Join us for a tour of Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI), a unique part of the university where interdisciplinary teams work together with the aim of shaping digital futures that […]

Featuring: Sam Okyere (University of Bristol); Raphael Godlove Ahenu Jr (Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation - GLOMEF); Alf Nilsen (University of Pretoria); Nandita Sharma (University of […]

Educators are being encouraged to provide students with trigger or content warnings in which difficult topics are going to be covered, giving students agency on whether or not they want […]

We are delighted to announce the second MMB PGR discussion group meeting! This session will focus on borders and bordering techniques. In particular, we will discuss the benefits and risks of examining borders […]

This is a joint seminar with Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research. Casino Asia: How do casinos transform social imaginations? To register for a free in-person ticket, please sign up on […]

Chair: Ann Singleton, Reader in Migration Policy, University of Bristol. Speakers: Dr Frank Laczko, former Director of IOM GMDAC and the former Head of Research at IOM, Elisa Mosler Vidal, DPhil candidate in Migration Studies, COMPAS, and Marzia Rango, Migration and Human Mobility Specialist at the UN Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC) in the UN Secretariat in New York. Discussant: Diego Iturralde, Chief Director […]

UK premier of a documentary short about the challenges faced by domestic workers in Colombia commuting on public transport. 'Invisible’ (30 mins). A documentary short by Valentina Montoya Robledo and Daniel Gómez Restrepo. (Spanish, with English subtitles). Register to attend the screening here. Two domestic workers, Reinalda in Medellín and Belén in Bogotá, explain the […]

Sitting next to one of the village houses in San Fernando, Hildrid sighed, “We have so many memories of Hong Kong!” Many Filipino domestic workers who once worked in Hong Kong (HK) have settled back in their home country. Yet, connection with HK continued through frequent WhatsApp or Messenger messages with former employers and fellow […]

Join us to celebrate the start of 2024 and welcome in another year of MMB events and activities! February can be grim, so this can be a bright spot in your calendar! It will be a chance to catch up with MMB colleagues and to meet our Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Victoria Hattam, who will be […]

The third MMB PGR discussion group will focus on ‘Political imagination and (academic) activism’. Building on previous discussions, we will explore the opportunities and frontiers of our imagination, political and […]