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 The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement NEWSLETTER January 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 Centur…

Blog post written by Nicolette Busuttil (QMUL) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 2 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), builds on States’ commitment in the New York Declaration to add…

Blog post written by Nicola Piper (University of Sydney), Udan Fernando (Centre for Poverty Analysis Colombo) and Sanushka Mudaliar (Human Rights Council of Australia) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 19 concerns t…

Blog post written by Dr Vladislava Stoyanova (Lund University) a Senior Research Associate of the RLI, and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The Global Compact on Migration contained three main commitments concerning trafficking …

Blog post written by Boldizsár Nagy (Central European University) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 12 aims to strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures via appropriate screening, assessment an…

The interdisciplinary Cambridge Displacement and Emergency Group (CDEG) brings together existing research groups, projects and individuals working on displacement, emergency relief, on refugee camps and holding centres globally, particularly but not only in the Global South.  It aims to draw upon extensive research experience of academics and gradu…

Movement and WaitingConvenor: William O’Reilly (History)Barriers, fences and borders in Europe force many prospective migrants to lead lives in suspension, a state of waiting, not knowing when the moment of departure will be, if it will ever arrive. Waiting determines the everyday lives of many refugees and migrants, awaiting permissions, authoriza…

Blog post written by Kees Groenendijk (Radboud University) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The Final Draft of the Global Compact for Migration in Objective 5 deals with four categories of regular migration: labour migration…

Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law), and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 9 of the UN Global Compact for Migration addresses…

Studying Saint-Domingue after the Haitian Aid Crisis 3 September 2018Newnham College, University of CambridgeThis workshop was led by Dr. Rhys Jones, Research Fellow in History at Sidney Sussex College, and Dr. Jenny Mander, Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Language at Newnham. In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of …

Storytelling Convenor: Jenny Mander (Modern and Medieval Languages)This project aims to reflect broadly on questions of social isolation and cultural exchange through the theoretical, philosophical and historical lens of hospitality.  More specifically we focus on the central place within the practice and theory of hospitality of storytelling betwe…

Blog post written by Ulrike Brandl (University of Salzburg) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The overall purpose of Objective 16 is to foster inclusive and cohesive societies. The objective enumerates nine actions, which int…

Blog post written by Elspeth Guild, a RLI Senior Research Associate and Jean Monnet Professor ad personam (Queen Mary University of London), and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The aim of Objective 22 is to resolve transnationa…

Blog post written by Idil Atak (Ryerson University) and Delphine Nakache (University of Ottawa) and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.Objective 7 focuses on vulnerabilities in the context of migration. It acknowledges that situat…

Blog post written by Dr Sandra Lavenex (Unige) andforms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.The sections on Implementation, Follow-Up and Review address the operational aspects of the Global Compact for Migration and are crucial for putt…