Leander Kandilige

Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2014per ORCID

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Dr Leander Kandilige holds a DPhil (PhD) in Migration Studies from the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. His DPhil thesis is titled Transnationalism and the Ghanaian Diaspora in the UK: Regional Inequalities and the Developmental Effects of Remittances at the Sub-National Level. In addition, he holds an MSt in Forced Migration (University of Oxford); MA in International Affairs (University of Ghana); Postgraduate Certificate in Managing… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Demography
Development
Anthropology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Safety Research

In their own words

Migration
Development
Diaspora
Remittances
Developing Countries

Publications: 192017–2026
Citations: 156to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.111.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%6 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 58%11 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Centre for Migration StudiesUniversity of Ghanasince 2014

Education

D. Phil. (PhD.), Department of GeographyUniversity of Oxford2008–2012
PG Cert. in Managing Voluntary Organisations, Business SchoolUniversity of Southampton2004–2005
MSt. in Refugee Studies, Refugee Studies Centre, Department of International DevelopmentUniversity of Oxford2001–2002
MA, Legon Centre for International Affairs

Publications

19 in all

The Voices of Working Children on the Trade-Offs from Working in Fisheries on the Volta Lake, Ghana
2026European Journal of Development ResearchJournal0 citations10.1057/s41287-026-00757-5
Effects of information about irregular migration on transit community attitudes towards migrants
2025World DevelopmentJournal

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Subfields

Sociology and Political Science19100%
Demography632%
Development211%
Anthropology15%
Nutrition and Dietetics15%
Safety Research15%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Migration and Labor Dynamics16
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy7
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity6
Migration, Refugees, and Integration5
Sex work and related issues4
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration2
International Development and Aid2
African Studies and Geopolitics1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact1
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

21% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Netherlands1
Niger1
South Africa1
Norway1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Chr. Michelsen InstituteNO1 paper
Norwegian School of EconomicsNO1 paper
University of SussexGB1 paper
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNL1 paper
Université Abdou MoumouniNE1 paper
University of Cape TownZA1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Environmental Protection AgencyGH1 paper

Where they publish

AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW5
Ghana Journal of Geography4
International Migration4
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies2
European Journal of Development Research1
IMISCOE research series1
Population Space and Place1
World Development1

How it can be read

58% free to read

Diamond 5 · 26%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 16%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 42%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities14
5Gender equality2

Most cited

Please, thank you and sorry – brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies10
201867 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Birth Tourism to the United States of America and its Perceived Implications for Ghana
Ghana Journal of Geography10
202316 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
The ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol and Diversity of Experiences of Different Categories of Migrants: A Qualitative Study
International Migration10
202015 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
The Quagmire of Return and Reintegration: Challenges to Multi‐Stakeholder Co‐ordination of Involuntary Returns
International Migration10
201915 citationsWorld top 10%
‘They'd beat us with whatever is available to them’: Exploitation and abuse of Ghanaian domestic workers in the Middle East
International Migration5
202212 citationsWorld top 10%

BA in Political Science with Philosophy, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Ghana1996–1999

Migration and the Constant Search for Self-Improvement in Africa

2024AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEWJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.14426/ahmr.v10i1.2022

Birth Tourism to the United States of America and its Perceived Implications for Ghana

2023Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalOpen accessSenior author16 citations10.4314/gjg.v15i1.1

Multi-stakeholder approach for dealing with Trafficking in Persons: The case of Ghana

2023Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gjg.v15i3.4

Collective Remittance Mobilisation Strategies of Ghanaian Hometown Associations in the UK

2017Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations

The Role of Trust and Migrant Investments in Diaspora Homeland Development Relations

2017AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEWJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.14426/ahmr.v3i1.816

Who funds it

4 of 19 papers name a funder

Economic and Social Research Council2
NordForsk1
Rufford Foundation1
University of Ghana1
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam1