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2019/2020 Centre Research Seminar SeriesPlease also note our new location – Michaelhouse, Trinity St. Cambridge CB2 1SU.Wednesdays 4.00pm - 5.00pmMICHAELMAS TERM October 30November 13November 27LENT TERMJanuary 22February 05February 19

The Cambridge City of Sanctuary have put together a brochure containing a list of Refugee Week events planned in Cambridge. Please download here

Please find here the link to our recent Research Seminar with speakers:Matthew Machin-AuthenriethVanessa Paloma ElbázStephen Wilfordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys_9CsCeiBU&feature=youtu.be

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement NEWSLETTER June 2019 ContentsNEWSWHAT’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, that o…

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted at the end of 2018. Will is safeguard migrants' human rights, or undermine state sovereignty?In this podcast episode:Elspeth Guild, Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/law/staff/guild.htmlTugba Basaran, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for G…

Studying Human Trafficking and Migrant Sex Work through Social Network Analysis: A one-day Workshop When: April 29th; 10am – 5pmWhere: Institute of Criminology, Sidgwick Site (Basement) This workshop will look at the application of social network analysis to the study of human trafficking and migrant sex work. This workshop is open to a limited num…

This report written by Monica Poulter (Teacher Development Manager at Cambridge Assessment English), Dr Brechtje Post and Prof. Ianthi Maria Tsimpli, forms part of an Erasmus project involving educationalists in the Netherlands, UK, Belgium and Norway. The overall objective of the project is to enhance the quality of Early Childhood Education and C…

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement NEWSLETTER March 2019 ContentsNEWSWHAT’S ONCALLSVACANCIESWelcome 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, …

Education is one of the most important aspects of our lives – vital to our development, our understanding and our personal and professional fulfilment throughout life. In times of crisis, however, millions of displaced young people miss out on months or years of education, and this is damaging to them and their families, as well as to their societi…

Highlights of 2018In 2018, some 141,500 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe through the Mediterranean migration routes. On average one in every four was a child. This included an estimated 6,000 unaccompanied and separated children.In 2018, UNICEF-supported child protection activities in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia a…

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement Events Bulletin –February 2019WHAT’S ONPlease let us know if you have an event that you would like us to share in our newsletter or on our websiteFri 15 Feb 2019 1pm-2.30pmAudit Room of King's College, Cambridge.Contemporary Political Thought SeminarProf. Lyndsey Stonebridge (Birmingham) will speak …

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge16-17 September 2019We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary conference: “Governing migration outside ‘Fortress Europe’”, that will take place in the Alison Richard Building, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cam…

Call for papers - Joint Doctoral Workshop: 17-18-AprilSciences Po & University of CambridgeThe Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement seeks applications from doctoral studentsfor a two day workshop to be held in Paris, 17th and 18th of April 2019.Applications Applications have to be sent by February 21st, 2019. Please submit an abstract of 3…

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement launch event was held on October 23rd 2018. The launch was configured as a panel event split into two-parts and was held as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2018 in the Old Divinity School in Cambridge. This video showcases the second panel session of this launch event.Crimmigration versus In…

The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement launch event was held on October 23rd 2018. The launch was configured as a panel event split into two-parts and was held as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2018 in the Old Divinity School in Cambridge. This video showcases the first panel session of this launch event.Conflict, Refuge: Rethin…