Coronavirus crisis ‘increases suffering of most vulnerable refugees’, new IRIS report reveals

The Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating the existing vulnerabilities of the world’s refugees and internally displaced people, according to a report by theInstitute for Research into Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham and Refugee Women Connect. Research has revealed that many undocumented migrants were anxious about seeking medical help – fearful of being reported to immigration... Continue Reading →

19/05/2020 1

What Hannah Arendt can teach us about work in the time of Covid-19, Lyndsey Stonebridge in The New Statesman

According to the government, we are now supposed to be getting back to work. But what does “work” mean in the time of Covid-19? Lyndsey Stonebridge asks in her latest contribution in The New Statesman.

15/05/2020 0

#IAMESPOIR: Espoir Njei in conversation with Dawn River

This is the recording of a conversation between Espoir Njei and Dawn River. The conversation took place on Tuesday 28th April 2020 - approx. one month into lockdown. Espoir and Dawn built a friendship through their shared commitment to supporting LGBTIQ migrants fleeing persecution. Espoir is a lesbian asylum seeker from the Cameroon currently in... Continue Reading →

14/05/2020 0

Learning together at the time of Covid: Conversations with Iris

In the follow up to our first Conversations with Iris episode, Lyndsey Stonebridge (IRiS) talks to Les Back (Goldsmiths, University of London) about the future of universities. https://youtu.be/fUTB8-iE-6U

08/05/2020 1

The migrant city at the time of Covid-19: Lyndsey Stonebridge talks to Les Back

Today we are launching the first episode of IRiS new Zoomcast series on mobility and immobility. "Conversations with Iris" will be a space where we will be in dialogue with fellow researchers, teachers, writers, migrants, refugees, activists, community organisers, artists and policy makers on issues related to the current pandemic and much more. It is... Continue Reading →

06/05/2020 2

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Coronavirus crisis ‘increases suffering of most vulnerable refugees’, new IRIS report reveals

What Hannah Arendt can teach us about work in the time of Covid-19, Lyndsey Stonebridge in The New Statesman

Learning together at the time of Covid: Conversations with Iris

The migrant city at the time of Covid-19: Lyndsey Stonebridge talks to Les Back

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