Research group: Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies (MIGs)
Exploring migration, its impact and the personal experiences of migrants to encourage understanding and improve lives.
About us
About our research
We explore migration, the experiences of migrants and the impact on the communities in which they live and work.
We approach migration as a total social phenomenon – a very personal experience, but also one that has social, political, legal, cultural and economic impacts that are felt locally, nationally and globally.
Our researchers have expertise in the integration of migrants in post-Brexit UK, gender aspects, refugee studies and labour market migration. We develop and share knowledge to help identify issues and ways to tackle them.
Our aims are to:
- produce innovative, quality research to inform academic debates, policymaking and community-based initiatives
- connect communities through research - creating an information and networking hub for researchers, practitioners and community members working on migration-related issues
- offer quality teaching to our undergraduate and postgraduate students based on world-leading research and a curriculum that reflects diverse cultures and knowledge systems
We have partnerships with world-leading research groups specialising in migration studies, such as the Migration and Families Network – an international forum for debate and knowledge-sharing.
We also collaborate with organisations and practitioners working day-to-day with migrants and migrant-background communities.
Our links with the Global Studies Association UK strengthens our teaching in global studies – a core component of the sociology and criminology programme. PhD students in migration studies can also benefit from links to institutions such as the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
Research themes
We focus on:
- migration studies and approaches in global studies, building on theoretical perspectives and new directions
- typologies of mobilities, family migration, life stage and gender aspects
- migrant work and economic integration, skilled international mobilities, entrepreneurship and diaspora studies
- refugees studies including displacement, asylum, resettlement and integration
- immigration and ethnic diversity in labour market integration in the UK
- child-centred approached to migration
- creative and collaborative methods
- decolonising knowledge production and flows within migration studies
- citizenship, integration and belonging in policies and practice
Selected projects
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Selected publications
- Arun, S, Brahic, B and Taylor, S (2019) Global mobilities: united by dividing and accelerating precarities Migration and Development, pp 1-7
- Brahic, B and Lallement, M (2018) From ‘Expats’ to ‘Migrants’: strategies of resilience among French movers in post-Brexit Manchester Migration and Development
- Brahic, B (2020) From expat mothers to migrant mothers: narratives of transformations, lost privileges and the ‘quieter’ everyday in Brexit Britain Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Badwan, K, Arun, S and Popan, C (2021) Who are we today?: Exploring schools as potential sites of foster-ship and empowerment for migrant children in the UK in Special Issue, M. José Arroyo González, Fernando Hernández-Hernández and Juana M. Sancho-Gil. on Immigration and education systems: an international perspective (eds.) Culture and Education
- Clark, K, Garratt, L, Li, Y, Lymperopoulou, K and Shankley, W (2019) Local deprivation and the labour market integration of new immigrants in England. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (17), pp 3260-3282
- El-Abani, S, Jacobs, S, Chadwick, K, and Arun, S (2019) Migration and attitudes towards domestic violence against women: a case study of Libyan migrants in the UK Migration and Development, pp 1-20
- Finney, N, Harries, B, Rhodes, J and Lymperopoulou, K(2019) The roles of social housing providers in creating ‘integrated’ communities, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (17), pp 3207-3224
- Lymperopoulou, K (2020) Immigration and ethnic diversity in England and Wales examined through an area classification framework, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 21, pp 829–846
- McMichael, C and Nunn, C (2019) Conducting research with people with refugee backgrounds in Australia: methodological and ethical considerations’ in Allotey, P and Reidpath, D (eds) The health of refugees: Public health perspectives from crisis to settlement. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Nunn, C,Luguetti, C and Spaaij, R (2021) Beyond integration: Football as a mobile, transnational sphere of belonging for refugee-background young people Leisure Studies
- Nunn, C, McKinnon, K, Wilding, R, Graves, K, O’Keefe, M, La Myint, G.P, Win, H and Taveesupmai, P (2021) Transforming health and wellbeing service engagement in a rural refugee resettlement location: a community-based participatory research intervention Journal of Sociology
- Popan, C, Arun, S and Bailey, G (2021) Education outside the mainstream: Valuing cultural heritage through alternative resources for the integration of migrant children in the UK Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies. Series historia et sociologia
- Pourmehdi, M and Al Shahrani, H (2019) The role of social media and network capital in assisting migrants in search of a less precarious existence in Saudi Arabia. Migration and Development pp 1-15
- Wilding, R and Nunn, C (2018) Non-metropolitan productions of multiculturalism: Refugee settlement in rural Australia Ethnic and Racial Studies 41(14), pp 2542-2560
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Contact
Contact us
You can contact individual members of the team through their staff profiles.
For general enquiries, please contact our research group leads Professor Shoba Arun, Dr Benedicte Brahic and Dr Caitlin Nunn.