Children and unsafe migration into Europe: Understanding the evidence base
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The Call for Papers for Heritages of Migration: Moving Stories, Objects and Home is now open. You can view the guidelines and download the full call for papers here and submit your 300 word abstract online via this link.
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Linguistic xenophobia and why it should be resisted
TLANG team
Like many around the country, the TLANG team have been shocked by the upsurge of xenophobia and racist hate crime which the police believe have been triggered by the BREXIT vote https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/11/police-blame-worst-rise-in-recorded-hate-on-eu-referendum . The outcome of the vote seems to have been interpreted by some as permission to hate, or rather to express that hatred through abuse and violence. As part of the TLANG Project (website) we are working with the East European Advice Centre, housed in the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) building in Hammersmith, London. As widely reported in the media, POSK came under racist attack with graffiti smeared over its front door the day after the EU Referendum.
Aspects of the BREXIT campaign, designed to raise fear and anxiety over migration, have encouraged this response, as has the campaign of disinformation on migration conducted by some sectors of the press. As concerned citizens we…
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On superdiversity in a ‘crisis mood’ | Nando Sigona interviewed in openDemocracy
“We need to question the categories we use and how we pigeonhole society. This opens spaces for us to imagine a different kind of society": Nando Sigona in conversation with Rosemary Bechler in OpenDemocracy. Source: On superdiversity in a ‘crisis mood’ | openDemocracy
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Nando Sigona speaks at the pop-up Festival of Identities at City Lit in London (10-11 May) on superdiversity, the importance of deconstructing the categories and labels we use to describe society and the work being carried out at IRiS. Click on the image to watch the video.
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Explainer: Cameron’s u-turn on refugee children
Nando Sigona offers his views on Cameron's u-turn on refugee children from within the EU on BBC News. In brief, Nando argues that it is a welcome development, particularly because it is the first time in the current refugee crisis the UK government is accepting refugees already in the EU. However, the details of the... Continue Reading →
Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship
The University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence for research and teaching on diversity, migration and social inequality. The Institute currently engages in international research related to the refugee crisis, asylum policy and practice, superdiversity, undocumented migration, migrant children and youth, socio-economic inequality and diversity, welfare state... Continue Reading →
Beyond Borders: How would a Brexit impact UK immigration?
Immigration is undoubtedly one of the most fundamental issues that will decide the outcome of the UK Referendum on EU membership, and arguably one of the most misunderstood and mispresented. As part of the University of Birmingham’s programme of events in the run up to the EU Referendum , the Institute for Research into Superdiversity... Continue Reading →
Migration, informality and violence: A reflection at the AAG 2016 San Francisco
By Arshad Isakjee On March 26 2016 I presented a paper with colleagues Dr Thom Davies (Sociology, University of Warwick) and Dr Surindar Dhesi (Environmental Health, University of Birmingham) on the informal refugee camp in Calais. Since joining IRiS in 2015, I have been working as part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers on an... Continue Reading →
The Age of Superdiversity 