Migration, mobilities and movement
Sally Vivyan looks at a tiny charity working with refugees and asylum seekers, and how its ethos could teach us all some big lessons about how to navigate our societal challenges.…Read more
Danny Dorling. author of 'Peak Injustice', offers his take on the results of the UK General Election.…Read more
A migrant, a Brit and a robot walk into a bar. Kostas Maronitis and Denny Pencheva, authors of 'Robots and Immigrants', discuss who will get the job. …Read more
John Lazarus introduces his guest-edited issue of Global Discourse on cooperation and social policy, and examines how the science of cooperation can be applied to societal issues such as refugee assistance and organ donation.…Read more
Katie Schmuecker, Principal Policy Advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, calls on politicians to stop ignoring poverty, and to come up with a plan for reducing hardship – otherwise the grim records will keep on coming and storing up problems for the future. …Read more
Maaike Matelski, author of 'Contested Civil Society in Myanmar', considers the Spring Revolution resistance movement in Myanmar, three years on from the military coup.…Read more
Megan Crossley shines a light on conditions for women in immigration detention centres, who are often erased from the immigration narrative.…Read more
To celebrate the week and the dedicated efforts of scholarly communities to promote equitable knowledge sharing, Bristol University Press has curated a compelling collection of OA books and journal articles from our Global Social Challenges publishing program.…Read more
Anne-Marie Greenslade, contributor to 'Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking', examines the government’s continued attempt to paint migrants as exploitative and not genuine victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. …Read more
Thom Brooks, author of 'Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test', exposes the serious failings of the UK Citizenship Test and argues that a new test is required that corrects its errors, is fit for purpose and enjoys wider public support for what is expected of new citizens…Read more