Tech at the border – with Millie Graham Wood (S2 E5)
When travelling across the world, people are being subjected to multiple forms of tracking and profiling by unaccountable state agencies. Local and international travel is changing radically as concer...
30 Jun 202117min
LGBTIQ people seeking asylum in the UK in times of COVID-19 – with Laurie Hartley (S2 E4)
Laurie Hartley, Asylum Seeker Support Worker at Rainbow Migration (previously known as UKLGIG), speaks to IRiS academic Dawn River about the experiences of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in the UK.
22 Jun 202134min
The New Plan for Immigration in the UK: Asylum under threat – with Zoe Gardner (S2 E3)
IRiS Director Professor Nando Sigona is joined by Zoe Gardner, Policy Advisor with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) to discuss the UK’s new plan for immigration.
11 Jun 202124min
Racism in healthcare – with Sarah Hamed & Suruchi Thapar-Bjorker (S2 E2)
Sarah Hamed, dentist and PhD researcher at the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University and Dr Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert, docent and senior researcher at the Department of Government at Uppsala, di...
26 Jan 202122min
The impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ people in Europe and Central Asia – with Akram Kubanychbekov & Cianán Russell (S2 E1)
ILGA-Europe staff Akram Kubanychbekov and Cianán Russell speak with Dawn River from IRiS. Their research reveals there have been significant impacts on the health, socioeconomic security, and physical...
19 Jan 202142min
Political demography, Brexit and the borders of membership – with Adrian Favell (S1 E17)
How has Brexit redrawn the boundaries of membership in the UK? IRiS Director Nando Sigona talks to Professor Adrian Favell about the ESRC-funded Northern Exposure project on the impact of Brexit on no...
19 Nov 202040min
Migrant caravans in Central America: violence, borders & COVID-19 – In conversation with Brenda Ochoa (S1 E16)
IRiS researcher Dr Marisol Reyes talks to Brenda Ochoa, Director of the NGO Human Rights Centre Fray Matias de Cordova AC, on the effects of border closure at the Guatemala and Mexico border on Centra...
5 Nov 202020min
Racism, migration and the US election – In conversation with Chip Gallagher (S1 E15)
Jenny Phillimore talks to Chip Gallagher (LaSalle University, US) about immigration and racism and how they are shaping voting behaviours in the US Election as well as the prospects for change with th...
26 Okt 202021min
