Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) Rethinking society in the age of migration and superdiversity
UNFILTERED LIVES When refuge isn't safe Findings from SEREDA call for changes to the Home Office’s asylum policy after uncovering the failures of the UK asylum system faced by refugee victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
Looking back to Look Forward: Celebrating 10 years of research on migration, forced displacement and superdiversity
10 November 2021 Polish-Belarusian border crisis: Let's not lose sight of the people trapped in the middle IRiS Director, Professor Nando Sigona, discusses how the Belerus border crisis with Poland loses sight of the people trapped in the middle in The Conversation.
11 October 2021 Young Refugees Respond to the Taliban's Return Birmingham Fellow and IRiS researcher Dr Jenny Allsopp shares the perspectives of British Afghan refugees on the Taliban's recent return to power.
07 October 2021 Intergenerational narratives of citizenship A new publication on the Intergenerational narratives of citizenship among EU citizens in the UK after the Brexit referendum has been launched.
30 September 2021 Pandemic exposed major problems for resource availability and mental health wellbeing for refugees says new report The COVID-19 pandemic impacted wellbeing support for refugees who were part of the UK's Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS)
14 September 2021 New report reveals the extent of the barriers migrants face accessing healthcare during the pandemic New research reveals that refugees, asylum seekers and migrants reported higher levels of bad health and inadequate housing during the COVID-19 pandemic
09 September 2021 A story of resilience and adaptability: Community Sponsorship during the COVID-19 pandemic In this blog, Marisol Reyes discusses how the pandemic has played out for the UK's Community Sponsorship refugees
09 September 2021 New open access article: Framing Community Sponsorship in the context of the UK's hostile environment New open access article by IRiS Researcher, Gabriella D'Avino: Framing Community Sponsorship in the context of the UK's hostile environment
03 September 2021 New book explores welfare bricolage in Europe's superdiverse neighbourhoods Experts in Superdiversity will launch a new book which focuses on increasing population diversity and what this means for how local communities, health and welfare providers seek to address everyday health concerns
19 July 2021 Empowering Cities Of Migration: New Methods For Citizen Involvement And Socio-spatial Integration (EMPOWER) Dr Lisa Goodson is the UK lead on new project Empowering Cities Of Migration: New Methods For Citizen Involvement And Socio-spatial Integration (EMPOWER) in conjunction with Professor Simon Pemberton, University of Keele
28 June 2021 The experience of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in the UK at the time of Covid-19 Laurie Hartley, Asylum Seeker Support Worker at Rainbow Migration, speaks with IRiS Academic, Dawn River, about the experiences of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in the UK for Pride month 2021.
24 June 2021 New publication - Temporal bordering in the space of the camp: Producing and contesting abandonment in Skaramagas and Elaionas camps in Athens: Anna Papoutsi, IRiS This paper, based on ethnographic work in Skaramagas and Elaionas camps in Athens in 2017, argues that camps are a temporal, as much as spatial, technology of bordering.
21 May 2021 New Paper: The Economics of Diversity: Innovation, Productivity, and the Labour Market New paper: The Economics of Diversity: Innovation, Productivity, and the Labour Market