Research impact

Origins and Destinations: The Making of the Second Generation by Dr Renee Luthra, Dr Thomas Soehl, and Professor Roger Waldinger:

Using surveys of second generation immigrant adults in New York and Los Angeles, this book explains why second generation experiences differ across national origin groups and why immigrant offspring with the same national background often follow different trajectories.

Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin by Professor Peter Patrick and Professor Monika Schmid:

This book discusses current practices and the use of Language Analysis for the Determination of Origin (LADO). Readers will find chapters on how it is done, where it is used, how it is used, and learn about recent developments on the use of LADO reports in judicial practice, and current controversies in the field.

• Entrepreneurship Through Bricolage: A Study of Displaced Entrepreneurs at Times of War and Conflict by Dr Caleb Kwong, Dr Cherry WM Cheung, Dr Humera Manzoor and Dr Mehboob Ur Rashid in the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

• Ethnic and Migrant Penalties in Job Quality in the UK: The Role of Residential Concentration and Occupational Clustering by Wouter Zwysen & Dr Neli Demireva in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

• Refugees and Asylum Seekers, the Crisis in Europe and the Future of Policy by Professor Tim Hatton in the Journal of EconPapers.

• The Relationship Between Political and Ethnic Identity Among UK Ethnic Minority and Majority Populations by Dr Alita Nandi & Professor Lucinda Platt in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

• Politicians blame refugees for violence but refugees are more likely to be its victims - a Monkey Cage article for the Washington Post by Professors Tobias Böhmelt, Vincenzo Bove and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch.
• How a broken migration policy has divided Haiti and the Dominican Republic - an article by Professor Maria Fumagalli in World Politics Review.
• Public attitudes to immigration: Salience matters - an article by Professor Timothy Hatton in Vox.
• An America that keeps the doors open to citizenship is better for new Americans, old Americans, and Americans still to come - an article by Dr. Roger Waldinger, Dr. Renee Luthra and Dr. Thomas Soehl in Common Dreams.
• English in England: We should celebrate different languages not write hate mail about them - an article by Professor Monika Schmid in The Conversation.

We regularly take part in outreach events which integrate with the wider community, beyond the world of academia.

One of our most recent events included a knowledge exchange workshop for case workers, local charities and support organisations, authorities, researchers and legal representatives, to discuss the current challenges they face in providing help to vulnerable migrants in Essex and the surrounding counties.

Read the full news story by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) to learn more about the workshop.

Every year we host an annual PhD research colloquium in collaboration with both local stakeholders and students.

During our last colloquium, sixteen postgraduate research students from across the UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and France presented their emerging PhD projects. This event was held in collaboration with the UEA Migration Network and the Sussex Centre for Migration Research. The event featured five panels on the following themes; identity and belonging, mobilities and transnationalism, the labour market and welfare state, governance and policies, and migration and gender.

Read the full programme from our last colloquium, or visit the University of Essex events calendar to keep an eye out for upcoming events.