Dr Barry Maydom

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Overview
Overview
Biography
I joined Birkbeck in 2018 after completing my DPhil at the University of Oxford and teaching at Oxford and the London School of Economics.
My research focuses on the political effects of emigration in migrants' homelands and contemporary politics in the Middle East. I teach modules on research design and methods and current issues in international relations.
Qualifications
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 2017
Administrative responsibilities
- Programme Director, BA Politics
- Programme Director, MRes degrees
- Departmental Research Ethics Officer
Professional memberships
Fellow of Advance HE
ORCID
0000-0003-0821-2019 -
Research
Research
Research interests
- Migration
- Democratization
- Middle East politics
Research overview
My research interests include the socio-political effects of emigration and remittances in migrants’ homelands, political participation in developing countries, and political change in the contemporary Middle East.
I am currently working on projects investigating how corruption experiences drive emigration in African countries and the effects of migration and remittances on perceptions of corruption and the fiscal contract in Africa and Latin America.
Publications
“Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Mexico,” forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies.
“Frontline Corruption and Emigration in the Western Balkans,” Migration Studies, forthcoming
“Migrants’ Remittances, the Fiscal Contract and Tax Attitudes in Africa and Latin America,” forthcoming in Political Studies.
"Migrant Remittances and Violent Responses to Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean." Latin American Politics and Society 63, no. 2 (2021): 26-50.
"Remittances, Criminal Violence and Voter Turnout." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47, no. 6 (2021): 1349-1374.
"State-sponsored Trade Unions after Democratic Transitions." Democratization 27, no. 7 (2020): 1142-1161.
Working Papers
- “Remittances and Democratisation: The Role of Migrants' Destinations”
- “Remittances and Bureaucratic Corruption” (with Ana Isabel Lopez Garcia)
- “Political Remittance Cycles in Non-Democracies: Evidence from Egypt and Jordan”
- “Migrant Remittances and Political Participation in the Middle East”
- “Do Corruption Experiences Promote Migration? Observational and Experimental Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” (with John Maara)
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Current PhD students
- Mohammed AlHajri - The Ports of Oman in China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative
- Ben Steyn - A Political Values Spectrum for Nature and Technology (co-supervised with Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Department of Philosophy)
- Lindsay Ward - Policy learning in an authoritarian regime: a case study of the policy development work of INGOs in providing educational and skills support for younger refugees in Jordan.
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas
- The politics of migration
- Contemporary Middle East politics
- Democratisation and authoritarian legacies
- Political participation in developing countries
If you are interested in pursuing research in any of these areas, you should first read our advice on how to apply for MPhil/PhD research (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/departments/politics/prospective-phd-guidance) before submitting an application.
Teaching
This year, I am teaching Introduction to Quantitative Social Research, Experiments in Social Science and Doing Political Research.
In previous years, I have taught modules on International Migration and Transnationalism, Politics of Population Change, Qualitative Social Research and, Liberal Order and Disorder in Global Politics and Challenges in Contemporary Politics.
Teaching modules
- Doing Political Research (SSPO220S6)
- Introduction to Quantitative Social Research (SSPO239H7)
- Experiments in Social Science (SSPO245H7)
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Publications
Publications
Article
- López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2023) Migrants’ remittances, the fiscal contract and tax attitudes in Africa and Latin America. Political Studies 71 (4), pp. 1025-1046. ISSN 0032-3217.
- López García, A.I. and Berens, S. and Maydom, Barry (2023) Emigration, social remittances and fiscal policy preferences: experimental evidence from Mexico. Comparative Political Studies ISSN 0010-4140.
- López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2023) Frontline corruption and emigration in the Western Balkans. Migration Studies ISSN 2049-5838.
- López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2021) Migrant remittances and violent responses to crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin American Politics and Society 63 (2), pp. 26-50. ISSN 1531-426X.
- López García, A.I. and Maydom, Barry (2021) Remittances, criminal violence and voter turnout. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47 (6), pp. 1349-1374. ISSN 1369-183X.
- Fedorowycz, D. and Gatto, M.A.C. and Maydom, Barry (2020) State-sponsored trade unions after democratic transitions. Democratization ISSN 1351-0347.