We are opening this year IRIS seminar series with a talk by professor John Solomos (University of Warwick), discussing linkages and gaps in research on migration and racism. The event is hosted at the University of Birmingham on 29 October, 3-4.30pm (UK). Book a place via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-and-migration-linkages-absences-and-evolving-research-agendas-tickets-1041877251907
Two-day workshop organised by the Centre for Refugee Studies (York University, Canada) and IRIS on 26-27 September 2024 offers an opportunity for early career researchers to share their thinking and contributions about the future of refugee integration research. Intellectual debate around migrant settlement and adaptation has been ongoing in Western nations for nearly a century.... Continue Reading →
The Academy of Social Sciences is delighted to welcome 45 leading social scientists to our Fellowship this autumn. Spanning a range of research and practice areas including urban governance and public policy, health technology assessment, hunger and food insecurity, migration and forced displacement, and international law, our newly elected Fellows highlight the importance, breadth and... Continue Reading →
Check out the latest version of the Conference programme, which includes 33 panels, 5 workshops, 4 semi-plenaries and two keynote talks by Nandita Sharma and Nasar Meer. The code of conduct for delegates is also online on our conference page. The book of abstracts is now online!
International refugees and academic experts have contributed to a new book examining the resonance of Dante’s Divine Comedy with today’s migrants fleeing the troubles in their home countries. Dante on the Move is launched in Rome today (Thursday 11th July) and has been produced as part of a research project Reading Dante with Refugees led... Continue Reading →
Immigration, while far less salient than it was in 2016, is becoming a key political and policy issue again, partly due to Farage's effort to shift the debate on a terrain more congenial to him. This report not only analyses what has changed in terms of both outcomes and public opinion but considers how a... Continue Reading →
In this new article published in The Political Quarterly, the MIGZEN team examines the UK's ‘safe and legal (humanitarian) routes’ and their position in the post-Brexit migration regime. It considers also how these domestic provisions compare to those underwritten by international protections. The Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas)—HK BN(O)s—and Ukraine visa schemes are an area... Continue Reading →
By Seb Rumsby IOM World Migration Report 2024 found that international remittances had increased 650% from $128bn to $831bn between 2000 and 2022. This growth continued contrary to predictions that remittances would drop dramatically during COVID-19. Remittance figures now outnumbers foreign direct investment in developing nations for the first time, highlighting the critical importance of labour... Continue Reading →
https://nandosigona.info/2024/05/10/labours-response-to-irregular-crossings-some-thoughts/?page_id=5433 Drawing on research on post-Brexit migration governance and the irregularisation of migration, Nando Sigona offers some thoughts on Labour's new proposal to tackle irregular sea crossings in the English Channel.
Is the UK immigration system really 'fairer' as the government claims? Fairer to whom? Nando Sigona asks Luke Piper, Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre in the latest episode of Conversations with IRIS (S5 E2), in which we examine the production of exploitable and precarious migrant workers at the intersection of the immigration... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Iris: Podcast on migration, diversity and displacement
The Age of Superdiversity 