Proposal to form the London International Development Centre Migration Leadership Team (LIDC-MLT)
Lead Research Organisation:
School of Oriental and African Studies
Department Name: Development Studies
Abstract
More than 1 billion people are estimated to be migrants, living either inside or outside their country of birth. Migration challenges currently feature centrally in electoral politics in the UK, and indeed across Europe and North America. They underlie considerations about foreign policy, national and international security, and international humanitarian and development aid. Understanding the drivers, dynamics and impacts of migration in the contemporary world requires a broad-based and interdisciplinary approach which is cognizant of the increasingly complex and multi-scalar drivers and experiences of migration. Despite this, migration studies has suffered from a prolonged Balkanisation with academic and policy makers largely failing to step across disciplinary, theoretical, methodological and geographical divides to learn from one another (Hathaway 2007; Faist 2011, Perez 2017). There is also a lack of systematic understanding of the ways in which research can effectively be linked to, inform, and influence policy and practice to bring about positive results that could help facilitate safe and constructive decisions about migration, inform more positive experiences of movement, and lead to the creation of viable alternatives for those who would prefer not to move. Researchers and practitioners face challenges in developing research tools and policy instruments that reflect a field in which the central features (economic and political dynamics, migratory routes, costs of travel, policy and legal environments in transit and destination areas) are all constantly shifting. There is also a need to take stock of the tools for achieving impact that have been shown to be effective and to identify new ways of generating impact through closer collaboration and communication between researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.
This project will use an inclusive, consultative approach to assessing the scope, achievements and challenges of the existing portfolio of ESRC and AHRC funded research to identify strategic opportunities and priorities for further research and to highlight best practice in the area of impact. Drawing on the extensive interdisciplinary expertise of scholars within the London International Development Centre, the Migration Leadership Team will engage in a series of workshops, one-on-one interviews, and panel discussions with researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, migrants associations and arts organisations to identify areas of research to prioritise, pathways to impact that have been, or are likely to be, promising, and platforms for communication and collaboration that are likely to help bridge research, policy, and public engagement.
We have identified a series of key themes that we will include in our enquiry:
1) How can migration studies and refugee studies more effectively benefit from the theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions that each is making?
2) How can research and policy better respond to the continued movement of people into and across the European Union, and between Europe and the UK?
3) How can research be used to better understand political and economic crises in countries and regions of origin and how can this research inform policy and practice?
4) What does emerging evidence tell us about the effectiveness of migration management and development policy which increasingly focuses on regions of origin?
5) What improvements and methodological innovations can be made in the collection and compiling of data about migration trends and demographics to improve the quality of information that drives migration and development policy?
Our main output will be a recommended strategy for the ESRC and AHRC for supporting migration research, supplemented by a scoping study on existing research, an interactive decision support tool, 8 policy briefs and 2 journal articles on our methodological approach. We will use visual tools (e.g. comics) to enhance impact.
This project will use an inclusive, consultative approach to assessing the scope, achievements and challenges of the existing portfolio of ESRC and AHRC funded research to identify strategic opportunities and priorities for further research and to highlight best practice in the area of impact. Drawing on the extensive interdisciplinary expertise of scholars within the London International Development Centre, the Migration Leadership Team will engage in a series of workshops, one-on-one interviews, and panel discussions with researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, migrants associations and arts organisations to identify areas of research to prioritise, pathways to impact that have been, or are likely to be, promising, and platforms for communication and collaboration that are likely to help bridge research, policy, and public engagement.
We have identified a series of key themes that we will include in our enquiry:
1) How can migration studies and refugee studies more effectively benefit from the theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions that each is making?
2) How can research and policy better respond to the continued movement of people into and across the European Union, and between Europe and the UK?
3) How can research be used to better understand political and economic crises in countries and regions of origin and how can this research inform policy and practice?
4) What does emerging evidence tell us about the effectiveness of migration management and development policy which increasingly focuses on regions of origin?
5) What improvements and methodological innovations can be made in the collection and compiling of data about migration trends and demographics to improve the quality of information that drives migration and development policy?
Our main output will be a recommended strategy for the ESRC and AHRC for supporting migration research, supplemented by a scoping study on existing research, an interactive decision support tool, 8 policy briefs and 2 journal articles on our methodological approach. We will use visual tools (e.g. comics) to enhance impact.
Planned Impact
This project will engage the following non-academic beneficiaries:
- The leadership of the ESRC and AHRC through regular communication, inclusion in workshops with policy stakeholders and researchers, and delivery of the co-produced Strategy for Migration Research.
- UK Government policy makers from a range of departments (DFID, Home Office, Dept of Communities and Local Government) through provision of a Strategy that aligns with the programmatic priorities and provides research and evidence that will inform more effective policy and testimony to select committees. Provision of a Decision Support Tool will provide an interface for stakeholders to access Councils' portfolio of migration research (see below).
- Counterpart government policy makers and policy makers from the EU, UN, international NGOs, and philanthropic foundations based in Europe, North America, East Africa, and South Asia through inclusion in a collaborative process of strategy formulation in which their own priorities are reflected.
- Migrant and refugee organisations in the United Kingdom through inclusion of their priorities and concerns in the resulting strategy.
- Public engagement and awareness, through collaboration with centres of arts and culture, including museums, galleries and theatres in the UK as well as creative modes of communicating migration issues through the medium of comics.
Several of our dissemination activities are tailored for the above-mentioned users:
(i) 8 working papers produced after each networking event highlighting key areas for discussion with stakeholders, to be disseminated to all participants and made publicly available.
(ii) A Draft strategy document, to be used in the networking workshops to invite feedback, and a final Strategy Report outlining the key strategic recommendations and findings of the project, to be disseminated to policy makers, practitioners and refugee/migrant organisations.
(iii) A short information Factbook (available both electronically and in print) highlighting the Councils' main achievements with respect to migration and displacement research, and future focus for public dissemination to the research, policy, and practitioner communities.
(iv) A final project dissemination conference inviting key national and international policy actors to showcase project recommendations and strategy.
(vi) A project website that will showcase the Councils' strategy on migration-related research and be used to host quarterly webinars in which researchers will be joined by policy-makers, migrants/refugees, and others to discuss some of the most important themes relating to migration and displacement emanating from Council-funded research.
(vii) A Decision Support Tool will be developed to provide a means to search and navigate the Councils' portfolio of migration-related investments and feature stories and videos about projects. This will be shared with all stakeholders during our workshops for wide uptake, and Councils will be shown how to maintain it to keep it current.
(viii) A graphic 'comic' will be developed to communicate some of the main features of migration experiences to demonstrate how research findings can be communicated to the public.
(ix) Evidence statements will be given to RCUK, strategic advisory groups, select committees, and Parliamentary inquiries in matters related to migration research. We will look for opportunities to bring public and targeted policy attention to the best and most relevant findings and products of Council-funded research.
(x) We will develop a proposal for monitoring of impact beyond the lifetime of this project so that Councils can track the impact of the strategy on policy and practice, as well as influences on the research strategies of other research funders.
- The leadership of the ESRC and AHRC through regular communication, inclusion in workshops with policy stakeholders and researchers, and delivery of the co-produced Strategy for Migration Research.
- UK Government policy makers from a range of departments (DFID, Home Office, Dept of Communities and Local Government) through provision of a Strategy that aligns with the programmatic priorities and provides research and evidence that will inform more effective policy and testimony to select committees. Provision of a Decision Support Tool will provide an interface for stakeholders to access Councils' portfolio of migration research (see below).
- Counterpart government policy makers and policy makers from the EU, UN, international NGOs, and philanthropic foundations based in Europe, North America, East Africa, and South Asia through inclusion in a collaborative process of strategy formulation in which their own priorities are reflected.
- Migrant and refugee organisations in the United Kingdom through inclusion of their priorities and concerns in the resulting strategy.
- Public engagement and awareness, through collaboration with centres of arts and culture, including museums, galleries and theatres in the UK as well as creative modes of communicating migration issues through the medium of comics.
Several of our dissemination activities are tailored for the above-mentioned users:
(i) 8 working papers produced after each networking event highlighting key areas for discussion with stakeholders, to be disseminated to all participants and made publicly available.
(ii) A Draft strategy document, to be used in the networking workshops to invite feedback, and a final Strategy Report outlining the key strategic recommendations and findings of the project, to be disseminated to policy makers, practitioners and refugee/migrant organisations.
(iii) A short information Factbook (available both electronically and in print) highlighting the Councils' main achievements with respect to migration and displacement research, and future focus for public dissemination to the research, policy, and practitioner communities.
(iv) A final project dissemination conference inviting key national and international policy actors to showcase project recommendations and strategy.
(vi) A project website that will showcase the Councils' strategy on migration-related research and be used to host quarterly webinars in which researchers will be joined by policy-makers, migrants/refugees, and others to discuss some of the most important themes relating to migration and displacement emanating from Council-funded research.
(vii) A Decision Support Tool will be developed to provide a means to search and navigate the Councils' portfolio of migration-related investments and feature stories and videos about projects. This will be shared with all stakeholders during our workshops for wide uptake, and Councils will be shown how to maintain it to keep it current.
(viii) A graphic 'comic' will be developed to communicate some of the main features of migration experiences to demonstrate how research findings can be communicated to the public.
(ix) Evidence statements will be given to RCUK, strategic advisory groups, select committees, and Parliamentary inquiries in matters related to migration research. We will look for opportunities to bring public and targeted policy attention to the best and most relevant findings and products of Council-funded research.
(x) We will develop a proposal for monitoring of impact beyond the lifetime of this project so that Councils can track the impact of the strategy on policy and practice, as well as influences on the research strategies of other research funders.
Publications
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
From Border Crossings to Everyday Mobility: The State of Migration Research in the Horn of Africa
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
Thinking Beyond the Border: A Critical Appraisal of Migration Research in North America
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
The Global City: Lessons from 20 Years of Scottish Migration Research and Ways Ahead
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
From 'Crisis' to Opportunity: Migration Research Priorities in the Middle East
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
Ruptures, Rights and Reconciliation: The Migration Research Landscape in Latin America
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2019)
Beyond 'Fake News': Challenges and Opportunities in UK Migration Research
Allsopp, Jennifer
(2018)
Decentering the 'Global': A South Asian Migration Research Agenda
Title | A 'Hostile Environment' for Migration Research? Debates Past and Present |
Description | Podcast from event hosted by LIDC/MLT partner Queen Mary University London on the Hostile Environment for Migration Research, 23 April 2019 |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Dissemination opportunity for members of the LIDC Migration Leadership Team |
URL | https://soundcloud.com/qmulofficial/a-hostile-environment-for-migration-research-debates-past-and-pr... |
Title | Gallery of migration artworks |
Description | From our collaborative events (migration conversations) globally we have accumulated and even commissioned a range of original artworks including paintings, music, instruments and handicrafts from migrant artists. We are collating these in a physical and online depository. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | The artworks help to speak to the public, academic and other audiences about migration and challenge perceptions about migrant and refugee artists. We are also using them in out outreach activities and to inform the MLT research strategy going forwards. Having their work featured by the MLT has also led artists e.g. in Kenya to be approached and commissioned by other researchers. |
URL | https://www.soas.ac.uk/lidc-mlt/gallery/ |
Title | Imperial War Museum Refugee Season and Exhibition 2020 |
Description | The Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester are hosting an exhibition and season of events in 2020 focused on the theme of conflict and displacement. The MLT is on the advisory board of the exhibition and has been involved in talks with the museum since summer 2018. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | As part of this we have, among other outputs, helped them identify suitable ESRC/AHRC projects to inform the exhibition and events, helped them develop a network of stakeholders and assisted them in identifying objects, audiovisual material and stories for the exhibition and events. We also sit on the exhibition advisory panel. |
Title | Migration Leadership Team Introductory Video |
Description | This original video produced with Chouette Films and featuring footage from other ESRC and AHRC research projects explores the relationship between the arts and social sciences in global migration research and the importance of having a global conversation on migration research including in relation to innovative methodologies, equitable partnerships and impact. The video features interviews with numerous migration researchers, policy experts and artists as well as members of the UK Research Councils |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The video has been shown at numerous events and is available on our project website. The video has been widely shared on social media and has 553 views on YouTube. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXjKTHa0VqE#action=share |
Title | Podcast: Why is Migration Still a Hot Topic and What is the Role of Research? |
Description | Podcast exploring why migration remains so divisive, and the role of interdisciplinary research in enhancing discussions around this topic. Speakers included Kavita Datta and Jenny Allsopp, both members of the LIDC MIgration Leadership Team. It was part of the London International Development Centre's Development Matters podcast series. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Dissemination opportunity to share the findings of the LIDC Migration Leadership Team's consultation on migration research. |
URL | https://lidc.ac.uk/why-is-migration-still-a-hot-topic-and-what-is-the-role-of-research/ |
Title | PostitivesNegatives film on migrant stories |
Description | The MLT has worked closely with PositivesNegatives to create a short animation on migrant stories and how we can include arts in migration research process. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The video will impact research training across universities, be consumed by the general public to shape attitudes around migration and serve as best practice of arts/social sciences collaboration. |
URL | https://positivenegatives.org/about/meet-our-team/ |
Description | Some emerging overarching findings include: 1) How 'global' is the debate on global migration? Migration Studies benefits from many sophisticated theoretical perspectives and historical knowledge and experience. However often these insights, where developed in the global south, do not translate into knowledge in the global north. This is often due to language problems and poor access to costly journals which are dominated by northern scholarship. The predominance of the strategic priorities of northern states in the common goals for the recent Global Compact on Migration was given as an example of the pitfalls of this. There is an important place for comparative analysis and universal legal principles but commonalities, it was stressed, should be situated and contextualised alongside important local and regional differences. The experience of displacement in a conflict-affected region, for example, remains substantially different to that in regions affected by natural disasters, albeit that there may also be important mutual learnings and similarities in terms of e.g. best practice in securing and designing emergency shelters. 2) Funding Strict funding criteria often prevent researchers from embarking on their primary goal of thinking and 'disrupting' what we think we know. Funders should be mindful of imposing overly rigid criteria, especially where the facilitate the dominance of knowledge production and dissemination in the global north at the expense of the global south. Building multi-sited research and teams involving different disciplines across source and destination countries was identified as best practice in this area. Participants welcomed, for example, the way in which grants from UKRI could be used to fund partner institutions abroad, although they regretted that this often was capped at 30% of costs. 3) Indisciplinarity: accommodating multiple perspectives and subject positions A key strengths of migration research is its interdisciplinary and plural nature. Migration Studies is seen to foster multi-faceted and rich analysis that can house multiple, diverse and at times contradictory perspectives. There is a need to preserve this pluralism of perspectives in a policy context that commonly seeks consensus or to simplify analysis. The dichotomy between studies of forced migration and studies of labour migration can lead to missed opportunities for common insights. Moreover, some disciplines receive more attention than others. While migration research is thriving in Geography and Development Studies, for example, more research could be supported to bring in History and Economics and to integrate Arts and Humanities approaches with Social Sciences ones. The RELIEF Centre was highlighted as a productive way to connect social sciences and humanities researchers with experts in creative new information technologies. A collaborative event will be help with the RELIEF Centre in Beirut in Spring 2019 to capture this best practice. There is a common understanding that migration is by nature a multi-scalar phenomenon that cannot be captured in static, geographically or temporally restricted analytical frames. A historical lens is therefore key to developing new conceptual tools which can do justice to the principle of simultaneity in migration movements and capture the complexity of global and regional migration flows and the interaction between them. The concept of mobility, it was posited by some, allows us to overcome the static and linear bias of Migration Studies as a discipline. This was linked by several participants to arts-based as well as mixed-methods, multi-sited and longitudinal approaches to research. 4) Bridging the arts and the social sciences A key strength of Migration Studies is its rich artistic heritage and resources coupled with popular memories and cultures of migration. Migration, displacement and mobility are theorised differently, as a practice as well as a process. For some artists, migration is was about identity: a 'way of being in the world' for which the physical act of migration was an unessential part. Using the arts to disseminate research findings from the social sciences was repeatedly identified as best practice; moreover, arts have also been successfully integrated into the collection of social sciences data and its analysis. Indeed, there is an exciting new proliferation of work in this interdisciplinary field. When engaging with the arts, scholars must be wary of foregoing nuance for performance value, that is, of going down what one participant called the 'rabbit hole of impact for impact's sake'. Participants are keen to see more sustainable collaboration with the arts. That is: more long-term funding for longitudinal projects, more opportunities for academic and artistic mobility globally (and for career development opportunities generally in under-resourced institutions in developing or war-affected countries) and more resources for translation and online dissemination. 5) Engaging with policybut not being constrained by it Participants were of the view that migration research should be mindful of, and speak to, policy but it is also imperative to create funding spaces for independent and theoretical research. The ability for scholars to 'disrupt' established knowledge paradigms was repeatedly noted to be a strength. Mobility within the academic community is a key part of this academic freedom, especially for scholars in under-resourced states or in countries or academic contexts that are 'hostile' to migration. Programmes that assist refugee scholars such as CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics) were held up as examples. Translating research findings into policy and practice is difficult at and times political. However, participants explained that it is impossible to understand and learn from historic experiences as diverse as Partition, agricultural nomadism or iterations of modern statelessness and slavery through today's limited policy language of securitised migration. We need to find the language to make these important parallels and agree on some common differences: how different are the experiences of internally displaced and internationally displaced persons, not just in law, but in terms of their lived experiences? Finally, globally there are substantial statistical data gaps on immigration, emigration and displacement which block comparative analysis. As well as reforming data collection, more investment is required in archiving data that exists (including artistic and material resources) and in promoting access to data/data sharing using new technologies. 6) Co-production of knowledge The terminology of the co-production of knowledge and mutual exchange was useful. The language of 'empowerment', meanwhile, was seen as more dated and hierarchical. Funders of migration policy makers are invited to move beyond the idea of capacity building as a north-to-south phenomenon and recognise the myriad ways in which northern scholarship and southern migration scholarship can learn from the south's rich history of migration and its related documentation. For one, there is a wealth of experience among scholars and practitioners in action-learning and in building successful, sustainable partnerships in response to the needs of affected communities (with NGOs and the private sector). Because of its tradition of participatory research, Migration Studies has been often able to respond rapidly to disaster contexts. As it stands, the equality of north-south partnerships is often questionable, with resources usually concentrated in the north. More research could be conducted to compare, for example, experiences of living without papers globally. Work on statelessness and on the gendered and age-related experiences of forced migration are two examples where progress has been made in this challenging comparative field. 7) Some emerging common thematic priorities Researchers often embrace opportunities to disseminate their findings to the community through education. This is especially necessary as migration becomes more of a political issue, globally and across regions. Researchers could learn from other thematic research areas in responding to this stigma and politicisation. There is an important new literature on public attitudes to migration e.g. race and 'othering' which is useful here. However, more resources could be invested into understanding how discourses around migration and displacement differ across regional and across rural and urban contexts. There was concern articulated at the recent PaCCS event, for example, that the securitised academic discourse of northern migration and social policy studies has imposed itself upon global policy and academic agenda to the detriment of community-led approaches which focus not on simply 'managing' on 'controlling', but on 'living with' and 'making the most of' migration as well as countering xenophobia. One example given was Syria's historic experience of welcoming refugees. Decentering the global migration agenda so as to better tackle issues on the ground requires identifying and addressing a number of emerging common thematic priorities, including: (i) south-to-south migration; (ii) 'development' and displacement; (iii) internal and regional labour migration; iv) environmental degradation and migration; (v) minorities, gender and generation (youth and elderly); (vi) return migration; and (vii) psycho-social/mental health impacts on migrants and communities of origin. It was repeatedly stressed that migration affects us all. Migration Studies should thus pay attention to those 'left behind' as well as host communities: how mobility shapes family dynamics and social marginalisation as well as economic development and community formation, participation and understanding. |
Exploitation Route | The reports provide an ongoing discussion of key thematic priorities across different regional and disciplinary areas. Meanwhile, the blog, social media content and related academic special issue(s) which we are developing will foster critical reflection among scholars, policy makers and other stakeholders. Our MLT migration strategy will inform the work of the UKRI and other stakeholders going forwards by providing a state of the art critical review of migration research - something that has never been done before to our knowledge. Meanwhile, the decision support tool that we are developing along with the MLT network will help foster greater transparency and communication among those interested in global migration and shape decision-making among funders, policy makers, practitioners and others going forwards as well as fostering greater and more critical engagement across disciplines, sectors and especially across the social sciences and the arts. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Construction Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Healthcare Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Security and Diplomacy Transport |
URL | https://www.soas.ac.uk/lidc-mlt/outputs/ |
Description | Our Strategy paper is currently being used by AHRC and ESRC to guide their funding decisions related to their migration and displacement portfolio. Our input to the major Imperial War Museums exhibition 'Forced to Flee' has resulted in a very well reviewed exhibition featuring 7 UKRI-funded migration research projects. This has been a major public engagement activity that has influenced public perceptions about migration. Our inputs into the FCDO External Reference Group on Migration has influenced FCDO policy on migration. On the basis of our network, we have been commissioned by UNDP to write a major paper on the political economy of internal displacement, which will form part of UNDP's formal submission to the High Level Panel on Internal Displacement in 2021. Our Migration Support Tool has opened up the portfolio of UKRI-funded migration and displacement research to UKRI staff, researchers, policy makers and potential users of migration research. |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | Participation in Advisory Board for 'Forced to Flee' exhibition held at the Imperial War Museums |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The Forced to Flee exhibition at the Imperial War Museums covers 100 years of refugee displacement and is a major exhibition of the IWM. It is also a collaboration between the ESRC, AHRC and IWM. Migration Leadership Team PI Laura Hammond was an Advisory Board member and was involved in all aspects of planning for the exhibition, nomination and selection of seven UKRI-funded projects to be featured in the exhibition and outreach activities surrounding it (public discussions, interviews, etc.). |
URL | https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/refugees-forced-to-flee |
Description | Participation in FCDO External Reference Group for Migration |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | As member of the External Reference Group of the FCDO, LIDC/MLT Team Leader Laura Hammond has been advising on draft policies of the UK relating to migration. This includes a Theory of Change on migration policy, as well as a review of the new 'Productive Migration' draft policy. |
Description | Building networks and a toolkit for equitable and sustainable partnerships in migration and forced displacement research |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Department | Global Challenges Research Fund |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Connecting ecology of knowledges and voices at the margins for peace and equality |
Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/W009846/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2022 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | Impact Acceleration Account SOAS |
Amount | £1,249,746 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/X00502X/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 03/2028 |
Description | London International Development Centre Migration Leadership Team: Global Migration Conversations: Beirut and Latin America |
Amount | £33,750 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Department | Global Challenges Research Fund |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | Migrant Remittance and COVID-19: Practices of Care During Crisis |
Amount | £409,904 (GBP) |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2020 |
End | 05/2022 |
Description | Political Economy of Internal Displacement Solutions |
Amount | $68,000 (USD) |
Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
Department | United Nations Development Programme |
Sector | Public |
Country | United States |
Start | 12/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Title | Database of global migration research stakeholders |
Description | To date, we have accumulated a research database with details and contact information of some 400 cutting edge migration research stakeholders based across the globe working in the fields of academia, policy, the arts, funding and practice. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | As well as feeding into the MLT events and strategy document, this database forms the basis of a growing research network with a huge array of expertise and experience. We will decide the future format of this network and which features of it become public in consultation with the network itself and as part of the MLT research outputs. It may, for example, feed into the decision management tool. Already, the network has been used to establish new working partnerships across sectors, regions and disciplines. For example, refugee artists added to the network from the Nairobi MLT conversation have linked up with other researchers and think tanks e.g. Samuel Hall to work on new projects and impact outputs. |
Description | Collaboration with United Nations University Centre for Policy Research |
Organisation | UN University Centre for Policy Research |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Research partners from the Life Facing Deportation Project joined with UNU CPR to develop an international symposium on critical rights literacy. This explored the factors impacting access to rights for indigenous migrant communities in Mexico and Guatemala. It involved the participation and collaboration of a broad range of civil society organisations supporting indigenous migrant communities and laid the basis for ongoing collaboration and networking |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners brought together a broad range of civil society actors and organisations representing indigenous migrant communities in Mexico and Guatemala. The input of the views and perspectives of these communities provided crucial insights into the challenges faced by indigenous communities in accessing their rights to due process during their migration. |
Impact | A Blog - on the key issues of rights for indigenous migrant communities: https://cpr.unu.edu/publications/articles/rights-literacy-indigenous-migration.html A full report of proceedings and next steps (to be completed by end of March 2022 and will be posted on Life Facing Deportation project website: https://www.deporting-lives.co.uk/ Ongoing network of broad range of organisations and civil society actors focusing on the rights of indigenous populations Laid the basis for a further funding proposal for related research (currently underdevelopment) by the Life Facing Project team and partners |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | LIDC MLT African Centre for Migration and Society, University of Witwatersrand |
Organisation | University of the Witwatersrand |
Department | African Centre for Migration and Society |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Through our collaboration with the African Centre for Migration and Society, we have been involved in the establishment of the African Academy for Migration Research, which planning distance learning courses on health and migration. MLT Hammond has been invited to be a member of the ACMS/AAMR Advisory Board. |
Collaborator Contribution | PI Hammond provides advisory support to ACMS/AAMR Wits through membership in their Advisory Board. |
Impact | Online Learning Module and Space: Global Health Histories, Contagion and Migration: (Bio)Citizenship in Africa (https://acms-aamr.org/institutes/institute-1-migration-health/). |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | LIDC MLT/Casa de la Memoria |
Organisation | Memory House Museum |
Country | Colombia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The LIDC MLT organised a 2-day symposium on migration research, which was co-hosted by the Casa de la Memoria. The MLT provided funding and a basic structure for the event. The partner contributed to the planning, invitations, and provided space in their museum for the event, free of charge. |
Collaborator Contribution | See above. The event was coproduced and run as an entirely collaborative event. |
Impact | Conference report, written collaboratively. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Title | Migration Research Support Tool |
Description | The Migration Research Support Tool enables users to navigate, search, and aggregate data pertaining to migration-related research funded by UKRI. It includes capacity to search by theme, geography, discipline, funding source, and lead council, and provides visualisations to help users aggregate the results of their searches better. The tool also enables users to narrow in on a specific project, and links to the data held on Gateway to Research to provide project titles, abstracts, award amounts, and researchers involved. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | The tool was launched at an online event, and has also been shared with UKRI colleagues, academics and policy makers. It has received positive reviews from colleagues at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office as well as from members of the research community. It has also been designed to be expanded to other thematic areas if UKRI should decide to do so, and discussions are now ongoing as to how to expand the tool. |
URL | https://ukri-migration-research.org/ |
Description | 'Exploring the art of public engagement in migration and refugee studies' - workshop at Annual Association of American Geographers conference in New Orleans. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Professor Kavita Datta organised a session at the Annual Association of American Geographers conference in New Orleans. The title of the session and presentation was 'Exploring the art of public engagement in migration and refugee studies'. The conference was 9th-13th April 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://news.aag.org/event/aag-annual-meeting-new-orleans-2018/ |
Description | Briefings at the UK Ministry of Defense's Africa Training Programme, focusing on 'rural-urban migration' and 'refugees and forced migration'. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Laura Hammond delivered three half-day briefings at the UK Ministry of Defense's Africa Training Programme, focusing on 'rural-urban migration' and 'refugees and forced migration'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Chatham House briefing on Global Migration for the Queen Elizabeth II Academy Leadership Programme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Laura Hammond delivered a briefing at Chatham House on Global Migration for the Queen Elizabeth II Academy Leadership Programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Civil Society in the Commonwealth: Opportunities and Challenges |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Dr Jennifer Allsopp spoke at the event Civil Society in the Commonwealth - Opportunities and Challenges on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Summit on 16 April 2018 and represented the MLT. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Conference on Mobilising Global Voices: Perspectives from the Global South |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The event was hosted at the UK Houses of Parliament Commons Select Committee for International Development and GCRF. Professor Laura Hammond and Professor Kavita Datta were speakers and participants. Professor Datta chaired the panel on forced displacement on the 28th of February 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://ahrc.ukri.org/newsevents/events/calendar/mobilising-global-voices-2019-perspectives-from-the... |
Description | DSA/ESRC Seminar on Research Partnerships |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | How to make research partnerships more equitable is an issue that has recurred throughout this series of workshops, so it was fitting that the last of the series was dedicated to this issue alone. Key issues included: building scope for deviation within research design; the shifting patterns of research management, including a growing role for private sector consultancies, and the growing burden of administration that running research can involve; the balance between individual and institutional practices and ways of viewing the world; and how to foster plurality and difference, without entrenching inequality. In and through these issues deeper questions emerge, of the nature of research as a process of production, and what it produces in terms of forms of knowledge, relationships, and modes of the self. Most of the participants shared a background in research on international migration. There were 23 participants in all, including 5 from the global South. (This event was co-organised by the Migration Leadership Team and was attended by Team members and participants in the Global Migration Conversations). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.devstud.org.uk/interdisciplinary-research/soas |
Description | ESRC Festival of Science Special Event on Migration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A public debate and exhibition that explores potential solutions to the ongoing migration crisis. Since an influx of refugees from Syria and other countries in the Middle East and Africa to the European Union dominated global headlines in 2015, the question of how best to deal with migrants and asylum seekers has dominated continental politics. While there are fewer migrants arriving illegally in the region, anti-migration political rhetoric has increased, emboldening hardliners such as Hungary's Viktor Orban. However conversations around migration tend not to be informed by evidence about the real drivers and impacts of this challenge. In response, the London International Development Centre (LIDC) held a public debate on potential solutions to the ongoing 'global migration crisis'. In particular, the event reviewed the LIDC Migration Leadership Team's (MLT) work to create a global strategy for migration research. Speakers included academics, development practitioners and policy makers, and questions from the audience. A networking reception followed, with an interactive exhibition on the topic, featuring posters, comics, videos and activities on migration. The chair was Dr Elaine Chase, Senior Lecturer in Education and Migration Leadership Team member, Health Promotion and International Development, UCL Institute of Education. Speakers included: - Professor Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies, SOAS University of London, Principal Investigator, LIDC Migration Leadership Team, Challenge Leader for Security, Protracted Conflict, Refugees and Forced Displacement for the Global Challenges Research Fund - Dr Ala'a Shehabi, Deputy Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) and the Data Manager for the RELIEF Centre - Dr. Nooralhaq Nasimi, Founder and Director, Afghanistan and Central Asian Association - Professor Cathy Zimmerman, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | ESRC Festival of Social Sciences |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Laura Hammond and colleagues from SOAS' Impact Acceleration Award led a series of workshops as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences on Migration and Belonging. The workshops were delivered at SOAS to 133 secondary school students, for whom English is an additional language (and who were migrants or from migrant backgrounds) from four London schools. Students made zines, discussed physical objects representing 'home', participated in theatre workshops, and discussed concepts of belonging and uses of data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.soas.ac.uk/soas-impact-acceleration-account |
Description | European Parliament Launch of Global Hunger Index |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Laura Hammond spoke and gave evidence at the European Parliament launch of the Global Hunger Index, focusing specifically on issues of forced displacement and migration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://alliance2015.org/index.php?id=25&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=208 |
Description | Evidence to European PETI Committee on Migrant Smuggling |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Jennifer Allsopp gave evidence on migrant smuggling as part of a session hosted by the European Parliament's PITE Committee. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+COMPARL+PETI-OJ-20181121-1+01+DOC+X... |
Description | Evidence to the UK House of Commons Select Committee on International Development on forced displacement in Africa. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Laura Hammond gave written and oral evidence to the UK House of Commons Select Committee on International Development enquiry on forced displacement in Africa. Her evidence fed into a Committee report entitled 'Anchors Not Walls.' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintdev/1433/143302.htm |
Description | Facing Deportation: A game of cat and mouse (featuring the Life Facing Deportation team) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The podcast discusses the impacts of deportation through the experience of one young man. It highlighted the importance of the Life Facing Deportation research and its focus on adopting an international/ comparative perspective in order to understand the complexities of deportation procedures and their global impact. The podcast has generated further debate and discussion among students and promoted the Life facing deportation research and its importance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.deporting-lives.co.uk/resources?lightbox=dataItem-kdii623r |
Description | Guest lecture at UCL on youth migration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Jennifer Allsopp presented a seminar on youth migration as a guest lecturer as part of the Health and Wellbeing Seminar at UCL, 25 October 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview for BBC World Service |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Dr Jennifer Allsopp spoke on a programme for the BBC World Service in July 2018 on the 'European refugee humanitarian crisis' and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to migrants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Keynote lecture: Agri4D Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Food Insecurity, Mobility and Displacement in the Horn of Africa: Keynote Presentation at the Agri4D Conference, University of Uppsala, Sweden Very often food insecurity is a driver of displacement. Efforts to prevent improve food security are thus often associated with trying to keep people in place. In this lecture I will explore these dynamics, and will argue that very often mobility, rather than staying in place, are needed to support livelihoods and food security. Too often development policies seek to lock people in place through sedentarisation policies and an overemphasis on agriculture (to the exclusion of other livelihood pathways) and do not recognise the importance of movement (and protecting the right to move) as a condition of food security. I will draw empirically from my work in the Horn of Africa over the past 25 years. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | MLT-LIDC Blog (29 posts) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The MLT-LIDC blog has do far published 29 blogs including 19 guest blogs curated and edited by the MLT discussing key issues in migration research across disciplines and sectors. They have been widely shared on social media and sparked debate including follow up blogs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021 |
URL | https://blogs.soas.ac.uk/lidc-mlt/ |
Description | MLT-LIDC Twitter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The MLT-LIDC Twitter account has 800 followers from a range of international academic, policy, arts and other groups as of March 2019. The account and hashtag #migrationconversations has been used to spark and foster discussion of key issues in migration research, develop the MLT network and feed into out strategy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
URL | https://twitter.com/migration_team |
Description | MLT-LIDC website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The MLT-LIDC website is a space to collate materials from our migration conversations and reach out to the public. It has received 2,733 views as of March 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.soas.ac.uk/lidc-mlt/ |
Description | Medellin Migration Conversation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Global Migration Conversation Medellín Museo Casa de la Memoria Calle 51 #36-66 Parque Bicentenario, Medellín - Colombia 21st - 22nd May 2019 This event was part of a series of 12 Global Migration Conversations focused on migration in the Latin American region and how this relates to global knowledge exchange on the topic of migration and displacement. Participants included researchers, artists, NGOs, policy makers and individuals with direct experience of migration and displacement. The event featured a series of interactive salon discussions as well as panels and creative activities including a walking tour of the museum and public-facing engagement activities related to local perceptions of migration. It was a chance to take stock of and learn from one another. Interpreting between Spanish and English was provided. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Meeting of The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) at King's College London on Modern Slavery |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Profesor Laura Hammond attended and spoke at a meeting of The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) at King's College London on Modern Slavery. Among attendees was the HRH Duchess of Sussex. The event was widely reported in the media drawing attention to this issue of modern slavery. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a25414471/meghan-markle-looks-chic-in-black-as-she-... |
Description | Migration Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | A 'Hostile Environment' for Migration Research? European Debates Past and Present Tuesday 23rd April 2019 15.00-17.00 to be followed by a drinks reception and informal book launch from 17.00 - 18.00 City Centre Seminar Room, Queen Mary's University of London (map here) Join us for a discussion of how hostile migration politics and policies are shaping knowledge production, exchange and impact in Europe. The event is being organised by the Centre for the Study of Migration in collaboration in with the ESRC-AHRC funded Migration Leadership Team. Confirmed panelists are: Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge, Interdisciplinary Chair and Professor of Humanities and Human Rights, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham Mr Stephen Wordsworth CMG LVO, Council for Assisting At-Risk Academics (CARA) Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security and Deputy Dean for Global Engagement (Europe), Queen Mary's University of London and Ms Lina Vosyliute, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Simon Cox, Migration Lawyer, Open Society Justice Initiative Dr Ima Jackson, Senior Lecturer School of Health and Life Science, Department of Nursing and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University and Co-convenor of Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Migration and Human Rights Comicon |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A one-day event was held at the Royal Geographical Society highlighting the intersection between the arts and social sciences with respect to migration research. The event featured concurrently run events: workshops for researchers and artists to explore ways of collaborating, a series of panel events from artists, researchers, and museum curators, and a film reel showcasing migration- and human rights-related short animation films. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.u4.no/blog/migration-research-comic-con-2022-lessons-in-storytelling |
Description | Moderation of a Plenary session at the Global Refugee Forum, 18 December 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | As part of the first Global Refugee Forum, MLT Leader Prof. Laura Hammond moderated two panels in plenary sessions attended by delegations of nearly all of the UN member states, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The sessions were on 'Comprehensive Responses' - with panelists Hon Minister Hilary Obaloker Onek, Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Republic of Uganda; Hon. Workineh Gebiyhu, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development; and Hon Carolina Recinos de Bernal, Presidential Commissioner for Operations MIRPS and Government of El Salvador - and on 'Solutions' with panelists Ms. Susan Grace Duku, Women Refugee Representative, Refugee Engagement Forum, Uganda; H.E. Ambassador José Valencia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador; H.E. Ms. Ann Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden and Mr. António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The event was chaired by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr Filippo Grandi. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.unhcr.org/uk/global-refugee-forum.html |
Description | New York Migration Conversation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This event was one of a series of 12 Global Migration Conversations organised by the LIDC-MLT. The day featured a series of interactive panels and salon-style discussions held under Chatham House rules to encourage frank and open exchange. Participants were from the academy, the arts, practice and the policy arena. The focus was to learn how researchers, US policy actors, artists and others are engaging with local, federal and global migration policy debates and to explore possibilities for future transatlantic collaborations. We were interested in the processes of knowledge production and dissemination as well as their outcomes--namely, how can research and artistic engagement work to inform evidence-based policy on migration and displacement? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Nordic-British initiative on research in migration and integration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Members of the MLT were involved in developing a joint research funding call between the UKRI and NordForsk and making recommendations for awards. 'NordForsk, the Academy of Finland, the Swedish Research Council, Forte of Sweden, the Research Council of Norway, The Icelandic Centre for Research, Rannis, and the Economic and Social Research Council (part of UK Research and Innovation), are issuing a call for proposals for research projects under the Joint Nordic-UK Research Programme on Migration and Integration. The call has a budget of NOK 65 million and deadline for the call for proposals is 15 November 2018.' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.nordforsk.org/en/funding/utlysninger/nordic-british-initiative-on-research-in-migration-... |
Description | Panel organisation and presentation at Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Sustaining remittances as practices of care during COVID-19": paper presentation and session organisation "Dis(connecting) across borders during Covid-19: Migrants transnational practices of care giving & receiving" at the RGS-IBG conference. 1st September 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Plenary speaker, Politics, Humanitarianism and Children's Rights conference held by Save the Children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Provided closing remarks as an expert speaker to the Save the Children 100th Anniversary conference on Politics, Humanitarianism and Children's Rights. Conference was held at the London School of Economics and Political Science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/conference100 |
Description | Podcast for LIDC series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Prof Kavita Datta and Dr Jennifer Allsopp were interviewed on a 22 minute podcast exploring why migration remains so divisive, and the role of interdisciplinary research in enhancing discussions around this topic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://lidc.ac.uk/why-is-migration-still-a-hot-topic-and-what-is-the-role-of-research/ |
Description | Presentation on Migration and Inequality, RGS-IBG Annual Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Professor Kavita Datta presented on the work of the MLT at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference in September 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/ |
Description | Presentation to High Level Panel on Internal Displacement |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the report 'Toward Development Solutions to Internal Displacement: A Political Economy Approach,' to the UN High Level Panel on Internal Displacement as part of the formal submission from UNDP to the High Level Panel. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.un.org/internal-displacement-panel/sites/www.un.org.internal-displacement-panel/files/un... |
Description | Presention on Migration and Inequality at Global Development Roundtable, sponsored by the Developing Areas Research Group (DARG) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Kavita Datta spoke about the work of the MLT as part of the Global Development Roundtable, sponsored by the Developing Areas Research Group (DARG) which was on 'Core Agendas and Methodologies' Her presentation was on Migration and Inequality. The Conference was from the 28th to the 31st of August 2018. There is potentially a special issue which will come out of this. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Redefining Migration Discourse |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Redefining migration discourse: Learning from the past to create an inclusive economy 14th June, King's College London This colloquium brought together interdisciplinary specialists from academia, politics, policy and NGOs. Critically analysing the structural causes of migration, and the current limitations of the migration debate, the session identified definitions, methods and recommendations to facilitate fairer and just changes in policy and services. This was the first of two events exploring the ways in which policy makers and other influential actors can shift negative attitudes towards migrants and migration, and identify what the language of positive citizenship looks like in this context. The colloquium was convened to outline the definitions of migration in the context of the global supply chain, and in this context what effective inclusive economy, migration policy and processes should look like in a Shared Societies context. The event: ? Provided opportunities for cross disciplinary collaboration with experts from policy, research, and campaigning ? Produced a short briefing document clarifying the politics of migration at the current time and defining what information and / or knowledge is needed in order to effectively work with one another to influence migration discourse and policy making ? Delivered recommendations that can be taken forward (to discuss at the next colloquium or to be actioned directly) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Refugees Forced to Flee - (Featuring Dear Habib animation) Exhibition Imperial War Museum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The animation 'Dear Habib' produced by the Becoming Adult Project was part of a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum - Refugees Forced to Flee. The event was produced by the IWM in collaboration with UKRI-AHRC and UKRI-ESRC. Despite COVID-19 this is reaching wide audiences and will be open until 21 May 2021 . The exhibition has received high level media coverage from national newspapers (including The Guardian and The Telegraph) and other media outlets .. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
URL | https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/refugees-forced-to-flee |
Description | Tool transforms access to migration and displacement research data |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | UKRI press release announcing the launch of the Migration Research Support Tool (see software outputs). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ukri.org/news/tool-transforms-access-to-migration-and-displacement-research-data/ |
Description | World on the Move conference at the University of Manchester |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Professor Laura Hammond presented on the work of the MLT at the World on the Move conference at the University of Manchester. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |