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
11 September 2019 How are EU families coping with Brexit? How are EU families coping with Brexit? With Brexit looming, Professor Nando Sigona, IRiS Deputy Director, captures some of the difficult dilemmas faced by EU nationals in an article for The Conversation.
11 September 2019 New Book: Undocumented Migration New book 'Undocumented Migration' authored by IRiS Deputy Director Professor Nando Sigona and colleagues is launched by Polity.
16 August 2019 Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) Director, at the University of Birmingham, selected for prestigious Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Programme Professor Phillimore to visit the University of Melbourne as a Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow
14 August 2019 Self Care: A Part of Ethical Research Practice By Jeanine Hourani, Research Associate at Centre for Health Equality, Gender and Women's Health Unit, University of Melbourne.
05 August 2019 The SEREDA Project: A reflection on time and stories Professor Jenny Phillimore, Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity and Project Lead, writes fifteen months into the SEREDA project.
05 June 2019 Lack of trust in UK government's 'settled status' scheme pushes EU citizens to apply for naturalisation Research conducted from the Eurochildren study, led by Dr Nando Sigona, released three new reports today covering the legal, statistical and sociological aspects of the impact of Brexit on EU families.
03 June 2019 IRiS Director provides expertise for the new UK Home Office Indicators of Integration Framework Professor Jenny Phillimore helps develop UK Home Office Indicators of Integration Framework and its supporting documents, including an interactive toolkit and a guide to 'what works in integrating refugees.'
11 April 2019 International Symposium announced for 'Old and new diversifications in Japan and the UK' The Institute for Research into Superdiversity, in partnership with the Institute of Asian Migrations (IAM), Waseda University, have been awarded funding from the Japan Foundation to hold an international symposium.
01 April 2019 Home-Land: Romanian Roma, Domestic Spaces and the State In her acclaimed new book, Dr Rachel Humphris seeks to open up new questions for academic and political debates about citizenship, migration and belonging.
25 March 2019 Jenny Phillimore - Symbolic Violence and Refugees: Where is the Harm? Professor Jenny Phillimore speaking at TEDx at the University of Birmingham on 'Symbolic Violence and Refugees: Where is the Harm?'
19 March 2019 Launch of the Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Community of Practice (CoP) The overall purpose of the CoP is to work collaboratively with key organisations to explore ways of improving support for refugee survivors of SGBV both locally, nationally and internationally.
15 March 2019 UK failing to provide universal health coverage by charging undocumented migrant children for healthcare IRiS Deputy Director, Dr Nando Sigona, is one of the authors of the article: Changing undocumented migrant children for NHS healthcare: implications for child health.