This online training session for the SCJ Pathway brings together academic researchers, migrant activists and representatives from stakeholder organisations to consider best practices in research for this field. With questions of migration and mobility having drawn increased academic attention in recent years, it is an appropriate time to reflect on academic/migrant/stakeholder relationships, as well as to address some fundamental questions: How do we build access, develop trust and cultivate effective research relationships in a challenging field, one where communities may be neglected in terms of state support but also heavily researched?