Welcome to COMPAS

The University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) conducts high-quality research, develops theory and facilitates knowledge exchange in the field of migration.

COMPAS analyses what migration means at local, regional, national and global levels. We investigate the dynamics and impacts of migration and the factors that influence the movement of people and their sense of identity and place.

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The Ecosystem of Exile Politics: The Importance of Physical Location in Diaspora MobilisationTrinity 2025 / Thursday 19 June, 2025, 15:30 UK time

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Control and Salt Curses: Surrogacy and Migration2 May, 2025

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C-MISE Research Exchange WebinarsOngoing

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Safe for Whom? Rethinking Return Through Marginalised Refugee VoicesTrinity 2025 / Thursday 5 June

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A Gold Mine for Georgia? Surrogacy and Migration30 Apr, 2025

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