Kamran Khan

Kamran Khan is a Research Fellow at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona. His academic work focuses on citizenship testing, linguistic border policies, and the intersection of language with racism, security, and Islamophobia. He authored the book Becoming a Citizen: Linguistic Trials and Negotiations (Bloomsbury, 2021), which explores these themes through a sociolinguistic lens.

• Research Focus: Citizenship testing, language policy in migration, and critical discourse analysis.
• Geographic Scope: United Kingdom, Catalonia, and Australia.

His research examines how language requirements create barriers for migrant families, particularly in the context of Australia's 2020 policy changes that introduced language mandates for partner visas. This work contributes to broader debates on linguistic citizenship and exclusionary practices in national security discourses.