Aude is a demographer/population geographer at the Queensland Centre for Population Research at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on understanding internal migration processes and their consequences for individuals, regions and nations. Her contributions to formal demography include the development of measurement and estimation techniques that facilitate large-scale international comparisons of migration levels, patterns and selectivity. Building on the life-course perspective, her theoretical contributions include the concept of migration capital and the intergenerational transmission of migration.
She leads a group of PhD students and post-doctoral fellows who work on internal migration in partnership with international organisations, federal and state government departments on a range of the methodological and applied issues. Aude's current projects include:
- The internal migration and regional retention of immigrants
- Forecasting internal migration
- The long-term consequences of childhood migration
- The impact of climate change on internal migration
She is currently Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects and a Linkage Project in partnership with the University of Melbourne, the University of New England, Shanghai University, the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Treasury’s Centre for Population.
She co-edits of the Journal of Population Research, co-chairs the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Lifetime Migration and sits on the Commonwealth's Treasury experts panel on population.
Other Outputs: Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it
Pojani, Dorina and Bernard, Aude (2023, 08 28). Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it The Conversation
Journal Article: Does Internal Migration Contribute to the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Inequalities? The Role of Childhood Migration
Bernard, Aude (2023). Does Internal Migration Contribute to the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Inequalities? The Role of Childhood Migration. Demography, 60 (4), 1059-1088. doi: 10.1215/00703370-10826486
Journal Article: Do Co-Ethnic Neighbourhoods Affect the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants? Longitudinal Evidence from Australia
Nguyen, Toan, Bernard, Aude, Lee, Rennie, Wilson, Tom and Argent, Neil (2023). Do Co-Ethnic Neighbourhoods Affect the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants? Longitudinal Evidence from Australia. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 16 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s12061-023-09505-2
(2022–2024) University of Melbourne
Asian Migration in the 21st Century: An Integrated Account
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Where migrants go: A study of immigrants' post-arrival moves in Australia
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Understanding differences in long-term trends in labour force mobility in OECD countries
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the decline in the level of internal migration in Australia
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
Exploring Refugee Integration into Australia: Multidimensional, Longitudinal and Spatial Dimensions
Doctor Philosophy
The long-term consequences of childhood migration
Climate change and internal migration
Who leaves Australia, who returns: A longitudinal study of emigration
Internal Migration as a Life-Course Trajectory : Concepts, Methods and Empirical Applications
Bernard, Aude ed. (2022). Internal Migration as a Life-Course Trajectory : Concepts, Methods and Empirical Applications. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-05423-5
Internal migration in the countries of Asia: a cross-national comparison
Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu eds. (2020). Internal migration in the countries of Asia: a cross-national comparison. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7
Internal migration as a life-course trajectory: An introduction
Bernard, Aude (2022). Internal migration as a life-course trajectory: An introduction. Internal Migration as a Life-Course Trajectory. (pp. 1-15) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-05423-5_1
Bernard, Aude and Wu, Jing (2022). Migration: Internal. Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. (pp. ---) edited by George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan. Malden, MA United States: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm101.pub2
Settlement and migration patterns of immigrants by visa class in Australia
Laukova, Dagmara, Bernard, Aude and Sigler, Thomas (2022). Settlement and migration patterns of immigrants by visa class in Australia. New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives. (pp. 165-191) edited by Masamichi Kawano, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Yoshiro Higano. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-6695-7_10
Comparative measures of internal migration
Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Ke, Wenqian (2020). Comparative measures of internal migration. Internal migration in the countries of Asia. (pp. 31-48) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_3
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Bernard, Aude (2020). Conclusions. Internal migration in the countries of Asia: a cross-national comparison. (pp. 385-409) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_19
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Zhu, Yu (2020). IMAGE-Asia: an introduction. Internal migration in the countries of Asia. (pp. 3-13) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_1
Understanding internal migration: a conceptual framework
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Zhu, Yu (2020). Understanding internal migration: a conceptual framework. Internal migration in the countries of Asia: a cross-national comparison. (pp. 15-30) edited by Martin Bell, Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards and Yu Zhu. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44010-7_2
Global trends in internal migration
Bell, Martin, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bernard, Aude and Ueffing, Philipp (2018). Global trends in internal migration. Internal migration in the developed world: are we becoming less mobile?. (pp. 76-97) edited by Tony Champion, Thomas Cooke and Ian Shuttleworth. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315589282-4
Bernard, Aude (2023). Does Internal Migration Contribute to the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Inequalities? The Role of Childhood Migration. Demography, 60 (4), 1059-1088. doi: 10.1215/00703370-10826486
Nguyen, Toan, Bernard, Aude, Lee, Rennie, Wilson, Tom and Argent, Neil (2023). Do Co-Ethnic Neighbourhoods Affect the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants? Longitudinal Evidence from Australia. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 16 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s12061-023-09505-2
Educational selectivity of native and foreign-born internal migrants in Europe
González-Leonardo, Miguel, Bernard, Aude, García-Román, Joan and López-Gay, Antonio (2022). Educational selectivity of native and foreign-born internal migrants in Europe. Demographic Research, 47 34, 1033-1046. doi: 10.4054/demres.2022.47.34
Does the association between internal migration and personality traits hold in different countries?
Bernard, Aude (2022). Does the association between internal migration and personality traits hold in different countries?. Journal of Research in Personality, 101 104300, 104300. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104300
Continuity or change? How the onset of COVID‐19 affected internal migration in Australia
Perales, Francisco and Bernard, Aude (2022). Continuity or change? How the onset of COVID‐19 affected internal migration in Australia. Population, Space and Place, 29 (2) e2626, e26. doi: 10.1002/psp.2626
Do internal migration experiences facilitate migration intentions and behavior?
Bernard, Aude, Kalemba, Sunganani and Nguyen, Toan (2022). Do internal migration experiences facilitate migration intentions and behavior?. Demography, 59 (4), 1249-1274. doi: 10.1215/00703370-9986021
Kalemba, Sunganani V., Bernard, Aude, Corcoran, Jonathan and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2022). Has the decline in the intensity of internal migration been accompanied by changes in reasons for migration?. Journal of Population Research, 39 (3), 279-313. doi: 10.1007/s12546-022-09285-5
A regional renaissance? The shifting geography of internal migration under COVID-19
Borsellino, Rosabella, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2022). A regional renaissance? The shifting geography of internal migration under COVID-19. Australian Geographer, 53 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2022.2074622
Bernard, Aude and Kalemba, Sunganani (2022). Internal migration and the de-standardization of the life course: A sequence analysis of reasons for migrating. Demographic Research, 46 12, 337-354. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.12
Laukova, Dagmara, Bernard, Aude, Nguyen, Toan and Sigler, Thomas (2022). The role of visa class in the location choices of immigrants in Australia at the regional and neighbourhood scales. Journal of Population Research, 39 (2), 201-231. doi: 10.1007/s12546-022-09280-w
How will COVID-19 impact Australia’s future population? A scenario approach
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Wilson, Tom, Bernard, Aude and Wohland, Pia (2021). How will COVID-19 impact Australia’s future population? A scenario approach. Applied Geography, 134 102506, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102506
Is migration a learned behavior? Understanding the impact of past migration on future migration
Bernard, Aude and Perales, Francisco (2021). Is migration a learned behavior? Understanding the impact of past migration on future migration. Population and Development Review, 47 (2), 449-474. doi: 10.1111/padr.12387
Brain circulation: the educational profile of return migrants
Chen, Chen, Bernard, Aude, Guy, Abel and Rylee, Ryan (2021). Brain circulation: the educational profile of return migrants. Population Research and Policy Review, 41 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11113-021-09655-6
Understanding internal migration trends in OECD countries
Alvarez, Maximiliano, Bernard, Aude and Lieske, Scott N. (2021). Understanding internal migration trends in OECD countries. Population, Space and Place, 27 (7) e2451. doi: 10.1002/psp.2451
Bernard, Aude and Perales, Francisco (2021). Linking internal and international migration in 13 European countries: complementarity or substitution?. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48 (3), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1868983
Borsellino, Rosabella, Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bernard, Aude and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Forty years of internal migration in Australian regions: a sequence analysis of net migration, turnover, and retention. Australian Geographer, 52 (4), 425-452. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2021.2018772
Decline in internal migration levels in Australia: compositional or behavioural effect?
Kalemba, Sunganani Violet, Bernard, Aude, Charles‐Edwards, Elin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2020). Decline in internal migration levels in Australia: compositional or behavioural effect?. Population, Space and Place, 27 (7) e2341, e2341. doi: 10.1002/psp.2341
Are young Swedes moving more? A cohort analysis of internal migration by move order
Bernard, Aude and Kolk, Martin (2019). Are young Swedes moving more? A cohort analysis of internal migration by move order. European Journal of Population, 36 (3), 601-615. doi: 10.1007/s10680-019-09542-z
Bernard, Aude and Vidal, Sergi (2019). Does moving in childhood and adolescence affect residential mobility in adulthood? An analysis of long‐term individual residential trajectories in 11 European countries. Population, Space and Place, 26 (1) e2286. doi: 10.1002/psp.2286
Rowe, Francisco, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Ueffing, Philipp (2019). Impact of internal migration on population redistribution in Europe: urbanisation, counterurbanisation or spatial equilibrium?. Comparative Population Studies, 44, 201-234. doi: 10.12765/CPoS-2019-18en
Distinguishing tempo and ageing effects in migration
Bernard, Aude and Pelikh, Alina (2019). Distinguishing tempo and ageing effects in migration. Demographic Research, 40, 1291-1322. doi: 10.4054/demres.2019.40.44
Internal migration in the countries of Asia: levels, ages and spatial impacts
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Zhu, Yu (2019). Internal migration in the countries of Asia: levels, ages and spatial impacts. Asian Population Studies, 15 (2), 150-171. doi: 10.1080/17441730.2019.1619256
Migration in China: A cohort approach to understanding past and future trends
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Zhu, Yu (2019). Migration in China: A cohort approach to understanding past and future trends. Population, Space and Place, 25 (6) e2234. doi: 10.1002/psp.2234
Educational selectivity of internal migrants: A global assessment
Bernard, Aude and Bell, Martin (2018). Educational selectivity of internal migrants: A global assessment. Demographic Research, 39 (29), 835-854. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.29
Residential mobility in Australia and the United States: a retrospective study
Bernard, Aude, Forder, Peta, Kendig, Hal and Byles, Julie (2017). Residential mobility in Australia and the United States: a retrospective study. Australian Population Studies, 1 (1), 41-54.
Cohort measures of internal migration: understanding long-term trends
Bernard, Aude (2017). Cohort measures of internal migration: understanding long-term trends. Demography, 54 (6), 2201-2221. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0626-7
Levels and patterns of internal migration in Europe: A cohort perspective
Bernard, Aude (2017). Levels and patterns of internal migration in Europe: A cohort perspective. Population Studies-A Journal of Demography, 71 (3), 293-311. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2017.1360932
Levels and patterns of internal migration in Europe: a cohort perspective
Bernard, Aude (2017). Levels and patterns of internal migration in Europe: a cohort perspective. Population Studies, 71 (3), 293-311. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2017.1360932
Comparing internal migration across the countries of Latin America: a multidimensional approach
Bernard, Aude, Rowe, Francisco, Bell, Martin, Ueffing, Philipp and Charles-Edwards, Elim (2017). Comparing internal migration across the countries of Latin America: a multidimensional approach. PLoS One, 12 (3) e0173895, 1-24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173895
The impact of internal migration on population redistribution: an international comparison
Rees, Philip, Bell, Martin, Kupiszewski, Marek, Kupiszewska, Dorota, Ueffing, Philipp, Bernard, Aude, Charles-Edwards, Elin and Stillwell, John (2016). The impact of internal migration on population redistribution: an international comparison. Population Space and Place, 23 (6) e2036, e2036. doi: 10.1002/psp.2036
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2016). Internal migration age patterns and the transition to adulthood: Australia and Great Britain compared. Journal of Population Research, 33 (2), 123-146. doi: 10.1007/s12546-016-9157-0
Smoothing internal migration age profiles for comparative research
Bernard, Aude and Bell, Martin (2015). Smoothing internal migration age profiles for comparative research. Demographic Research, 32 (1), 915-948. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.33
Life-course transitions and the age profile of internal migration
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2014). Life-course transitions and the age profile of internal migration. Population and Development Review, 40 (2), 213-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00671.x
Improved measures for the cross-national comparison of age profiles of internal migration
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Charles-Edwards, Elin (2014). Improved measures for the cross-national comparison of age profiles of internal migration. Population Studies, 68 (2), 179-195. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2014.890243
Pojani, Dorina and Bernard, Aude (2023, 08 28). Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won’t – and we can’t afford to do it The Conversation
Anticipating the impact of COVID-19 on Internal Migration
Aude Bernard, Elin Charles-Edwards, Maximiliano Alvarez, Pia Wohland, Julia Loginova and Sunganani Kalemba (2020). Anticipating the impact of COVID-19 on Internal Migration. Canberra: Center for Population, Commonwealth Department of Treasury.
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bernard, Aude, Wohland, Pia and Wilson, Tom (2020, August 06). 1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years. The Conversation, p.1-1.
Australians are moving home less. Why? And does it matter?
Bernard, Aude and Kalemba, Sunganani (2020, 03 31). Australians are moving home less. Why? And does it matter? The Conversation
Why are young Swedes moving more? A cohort analysis of internal migration by move order
Bernard, Aude and Kolk, Martin (2019). Why are young Swedes moving more? A cohort analysis of internal migration by move order. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography Stockholm, Sweden: Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.
Bernard, Aude, Bell, Martin and Cooper, Jim (2018). Internal Migration and Education: A Cross-National Comparison, Background Report to the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report. Paris France: UNESCO.
Population shift: Understanding internal migration in Australia
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Cooper, Jim and Bernard, Aude (2018). Population shift: Understanding internal migration in Australia. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Internal migration in the countries of Asia: Levels, ages, and spatial impacts
Charles-Edwards, Elin, Bell, Martin, Bernard, Aude and Yu, Zhu (2017). Internal migration in the countries of Asia: Levels, ages, and spatial impacts. ADRI Working Paper. ADRI-WP-2017/001. Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University.
Migration Age Patterns and Life-Course Transitions: A Cross-National Comparison
Bernard, Aude (2014). Migration Age Patterns and Life-Course Transitions: A Cross-National Comparison. PhD Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.323
(2022–2024) University of Melbourne
Asian Migration in the 21st Century: An Integrated Account
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Where migrants go: A study of immigrants' post-arrival moves in Australia
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Internal Migration Assumption Project
(2020) Commonwealth Department of the Treasury
An Integrated Demographic and Transport Demand Modelling Framework (ID-TDM)
(2019–2022) iMove Cooperative Research Centre
Understanding the Long-Term Decline in Internal Migration
(2016–2020) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Understanding differences in long-term trends in labour force mobility in OECD countries
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Exploring Refugee Integration into Australia: Multidimensional, Longitudinal and Spatial Dimensions
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Integrating internal and international migration in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The economic geography of immigration to Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
The shifting geographies of migration in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding the dynamics of temporay migration in Asia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding the decline in the level of internal migration in Australia
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
The long-term consequences of childhood migration
Climate change and internal migration
Who leaves Australia, who returns: A longitudinal study of emigration
Internal migration of immigrants