TY - JOUR
T1 - Restricting human movement during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - New research avenues in the study of mobility, migration, and citizenship
AU - Piccoli, Lorenzo
AU - Dzankic, Jelena
AU - Ruedin, Didier
AU - Jacob-Owens, Timothy
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Research Council of the European University Institute and by the National Center of Competence in Research nccr – on the move funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 51NF40-182897).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/11/15
Y1 - 2022/11/15
N2 - Every government in the world introduced restrictions to human mobility – that is, the movement of persons across and within state borders – in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such restrictions thus constituted a global phenomenon, but they were by no means globally uniform; rather, they varied significantly between and within states, as well as over time. This research note presents different data sources for studying the drivers and outcomes of mobility restrictions, highlighting specific ways in which the data can be used. We begin by surveying seven new databases capturing various aspects of the regulation of human movement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing inspiration from research on previous pandemics, we then outline five possible research avenues prompted by these data. We suggest that explaining the causes and consequences of such restrictions, as well as the differences between them, can significantly advance research on the governance of mobility, migration, and citizenship.
AB - Every government in the world introduced restrictions to human mobility – that is, the movement of persons across and within state borders – in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such restrictions thus constituted a global phenomenon, but they were by no means globally uniform; rather, they varied significantly between and within states, as well as over time. This research note presents different data sources for studying the drivers and outcomes of mobility restrictions, highlighting specific ways in which the data can be used. We begin by surveying seven new databases capturing various aspects of the regulation of human movement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing inspiration from research on previous pandemics, we then outline five possible research avenues prompted by these data. We suggest that explaining the causes and consequences of such restrictions, as well as the differences between them, can significantly advance research on the governance of mobility, migration, and citizenship.
KW - mobility
KW - COVID-19
KW - migration
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1814/75035
U2 - 10.1177/01979183221118907
DO - 10.1177/01979183221118907
M3 - Article
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
SN - 0197-9183
ER -