Understanding the nature of the movement of people across borders requires analysis of the nature of borders themselves, as physical, legal and metaphysical constructions. But it also requires consideration of the broad array of impacts – from the personal to the geopolitical – that arise from different kinds of movements across borders.
COMPAS conducts research that addresses current transformations of borders while considering public understandings and meanings of borders such as in the UK. COMPAS has also conducted research across Europe that provides a comparative inventory of data on migratory movements such as irregular migration (stocks and flows). Working with data on ‘clandestine’ migration required in depth consideration of ethical and methodological issues, as well as the factors affecting shifts between legal and ‘illegal’ status among migrant populations.
Other complementary studies have focussed on mixed and transit migration to Europe. The expansion of the European border control regime has moved responsibility from core countries to the peripheral EU countries and their immediate neighbours, such as Ukraine and Turkey. Research therefore investigated clandestine entry to the EU: the institutions, practices, relationships and networks that shape experiences of life on the move, the governance, policies and practices of border controls, and the interplay and dynamics influencing outcomes of migration in sending, transit and destination countries
Sarah Spencer
Nicholas Van Hear
Franck Düvell
Dora-Olivia Vicol
Bridget Anderson
Nicholas Van Hear
Dace Dzenovska
Myriam Cherti
Ben Doherty
Bridget Anderson
Bridget Anderson
Catherine Briddick
Gabriella Sanchez
Melanie Griffiths
Julia O'Connell Davidson
Brandy Cochrane
Hiranthi Jayaweera
Angelo Tramountanis
Pier-Luc Dupont
Mary Bosworth, Sharon Pickering and Andriani Fili
William Allen
Helena Wray
Sarah Turnbull
Luke de Noronha
Ana Ballesteros Pena and Anna Morero Beltrán
Kareem Rabie
Francesca Esposito
Bridget Anderson
Rachel Humphris
Dace Dzenovska
Bastian Vollmer
Mette Louise Berg
Myriam Cherti
Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino
Melanie Griffiths
Giulia Liberatore
Ben Gidley
Biao Xiang
Dace Dzenovska
Hiranthi Jayaweera
Esra Kaytaz, DPhil Social Anthropology
Mette Louise Berg
Franck Düvell
Vanessa Hughes
Bastian Vollmer
Dace Dzenovska
Carlos Vargas-Silva
Carlos Vargas-Silva
Iain Walker
William Allen
Leslie Fesenmyer
Caroline Oliver
Nicholas Van Hear
Bridget Anderson
Bridget Anderson
William Allen
Marthe Achtnich and Roger Norum, COMPAS DPhil students
Carlos Vargas-Silva
Ida Persson
Vanessa Hughes
Caroline Oliver
Biao Xiang
Bridget Anderson
Iain Walker
Hiranthi Jayaweera
Ben Gidley
Biao Xiang
Vanessa Hughes
Franck Düvell
Rob McNeil
Marisa Macari, COMPAS DPhil Student
Biao Xiang
Biao Xiang
Nicholas Van Hear
Bastian Vollmer
Stephanie Silverman, DPhil Politics and International Relations
Heaven Crawley, Franck Düvell, Katharine Jones, Simon McMahon and Nando Sigona
Bridget Anderson
Heaven Crawley, Franck Düvell, Katharine Jones, Simon McMahon and Nando Sigona
Ben Gidley, Rob McNeil and Emma Newcombe
Ben Gidley and Hiranthi Jayaweera
William Allen and Bastian Vollmer
Robin Cohen & Nicholas Van Hear
Carlos Vargas-Silva
Bastian Vollmer
Bastian Vollmer
Bastian Vollmer, Simon Güntner, Sue Lukes & Jo Wilding
William Allen
Mette Louise Berg, Susan Eckstein
Jo-Anne Dillabough, Julie McLeod, & Caroline Oliver
Dace Dzenovska
Bastian Vollmer
William Allen
Bastian Vollmer
Bridget Anderson, Blanka Hancilová
Martin Ruhs, Philip Martin
Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma, Cynthia Wright
Bridget Anderson, Eithne Luibhéid
Zovanga L. Kone, Maggie Y. Liu, Aaditya Mattoo, Çağlar Özden & Siddharth Sharma
Roger Waldinger
Shoshana Fine
Martin Ruhs, Philip Martin
Ellie Vasta, Sofia Hamaz
Bridget Anderson, Blanka Hancilova
Biao Xiang and Frank Pieke
Rutvica Andrijasevic
Liza Schuster
Steve Vertovec
Research Brief
Heaven Crawley, Franck Duvell, Katharine Jones and Dimitris Skleparis
Research Brief
Heaven Crawley, Franck Duvell, Nando Sigona, Simon McMahon, Katharine Jones
Near Futures online article
Dace Dzenovska
Feature article
Bastian Vollmer
Research Resources Paper
Max Schaub
Ben Gidley and Hiranthi Jayaweera | 2009
Franck Düvell | 2006
Dace Dzenovska | December 2017 – December 2019
Bastian Vollmer | April 2013 – 2016
Franck Düvell and Bastian Vollmer | September 2007 - August 2009
Franck Düvell, Iryna Lapshyna and Myriam Cherti | November 2013 - July 2017
Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe | August 2015 - June 2016
Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe | May 2016- Mar 2017
Franck Düvell | Sep 2015 - Aug 2016
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