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-...
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.’
@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...
💡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-...
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.
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✨⬇️
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!
Now for a #film screening to mark the finale of our seminar series this term!...
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
🗓️15 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub, Kellogg College OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
🗓️15 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub, Kellogg College OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
May 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Now for a #film screening to mark the finale of our seminar series this term!...
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
🗓️15 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub, Kellogg College OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
🎭Our Refugee, Your Refugee: A Story across Three Nations
🗓️15 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡The Hub, Kellogg College OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
TODAY!!
How are cities hospitable and open with the arrival of strangers, #newcomers and #migrants? How are they remade and remapped through #art? What is the Open City Project?
Join us for this #free COMPAS event to explore themes of #city #LondonMigrants and #urban life. Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
How are cities hospitable and open with the arrival of strangers, #newcomers and #migrants? How are they remade and remapped through #art? What is the Open City Project?
Join us for this #free COMPAS event to explore themes of #city #LondonMigrants and #urban life. Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
TODAY!!
How are cities hospitable and open with the arrival of strangers, #newcomers and #migrants? How are they remade and remapped through #art? What is the Open City Project?
Join us for this #free COMPAS event to explore themes of #city #LondonMigrants and #urban life. Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
How are cities hospitable and open with the arrival of strangers, #newcomers and #migrants? How are they remade and remapped through #art? What is the Open City Project?
Join us for this #free COMPAS event to explore themes of #city #LondonMigrants and #urban life. Register👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
TOMORROW!!
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room OX2 6PN
👇Register your space👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We welcome Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum of UCL; Professor Michael Keith of COMPAS and PEAKUrban; and Eda Yazici of MiMo Bristol. Join us!
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room OX2 6PN
👇Register your space👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We welcome Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum of UCL; Professor Michael Keith of COMPAS and PEAKUrban; and Eda Yazici of MiMo Bristol. Join us!
May 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
TOMORROW!!
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room OX2 6PN
👇Register your space👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We welcome Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum of UCL; Professor Michael Keith of COMPAS and PEAKUrban; and Eda Yazici of MiMo Bristol. Join us!
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room OX2 6PN
👇Register your space👇
bit.ly/42ZHPjv
We welcome Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum of UCL; Professor Michael Keith of COMPAS and PEAKUrban; and Eda Yazici of MiMo Bristol. Join us!
🤯"Within the past 10 years, Germany has turned into one of the key major actors in #migration #politics in the world...second after the U.S. when it comes to #international migrants." @tabouchadi.bsky.social @naikaforoutan.bsky.social
Hear from Naika in this clip...
🎧Listen now:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
Hear from Naika in this clip...
🎧Listen now:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
May 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🤯"Within the past 10 years, Germany has turned into one of the key major actors in #migration #politics in the world...second after the U.S. when it comes to #international migrants." @tabouchadi.bsky.social @naikaforoutan.bsky.social
Hear from Naika in this clip...
🎧Listen now:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
Hear from Naika in this clip...
🎧Listen now:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
Onto the next event in our seminar series this term!..
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
🗓️8 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @KelloggOx OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
🗓️8 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @KelloggOx OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
May 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Onto the next event in our seminar series this term!..
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
🗓️8 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @KelloggOx OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
🎭Migration and the Arts of Co-Production: Urban Mobilities and Carceral London
🗓️8 May
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @KelloggOx OX2 6PN
Register your space👇
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ar...
💭"Many #European countries have now strong far-right parties, have #FarRight heads of #government... [there] will be a dominant question of how these countries conduct themselves #internationally and nationally."
Hear from Tarik in this clip...
🎧Listen now to the full episode:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
Hear from Tarik in this clip...
🎧Listen now to the full episode:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
May 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
💭"Many #European countries have now strong far-right parties, have #FarRight heads of #government... [there] will be a dominant question of how these countries conduct themselves #internationally and nationally."
Hear from Tarik in this clip...
🎧Listen now to the full episode:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
Hear from Tarik in this clip...
🎧Listen now to the full episode:
bit.ly/3XGUNkz
How do you make it through the #CustomsGates of the ‘British’ Arts scene? How can presenting #artistic work in another #language or cultural perspectives shine a spotlight on #alternative forms of creativity?
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
OX2 6PN & online
🎫 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
OX2 6PN & online
🎫 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
May 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How do you make it through the #CustomsGates of the ‘British’ Arts scene? How can presenting #artistic work in another #language or cultural perspectives shine a spotlight on #alternative forms of creativity?
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
OX2 6PN & online
🎫 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
⌚15:45-17:00 BST
🏡Mawby Room @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
OX2 6PN & online
🎫 bit.ly/42ZHPjv
🌟NEW EPISODE RELEASE!
#Geopolitics, #irregular movement, the rise of the far-right: these are just some of the buzzwords that might be populating your morning news #headlines. But what are the implications for #immigration policy? ...🧵
#Geopolitics, #irregular movement, the rise of the far-right: these are just some of the buzzwords that might be populating your morning news #headlines. But what are the implications for #immigration policy? ...🧵
April 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🌟NEW EPISODE RELEASE!
#Geopolitics, #irregular movement, the rise of the far-right: these are just some of the buzzwords that might be populating your morning news #headlines. But what are the implications for #immigration policy? ...🧵
#Geopolitics, #irregular movement, the rise of the far-right: these are just some of the buzzwords that might be populating your morning news #headlines. But what are the implications for #immigration policy? ...🧵
We are delighted to present our Seminar Series for Trinity Term 2025!🎭
Convened by Nathan Grassi here at COMPAS, this seminar series focuses on how the Arts can advance and illuminate #migrationresearch, elevating the experiences of individuals and acknowledging value across #artistic practices...
Convened by Nathan Grassi here at COMPAS, this seminar series focuses on how the Arts can advance and illuminate #migrationresearch, elevating the experiences of individuals and acknowledging value across #artistic practices...
April 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We are delighted to present our Seminar Series for Trinity Term 2025!🎭
Convened by Nathan Grassi here at COMPAS, this seminar series focuses on how the Arts can advance and illuminate #migrationresearch, elevating the experiences of individuals and acknowledging value across #artistic practices...
Convened by Nathan Grassi here at COMPAS, this seminar series focuses on how the Arts can advance and illuminate #migrationresearch, elevating the experiences of individuals and acknowledging value across #artistic practices...
🎺"We can all hear before we can see. We can all hear before we're born"
Have you ever been snapped into a moment or memory with a sound? Why is sound such a vital component of #storytelling? Hear from Stuart Fowkes of @citiesandmemory.bsky.social in this clip from our #MigrationSounds episode...
Have you ever been snapped into a moment or memory with a sound? Why is sound such a vital component of #storytelling? Hear from Stuart Fowkes of @citiesandmemory.bsky.social in this clip from our #MigrationSounds episode...
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🎺"We can all hear before we can see. We can all hear before we're born"
Have you ever been snapped into a moment or memory with a sound? Why is sound such a vital component of #storytelling? Hear from Stuart Fowkes of @citiesandmemory.bsky.social in this clip from our #MigrationSounds episode...
Have you ever been snapped into a moment or memory with a sound? Why is sound such a vital component of #storytelling? Hear from Stuart Fowkes of @citiesandmemory.bsky.social in this clip from our #MigrationSounds episode...
✈️"It so successfully makes you a part of people's migration journeys... that's the read value of this." How do you get an audio-based research project off the ground? Where do you begin? Hear from Rob McNeil of @migobs.bsky.social, in this clip...
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
✈️"It so successfully makes you a part of people's migration journeys... that's the read value of this." How do you get an audio-based research project off the ground? Where do you begin? Hear from Rob McNeil of @migobs.bsky.social, in this clip...
In this special episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, we turn the microphone to Migration Sounds, a partnership project between @citiesandmemory.bsky.social and us at @compasoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
How can sound shape research? Why is this important? Hear from Delphine in this clip...
How can sound shape research? Why is this important? Hear from Delphine in this clip...
April 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In this special episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, we turn the microphone to Migration Sounds, a partnership project between @citiesandmemory.bsky.social and us at @compasoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
How can sound shape research? Why is this important? Hear from Delphine in this clip...
How can sound shape research? Why is this important? Hear from Delphine in this clip...