The figure of the migrant: Conversation with Nandita Sharma
Nando Sigona speaks to Nandita Sharma, professor of Sociology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Nandita's work examines the historical and political production of migration, borders, and national...
27 Apr 15min
Unwelcome to Denmark: Asylum on Probation with Michelle Pace
We begin Series 6 of Conversations with Iris with an interview with Professor Michelle Pace, author of Un-welcome toDenmark, a critical examination of Denmark’s restrictive turn in asylum and migratio...
2 Mars 26min
Exploitable by design: migrant workers in the UK immigration system (S5E2)
Is the UK immigration system really 'fairer' as the government claims? Fairer to whom? Nando Sigona asks Luke Piper, Head of Immigration at the Work Rights Centre. In this episode of Conversations wit...
23 Mars 202436min
Migrant labour rights within/between UK, East and Southeast Asia – with Mariko Hayashi (S5 E1)
Dr Seb Rumsby, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at IRiS, speaks with Mariko Hayashi, Executive Director at Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC) about the challenges facing Southeast and East migrants...
12 Feb 202431min
Connected people: migration, social difference and colonial legacies – with Angelo Martins Junior (S4 E3)
This episode of Conversations with IRiS offers insights into the experiences of Brazilians in London and questions assumptions on 'community' and its boundaries. Nando Sigona speaks to Angelo Martins ...
22 Maj 202335min
Temporalities of forced immobility – with Inka Stock (S4 E2)
In this new episode, Anna Papoutsi discusses with Inka Stock, author of the excellent book ‘Time, migration and forced immobility: Sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco’, published by Bristol Univer...
28 Mars 202326min
Encountering Migration: Worlds Within and Worlds Without – with Michael Jackson (S4 E1)
In this conversation, Birmingham Fellow Dr Jennifer Allsopp and Professor Michael Jackson from the Harvard Divinity School discuss the inter-relational aspects of migration research and how literature...
25 Jan 202358min
Collaborating with research assistants in Afghanistan – with Meena Sadr & Hannah Pool (S3 E5)
In this conversation, Paladia Ziss (@pyziss) talks with Meena Sadr, student from Afghanistan, and Hannah Pool (Max-Planck-Institute Cologne) about the ethics and politics of collaborating with researc...
7 Nov 202222min
