
Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as holder of the Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity for 2004/2005 by the University Board of Utrecht University in the Netherlands . The Prince Claus Chair is a rotating chair in the field of development and North-South relations and was established by Utrecht University and the Institute of Social Studies (ISS). Professor Rivera-Salgado was appointed on the basis of his academic work in the field of indigenous rights, particularly in Latin America and the United States. Professor Rivera-Salgado was based at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht.
Gaspar Rivera-Salgado is the author of many publications about US-Mexican migration, social movements and the rights of indigenous peoples. His most recent publications include the edited volume (with J. Fox) Indigenous Mexican Migration in the United States (La Jolla: University of California, San Diego, Center for US-Mexican Studies and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies , 2004); and the article (with L. Escala and X. Bada) "Mexican Migrant Civic and Political Participation in the United States: The Case of Hometown Associations in Chicago and Los Angeles." Revista Norteamerica (CSAN-UNAM and CNAS-American University.) November, 2006, No.2.