COMPAS
@compasoxford.bsky.social
@UniofOxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society conducting high-quality research, developing theory & facilitating knowledge exchange. Based at the School of Anthropology.
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...
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📖 Read in full: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
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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✨⬇️
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Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),
June 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),
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📚Next week, I’ll have the pleasure of discussing my book with @javierpsandoval.bsky.social, Abril Ríos Rivera
and Soledad Álvarez at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Join us to talk about the US-Mexican border, humanitarianism and colonialism ✨
⏰ 20th June, 2:00 -3:30 pm (via zoom) register below ⤵️
and Soledad Álvarez at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Join us to talk about the US-Mexican border, humanitarianism and colonialism ✨
⏰ 20th June, 2:00 -3:30 pm (via zoom) register below ⤵️
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📚Next week, I’ll have the pleasure of discussing my book with @javierpsandoval.bsky.social, Abril Ríos Rivera
and Soledad Álvarez at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Join us to talk about the US-Mexican border, humanitarianism and colonialism ✨
⏰ 20th June, 2:00 -3:30 pm (via zoom) register below ⤵️
and Soledad Álvarez at @compasoxford.bsky.social
Join us to talk about the US-Mexican border, humanitarianism and colonialism ✨
⏰ 20th June, 2:00 -3:30 pm (via zoom) register below ⤵️
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@lucyleon.bsky.social and I also published an evidence briefing setting out recent @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social and @compasoxford.bsky.social research on this topic www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publication/...
Poverty among children affected by UK government asylum and immigration policy | COMPAS
www.compas.ox.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@lucyleon.bsky.social and I also published an evidence briefing setting out recent @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social and @compasoxford.bsky.social research on this topic www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publication/...
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How do asylum practices & shift towards temporary protection impact the well-being & future aspirations of Ukrainian 🇺🇦 refugees? Marie Mallet-Garcia @compasoxford.bsky.social, @lnare.bsky.social, Synnøve Bendixsen (UiB), @camilleschmoll.bsky.social & Are Knudsen @cmi.no ➡️ Mon 26 May 🕦 3 pm 📍/ zoom
The reception of Ukrainian refugees in Europe: Temporary protection, welfare regimes and practices - Bergen Global
bergenglobal.no
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How do asylum practices & shift towards temporary protection impact the well-being & future aspirations of Ukrainian 🇺🇦 refugees? Marie Mallet-Garcia @compasoxford.bsky.social, @lnare.bsky.social, Synnøve Bendixsen (UiB), @camilleschmoll.bsky.social & Are Knudsen @cmi.no ➡️ Mon 26 May 🕦 3 pm 📍/ zoom
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As a small grassroots organisation doing research to influence policy, it’s motivating to hear from @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social @compasoxford.bsky.social that we’ve got some things right:
Short briefing papers ✅
influencing media ✅
Next steps for us: building connections with local governments.
Short briefing papers ✅
influencing media ✅
Next steps for us: building connections with local governments.
May 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As a small grassroots organisation doing research to influence policy, it’s motivating to hear from @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social @compasoxford.bsky.social that we’ve got some things right:
Short briefing papers ✅
influencing media ✅
Next steps for us: building connections with local governments.
Short briefing papers ✅
influencing media ✅
Next steps for us: building connections with local governments.
It's Refugee Week (16-22 June) and there's lots of exciting initiatives going on!
We watched the Solidarity Knows No Borders film series by @migrantsorganise.bsky.social. The films bring together learnings from #grassroots organisers taking action to end hostile #immigration policies. Check it out!
We watched the Solidarity Knows No Borders film series by @migrantsorganise.bsky.social. The films bring together learnings from #grassroots organisers taking action to end hostile #immigration policies. Check it out!
Everyday we are confronted by the relentless brutality and weight of multiple protracted crisises. We can’t ignore our rage, but we won’t be consumed by it.
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
"Hope is a Discipline" is a short #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders film resource for changemakers. Watch with us 🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8AD...
Hope is a Discipline! Solidarity Knows No Borders!
YouTube video by Migrants Organise
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's Refugee Week (16-22 June) and there's lots of exciting initiatives going on!
We watched the Solidarity Knows No Borders film series by @migrantsorganise.bsky.social. The films bring together learnings from #grassroots organisers taking action to end hostile #immigration policies. Check it out!
We watched the Solidarity Knows No Borders film series by @migrantsorganise.bsky.social. The films bring together learnings from #grassroots organisers taking action to end hostile #immigration policies. Check it out!
What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed? Cutting edge findings offered by our very own DPhil candidate Vittorio Bruni at COMPAS @oxford-anthro.bsky.social and @oliviersterck.bsky.social 💡📚
Check out the article: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Check out the article: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed? Cutting edge findings offered by our very own DPhil candidate Vittorio Bruni at COMPAS @oxford-anthro.bsky.social and @oliviersterck.bsky.social 💡📚
Check out the article: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Check out the article: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
TODAY! Why are #refugees often seen as distant figures? What are the perceptions in #SouthKorea, a country with one of the world’s lowest refugee acceptance rates?
Join us for this #free film screening to explore themes of #displacement and broader implications for society. Register👉 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
Join us for this #free film screening to explore themes of #displacement and broader implications for society. Register👉 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
May 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
TODAY! Why are #refugees often seen as distant figures? What are the perceptions in #SouthKorea, a country with one of the world’s lowest refugee acceptance rates?
Join us for this #free film screening to explore themes of #displacement and broader implications for society. Register👉 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
Join us for this #free film screening to explore themes of #displacement and broader implications for society. Register👉 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
TOMORROW!
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub OX2 6PN
Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We're delighted to host this #film screening, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Eun Hye Son, Journalist at Korean Broadcasting System and COMPAS Visiting Academic. Join us!
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub OX2 6PN
Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We're delighted to host this #film screening, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Eun Hye Son, Journalist at Korean Broadcasting System and COMPAS Visiting Academic. Join us!
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
TOMORROW!
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub OX2 6PN
Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We're delighted to host this #film screening, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Eun Hye Son, Journalist at Korean Broadcasting System and COMPAS Visiting Academic. Join us!
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub OX2 6PN
Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We're delighted to host this #film screening, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Eun Hye Son, Journalist at Korean Broadcasting System and COMPAS Visiting Academic. Join us!