Peter Nyers is Professor of the Politics of Citizenship and Intercultural Relations in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University. His research focuses on the social movements of non-status refugees and migrants, in particular their campaigns against deportation and detention and for regularization and global mobility rights. He has published widely on these themes and his work has been translated into Chinese, French, German, and Italian. He has played a role in shaping scholarly debates about citizenship through his longtime involvement with the journal Citizenship Studies where he served as one its Editors from 2005-2025. He is also a founding member of the Critical Refugee & Migration Studies Network of Canada.