Biography
My research focuses on the ethics and practice of immigration policies, including enforcement and repatriation policies. I additionally research the philosophy of consent, including when consent is informed, and when coerced consent is valid. Prior to joining the Department of Political Economy, I was a lecturer in political theory at the University of Essex. I completed my PhD at the London School of Economics in 2016.
Office hours
Tuesday: 13.00 - 15.00
Please e-mail me if these times are not suitable.
Research interests
The ethics of immigration and the philosophy of consent
Current projects
I am currently working on a project addressing when immigration enforcement is justified, and whether the public’s views on enforcement are consistent with what justice requires.
PhD supervision
I would be interested in supervising research relating to immigration ethics, and the philosophy of consent.
Latest publications
Gerver, M; Simon, M; Lown, P and Duell, D. (forthcoming) Do Arguments About Immigration Ethics Change Minds? in (Eds. Alice Baderin and David Miller), Why Political Theory Needs Social Science, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Gerver, M. (2025) How to Solve Immigration Dilemmas, Ethics and International Affairs
Gerver, M; Simon, M; Ghosn, F (Forthcoming) Refugee Resettlement and Preferences, Political Studies
Gerver, M; Banerjee, S; and John, P (2024) Nudging Against Consent is Effective but Lowers Welfare, Scientific Reports
Gerver, M; Simon, M; Lown, P; Duell D (2024) The Immigration Discrimination Dilemma, Ethics and Global Politics
Gerver, M; Lown, P; and Duell, D (2023) Experimental Immigration Ethics, in (ed) Matthew Lindauer, Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy, Bloomsbury
Gerver, M; Lown, P, and Duell, D (2023) Proportional Immigration Enforcement, Journal of Politics
Gerver, M. (2021) The Case for Permanent Residency for Frontline Workers. American Political Science Review
Gerver, M. (2021) Consent and Third-Party Coercion. Ethics
Gerver, M. (2021) Must Refugees Return? Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Gerver, M. (2021) Decriminalizing People Smuggling. Moral Philosophy and Politics
Gerver, M. (2020) Priority, Sufficiency, and Selecting Refugees. Journal of Applied Philosophy
Gerver, M. (2020) Inferring Consent without Communication. Social Theory and Practice 46(1)
Gerver, M. (2019) Denying Services to Prevent Regret. Journal of Applied Philosophy
Gerver, M. (2018) The Ethics and Practice of Refugee Repatriation. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Gerver, M. (2018) Refugee Repatriation and the Problem of Consent. British Journal of Political Science 48(4)
Gerver, M. (2018) Paying Minorities to Leave. Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Gerver, M (2017) Paying Refugees to Leave. Political Studies
Gerver, M. (2017) Misinformation as Immigration Control, Res Publica
Gerver, M. (2015) Consent for data on consent, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Gerver, M. (2015) Refugee repatriation and voluntariness, The International Journal of Human Rights
Gerver, M. (2014) Testing repatriation contracts for unconscionability: The case of refugees in Israel, International Journal of Refugee Law.
Gerver, M (2014) The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Repatriation of Refugee, Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly
Gerver, M (2013) Refugee quota trading within the context of EU-ENP cooperation: rational, bounded rational and ethical critiques, Journal of Contemporary European Research
Gerver, M. (2013) Exceptions to blanket anonymity for the publication of interviews with refugees: African refugees in Israel as a case study, Research Ethics
‘Gerver, M. (2012) "'Sinigurisha! (You are not for sale!)’: exploring the relationship between access to school, school fees, and sexual abuse in Rwanda, Gender and Education