Maggi Leung appointed professor of International Development Studies

Maggi Leung (photo: Kirsten van Santen) - Dr Maggi Leung has been appointed professor of International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Maggi Leung is a geographer and migration scholar by training. Her research aims to account for the prevailing uneven socio-spatial impact of the flows that define our interconnected world. Leung endeavours to produce insights that contribute to more just and sustainable futures. Working with multi-scalar (from the global to the body), intersectional and translocal perspectives, her main research interests are: opportunities and challenges of migration, with a focus on related injustice; internationalisation of education and knowledge mobilities; and Chinese transnationalism and impact on global development. As professor at the UvA, Leung will build on these research themes. The Bachelor's and Master's courses that she will teach will also focus on key societal issues including migration and mobilities, politics of knowledge, and the growing influence of China in global development.