Paul was convenor of the Masters degrees in Migration at Sussex from 2012-2024. This included establishing the MA Migration and Global Development and MA Migration and Refugee Studies, pioneering programmes that represent timely and highly relevant approaches to today’s global migration issues and that are taught by the Sussex migration research community. Paul teaches a core module ‘Migrants and Society: Global Transformations’ on both programmes addressing the main theoretical approaches and perspectives on migration.

From 2026, he will resume his role as PhD convenor for doctoral research in Migration and Geography.     

As the Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) he also supports numerous events and activities, including films, seminars and an annual conference for the Migration PG community.

He has supervised more than 35 doctoral researchers to completion across a wide range of topics in the social sciences.

His current supervisees are the :

Mengwei Wang, Migration Studies, working title: Becoming British Chinese: Family Resources, Obligations, and Generational Perspectives

Saki Yabuuchi, Migration Studies, working title: Return experiences of Egyptian students: the motivation and process of social remittances

Deepa Shah, Sociology, working title: Social work and people seeking asylum: street-level securitisation in the UK?

Pablo Paz Clavijo Migration Studies, working title: Forging Belonging. How do Andean Migrants build social ties and navigate integration in Berlin's global cityscape