COMPAS
@compasoxford.bsky.social
The University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS).
Based at the School of Anthropology.
Based at the School of Anthropology.
Register to our upcoming seminar series, where speakers will explore the causes and consequences of the changing debate on immigration across Europe.
📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Register to our upcoming seminar series, where speakers will explore the causes and consequences of the changing debate on immigration across Europe.
📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📌 Online & in person (Oxford)
⏰ Thursdays, 3:45–5:00 PM (GMT)
🌍 Free & open to all
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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🎧 NEW podcast ‘How welcoming are UK cities for newcomers?
Jacqueline Broadhead @compasoxford.bsky.social highlights that creating welcoming, inclusive cities is not simply an ideal; it is essential for the future of increasingly diverse urban spaces.
Listen now: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
Jacqueline Broadhead @compasoxford.bsky.social highlights that creating welcoming, inclusive cities is not simply an ideal; it is essential for the future of increasingly diverse urban spaces.
Listen now: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
How welcoming are UK cities for newcomers?
What does it mean for a city to be genuinely welcoming? How can cities foster inclusive attitudes and how do local policies and practices shape the experiences of those who have newly arrived? Is opti...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎧 NEW podcast ‘How welcoming are UK cities for newcomers?
Jacqueline Broadhead @compasoxford.bsky.social highlights that creating welcoming, inclusive cities is not simply an ideal; it is essential for the future of increasingly diverse urban spaces.
Listen now: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
Jacqueline Broadhead @compasoxford.bsky.social highlights that creating welcoming, inclusive cities is not simply an ideal; it is essential for the future of increasingly diverse urban spaces.
Listen now: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
To mark #InternationalMigrantsDay, our colleagues, affiliates, and students reflect on the books that have enriched their understanding of migration in 2025 📖
🔗 Access the full list of recommendations: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/comp...
🔗 Access the full list of recommendations: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/comp...
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To mark #InternationalMigrantsDay, our colleagues, affiliates, and students reflect on the books that have enriched their understanding of migration in 2025 📖
🔗 Access the full list of recommendations: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/comp...
🔗 Access the full list of recommendations: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/comp...
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It’s International Migrants Day, a good time to highlight our free Reporting Migration course for journalists and those working on migration in the UK, developed with NCTJ and the Open University: www.nctj.com/cpd-courses/... - offering a grounding in history, law, policy and data.
https://nctj.com/cpd-courses/re…
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s International Migrants Day, a good time to highlight our free Reporting Migration course for journalists and those working on migration in the UK, developed with NCTJ and the Open University: www.nctj.com/cpd-courses/... - offering a grounding in history, law, policy and data.
NEW: Researchers have released a first-of-its-kind dataset examining how names are perceived differently across Europe, with a focus on ethnic discrimination and racial bias. ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEW: Researchers have released a first-of-its-kind dataset examining how names are perceived differently across Europe, with a focus on ethnic discrimination and racial bias. ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Writing for @telegraph.co.uk, @msumption.bsky.social, Director of The Migration Observatory, highlights the gaps in data on many aspects of the immigration system in the UK and underscores the importance of good data to form migration policy
🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Writing for @telegraph.co.uk, @msumption.bsky.social, Director of The Migration Observatory, highlights the gaps in data on many aspects of the immigration system in the UK and underscores the importance of good data to form migration policy
🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
The UK government has today launched its Child Poverty Strategy, designed to tackle the root cause of poverty for all children. We welcome the inclusion of recommendations from our Understanding Migrant Destitution project. ⬇️
The Child Poverty strategy includes some welcome measures to support migrant children including providing guidance for councils on s17 of the Children Act and gathering better data. Wider measure to limit the use of unsuitable and poor quality temporary accom should also help.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The UK government has today launched its Child Poverty Strategy, designed to tackle the root cause of poverty for all children. We welcome the inclusion of recommendations from our Understanding Migrant Destitution project. ⬇️
NEW: Migration Oxford podcast episode 🎙️
Should we be optimistic about the future of welcoming newcomers in UK cities?
@jacquibroadhead.bsky.social, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, explores this important topic with host Rob McNeil.
🔊 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
Should we be optimistic about the future of welcoming newcomers in UK cities?
@jacquibroadhead.bsky.social, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, explores this important topic with host Rob McNeil.
🔊 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
How welcoming are UK cities for newcomers?
What does it mean for a city to be genuinely welcoming? How can cities foster inclusive attitudes and how do local policies and practices shape the experiences of those who have newly arrived? Is opti...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
NEW: Migration Oxford podcast episode 🎙️
Should we be optimistic about the future of welcoming newcomers in UK cities?
@jacquibroadhead.bsky.social, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, explores this important topic with host Rob McNeil.
🔊 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
Should we be optimistic about the future of welcoming newcomers in UK cities?
@jacquibroadhead.bsky.social, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, explores this important topic with host Rob McNeil.
🔊 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-welcomin...
Writing for @uk.theconversation.com @lucyleon.bsky.social Senior Researcher, explains why the UK government’s upcoming Child Poverty Strategy must address the impact of immigration policy if it is to improve life for all children.
Read the full article: 🔗 theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
Read the full article: 🔗 theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to look again at migration policy
No recourse to public funds restrictions mean that families cannot access any benefits regardless of need.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Writing for @uk.theconversation.com @lucyleon.bsky.social Senior Researcher, explains why the UK government’s upcoming Child Poverty Strategy must address the impact of immigration policy if it is to improve life for all children.
Read the full article: 🔗 theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
Read the full article: 🔗 theconversation.com/to-truly-tac...
Since 2017, the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh has shifted from an acute emergency to a protracted refugee situation.
COMPAS affiliate, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, breaks down the consequences of long-term displacement for both refugees and host communities.
📖 ➡️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
COMPAS affiliate, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, breaks down the consequences of long-term displacement for both refugees and host communities.
📖 ➡️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Since 2017, the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh has shifted from an acute emergency to a protracted refugee situation.
COMPAS affiliate, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, breaks down the consequences of long-term displacement for both refugees and host communities.
📖 ➡️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
COMPAS affiliate, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, breaks down the consequences of long-term displacement for both refugees and host communities.
📖 ➡️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
The UK government has set out how it plans to reform the UK’s asylum and returns system. Researchers from @migobs.bsky.social, based at COMPAS, have been digesting the goverment's policy paper. Hear from @msumption.bsky.social on BBC Newscast.🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/curation/m001bm45/p0mh7c8q
Newscast - Will The (Latest) Asylum System Reforms Work? - BBC Sounds
The Home Secretary announces an overhaul of the asylum system, but will it work?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The UK government has set out how it plans to reform the UK’s asylum and returns system. Researchers from @migobs.bsky.social, based at COMPAS, have been digesting the goverment's policy paper. Hear from @msumption.bsky.social on BBC Newscast.🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/curation/m001bm45/p0mh7c8q
How do arrival infrastructures - from churches to cafés - shape newcomers’ first steps in a new place? 📍
@swessendorf.bsky.social will explore this question in tomorrow’s seminar, ‘Infrastructure of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival.’
@swessendorf.bsky.social will explore this question in tomorrow’s seminar, ‘Infrastructure of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival.’
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How do arrival infrastructures - from churches to cafés - shape newcomers’ first steps in a new place? 📍
@swessendorf.bsky.social will explore this question in tomorrow’s seminar, ‘Infrastructure of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival.’
@swessendorf.bsky.social will explore this question in tomorrow’s seminar, ‘Infrastructure of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival.’
As #COP30 discussions unfold, our Director, Michael Keith, highlights that the role of urbanisation must not be overlooked in future climate strategies - a view that remains highly relevant.
Read the full piece, published last year in the @financialtimes.com: 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-01...
Read the full piece, published last year in the @financialtimes.com: 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-01...
Expert comment: Urbanisation’s role in the climate crisis is being
A global advisory body that joins up science with the management of cities is urgently needed, writes Michael Keith, a Professor at Oxford University's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society and
www.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As #COP30 discussions unfold, our Director, Michael Keith, highlights that the role of urbanisation must not be overlooked in future climate strategies - a view that remains highly relevant.
Read the full piece, published last year in the @financialtimes.com: 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-01...
Read the full piece, published last year in the @financialtimes.com: 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-01...
@mweihmayer.bsky.social, one of our recently appointed researchers, shares why knowledge exchange must be a central component of future migration policymaking, and how her experience and ambitions will shape her approach. 🌍
Hear from Melissa: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/global-excha...
Hear from Melissa: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/global-excha...
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@mweihmayer.bsky.social, one of our recently appointed researchers, shares why knowledge exchange must be a central component of future migration policymaking, and how her experience and ambitions will shape her approach. 🌍
Hear from Melissa: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/global-excha...
Hear from Melissa: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/global-excha...
💡Happening this Thursday!
Join Sophie Hinger and Francina Guggenberger of Osnabrück University for a discussion on local governance and knowledge production around asylum accommodation and urban spaces of migration in Germany. Register hu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Sophie Hinger and Francina Guggenberger of Osnabrück University for a discussion on local governance and knowledge production around asylum accommodation and urban spaces of migration in Germany. Register hu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
💡Happening this Thursday!
Join Sophie Hinger and Francina Guggenberger of Osnabrück University for a discussion on local governance and knowledge production around asylum accommodation and urban spaces of migration in Germany. Register hu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Sophie Hinger and Francina Guggenberger of Osnabrück University for a discussion on local governance and knowledge production around asylum accommodation and urban spaces of migration in Germany. Register hu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Don’t miss our next ‘Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure’ seminar! 🏙️
This week, Heike Hanhörster, Technische Universität Berlin, discusses “The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity.”
Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/welcom...
This week, Heike Hanhörster, Technische Universität Berlin, discusses “The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity.”
Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/welcom...
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Don’t miss our next ‘Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure’ seminar! 🏙️
This week, Heike Hanhörster, Technische Universität Berlin, discusses “The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity.”
Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/welcom...
This week, Heike Hanhörster, Technische Universität Berlin, discusses “The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity.”
Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/welcom...
In his latest article for the American Ethnological Society, Erick Moreno Superlano, COMPAS DPhil student, reflects on why Venezuelan middle-class migrants may support stricter immigration policies in the U.S.
📖 Read in full: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
bsky.app/profile/amet...
📖 Read in full: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
bsky.app/profile/amet...
Reterritorializing Venezuela’s Moral Geography in the US by Erick Moreno Superlano - American Ethnological Society
In the early 2000s, Andrés, a middle-class Venezuelan university student, watched a pro-government rally in Caracas that left him shaken. “Orcos,” he later
americanethnologist.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In his latest article for the American Ethnological Society, Erick Moreno Superlano, COMPAS DPhil student, reflects on why Venezuelan middle-class migrants may support stricter immigration policies in the U.S.
📖 Read in full: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
bsky.app/profile/amet...
📖 Read in full: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
bsky.app/profile/amet...
💡Happening this week!
Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory Panel.
Join us this Thursday at 3:45 PM for a discussion on welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities as sites of migration.
➡️ Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory Panel.
Join us this Thursday at 3:45 PM for a discussion on welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities as sites of migration.
➡️ Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💡Happening this week!
Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory Panel.
Join us this Thursday at 3:45 PM for a discussion on welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities as sites of migration.
➡️ Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcoming Cities, Arrival Infrastructure: Introductory Panel.
Join us this Thursday at 3:45 PM for a discussion on welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities as sites of migration.
➡️ Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Professor Michael Keith, Director of COMPAS and the PEAK Urban project, reflects on the idea of an open city and its connection to migration.
🎙️ Listen to the Migration Oxford podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-...
🎙️ Listen to the Migration Oxford podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-...
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Professor Michael Keith, Director of COMPAS and the PEAK Urban project, reflects on the idea of an open city and its connection to migration.
🎙️ Listen to the Migration Oxford podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-...
🎙️ Listen to the Migration Oxford podcast here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-...
🎙️ New: Migration Oxford podcast episode - Pedal Power: Open City and The Bike Project.
Community, refugees, and urban life: what’s cycling got to do with it? Our speakers, Michael Keith and Eda Yacizi, discuss. 🚲
Listen here:https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-open-city-and-bike-project
Community, refugees, and urban life: what’s cycling got to do with it? Our speakers, Michael Keith and Eda Yacizi, discuss. 🚲
Listen here:https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-open-city-and-bike-project
Pedal Power: Open City and The Bike Project
In this episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, we explore how mobility, belonging, and everyday urban life intersect in London, and how newcomers reshape the city through movement. Our focus is a pa...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🎙️ New: Migration Oxford podcast episode - Pedal Power: Open City and The Bike Project.
Community, refugees, and urban life: what’s cycling got to do with it? Our speakers, Michael Keith and Eda Yacizi, discuss. 🚲
Listen here:https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-open-city-and-bike-project
Community, refugees, and urban life: what’s cycling got to do with it? Our speakers, Michael Keith and Eda Yacizi, discuss. 🚲
Listen here:https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pedal-power-open-city-and-bike-project
In our latest blog, Ishret Binte Wahid of @soasuni.bsky.social explores the lived experiences of male Bangladeshi labour migrants in the UAE. Read more ⬇️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/frag...
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In our latest blog, Ishret Binte Wahid of @soasuni.bsky.social explores the lived experiences of male Bangladeshi labour migrants in the UAE. Read more ⬇️ www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/frag...
🔊 Listen to our latest episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, where experts from the MIGNEX project, which explores questions of migration and global development, discuss:
Who is the anti-migration agenda serving, and what are the alternatives?
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bitter-carro...
Who is the anti-migration agenda serving, and what are the alternatives?
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bitter-carro...
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🔊 Listen to our latest episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, where experts from the MIGNEX project, which explores questions of migration and global development, discuss:
Who is the anti-migration agenda serving, and what are the alternatives?
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bitter-carro...
Who is the anti-migration agenda serving, and what are the alternatives?
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bitter-carro...
🏙️New Seminar Series - Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure.
Convened by @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Nihad El-Kayed of @dezim-institut.de, this series will tackle questions of welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities.
Convened by @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Nihad El-Kayed of @dezim-institut.de, this series will tackle questions of welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities.
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🏙️New Seminar Series - Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure.
Convened by @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Nihad El-Kayed of @dezim-institut.de, this series will tackle questions of welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities.
Convened by @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Nihad El-Kayed of @dezim-institut.de, this series will tackle questions of welcoming, arrival, integration, and inclusion in cities.
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Register below for this hybrid @compasoxford.bsky.social panel on migration attitudes and well-being, happening in three weeks #migcitsky
Do you work on immigrant integration or well-being? At this @compasoxford.bsky.social hybrid seminar on 19 Sep, Adam Komisarof (Keio, Japan) and I will each share work on migration attitudes, with commentary from the brilliant @sbvanoosten.bsky.social! www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/promot... #migcitsky
August 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Register below for this hybrid @compasoxford.bsky.social panel on migration attitudes and well-being, happening in three weeks #migcitsky
THIS WEEK📢📢📢
What factors promote or inhibit immigrant senses of #belonging? How can we utilise #research findings to encourage greater inclusiveness and empowerment of #immigrants within #British society?
✨Promoting Immigrant Belonging and Well-Being Across National and Cultural Contexts✨⬇️
What factors promote or inhibit immigrant senses of #belonging? How can we utilise #research findings to encourage greater inclusiveness and empowerment of #immigrants within #British society?
✨Promoting Immigrant Belonging and Well-Being Across National and Cultural Contexts✨⬇️
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
THIS WEEK📢📢📢
What factors promote or inhibit immigrant senses of #belonging? How can we utilise #research findings to encourage greater inclusiveness and empowerment of #immigrants within #British society?
✨Promoting Immigrant Belonging and Well-Being Across National and Cultural Contexts✨⬇️
What factors promote or inhibit immigrant senses of #belonging? How can we utilise #research findings to encourage greater inclusiveness and empowerment of #immigrants within #British society?
✨Promoting Immigrant Belonging and Well-Being Across National and Cultural Contexts✨⬇️