The refugee ‘crisis’, Brexit, Trump: in the last few years, we have witnessed vast changes to the world’s landscape. These have had important ramifications for the study of diversity, integration, and migration.
The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) invites applications to participate in second annual Spring School on 30 March - 3 April 2020, with a focus and reflection of the areas of diversity, integration and migration. The programme includes expert lectures, masterclasses, and peer presentations and provides a unique opportunity for participants to develop their research and expertise in a supportive and knowledgeable environment.
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Who is it for?
PhD students, Early Career Researchers, Masters students and professionals in fields related to migration, diversity and integration.
IRiS Spring School trailer
Programme
The IRiS Spring School has a diversified schedule that includes lectures from IRiS leading experts in the fields of migration, integration, and diversity; feedback on presentation from peers and experts; masterclasses on topics such as social media; and networking opportunities with other participants and experts. It offers a unique, tailored, opportunity for you to learn, as well as develop and discuss your work in a collegial environment.
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| 09:00 - 13:00 |
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Lecture 1
Stefano Piemontese - Visual Methods in Migration Studies: Conceptual, Methodological and Ethical Implications
Participant Presentations 1
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Lecture 3
Marisol Reyes Soto - Emotions and networks in the Community Sponsorship Scheme
Participant Presentation 3
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Lecture 5
Nando Sigona – The migration and citizenship nexus
Participant Presentations 5
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Closing Plenary
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Arrival
Welcome, Lunch and Ice Breaker |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch and
Departure
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| 14:00 - 17:30 |
Opening lecture:
‘Thinking about diversity, integration, and migration’
Laurence Lessard-Phillips
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Lecture 2
Lisa Goodson and Sian Thomas - Researching sexual and gender-based violence across the refugee journey
Participant Presentations 2 |
Lecture 4
Ceren Ozgen – Economics of immigration and cultural diversity
Participant Presentations 4
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Participant Presentations 6
Lecture 6
Jenny Phillimore – Superdiversity lecture + fieldtrip |
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| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Tour of Barber Institute with Canapé Reception |
Panel Discussion: Building a Career in the Fields of Diversity, Migration and Integration
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Social Media for Research Masterless
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Field trip
Celebration Dinner
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Please note that the programme is subject to change and may be updated before the Spring School commences. If you have any questions please email IRiS@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Cost
The cost of the Spring School is £450 with a concessionary rate of £350 for students. Funds are payable once your application has been accepted. The price includes your welcome reception, refreshments and lunch each day, masterclasses, plus one group dinner and activity. It excludes accommodation, travel and any other subsistence.
Application process
The format of the Spring School consists of participants presenting their work in progress, such as a thesis, journal article or policy brief, and receiving dedicated feedback.
To apply, please provide a short description of the work you intend to present in the form of an abstract or cover letter. Include a short summary of the main aims of your work, theoretical background, methodology and expected results and preliminary conclusions. Relevance to the IRiS Spring School’s broad topics of migration, integration, and diversity should also be highlighted.
Your application should not exceed 500 words. Applications from all relevant fields are welcome.
Timeline
- Friday 10 January 2020: Submit your application
- Friday 17 January 2020: The decision on your application will be communicated
- Friday 07 February 2020: Registration closes for the IRiS Spring School
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Dr Laurence Lessard-Phillips
Laurence is the Academic Director of the IRiS Spring School. Her research interests lie in the perceptions, measurement, and dimensionality of immigrant adaptation; ethnic inequalities in education and the labour market; the transnational behaviour across immigrant generations; and social inequalities and social mobility.
Dr Lisa Goodson
Lisa’s interests are in displacement, refugee integration, poverty and social exclusion, gender and health, and community engaged research co-production. She specialises in qualitative research methodologies and has extensive experience working with a range of community groups. Her work with excluded communities has led to the development of an accredited community research training programme that has been widely adopted and the co-edited a book: Community research for community participation: from theory to method. She is interested and involved in developing innovative methodologies for community participation. Based on the community research model she has further developed a practitioner research programme which has become a core workstream within IRiS. The community and practitioner research models have also underpinned the creation of a Community Interest Company (CiC) that aims to bridge the gap between the between local communities, the University of Birmingham as well as other anchor institutions in the region.
Dr Ceren Ozgen
Ceren is an applied economist and works at the interaction of labour and demographic economics, international migration and innovation. She has published extensively on impact of cultural diversity, international migration and firm innovation. Ceren has worked as a researcher in a wide range of international projects financed by the World Bank, European Commission, the US National Science Foundation and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Professor Jenny Phillimore
Jenny is Director of IRiS and Professor of Migration and Superdiversity. She is a world-leading scholar in refugee integration, superdiversity and access to social welfare, with a particular focus on health and wellbeing. Jenny currently leads the international SEREDA project, which aims to understand the incidence and nature of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) experienced by refugees.
Professor Nando Sigona
Nando is Deputy Director of IRiS and Reader in International Migration and Forced Displacement. His research ranges from EU families and ‘Eurochildren’ in Brexiting Britain to Unravelling the Mediterranean Migration Crisis. Nando has over 11,500 twitter followers and is the Series Editor for the Policy Press Global Migration and Social Change journal.
Siân Thomas
Siân is a registered social worker with a background in human rights and an interest in international and cross-cultural work. Siân’s particular areas of interest are working with adolescents; gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse; conflict and migration; and working with trauma.
Below are some suggestions for a range of accommodation options close to the IRiS Spring School venue at the University of Birmingham Edgbaston campus. Also featured are hotels that are situated across the vibrant city of Birmingham, which is approximately two miles from the university campus. The campus is easily accessible from central Birmingham using the X61 or 63 buses or you can catch the train from Birmingham New Street Station to University Station. There are also a number of other accommodation choices that you may wish to pursue, for example AirBnB.
Please do not book accommodation before you have received your application outcome communication on Friday 31 January 2020.
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Contact
If you have any questions please email IRiS@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS)
Room 929, Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5718