MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies

MIGS is a research group based @mmusociology. We explore migration, the experiences of migrants, and the impact on the communities in which they live and work.

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

This event brings together academics, artists, activists, and communities.

Via screenings & panel discussions, we will explore the ethics & aesthetics of audiovisual representations of migration & migrants.

Submit here: https://t.co/FBDgstuZBI

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS*

Moving images: audiovisual representations of migration & migrants

Thursday, 26th June 2025
Manchester Met

Full call below. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

So many leaves on our Tree of Hope ⁦@McrMuseum⁩!
Visit our ⁦@CYPTreescapes⁩ installation in the Wild exhibition and share your hopes for the future of trees.
⁦@UK_Treescapes⁩ ⁦@Migration_MMU⁩ ⁦@mcys_mmu⁩ ⁦@McrMetCrimSoc⁩

[Sarah Linn @slinnresearch]

Excited to be organising this CfP with @NishaZadhy for @IMISCOE conference 2025. Have a look and send us through an abstract if you are interested in exploring the complexity of working with, in and beyond language in Migration & Refugee Studies @Migration_MMU @McrMetCrimSoc

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

New article!
@KhawlaBadwan, @KatePahl & I share our reflections on working with/beyond ‘language’ on a listening walk with young men from asylum-seeking backgrounds in a rural treescape (https://t.co/e5TOfdPhBv)
@CYPTreescapes @mcys_mmu @Migration_MMU @UK_Treescapes

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@gemmakristina Thanks so much for coming along and participating and presenting. Such rich work! 😍

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@ZanaVathi @CaitlinFNunn Thanks so much @ZanaVathi for a great presentation and a great day of discussion. Lots more exciting work for us all to do!

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@SmithyRobyn1 @CaitlinFNunn Thanks so much for joining us Robyn! Brilliant to have your insight and generosity and energy in the room.

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@ShirleyK2 @CaitlinFNunn @MSW_Durham_Uni @SocialJusticeDU Thank you both so much for a brilliant workshop and for your generous participation throughout the day. Wonderful to have you in Manchester!
😍🤩😍

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@NishaZadhy @ShirleyK2 Thanks so much for being such a generous contributor to the day @NishaZadhy & for bravely & beautifully sharing your reflections on your practice. We can’t wait to see what you do next.
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[Robyn Smith @SmithyRobyn1]

Great day at the @Migration_MMU Innovative Methods in Migration Research event - fab workshops & really rich discussions around methodological and ethical complexities and opportunities in research @CaitlinFNunn

[Manchester Law School - Research @MLS_Research]

‘Innovative Methods in Migration Research’ - pictures from the first panel this morning on policy and practice. This event is organized by @Migration_MMU and co-organized by our very own @Kaylalor

[Gemma Bird 🧡 @gemmakristina]

Really grateful for the opportunity to try out some creative mapping and to learn about this as an approach at @Migration_MMU. Our group found it a challenge to complicate the imperial legacies in maps and the violence they represent but we gave it a try.

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

NW England migration/creative research folx!
There's still time to register for Umut Erel's public lecture: Participatory arts based methods for innovating migration research
Next Tuesday (25th) 5-6:30pm
https://t.co/BxW6IcFsvV
@BsaDiaspora @SheffieldMRG @Migration_MMU

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

Free public lecture with @UErel: ‘Participatory arts based methods for innovating migration research’. Manchester Met, Tues 25/6, 5-6:30pm. Register here: https://t.co/ivda0UpZHz.
@McrMetCrimSoc @BsaDiaspora @MMU_Research

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

3 days left to register for Innovative Methods in Migration Research: a day of interdisciplinary dialogue & sharing.
Workshops include:
- creative cartography w @slinnresearch & Jina Lee
- collaborative focus group analysis w @ShirleyK2 & Petula Sik-Ying Ho
Registration link👇🏽

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

Call for participants!
One-day participatory, interdisciplinary 'Innovative Methods in Migration Research' event. June 25, Manchester Met
Join us for a day of dialogue and exploration, with a keynote lecture from the fabulous @UErel!
Register here: https://t.co/cNCGG1w5sW

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

Call for participants!
One-day participatory, interdisciplinary 'Innovative Methods in Migration Research' event. June 25, Manchester Met
Join us for a day of dialogue and exploration, with a keynote lecture from the fabulous @UErel!
Register here: https://t.co/cNCGG1w5sW

[Caitlin Nunn @CaitlinFNunn]

Interested in social inclusion in sport?
There's still time to register for this seminar on research-practice partnerships in sport for social change with the brilliant @Ramon_Spaaij.
Register below 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
@McrMetCrimSoc @mmu_RAH @mcys_mmu @Migration_MMU

[Manchester City of Sanctuary @ManchesterCoS]

#RefugeeWeek: Speaking at Universities! 🧡🎓

A real highlight of Refugee Week was attending events at our city’s #universities.

People seeking sanctuary deserve fair and equal access to higher #education. 📚

Join our movement 👉https://t.co/bm5xPOAPSa

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@MMUSociology @MMULangCent @refuaid @ManchesterCoS @McrSchArt @SODAmcr @adstevenson99 @MMUPsychology @BanoNobila @CYPTreescapes @Kaylalor @Rossella_Pulvi @MMUMCLS @Dr_Ilott @MMUEnglishDept @davide_schmid @samanthalnelson @samyia_ambreen @ESRI_mmu @UniofSanctuary @BenedicteBrahi2 @CaitlinFNunn And that’s a wrap!
What an inspiring, thought provoking, energizing afternoon. @ManMetUni has a brilliant community of migration scholars!
Thank you to everyone who participated.
🙌🏾😍🙌🏾

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

We’re excited to be hosting the Migration at Manchester Met symposium today, bringing together migration researchers from across the university.
@MMUSociology @RCASSmmu

[MIGS: Migration & Interdisciplinary Global Studies @Migration_MMU]

@MMUSociology @MMULangCent @refuaid @ManchesterCoS @McrSchArt @SODAmcr @adstevenson99 @MMUPsychology @BanoNobila @CYPTreescapes @Kaylalor @Rossella_Pulvi @MMUMCLS @Dr_Ilott @MMUEnglishDept @davide_schmid @samanthalnelson @samyia_ambreen @ESRI_mmu @UniofSanctuary @BenedicteBrahi2 @CaitlinFNunn And a remote contribution from Bruno Mazuquin In MMU Health on the role of ethnicity in measuring pain.