Dr Barbara Edgar
Research interests
Barbara’s primary research interests concern the demographic implications of migration, particularly of international migration to Australia.
Publications
- Lucas, D, Edgar, B & Lucas, G 2017, 'Overseas Destinations for Elite Southern and Northern Rhodesians and Zimbabweans', 39th Annual Conference of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, The University of Western Australia, pp. 226-233pp.
- Lucas, D & Edgar, B 2016, 'Zimbabwe's Emigrants: Growth and Change in Australia', Australasian Review of African Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 33-55.
- Khoo, S, McDonald, P, Temple, J & Edgar, B 2012, Scoping study of migration and housing needs. Report to the National Housing Supply Council, Department of the Treasury, Australian Government.
- Lucas, D & Edgar, B 2015, 'Sri Lankans in Australia', in L. Dissanayake and S. Ukwatta (ed.), Population and Development: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor KAP Siddhisena, Department of Demography, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 119-134.
- Lucas, D & Edgar, B 2015, 'Southern Africans in the Antipodes', Africa: Diversity and Development, 37th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Australia, pp. 1-29.
- Lucas, D & Edgar, B 2014, 'Africans in Australia 2011: Their demography and human capital', African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific - AFSAAP - 36th Annual Conference, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Australia, pp. 1-19.
- Edgar, B 2013, 'An intergenerational model of spatial assimilation in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. Online (06 Sep 2013), pp. 21pp.
- Khoo, S, McDonald, P & Edgar, B 2013, 'Contribution of family migration to Australia'. Report to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Government.
- Lucas, D, Jamali, M & Edgar, B 2013, 'A statistical profile of the Sudan-born in Australia', in Jay Marlowe, Anne Harris and Tanya Lyons (eds.), South Sudanese diaspora in Australia and New Zealand: Reconciling the past with the present, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 48-66.
- Lucas, D, Jamali, M & Edgar, B 2011, 'The Sudan-born in Australia: a Statistical Profile', Australasian Review of African Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 10-24.
- Lucas, D, Jamali, M & Edgar, B 2011, 'Zimbabwe's exodus to Australia', African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference 2011, ed. The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP), African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, online, pp. 1-22.
- PhD title: Migrant concentrations as zones of transition: Ethnic assimilation and pluralism scenarios in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
