MIGS is a research group based @mmusociology. We explore migration, the experiences of migrants, and the impact on the communities in which they live and work.
Manchester, UK
Joined June 2022
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*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS*
Moving images: audiovisual representations of migration & migrants
Thursday, 26th June 2025
Manchester Met
Full call below. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
This event brings together academics, artists, activists, and communities.
Via screenings & panel discussions, we will explore the ethics & aesthetics of audiovisual representations of migration & migrants.
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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So many leaves on our Tree of Hope @McrMuseum!
Visit our @CYPTreescapes installation in the Wild exhibition and share your hopes for the future of trees.
@UK_Treescapes @Migration_MMU @mcys_mmu @McrMetCrimSoc
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Excited to be organising this CfP with @NishaZadhy for @IMISCOE conference 2025. Have a look and send us through an abstract if you are interested in exploring the complexity of working with, in and beyond language in Migration & Refugee Studies @Migration_MMU @McrMetCrimSoc
@IMISCOE Cfp: Global reflections on working with, in and beyond language in Migration and Refugee studies
Are you a migration scholar working with interlocutors who speak a language other than the language of your research? If so, please send me your abstracts by September 15th!
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New article!
@KhawlaBadwan, @KatePahl & I share our reflections on working with/beyond ‘language’ on a listening walk with young men from asylum-seeking backgrounds in a rural treescape (tandfonline.com)
@CYPTreescapes @mcys_mmu @Migration_MMU @UK_Treescapes
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Great day at the @Migration_MMU Innovative Methods in Migration Research event - fab workshops & really rich discussions around methodological and ethical complexities and opportunities in research @CaitlinFNunn
‘Innovative Methods in Migration Research’ - pictures from the first panel this morning on policy and practice. This event is organized by @Migration_MMU and co-organized by our very own @Kaylalor
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‘Innovative Methods in Migration Research’ - pictures from the first panel this morning on policy and practice. This event is organized by @Migration_MMU and co-organized by our very own @Kaylalor
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Really grateful for the opportunity to try out some creative mapping and to learn about this as an approach at @Migration_MMU. Our group found it a challenge to complicate the imperial legacies in maps and the violence they represent but we gave it a try.
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NW England migration/creative research folx!
There's still time to register for Umut Erel's public lecture: Participatory arts based methods for innovating migration research
Next Tuesday (25th) 5-6:30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/participa…
@BsaDiaspora @SheffieldMRG @Migration_MMU
Free public lecture with @UErel: ‘Participatory arts based methods for innovating migration research’. Manchester Met, Tues 25/6, 5-6:30pm. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/participa….
@McrMetCrimSoc @BsaDiaspora @MMU_Research
Free public lecture with @UErel: ‘Participatory arts based methods for innovating migration research’. Manchester Met, Tues 25/6, 5-6:30pm. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/participa….
@McrMetCrimSoc @BsaDiaspora @MMU_Research
3 days left to register for Innovative Methods in Migration Research: a day of interdisciplinary dialogue & sharing.
Workshops include:
- creative cartography w @slinnresearch & Jina Lee
- collaborative focus group analysis w @ShirleyK2 & Petula Sik-Ying Ho
Registration link👇🏽
Call for participants!
One-day participatory, interdisciplinary 'Innovative Methods in Migration Research' event. June 25, Manchester Met
Join us for a day of dialogue and exploration, with a keynote lecture from the fabulous @UErel!
Register here: forms.gle/o6ymfmVZDs9mMBUy5
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Call for participants!
One-day participatory, interdisciplinary 'Innovative Methods in Migration Research' event. June 25, Manchester Met
Join us for a day of dialogue and exploration, with a keynote lecture from the fabulous @UErel!
Register here: forms.gle/o6ymfmVZDs9mMBUy5
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Interested in social inclusion in sport?
There's still time to register for this seminar on research-practice partnerships in sport for social change with the brilliant @Ramon_Spaaij.
Register below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
@McrMetCrimSoc @mmu_RAH @mcys_mmu @Migration_MMU
Interested in how sociologists can co-create social change in sport through research-practice partnerships?
I'm thrilled @Ramon_Spaaij will be visiting @ManMetUni. Join us for this seminar, Feb 29, 5-6:30pm.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/finally-o…
@McrInstSport @McrMetCrimSoc @mcys_mmu
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#RefugeeWeek: Speaking at Universities! 🧡🎓
A real highlight of Refugee Week was attending events at our city’s #universities.
People seeking sanctuary deserve fair and equal access to higher #education. 📚
Join our movement 👉manchester.cityofsanctuary.o…
We’re excited to be hosting the Migration at Manchester Met symposium today, bringing together migration researchers from across the university.
@MMUSociology @RCASSmmu
And a remote contribution from Bruno Mazuquin In MMU Health on the role of ethnicity in measuring pain.
And that’s a wrap!
What an inspiring, thought provoking, energizing afternoon. @ManMetUni has a brilliant community of migration scholars!
Thank you to everyone who participated.
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