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The Learning Passport is a partnership with UNICEF to help children and young people facing barriers to learning because of poverty, discrimination, conflict and disaster. It is a true pan-Cambridge collaboration, drawing on people from Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Assessment and various parts of the academic University, including the Facu…

 The Centre for the Study of Global Human MovementNewsletter – January 2020CONTENTNEWSEVENTSCALLSNEWSMigration Research Methods WorkshopJan 13th 2020 saw the return of our popular workshop for postgrads and postdocs. A series of expert presenters from across different disciplines shared their experience and discussed ways of addressing the specific…

Designs for a Refugee Shelter Rooftop: Architectural Summer Schoolby Toby Parsloe, PhD Candidate, Pembroke College, Centre for Urban Conflicts Research, Department of Architecture In August 2019 I undertook what was the most challenging and fulfilling project of my academic career to date. Through the generous support of the Arts and Humanities Res…

Blog post Excerpt from Jonas Begemann,Leiden UniversityFrom the 17th to the 19th of October the RESPOND project – represented by the conference’s host and organisers Naures Atto (University of Cambridge), Susan Rottman (Özyegin University), Veronica Federico (University of Florence) and Soner Barthoma (Uppsala University) – welcomed 175 participant…

Jan 13th 2020 saw the return of our popular workshop for postgrads and postdocs. A series of expert presenters from across different disciplines shared their experience and discussed ways of addressing the specificities and sensitivities of research in areas such as migration policies, labour mobilities, smuggling and human trafficking, arts in the…

 The Centre for the Study of Global Human MovementNewsletterDecember 2019ContentsNEWSWHAT’S ONCALLSNEWS Nov 27 saw what we hope will become an annual Winter Celebration event for us. Held in the Michaelhouse we were joined by a talented series of performers and enjoyed a concert with diverse acts. We enjoyed piano pieces, a spoken recital, an intri…

The award granted by the Centre of Global Human Movement to Lorena Gazzotti (University of Cambridge), Melissa Mouthaan (University of Cambridge) and Katharina Natter (University of Amsterdam) contributed to funding a 1.5-day conference on “Governing migration beyond ‘Fortress Europe’”, hosted in the Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge…

Centre Steering Group member Dr Paolo Campana interviewed by Wired about the tragic lorry deaths in Essex.“We can call it a secondary route. The thing is, the main route from Calais to Dover is now patrolled, and there is technology there,” says Paolo Campana, lecturer of criminology at the University of Cambridge, who researches the issue of human…

Centre Steering Group member Paolo Campana discusses the issue of people smuggling in Europe and how criminals exploit people desperate to cross the Channel. BBC 5 Live (starts 1h 11m 20s)

Wednesday 14 October: 4:30pm - 6.00pmJesus College, Frankopan Hall, Jesus LaneCB5 8BJFINDING SHELTER, DEFINING SHELTERWhat is 'appropriate' shelter for refugees? What ultimately is shelter?One of the most vital concerns for migrants when they first leave their homes is where to find a safe and stable space. Tents and camps dominate media images of …

HighlightsSince January 2019, 35,400 refugees and migrants (one in four of whom children) arrived through the Mediterranean migration routes. The majority of the children were registered in Greece, bringing the number of refugee and migrant children present in this country to 32,000- a 52 per cent increase since the start of the year.In the five co…

HighlightsDuring the first quarter of 2019, some 16,000 refugees and migrants arrived through the Mediterranean migration routes. Although this represents a slight decrease compared to the same period in 2018, the proportion of children has increased from one in five to one in every four arrivals in Europe.Between January and March 2019, UNICEF hel…

Finding Shelter, Defining ShelterThe Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement hosted an event for the Festival of Ideas on Wednesday 16th October 2019 on the theme of Finding Shelter, Defining Shelter for displaced populations.This event was organised by Dr Mark Breeze for the Cambridge Emergency and Displacement Group (CEDG), a strand of the …

No Place Like Home? Policy Workshop on refugees and forced displacementSponsored by The Centre for the Study of Global Human MovementWorkshop Organizers: Sigrid Lupieri, Adam Coutts, Annamaria Motrescu-MayesSummary of the event On Friday, 20 September, scholars, policymakers and participants with a refugee background gathered at Clare Hall for the …

The Centre for the Study of Global Human MovementNEWSLETTERSeptember 2019ContentsNEWSCALLSWHAT’S ONVACANCIESWelcome to the Centre for the Study of Global Human MovementThe Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement aims to build on strong institutional engagement by the University with one of the greatest societal challenges of the 21st Century,…