Migrant Farmworkers and Resistance: Before, During and After COVID-19
COVID-19 has laid bare many of the problems with the global food system. Even in ordinary times, migrant farmworkers live and work in overcrowded and dangerous conditions. COVID-19 has ravaged many farmworker communities. Even as states closed their borders to halt the spread of the virus, they found ways to allow farmworkers to migrate. In […]
This is Who I Am: An Online Performance of LGBTQI+ Asylum Testimonies
What are the challenges facing LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in the UK? Join us for a virtual reading of their first-hand accounts. 'They separated us. We tried to say no, we applied for asylum as a couple. They say we don’t have any civil evidence that we are a couple. And we’re like, “How can […]
MMB Events, Summer 2020
MMB is pausing its series of events over the summer period. We will be hosting more webinars in the autumn. To view all our events from earlier this year, please […]
MMB 2020 AGM
Do join us for the MMB 2020 AGM! It will be a chance to tell you about the progress we’ve made over the past year, listen to your feedback and […]
Covid-19 and Systemic Resilience: What role for migrant workers?
Online symposiumThis online conference marks the launch of the “Migrants and Systemic Resilience Hub” (MigResHub), a joint initiative of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and Migration Mobilities Bristol at the University of Bristol.
Marriage Migration and Integration
Online symposiumThis webinar launches the book Marriage Migration and Integration (2020, Palgrave) edited by Katharine Charsley, Marta Bolognani, Evelyn Ersanilli and Sarah Spencer. The book provides the first sustained empirical evidence […]
MMB Drop-in
Need to talk through a new research idea? Looking for advice on increasing the impact of your work? Want to disseminate your research more widely or run an event? MMB […]
Justice and Labour Migration: an MMB debate
WebinarWhat might a just labour migration policy look like? Is there a trade-off between numbers and rights? Is it possible to have a system of labour migration founded on ideals […]
🌟 MMB Christmas Gathering! 🌟
Online symposiumIt’s nearly the end of 2020! We’d love to gather you together online for some Christmas cheer at the end of a long and difficult year. Furnish yourselves will a […]
Unpacking Fieldwork in Challenging Settings (2)
WebinarPower relations and gender during fieldwork: yup, issues still there! We are back with the Unpacking Fieldwork seminar series! After the success of the first seminar in early 2020 […]