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Projects

Ongoing Research Projects

Current and recent research projects by MigRes members include:

  • Colonialism and Migration in Global Perspective (British Academy Knowledge Frontiers) – Dr Mike Slaven, Dr Hamoon Khelghat-Doost
  • Legacies of Empire: Race, Class and Migration at the English Seaside (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship) – Dr James Pattison
  • Evolving worker agency in the increasingly automated and digitalised hospitality workplace (British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship) – Dr Agnieszka Rydzik
  • Understanding Refugee Women's Experiences of Maternal Care in Türkiye (BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant) – Dr Sureyya Sonmez Efe
  • Trapped in the Margins: How Criminalization and Violence Destroy a Diverse Europe (Max Planck Institute) – Dr Baris Cayli Messina
  • Seeking Charles Wotton: Before the Liverpool ‘Race Riots’ of 1919 (BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant) – Dr Kristy Warren
  • Bridging Youth and Young Professionals In a Migrational Context via Digitalization (Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships) – Dr Sureyya Sonmez Efe.

 

Other research projects and activities include:

  • Professor Richard Barnes – member of International Law Association (ILA) Committee for the Protection of People at Sea
  • Dr Chloë Gilgan – upcoming book on refugee protection as a UK and US responsibility to protect Syrians
  • Dr Nicola Chanamuto – current research on international academic mobility and experiences of teaching in UK higher education
  • Dr Jeongmee Kim – current research on how East Asian television drama impacts on overseas perceptions of East Asians
  • Dr Agnieszka Rydzik – previous research project “Inclusive Boston” (funded by Boston Borough Council)
  • Dr Simone Varriale – previous research project “Transnationalising class: culture and inequality among Italian expats in the UK” (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship).