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John Salt

Biography

Degrees

  • BA(Hons) Geography, University of Liverpool, 1963. PhD, University of Liverpool, 1967.

Awards

  • Royal Geographical Society, Edward Heath Award for contributions to the study of population and migration in Europe, 1993.

Brief Biography

  • Professor, UCL, University of London, 1996 - (Emeritus 2008-)
  • Director, Migration Research Unit, UCL (1989-)
  • Co-Director. Leverhulme Programme on Migration and Citizenship (2003-)
  • Consultant to OECD (1985-)
  • EU (1995-97; 2000-2002), Council of Europe (1991-2006)
  • Australian government (2003, 2005-2006), UK Home Office (1999-)
  • National Audit Office (2004), Office for National Statistics (2002-)
  • UK Population Theme Advisory Board (2006-)
  • Catholic Bishops Conference: International Migration Advisory Board (2009-)
Committees and Administration
  • Chairman, Migration Statistics Users Forum (2014-)

Publications
  • Salt J. and Bauer V., 2020,ÌýManaging Foreign Labour Immigration to the UK: Government Policy and Outcomes since 1945
  • Salt J., 2018,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Wood, P. & Salt, J., 2018, Staffing UK universities at international campuses.ÌýHigher Education PolicyÌý31(2), 181–199; doi:10.1057/s41307-017-0049-5
  • Salt, J., OECD Secretariat, 2018. Recent developments in international migration movements and policies, 50-69 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt J., 2017,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Salt, J.,ÌýOECD Secretariat, 2017. Recent developments in international migration movements and policies, 38-55 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris
  • Salt, J., OECD Secretariat, 2016. Country Notes: Recent developments in international migration movements and policies, 237-312 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris
  • Salt J., 2016,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Salt, J., 2016,Ìý Mobilność, wiedza i nowoczesna komunikacja. In: A. Górny, P. Kaczmarczyk, M. LesiÅ„ska (eds.)ÌýTransformacje. Przewodnik po zmianach spoÅ‚eczno-ekonomicznych w Polsce.ÌýWarsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, pp. 112-119. [Transitions. A guide to socio-economic changes in Poland.]
  • OECD Secretariat, Salt, J., 2015. Recent developments in international migration movements and policies, 16-53 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt J., 2015,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL
  • Salt J., 2014,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL
  • Salt, J. and Okolski, M. 2014 'Polish emigration to the UK after 2004: Why did so many come?'. 1-27 inÌýCentral and Eastern European Migration Review.
  • Salt, J. and Wood, P.A. 2014. ‘Staffing UK university campuses overseas: lessons from MNE practice’.ÌýJournal of Studies in International Education,Ìý(18(1), 84-97).ÌýAvailable on-line at:Ìýclick here
  • OECD Secretariat, Lubyova, M. and Salt, J., 2013 Recent developments in international movements and policies 15-62ÌýinÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt J., 2013,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Salt, J. and Dobson, J.M., 2013ÌýCutting net migration to the tens of thousands: what exactly does that mean?ÌýDiscussion Paper, Migration Research Unit, UCL.
  • Salt J., 2012,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Wood, P.A. and Salt, J. 2012 ‘Shifting portfolios of international labour mobility among UK-based business consultancies’,ÌýGeoforum, 43 (4), 815-823.
  • Salt, J. and Wood, P.A. 2012. ‘Recession and international corporate mobility’,ÌýGlobal Networks, 12(4): 425–45.
  • OECD Secretariat, Lubyova, M. and Salt, J., 2012. Migration policy developments. 97-121 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt, J., 2011, Trends in Europe’s international migration, 17-36 in Rechel, B., Mladovsky, P., Deville, W., Rijks, B., Petrova-Benedict, R. and McKee, M. (eds),ÌýMigration and Health in the European Union. Maidenhead, Open University Press.
  • Salt J., 2011,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD.ÌýLondon, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Salt, J., Dobson, J., Latham, A., Mateos, P., Wood, P.A., Dennet, A., Bauere, V., 2011,ÌýEuropean Migration Network: Satisfying Labour Demand Through Migration. London, Home Office.
  • Modood, T. and Salt, J, 2011, Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness. 248-268 in Modood, T. and Salt, J.,ÌýGlobal Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Salt, J, 2011, International students and the labour market. 132-149 in Modood, T. and Salt, J.,ÌýGlobal Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness.ÌýLondon: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Salt, J and Wood, P.A., 2011, Acquisition and mobility of expertise in global corporate labour markets. 84-107 in Modood, T. and Salt, J.,ÌýGlobal Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness.ÌýLondon: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Salt, J., 2011, Migration to and from the UK. 14-39 in Modood, T. and Salt, J.,ÌýGlobal Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness.ÌýLondon: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Modood, T. and Salt, J., 2011, Migration, minorities and the nation. 3-13 in Modood, T. and Salt, J., (Eds.)ÌýGlobal Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness.ÌýLondon: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Garson, J-P. and Salt, J., 2011, 50 year review: international migration. inÌýInternational Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2011, OECD, Paris.
  • Desiderio, M.V., Leibig, T. and Salt, J., 2011, Migration policy developments. inÌýInternational Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2011, OECD, Paris.
  • Desiderio, M.V. and Salt, J., 2010, Main findings of the conference on entrepreneurship and employment creation of immigrants in OECD countries, 9-10 June 2010. 13-19 inÌýOpen for Business: Migrant Entrepreneurship in OECD Countries.ÌýOECD, Paris.
  • Salt, J.. 2010, DEELSA Secretariat, Migration policy development. 54-82 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2010, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt J., 2010,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Dobson, J., Latham, A. and Salt, J., 2010,ÌýEuropean Migration Network Annual Report on Asylum and Migration Statistics for the UK 2007. London, Home Office UK Border Agency.
  • Salt J., 2009,ÌýInternational Migration and the UK. Annual Report of the UK SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD. London, Migration Research Unit UCL.
  • Salt, J., 2009, ‘Business travel and portfolios of mobility within global companies’, in Deruder, B, Witlox, F., Beaverstock, J and Faulconbridge, J (efds.)ÌýBusiness Travel in the Global Economy. London, Ashgate.
  • Salt, J., 2009, New forms of mobility in Europe: global corporate labour markets and the international movement of expertise. 15-25 in Duszczyka, M. and Lesinskiez, M. (eds.),ÌýWspolczesne Migracje: Dylematy Europy I Polski, Warsaw, University of Warsaw Press.
  • Dobson, J., Latham, A. and Salt, J., 2009,ÌýOn the move? Labour migration in times of recession. What can we learn from the past?ÌýLondon, Policy Network Paper.
  • Dobson, J. and Salt, J., 2009, Pointing the way? Managing UK immigration in difficult times.ÌýPeople and Place, 17(2), 16-29.
  • Salt, J., 2008, Managing new migrations in Europe: Concept and reality in the ICT sector. 19-35 in Bonifazi, C., Okolski, M., Schoorl, J., Simon, P. (eds.),ÌýInternational Migration in Europe, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam.
  • Salt, J.. 2008, Migration policy development. 93-121 inÌýInternational Migration Outlook: SOPEMI 2008, OECD, Paris.
  • Salt, J., 2008, Global corporate labour markets and the international mobility of expertise.ÌýManaging Highly Skilled Labour Migration Seminar,ÌýAmsterdam, OECD, Paris.
  • Millar, J. and Salt, J., 2008, Portfolios of mobility: the movement of expertise in transnational corporations in two sectors – aerospace and extractive industries.ÌýGlobal Networks,Ìý8(1), 25-50.
  • Bauere, V., Densham, P., Millar, J., Salt, J., 2007, Migrants from central and eastern Europe: local geographies.ÌýPopulation Trends, 129, Autumn 2007, 7-19.
  • Salt, J., 2007, Europe’s migration streams: implications and policy concerns.ÌýZeitschrift fur Bevolkerungswissenschaft, 32, 3-4, 469-504.
  • Dobson, J. and Salt, J., 2006, Foreign Recruitment in Health and Social Care: Recent Experience Reviewed inÌýInternational Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Volume 2, Issue 3/4. pp.41-57.
  • Salt, J. and Millar, J., 2006 , In whose interests? IT migration in an interconnected world economy.ÌýPopulation, Space and Place, 13, 41-58.
  • Salt, J. and Millar, J., 2006, Foreign labour in the United Kingdom.ÌýLabour Market Trends, October, 335-355. Office for National Statistics.
  • Salt, J. and Almeida, J.C., 2006, International migration in Europe. Patterns and trends since the mid-1990s.ÌýRevue Européene des Migrations Internationales, 22(2), 155-175.
  • Salt, J. and Millar, J., 2006, International migration in interesting times: the case of the UK,ÌýPeople and Place, 14 (2), 14-24.
  • Salt, J., 2006. Skilled migration: the UK and Australia. 245-294 in Birrell, B., Hawthorne, L. and Richardson, S.ÌýEvaluation of the General Skilled Migration Categories. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Canberra.
  • Rendall, M. and Salt, J., 2005, The foreign-born population, 131-151 in Chappell, R. (ed.),ÌýFocus on People and Migration, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
  • Salt, J. and Clarke, J.A., 2005, Migration matters,ÌýProspect, May, 46-51
  • Salt, J., 2005,ÌýCurrent Trends in International Migration in Europe. Council of Europe, Strasbourg 177pp
  • den Adel, M., Blauw, W., Dobson, J., Hoesch, K., and Salt, J., 2004, Recruitment and the migration of foreign workers in health and social care,ÌýIMIS- Beiträge, Vol 25, 201-230.
  • Dobson, J. and Salt, J., 2004, Review of migration statistics,ÌýIMIS- Beiträge, Vol 25, 99-140
  • Pinkerton, C.,McLaughlan, G. and Salt, J., 2004,ÌýSizing the Illegal Population of the UK, Home Office, London.
  • Salt, J., Clarke, J. and Wanner, P. (2004)ÌýInternational Labour Migration, Population Studies 44, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • Salt, J. 2003. ‘A nemzetközi vándorlás összetétele és változása Európában’ [‘International migration in Europe – Patterns and developments’] inÌý¶Ù±ð³¾´Ç²µ°ùá´Ú¾±²¹ÌýVol. 46. Budapest. 319-331.
  • Clarke, J., Dobson, J., Koser, K., Pooley, C. and Salt, J. (2003) ‘The Ins and Outs of Migration’ inÌýConnections, Summer 2003, Commission for Racial Equality. 10-12
  • Clarke, J. and Salt, J. (2003) ‘Work permits and foreign labour in the UK: a statistical review’ inÌýLabour Market Trends, November 2003, Vol. 111, No. 11, London: Office for National Statistics. 563-574
  • Coleman, D., Compton, P and Salt, J., 2002, Demography of migrant populations: the case of the United Kingdom, 497-552 in Haug, W., Compton, P. and Courbage, Y. (Eds.),ÌýThe Demographic Characteristics of Immigrant Populations, Population Studies No. 38, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • Salt, J. and Clarke, J.A., Europe’s migrant groups, 17-55 in Haug, W., Compton, P. and Courbage, Y. (Eds.),ÌýThe Demographic Characteristics of Immigrant Populations, Population Studies No. 38, Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • Salt, J., 2002, External migration and ethnic group, 93-103 in Haskey, J. (Ed.), Population Projections by Ethnic Group: a Feasibility Study, National Statistics, SMPS No. 67, HMSO, London.
  • Salt, J., 2002, Hot property: the global market for skills,ÌýAbout the House: House of Representatives Magazine, Issue 14. Canberra.
  • Salt, J., 2002, Global competition for skills: an evaluation of policies, 201-243 inÌýMigration: Benefiting Australia,ÌýDepartment of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra. ISSN 0 642 26068 0.
  • McLaughlan, G. and Salt, J., 2002,ÌýMigration Policies Towards Highly Skilled Foreign Workers, Home Office, London. 156pp. ISBN 1 84082 8544.
  • Schmidt, S. and Salt, J., The development of free movement in the European Union, in Papademetriou, D. and Meyers, D.W. (eds.),ÌýCaught in the Middle: Border Communities in an era of Globalisation, 2001, Carnegie Endowment Publications, Washington DC.
  • Dobson, J., McLaughlan, G., and Salt, J., International Migration and the United Kingdom, 66-70 in Home Office,ÌýBridging the Information Gaps, 2001, London.
  • Dobson, J., Koser, K., McLaughlan, G., and Salt, J.,ÌýInternational Migration and the United Kingdom: Recent Patterns and Trends, RDS Occasional Paper 75, 2001, Home Office, London, 280pp.
  • Salt, J. and Clarke, J.A., Foreign labour in the United Kingdom,ÌýLabour Market Trends, October 2001, 473-483.
  • Salt, J.,ÌýCurrent Trends in Migration in Europe. 2000, 2001 Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • Salt, J. The business of international migration, 86-108 in Siddique, M.A.B. (ed.)ÌýInternational Migration into the 21stÌýCentury. Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard, 2001. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Grants
  • 2010, European Migration Network, Home Office
  • Intra-Company Transfers in the IT sector, 2009. Home Office, Migration Advisory Committee.
  • Economic Downturn and Migration, 2009. Equality and Human Rights Commission.
  • European Migration Network, 2009. Home Office.
  • : Migration and Ethnicity, 2003-2011. A joint programme with the University of Bristol involving eight research projects over 5 years.
  • The Political Economy of Migration in an Integrating Europe, 2001-04. A collaborative project involving the Universities of Coimbra, Osnabruck, Amsterdam, Milan, Berne and UCL. Funded through the EU 5th Framework research programme.
Research Interests

Main Areas of Interest

International migration in Europe and the UK, especially labour migration; global movements by the highly skilled; migrant trafficking and human smuggling; international migration statistics;Ìýstaffing strategies in UK university international branch campuses.

Current Research Positions