Marika Jeziorek is a PhD Candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research examines temporary protection regimes, migration governance, and digital humanitarianism, with a particular focus on how states govern displacement through time, bureaucracy, and emerging technologies. Drawing on comparative research in Canada and Europe, her doctoral work explores how temporary protection shapes pathways to stability, long-term settlement, and belonging among people displaced by war.

Her research has been published in leading academic journals and policy outlets, including the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Migration and Development, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Oxford Intersections: Gender Justice (Oxford University Press), Migration Policy Practice, and Democratic Theory. She also writes for public audiences, with articles published in The Conversation on migration governance and temporary protection.

Marika serves as Coordinator of the BSIA Migration + Technology Hub, where she supports interdisciplinary research on migration governance and emerging technologies. She recently coordinated a special issue of Migration and Development on migration, technology, and development, and contributes to collaborative research on digital humanitarianism, reproductive governance, migration technologies, and digital public infrastructure.

Her current research investigates how governments use temporary legal status, administrative systems, and digital technologies to govern mobility and belonging, while examining the implications for displaced people’s long-term futures, social inclusion, and access to rights.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Marika worked in economic development, taught International Business and Communications at Lambton College, and operated an international trade business in Canada and Europe. She holds an MA in Global Governance from the University of Waterloo and a BA in Global Development from Huron University College at Western University.

Media Engagement

• Jeziorek, M. (2026). Canada gave Ukrainians safety, but building a future was harder. The Conversation. Available here
• Jeziorek, M., & Tusikov, N. (2025). Global health systems aren’t ready for the rise of humanitarian femtech. Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Available here
• Jeziorek, M. (2026). Canada’s immigration system is going digital, and accountability must keep pace. The Conversation. Available here
• Jeziorek, M. (2026). Invited interview on digital transformation in Canada’s immigration system. The Shaye Ganam Show, 880 CHED / 770 CHQR. Available here

Conference Presentations

• Governing Through Time: Temporary Protection and Conditional Belonging under Canada’s CUAET. Paper presented at the Queen’s–BSIA Graduate Symposium in Migration and Mobilities, Queen’s University, Canada — March 21, 2026
  From Status to Scrutiny: Evaluative Governance and the Infrastructures of Belonging in Contemporary Migration Systems. Paper presented at the Brock Symposium: Digital Regulation in the Public Interest, Brock University, Canada — March 13, 2026
• The Return Horizon: Governing Displacement Through the Anticipation of Return. Paper presented at the Navigating Return Migration: What Next? Diplomacy, Infrastructures, and Pathways Beyond conference (Panel VIb: Gender, Governance, and the Everyday Realities of Repatriation), Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye — January 23, 2026
• Digital conditionality: Migration governance and the algorithmic politics of belonging in Canada. Paper presented at the Pathways to Prosperity National Conference (panel on Immigration, Work, and New Technologies), Halifax, Canada — November 24, 2025
• Conditional Protection: Gendered Vulnerabilities in Temporary Protection Mechanisms in Poland and Canada — 10th Congress of the Polish Association for Canadian Studies Conference, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland — September 19, 2025
• The Remote Work Mirage: How Digital Labour Markets Reinforce Inequality for Racialized Immigrant Women — Canada at the Crossroads: Racialized Immigrant Women and Labour, University of Waterloo – March 28, 2025
• Institutionalizing Precarity: Temporary Protection Mechanisms in Global Migration Governance — Migration in Increasing Uncertainty and Insecure Times, Migration and Ethnic Relations Graduate Conference, Western University – March 22, 2025
• Digital Humanitarianism and Migrant Precarity: Gendered Responsibilization in Martynka and The Newcomer App — Digital Regulation in the Public Interest: 2nd Annual Symposium, Brock University – March 20, 2025
• Digital Platforms for Crisis Response: Martynka & Gendered Vulnerabilities — Migration and Technology: Governance Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions, Balsillie School of International Affairs – October 8, 2024
• Navigating Temporary Protection: The CUAET Program & Its Implications for Ukrainian Refugees — 7th Migration, Adaptation & Memory International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland – June 13, 2024