Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the intersections between poverty, migration and social justice.

Register: Poverty, Migration and Social Justice UoB Roundtable Tickets, Wed 23 Oct 2024 at 15:00 | Eventbrite. 

We are pleased to announce an upcoming joint internal event between the Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) and Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB), two of the University’s Specialist Research Institutes. This BPI-MMB roundtable invites researchers from across the university to explore how issues relating to poverty, migration and social justice intersect, and what we as academics can do to support people on the margins. The event will kick-off with a series of short, informal presentations from researchers working on poverty and/or migration and/or social justice in different schools/faculties, before moving into a roundtable discussion.

The aim is to explore synergies, identify potential research questions, and find new spaces and opportunity for collaboration. The event will be open to researchers at all schools and faculties from all career stages, including PhD researchers. Registration will be through a managed process to enable us to record attendance as well as any dietary requirements. We will have some time at the end of the formal agenda for mingling and networking.

Speakers

Our fantastic panel of speakers bring together cross-disciplinary expertise and perspectives. We are delighted to be joined by:

• David Gordon, Director of Bristol Poverty Institute and Professor of Social Justice
• Juan Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Archaeology
• Tom Allport, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
• Eda Yazici, Research Associate in Sociology, Politics and International Studies
• Alvin Hui, PhD Researcher in Policy Studies

With more to be announced shortly!

Programme

The draft programme of activities is:

15:00-15:10 Refreshments on arrival

15:10-15:50 Introduction and speaker presentations

15:50-16:30 Roundtable discussion

16:30-17:00 Networking and further discussion

Practicalities

This in-person event is open to all University of Bristol academics at any career stage (including PhD researchers).

P laces are limited, so please register early to avoid disappointment. If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your ticket so it is available for someone else.

When registering, please ensure that you answer all of the registration questions, so we have the information we need for all attendees. If you do not complete the registration form, your order will not be valid.

If you have any other queries, please contact bristol-poverty-institute@bristol.ac.uk and/or mmb-sri@bristol.ac.uk.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please be aware that the organisers plan to take photographs during the event, which we will share online (including our Twitter/X feeds, websites and/or blogs). If you are uncomfortable with this, please notify a member of the team on the day and we will endeavour to try and avoid including you in any photographs. Due to the nature of the event we cannot guarantee you won’t be in any images, but we will try and avoid taking photos where you are clearly visible.

Organisers

The Bristol Poverty Institute (BPI) is a Research Institute at the University of Bristol dedicated to multi-disciplinary research on the causes, effects, and measurement of poverty around the world to inform effective policy and practice. The BPI works in partnership with a wide range of organisations across the globe, from local community groups to national governments, united by the common goal of SDG1: To reduce poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB) is also a Research Institute at the University of Bristol. They are an interdisciplinary network of academics and others with diverse interests ranging from politics to film studies, sociology, history and law. MMB offers a creative space to engage with migration in theory, policy and practice. By expanding and challenging understandings of migration and making connections between different types of mobilities, beyond the human and across time, we endeavour to contribute to a more just world.