Trump, COVID-19 and the fragility of migrant lives – In conversation with Cecilia Menjívar (S1 E14)
Prof Nando Sigona, Director of IRiS, dialogues with Cecilia Menjívar, Professor of Sociology at UCLA and President-Elect of the American Sociological Association- ASA on the impact of the Trump admini...
29 Sep 202032min
Race, gender and the politics of lockdown in Brazil – In conversation with Josiane Silva de Oliveira (S1 E13)
[Conversation in Portuguese] Dr Andrea Poleto Oltramari (Visiting Fellow at IRiS) and Dr Josiane Silva de Oliveira discuss the racialised and gendered effects of Covid-19 in Brazil.
12 Sep 202026min
Everyday racism and community organising – In conversation with Maureen Lewis (S1 E12)
IRiS Researcher Laurence Lessard-Phillips, talks to Maureen Lewis, Chief Officer of Walsall Black Sisters Collective and Advisory Board member of Walsall for All. They discuss Maureen’s important work...
22 Jul 202018min
Displaced SGBV survivors and COVID-19 – In conversation with Pip McKnight & Hana Leshaj (S1 E11)
Sandra Pertek, IRiS Researcher, speaks to Pip McKnight of Refugee Women Connect and Hana Leshaj, asylum seeker based in Liverpool and member of Refugee Women Connect Advocacy Group, about the deterior...
16 Jul 202015min
Care workers our heroes: a double edged sword – In conversation with Nina Sahraoui & Sabrina Marchetti (S1 E10)
IRiS Researchers, Annavittoria Sarli and Natasha Nicholls talk to Nina Sahraoui from the Paris Centre for Sociological and Political Research (CNRS) and Sabrina Marchetti from the University Ca’ Fosca...
8 Jul 202016min
The exploitation of migrant agriculture workers in Italy – In conversation with Giuseppe Pugliese (S1 E9)
[Conversation in Italian] IRiS Researcher, Annavittoria Sarli talks to Giuseppe Pugliese, an activist at SOS Rosarno, a civil society organisation that fights against the exploitation of agricultural ...
26 Jun 202020min
Community Sponsorship under lockdown – In conversation with Ruth Forecast & Sharon Baker (S1 E8)
Professor Jenny Phillimore talks to Ruth Forecast and Sharon Baker from the Malvern Welcomes Community Sponsorship Group. They discuss the challenges that refugee families and volunteers have faced in...
22 Jun 202013min
Manus Island is the soul of the system – In conversation with Omid Tofighian (S1 E7)
In 2017, the Iranian-Kurdish writer, Behrouz Boochani, published an extraordinary book, “No Friend But the Mountains” which documented his life imprisoned in the Australian-run immigration detention c...
18 Jun 202015min
