News and Events

News

• 1 Jan 2017: Tom Bailey, director of the theatre company The Mechanical Animal Corporation has joined the MRU as a Leverhulme Artist in Residence
• 9 Nov 2016: Dynamic Meeting Confirms Commitment to Support Refugees at UCL
• 7 Nov 2016: UCL's Refugee-Related Research and Activities
• 31 Oct 2016: Staff-Student Open Meeting in Support of Refugees and Migrants
• Sep. 2016: Local community responses to mass displacement from Syria - Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh awarded major AHRC-ESRC Grant
• Sept 2016: Three new MRU Working Papers published
• Sep. 2016: Gender, Religion and Refugees: MRU PB launched at UN Refugee Summit
• Sep. 2016: New MRU Policy Brief: Gender, Religion and Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration

Forthcoming Events

• MRU Workshop: Performing Migration, Tuesday 04 October, 3-5pm, IAS Common Ground: MRU Leverhulme Artist in Resident Tom Bailey will be hosting a workshop on how migration might be explored within the context of the performing arts. The workshop builds on Tom’s experience working at the makeshift theatre assembled at the Calais ‘Jungle’, and on his research into migration of both humans and birds. All are welcome.
• UCL Wide Staff Meeting on Initiatives to Support Refugees and Migrants, Monday 09 October, 1-2pm, Room 113, 26 Bedford Way: All UCL staff and students are invited to attend this UCL-wide meeting to discuss what UCL is, and can, do to further support refugees and migrants in a sustainable manner. You can see more information about last year’s events here.
• Joint MRU-IOE Seminar Migrant Integration, Education Policies, and Student Outcomes in Western Europe and Beyond, Monday 13 November, 13:00-14:00, 26 Bedford Way, Room 113: Louis Volante, Professor of Education at Brock University and an Affiliated Researcher at UNU-MERIT (United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology), Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, in the Netherlands, will be speaking on Migrant Integration, Education Policies, and Student Outcomes in Western Europe and Beyond. See here for the abstract and Prof. Volante’s bio.

RiMW Digest

Below you can find information on events related to the Refuge in a Moving World Network. You can also get regular updates on refugee related research at the MRU via @RefugeMvingWrld and @RefugeeHosts

• RiMW October 2017 Digest
• RiMW May 2017 Digest
• RiMW June 2017 Digest

Seminars

• London Migration Research Seminar Programme

• 2015-2016: Refuge in a Moving World seminar series

Past Conferences & Events

09 Jun 2017 MRU Student Conference: Between Borders

25 Mar 2017: Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh presenting at the 'Language, Mobility and Belonging' Conference, Somerville College, Oxford.

14 Mar 2017: Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh contributing to a Special Panel Event on 'Development in Crisis: States, Conflicts, Refugees' at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

10-15 Mar 2017: RiMW and UCL-IAS hosted an exhibition and symposium (15th March) on Space of Refuge at the P21 Gallery in London. For more info click here.

06 Feb 2017: Tom Bailey, UCL Geography Artist in Residence Refugee Theatre Workshop