Antoine Pécoud is Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 13, France. He holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Oxford. Between 2003 and 2012, he worked as a migration specialist for UNESCO. His research addresses the global politics of migration. He has co-edited several books, including Migration Without Borders (with P. de Guchteneire, 2007), The Politics of International Migration Management (with M. Geiger, 2010), and Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People (with M. Geiger, 2013).