Migration Mobilities Bristol

20/07/2026

In the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, Professor Cat Ramirez talks about the interplay of racial discourse, labour policies and border controls in the US, including the rising Far Right calls for re-migration and mass deportations. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉https://bit.ly/4oULWrx

14/07/2026

'Imagining proximity, building infrastructure' - following her visit to the University of Bristol, Professor Catherine Ramírez (UC Santa Cruz) reflects on the similarities and contrasts between our cities, their histories of slavery and the potential for solidarity across the Atlantic in the face of rising anti-migration policies. Read the full post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4aOMdqr

08/07/2026

'How can "race" unbox migration?' In the latest episode of the MMB podcast, Bridget Anderson (as guest not host this time!) explains how she see migrantization as a process parallel to racialization. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4oULWrx

07/07/2026

'Mobility, maladaption and the market for carbon' - on the MMB blog, Nicholas Beuret, Matilda Fitzmaurice and David Harvie explore the ways in which refugees are becoming entangled in the global carbon credit market. Read the full post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4wwa32A

30/06/2026

Sadly today we bid farewell to Bridget, our founding Director of MMB, who is going on to a new role heading up the Migrant Futures Institute at Goldsmiths. Over the past nine years Bridget has worked tirelessly to inspire us to think creatively, critically and constructively. We are very grateful for it all Bridget! In small recognition of all this we've donated to the Bristol Refugee Rights 'Welcome to Bristol' campaign in your name - https://bit.ly/3QRzooq

30/06/2026

Bridget Anderson was recently awarded a prestigious honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki in recognition of her contributions to global scholarship on migration, mobilities, citizenship and labour - https://bit.ly/4oWttLq You can see an interview with her and Lena Näre, Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki. http://bit.ly/4wiOwdE

30/06/2026

'How can "race" unbox migration?' - in the latest episode of MMB's 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 podcast Cat Ramirez and Bridget Anderson discuss how the politics of racial discourses plays into the politics of migration, bringing perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4oULWrx

22/06/2026

'Ending the structural production of irregularity in adult social care in the UK' - a new policy brief by Eda Yazici for the PRIME Project. Read it here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4g0m8rS

And watch the video summarising the projects findings - after three years research across eight European countries here 👉👉https://bit.ly/4g0Ckt1

Adult social care (ASC) in the UK faces severe pressures. Real‑terms funding cuts, cost‑minimising commissioning, and the dominance of private providers have produced high costs, low pay, insecure work, and limited accountability. Attempts to address workforce shortages such as the Health and Ca...

22/06/2026

'Ending the structural production of irregularity in adult social care in the UK' - a new policy brief by Eda Yazici for the PRIME Project. Read it here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4g0m8rS

And watch the video summarising the projects findings - after three years research across eight European countries here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4g0Ckt1

Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe (PRIME) is an EU-funded int...

16/06/2026

In a time of ever-more polarised views, how do we open up everyday conversations about migration that go beyond the hostile environment?

In the MMB blog, our founding director and our manager, Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe, write about 'Curiosity, common ground and conversations' in reflecting on an experimental MMB workshop that aimed at reframing migration dialogues. Read the full post here 👉👉https://bit.ly/497HkGO