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Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) celebrates the success of its international Welfare Bricolage Project (UPWEB)

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The UPWEB project ran its final symposium at ISCTE, The University Institute of Lisbon, on the 27 and 28 June 2018.
Date:
Tuesday 3rd July 2018

The UPWEB project Birmingham case study film

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New films outline some of the findings from the UPWEB project Birmingham case study.
Date:
Monday 23rd October 2017

Access to healthcare in Edgbaston and Handsworth

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The University of Birmingham are delighted to present this event, part of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science 2017.
Date:
Thursday 12th October 2017

New Working Papers available

Date:
Tuesday 15th August 2017

How occupational health impacts migrant health: A case study from Portugal

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Beatriz Padilla and Vera Rodriguez from the University Institute of Lisbon, contribute to a World Health Organisation Newsletter, 'Public Health Aspects of Migration in Europe' with their article 'How occupational health impacts migrant health: A case study from Portugal'
Date:
Wednesday 7th December 2016

The challenge of superdiversity for urban planning

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Given my eclectic background as a practising urban planner, research institute director (on social inclusion) and (more lately) human geographer, I have become increasingly interested in the implications of increasing super-diversity for urban planning, as well as the equality of outcomes of planning practices.
Date:
Tuesday 11th October 2016

UPWEB Working Papers

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Read all the latest Working Papers from IRiS/UPWEB.
Date:
Tuesday 27th September 2016

IRiS Working Paper - Dimensions of Diversity

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The latest in the IRiS Working Paper series has been published, 'Dimensions of Diversity: Terminology in health resarch'.
Date:
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

EU migrants and access to benefits: Where's the controversy?

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In light of the Prime Minister's call for an EU Referendum in the UK, Professor Jenny Phillimore examines the idea that high levels of welfare increases the number of new migrants to a country.
Date:
Tuesday 1st March 2016

Calais is a humanitarian emergency, not a security one

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Read the first account of the ongoing research at the new Calais refugee camp, in The Conversation.
Date:
Wednesday 5th August 2015
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