Civil Society

Civil society, broadly conceived as non-governmental organisations and groups that reflect the will of the people they represent, provide a wide range of services and support to individuals and families and can inform future policy development on immigration, asylum, integration and citizenship issues. COMPAS has studied their role in differing contexts, and collaborated with civil society organisations in many knowlege-exchange activities, in the UK and abroad.

Blog Posts

Changing roles and new opportunities for the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity

Sarah Spencer and Jacqui Broadhead

Communication Breakdown in Austria – How Far-Right Fringe Groups Hijacked the Narrative on the Global Compact for Migration

Klaudia Wegschaider

Migration, Diversity and Cities – IMISCOE 2017

Jacqui Broadhead

Viewing Life Through the Migration Lens: experiences and thoughts post-MSc

MSc graduates

Why Migration Policymaking Needs More Migrant Voices [MSc guest blog]

Yan Matusevich

Canada’s Oldest Internally Displaced Peoples [MSc guest blog]

Samim Lambrecht

The new lefts

Nicholas Van Hear

What does a ‘post-facts’ world mean for migration research and evidence?

William Allen

Refuge in Technology [MSc guest blog]

Aliyyah Ahad

Books

Refugia: Radical solutions to mass displacement

Robin Cohen, Nicholas Van Hear

Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices: Left-wing Politics and Migrants in Italy

Davide Però

Reports

Inclusive Cities US Knowledge Exchange

Jacqui Broadhead

Inclusive practices for newcomers at city level and examples of innovation from overseas

Jacqui Broadhead

Big Talk about Big Data: Discourses of “Evidence” and Data in British Civil Society

William Allen

The COMPAS Approach

Rob McNeil and COMPAS Communications

Equality and Human Rights Commissions in the UK and Ireland: Challenges and Opportunities Compared

Sarah Spencer, Colin Harvey

Care and Immigration. Migrant Care Workers in Private Households

Bridget Anderson, Mumtaz Lalani, Lourdes Gordolan

Care and Immigration. Migrant Care Workers in Private Households. Executive Summary

Bridget Anderson, Mumtaz Lalani, Lourdes Gordolan

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland

Sarah Spencer

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland. Executive Summary

Sarah Spencer

Journal Articles

Factors that impact how civil society intermediaries perceive evidence

William Allen

Working Papers

The Integration of Refugees in Romania: A Non-Preferred Choice

Raluca Bejan

Transnationalising Civil Society?: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on how to Transnationalise Citizenship

Martin Bak Jorgensen

Colombian Migration to Europe: Political Transnationalism in the Middle of Conflict

Anastasia Bermúdez Torres

Other Publications

Briefing note

Building an Inclusive City Narrative

Jacqui Broadhead

Review

Migration Policy Making in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Society

Sarah Spencer

Project Briefing

Making and Using Evidence: Insights from Civil Society

William Allen

Projects

Big Data, Big Visions: Challenges and Opportunities for British Civil Society Engagement with Data-Driven Research

William Allen | 2013 – 2015

Big Talk about Big Data: Discourses of ‘Evidence’ and Data in British Civil Society

William Allen | 2013

City Initiative on Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe (C-MISE)

Myriam Cherti, Sarah Spencer, Nicola Delvino, Marie Mallet-Garcia and Nathan Grassi | Phase I: 2017-19 | Phase II: 2020-22

Factors impacting on effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions

Sarah Spencer | 2010 – 2012

H2020-Smart Cities and Communities-REPLICATE lighthouse project

COMPAS Communications | February 2016 – January 2021

Inclusive Cities

Sarah Spencer, Jacqui Broadhead and Denis Kierans | March 2017 - December 2023

Inclusive Cities: COVID-19 Research and Policy Briefings

Denis Kierans and Jacqui Broadhead | 2020

Kenyan Pentecostals between ‘Home’, London, and the Kingdom of God

COMPAS Communications | December 2013 – December 2016

Migration Services in Wales

Sarah Spencer, Carlos Vargas-Silva and COMPAS Communications | January 2015 – March 2017

Religious Faith, Space and Diasporic Communities in East London: 1880 – Present

COMPAS Communications | 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2015

Servicing Super-Diversity: ESRC IAA Knowledge Exchange Fellowship

COMPAS Communications | October 2014 – March 2015

The impact of the migration NGO sector on the development of migration policy: Ireland as a case study

Sarah Spencer | 2004

Tried and Trusted? The role of NGOs in the Assisted Voluntary Returns of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants

COMPAS Communications | February – December 2013

Who Cares? Researching and Meeting the Needs of Migrant Care Workers

COMPAS Communications | June 2007 – September 2009