Migration Management in Canada: Digitalisation, Automation and AI
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$108,545
Modelling Permanent Supportive Housing into Canada's Housing and Homelessness System
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,407

All 5 grants and awards

Maritime Search and Rescue and migration control in the EU

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vives-Gonzalez, Celia

Keywords: Borders; migration; sea migration; search and rescue; ocean geopolitics; jurisdiction

$65,209

The New Face of Migration Management in Canada: Digitalisation, Automation and AI

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bélanger, Danièle

Keywords: migration management; ai; automated decision-making; immigration selection; societal impact of ai

$108,545

Modelling Permanent Supportive Housing into Canada's Housing and Homelessness System

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Oudshoorn, Abram

Keywords: supportive housing; homelessness; homeless; rehousing; poverty; housing

$100,407

The impact of restrictive border policies on unaccompanied migrant children in North America and Europe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vives Gonzalez, Celia

Keywords: International Migration; Borders; Migration Policy; Unaccompanied migrant children; Canada; European Union; Mediterranean; North America

$72,270

Research from the ground up: building a migration research collective / Construire la recherche : la création d'un collectif de recherche sur les migrations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Vives-Gonzalez, Celia

Keywords: migration; forced migration; asylum; refugees; migration policy; borders

$34,868

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: borders Dear Professor Vives-Gonzalez, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on borders connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Maritime Search and Rescue and migration control in the EU" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]