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Myra recieved the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarshp in September 2018 when she joined us to study MSc International Social Change and Policy.

Wen-Chen recieved the CK Wong bursary in September 2018 when she joined us to study MSc International Social Change and Policy.

Introduction from module leader Majella Kilkey 2018.

Introduction from module leader Majella Kilkey 2018.

Introduction from module leader Jadwiga Leigh 2018.

Comment from Madeleine Sumption, who is Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford. The Migration Observatory provides impartial, independent, authoritative, evidence-based…

Dr Oliver Bakewell offers a brief insight into the migration debate in Sub-Saharan Africa at the governance level.

Dr Teresa Piacentini is Teacher in Sociology at the University of Glasgow. Teresa's research focuses on the broad area of migration studies.

Former journalist John Yates speaks to Charles Clarke ahead of his keynote speech at the conference. Charles is questioned on the state of migration in the UK at the moment, and prospects for his…

Professor Audrey Singer is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. She offers a brief overview of the current state of migration in the United States at a policy level.

Abdi-aziz Sulieman came to the UK and to Sheffield as a child as an asylum seeker from Somalia. As President of our Students' Union (2012-2013) he co-founded our #WeAreInternational campaign…

Dr Ilse van Liempt works as an Assistant Professor in Qualitative Research Methods in the Human Geography Department, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Ilse's research interests are centred…

Sir David Warren, former British Ambassador to Japan introduces Charles Clarke ahead of his keynote speech.

Professor Audrey Singer is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. In this plenary address, Professor Singer offers a view of migration in the United States, looking at how there are now more…

Zoe Williams, columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman describes the 'problem' with society today, discussing Game of Thrones and the upper squeezed middle on the way.

Professor Andrew Geddes is a Professor of Politics, and is the Co-Director of the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield. He outlines some themes of the conference, and introduces…