“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
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.
Last few days to submit an abstract for Frontiers and Borders of Superdiversity to be held at the University of Birmingham on 23-24 June 2016. The aim of the conference is to map the state of the art in knowledge on superdiversity and reflect on the analytical and heuristic uses of the concept, its potential... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Xavier Inda, professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of the ground-breaking Targeting Immigrants (Wiley & Sons) will speak at IRiS international conference 'Frontiers and Borders of Superdiversity' to be held at the University of Birmingham on 23-24 June 2016. Jonathan will join our distinguished keynote and plenary speakers,... Continue Reading →
2015 has been a really busy and successful year for IRiS. Our highlights for 2015 include a number of new high profile research projects as well as numerous publications and research related events around superdiversity and migration. Jenny Phillimore's UPWEB hit the street this year with fieldwork in full swing. The study is funded by NORFACE... Continue Reading →
The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham is organising the second international interdisciplinary conference on superdiversity. The aim of the conference is to map the state of the art in knowledge on superdiversity and reflect on the analytical and heuristic uses of the concept, its potential and limits. The Call... Continue Reading →
The University of Birmingham's Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) is seeking two highly motivated researcher fellows with expertise in superdiversity and/or migration to join its growing international team. For the full Job Descriptions: Research Fellow Grade 8 (£38,511 to £45,954) Job Ref 50576; Research Fellow Grade 7 (£28,695 to £39,685) Job Ref 50575. Deadline: 11 November.... Continue Reading →
IRiS is seeking a Development & Communications Manager (0.8 PT, permanent, ref. 50568) to provide oversight of operational management of new projects and tenders, with direct responsibility for high-level operational support of IRiS. The post holder will work towards expanding operations, consolidating IRiS public and media profile and ensuring long-term sustainability for IRiS. Full Job... Continue Reading →
Report on the second roundtable of the IRiS Key Concepts series by Rachel Humphris (@rachel_humphris), IRiS Associate Researcher The IRiS Key Concepts Roundtable series brings scholars together to discuss and interrogate the theoretical and analytical contours of superdiversity through its relationships to other germane concepts. The second Key Concepts roundtable with Professor Ben Rogaly, Dr Paul... Continue Reading →
By Jenny Phillimore, Director of IRiS Last week saw 70 academics from across the globe come together for the second IRiS conference and, in a departure from what will become our usual format of an international biennial interdisciplinary conference, this day conference focused upon a single area of theory and policy: integration. The inspiration for... Continue Reading →
