The Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity (IRIS) is delighted to co-host a new Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair at the University of Birmingham, established in collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The Chair will be held by Dr Angelo Martins Junior, Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology and Co-Director of the... Continue Reading →
An independent report of the Calais migrant camps, the first of its kind, has confirmed the perilous conditions facing the occupants, which fail to meet the standards recommended by global authorities. The preliminary findings of the University of Birmingham report, supported by Doctors of the World (Médicins du Monde) and funded by the Economic and... Continue Reading →
By Robin Cohen, emeritus professor of development studies and former director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford Jason Buzi, an Israeli-born entrepreneur living in the USA, has proposed that a ‘Refugee Nation’ should be created to solve the world’s refugee problem. Let us call this country ‘Refugia’. His solution has generated a mixed... Continue Reading →
Conversations with Iris: Podcast on migration, diversity and displacement
The Age of Superdiversity 