🎙️Featuring: Gee Manoharan @aviddetention.bsky.social, @andrianifili.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social rim.bsky.social, and Dr Lena Karamanidou @borderviolence.bsky.social.
In this episode of the Migration Oxford podcast, we discuss the realities of immigration detention across Europe. What does detention mean for those who experience it, and how do broader political forces shape the system?
🎧Full episode: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/index.php/de...
Hear from @msumption.bsky.social Director of @migobs.bsky.social at COMPAS, as she explores the complexities, debates, and trade-offs surrounding immigration policy, and answers the question: what is it all for?
Read the blog and pre-order Madeleine's book 🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/what...
How does discrimination impact opportunities for ethnic minorities across the life course - from securing a place in childcare to finding work and renting a home later in life?
Hear from our panel as they explore this question at our seminar happening tomorrow
🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
Our Director provided evidence to the APPG on Climate, Nature & Security to support its inquiry on climate migration. By sharing insights in this capacity, we aim to help ensure that policy is informed by trusted research.
More from Professor Keith on this topic🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read the full analysis from The Migration Observatory ⬇️
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press/asylum...
The Home Office has released new statistics on immigration to the UK.
But what do these new figures tell us beyond the data?
Dr Peter William Walsh, Senior Research at @migobs.bsky.social – an initiative based at COMPAS – shares his three key takeaways.
Following Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe’s comments about levels of immigration to the UK, which drew widespread criticism, @cvar-sil.bsky.social reflects on the economics of migration, mobility, and football.
⚽ Read the blog: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/a-co...
Our director @msumption.bsky.social went on the Rest is Money to talk about her new book plus how migration affects public finances, employers, and UK workers. Catch up here open.spotify.com/episode/3dqC...
Why did Bad Bunny’s recent Super Bowl performance, despite its message of unity, generate significant political debate?
How can music challenge, reshape, and even revolutionise the political status quo?
Our experts explore these questions in our latest blog:
🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/bad-...
What is immigration policy for?
@msumption.bsky.social of @migobs.bsky.social explores this question ahead of the launch of her book.
Pre-order Madeleine’s book using the code FEB26 for 25% off. Offer ends 20 Feb.
🔗https://www.waterstones.com/campaign/february-pre-order-offer #WPreorder
📌 Online and in person at St Antony’s College, Oxford
⏰ Thursday 19 Feb, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free and open to all
🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
Coined in 2017, femonationalism refers to the instrumentalisation of feminist language to further radical right ideologies.
Join our public seminar where @katharinalawall.bsky.social will explain how different types of counter speech can challenge femonationalism.
🚨 One day left to apply to feature on Oxford’s leading podcast on migration.
Rob McNeil, co-host of the Migration Oxford podcast, shares how you can submit your application below ⬇️
The number of refugees who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in England has soared. Speaking to BBC News about how to approach this concerning trend @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social said a long-term reimagining of asylum policies may be required.
🔗https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9y3n43192o
How do attitudes towards race and ethnicity shape political views in Britain?
Join us on 05 Feb at 15.45 (GMT) as
@profsob.bsky.social explores this topic, with a focus on racial colour blindness in post-Brexit Britain.
Attendance is free and open to all
🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
Are you a researcher interested in shaping how migration is understood?
🎙️ If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Submit your pitch by 13 Feb for a chance to feature on Oxford’s leading podcast on migration.
Rob McNeil, co-host of the Migration Oxford podcast, explains how to apply ⬇️
Register for future seminars: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
Colour-blind ideology in post-Brexit Britain | 🗓️ 5 Feb
Facts against femonationalism: How to stop radical right normalisation | 🗓️ 19 Feb
Housing, childcare, and employment: How discrimination compounds inequality | 🗓️ 5 March
It was fantastic to see such a strong turnout for the first event in our 'Politics of Immigration and Exclusion' seminar series, where @turnbulldugarte.com explored the impact of social democratic parties accommodating radical right positions on immigration.
Huge congratulations to former DPhil student @lena-rose22.bsky.social on the publication of her first book, Palestinian Evangelicals and Global Evangelicalism, based on her doctoral work at COMPAS.
📖🔗 academic.oup.com/book/61650
Featuring expert speakers Maria Elena Hernández (Danish Refugee Council), Mara Tissera Luna (Georgetown University), and Abril Ríos-Rivera (Oxford DPhil student) Hosted by @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social and @oncegingerboy.bsky.social.
🎙️ New on the Migration Oxford podcast: People on the Move in Mexico.
Mexico reflects the growing complexity of migration in the modern world and inequality across borders.
🎧 Listen for a discussion about the politics of migration across the continent and within Mexico.
Across Europe, social democratic parties are increasingly adopting restrictive immigration rhetoric in response to the electoral success of radical right parties.
Join Dr Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte this Thursday, 22 January, to learn more about this trend. The seminar is free and open to all. ⬇️
🔗https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-politics-of-immigration-and-exclusion Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/feature...
US intervention in Venezuela marks a critical moment for one of the world’s largest displaced populations.
💭 DPhil student Alessandra Enrico offers insight into what may come next for displaced Venezuelans.
🔗https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/what-us-intervention-could-mean-displaced-venezuelans
Don't miss these fiction and non-fiction recommendations on the topic of #migration from members of @compasoxford.bsky.social @oxford-anthro.bsky.social 📚 #SSDConnections
Have you recently published research that could help shape how migration is understood? 🎙️
If so, we would love to hear your pitch for a slot on the Migration Oxford Podcast.
📅Submit your pitch by 13 February 2026 to be considered.
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/call...
Register to our upcoming seminar series, where speakers will explore the causes and consequences of the changing debate on immigration across Europe.
📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
