Within MMB there is a wide and active group of scholars researching migration and mobility related issues across Europe. Working across many different disciplines their key areas of interest include:
- how borders within Europe are being transformed by new digital technologies
- ways in which migration regimes create, protect or make vulnerable migrants
- histories of trade and movement across the continent
- border work and workers
- Intersection between migration and race
Recent blog posts with a European theme
- The environment as a necropolitical actor in global border regimesBy Marielys Padua Soto. Borders are often depicted as man-made barriers such as fences, checkpoints and walls. But some of the deadliest borders in the world are not built by human hands. Instead, they are deserts, seas and jungles, environments transformed into barriers through policy neglect and the criminalization of mobility. By closing legal pathways,… Read more: The environment as a necropolitical actor in global border regimes
- Ukrainian refugees – the new white Other in British discourses?A special series from the Migration Research Group of the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. By Magda Mogilnicka. This year has marked the 20th anniversary of the EU enlargement when eight countries from Central and East Europe, with Poland as the largest accession state, joined the European Union. The UK was… Read more: Ukrainian refugees – the new white Other in British discourses?
- Who’s in the fast lane? Will new border tech deliver seamless travel for all?Migration, Mobilities and Digital Technologies – a special series published in association with the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. By Travis Van Isacker. For the past year I have been attending border industry conferences to understand the future claims they are making as part of my research on digitised borders for the ESRC Centre for… Read more: Who’s in the fast lane? Will new border tech deliver seamless travel for all?
Exciting Research Projects Underway in and on Europe
Here are just a few examples involving MMB members:
- ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
- Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in Hungary through Public Procurement
- PRIME – Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe: Variations in vulnerability, host country needs, and policy effectiveness
- UK-EU couples after ‘Brexit: migrantisation and the UK family immigration regime
- Border Geographies in Medieval European Writing
- Working for ‘five a day’: Risk and resilience in the food system, a multi-sited ethnography of the labour that feeds one city
- Seascapes: Tracing the Emergence and Spread of Maritime Networks in the Central and Western Mediterranean in the 3rd Millennium BC
European Academic Collaborations
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)
Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) is an international research centre with a multidisciplinary profile and a strong international presence. Within the centre and its extensive network, researchers develop, explore and exchange knowledge of international migration and ethnic diversity. As Malmö City Guest Professor in Migration Studies (March-June 2022), MMB Director Bridget Anderson helped to connect both the Universities and the cities. Since then, several other MMB colleagues have participated in symposia and workshops hosted by MIM.
IMISCOE
MMB collaborates with IMISCOE, Europe’s largest network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. Find out more >
ACH
ACH is a social enterprise providing supported accommodation, and tailored integration services that not only help individuals, but also disrupt the systems that have entrenched inequalities in our society. MMB is working with ACH to ensure that support for migrant communities enables people to live independent, ambitious lives with greater access to opportunities. One strand of this is our seminar series, which has explored topics such as the concept of “integration”, migrant entrepreneurship, the consequences of No Recourse to Public Funds, housing and more. We also participate in projects like ACH’s Migrant Business Support, and previously, the University of Bristol’s ESRC-funded Everyday Integration.