Next week, the University of Birmingham will welcome researchers, practitioners, activists and policy professionals for the IRiS International Conference 2026, Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mo…

Next week, the University of Birmingham will welcome researchers, practitioners, activists and policy professionals for the IRiS International Conference 2026, Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mo…

Essay · Nando Sigona on Music, Boundaries, and Two Brazilian Cities That Stretch the Concept of Superdiversity

Ce grand spécialiste des migrations livre une lecture géopolitique de la crise de Ceuta. Il voit moins un emballement migratoire spontané qu'un coup soigneusement calculé par Rabat.

Ce grand spécialiste des migrations livre une lecture géopolitique de la crise de Ceuta. Il voit moins un emballement migratoire spontané qu'un coup soigneusement calculé par Rabat.

YouTube video by Nando Sigona

Nando Sigona As the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway, one statistic stands out: 289 of the tournament’s 1,248 players were born in a country different from the one they represent. Nearly one…

Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.

The Brexit referendum was supposed to save the Conservative Party and stop Farage. Instead, it emboldened Farage, and might have killed the Conservative Party.

Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.

Stumbling across the concept of creolization was a matter of chance discovery and, for most of my academic life, intermittent engagement. I noticed it first as a student at the University of the Witwa...

We are delighted to launch a new IRIS Working Paper by Robin Cohen: Creolization: an autobiographical journey around a concept. In this rich and reflective piece, Cohen traces the concept of creoli…

YouTube video by IRiS - Institute for Research into Superdiversity

European governments are toughening their stance on applications from Syria, now ‌dictator Bashar al-Assad has gone and the country's 14-year civil war is over.

Madrid is preparing for one of the most ambitious regularization schemes in European history.

This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

YouTube video by I-CLAIM

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

More than 200 applicants fear they will lose places after home secretary suspends study visas from four countries

7-9 September, University of Birmingham CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Deadline: 16 March 2026 All submissions via the online submission page. We  are living in times  where profou…

The government will end study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, due to what she says is abuse.

This report examines how race and racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe. Drawing on comparative research in Finland, Germany, Italy, the...

The Spanish model in today's anti-migration Europe

7-9 September, University of Birmingham CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Deadline: 16 March 2026 All submissions via the online submission page. We  are living in times  where profou…

7-9 September, University of Birmingham CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Deadline: 16 March 2026 All submissions via the online submission page. We  are living in times  where profou…

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the Call for Papers, Panels, and Workshops for the IRIS 2026 international conference, titled Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement …

Written evidence submission publications for Home Affairs Committee.

Public talk by Prof David Scott FitzGerald, University of California San Diego jointly hosted by IRIS and POLSIS, University of Birmingham, 2 February, 4-5.30 PM Follow this link to reserve a place…