IRiS

The Institute for Research into #InternationalMigration & #Superdiversity (IRiS) @unibirmingham | Director @nandosigona

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

✨ A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they replied! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

Paris is the birthplace of world football, literally

https://t.co/TYibLopVKO

#fifaworldcup
#worldcup
#diaspora
#migration

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

The politics of #immigration is not a response to public anxiety, but one of the mechanisms through which anxiety is continuously reproduced and politically organised.
https://t.co/Y5T3TAcJMN
#migration
#hostileenvironment

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

#Netmigration is falling, yet many Britons believe the opposite. Why?

@nandosigona (@news_ub) unpacks this paradox for @lsepoliticsblog

#MustRead #Immigration #Migration #Asylum

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

#Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, I argue in this piece for @LSEpoliticsblog
https://t.co/Y5T3TAcJMN

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education Policy https://t.co/xo0z4oUg5B
#migration #immigration
#homeoffice #highereducation

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

“The Home Office is everyone”: Immigration Raids in Birmingham under Labour - I-CLAIM https://t.co/DZSIb7telv

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

#Labour doubled #immigrationraids in Birmingham, but what did they achieve?
#migration
https://t.co/qY34nWd85W

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

Bitesize clip from my conversation with sociologist Nandita Sharma on the figure of the migrant, full episode available here:
https://t.co/KNQtjX2uXU

#publicsociology
#migrationstudies
#podcast
#conversationswithiris

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

We are delighted to launch a new #IRISWorkingPaper by Robin Cohen: #Creolization: an autobiographical journey around a concept, in which Cohen traces the concept of creolization through the arc of his own intellectual and personal journey.
https://t.co/GYeqOtyMdB

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

New episode of #ConversationwithIris #podcast with Professor Nandita Sharma. We talk about the figure of migrant and the migrantisation of (some) workers.
https://t.co/tbO8Yr1DM6

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

IRIS director @nandosigona @news_ub quoted in this important piece highlighting the risks faced by Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe

[Reuters @Reuters]

Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe as rejections surge https://t.co/PRZTyRnug1 https://t.co/PRZTyRnug1

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

Sánchez planea legalizar medio millón de inmigrantes indocumentados https://t.co/smG3gcoKiu via @Archivo Histórico RTA

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

Not an easy task: capturing three years of @iclaimeu research on the living and working conditions of #migrantworkers with insecure legal status in Europe in just 100 seconds.
Suffice to say, there is much more to read, watch and lister on our website https://t.co/FOKkfTUTyZ

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

One week left to apply for #IRIS2026Conference "Unsettling communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in the Age of Authoritarianism"
Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops ends on 16 March.
Apply online here: https://t.co/rE4lOBggUx
#migrationstudies

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

New episode of Conversations with IRiS 🎙️
In this #podcast, we speak with Michelle Pace, author of Unwelcome to Denmark (Manchester University Press, 2025).
Recommended listening for Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood
https://t.co/h4jjUH8BEm

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance.
👉 Read UK’s new passport rules for dual citizenship... https://t.co/rlRpfDASz0

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

Call for Papers, Panels & Workshops: https://t.co/rE4lOBggUx
Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in an Age of Growing Authoritarianism
7-9 September 2026, @unibirmingham
#savethedate

[IRiS @IRiS_Birmingham]

The @unibirmingham is hosting ISA RC19 conference on 2-4 September 2026. The Call for Papers is available here: https://t.co/6WKbkvpvsg

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

#Americandream reborn? #Mamdani's election and the enduring #maga nightmare
@AbtCitizenship #podcast
Playing from 6:30
https://t.co/6Ulq4KORxM

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

A (research) year-in-review list from @IRiS_Birmingham @unibirmingham
https://t.co/qFDX0XSNbW

[Nando Sigona @nandosigona]

If you need deep pockets to be considered a “global talent,” are we really attracting "the brightest and the best"minds, or just the richest ones? Read more 👇
https://t.co/KSlBhcjQzI...
#visa #immigration #globaltalent