My research interests focus on populations in migration, whether displaced by conflict, natural disaster or widespread human rights abuse; or in the context of migrant labor and human trafficking. Interests include:
• Population-based surveys of marginalized and mobile groups
• Impacts of migration and displacement on physical and mental health
• Mortality studies applying demographic principles in field settings
• Access to health care and health systems among displaced and migrant populations
• Operations research in complex emergency and crisis settings
• Health and protection policies for refugees, displaced persons, migrants and survivors of human trafficking
- Robinson C, Lee MK, Hill K, Burnham G. (1999). Mortality in North Korean Migrant Households: A Retrospective Study. Lancet, 354.
- Robinson, C. 2004. The Indochinese Comprehensive Plan of Action: Sharing the Burden and Passing the Buck. Journal of Refugee Studies.
- Robinson C, Branchini C*, Thame C. (2017) Debate: Global trafficking prevalence data advances the fight against trafficking in persons. Anti-Trafficking Review.
- Robinson C. (1998). Terms of Refuge: The Indochinese Exodus and the International Response. London and New York: Zed Books.
- Robinson C. (2014). “Intractability and Change in Crisis Migrations: North Koreans in China and Burmese in Thailand,” Humanitarian Crises and Migration: Causes, Consequences and Responses. Routledge.