This is the video of the third panel of our June 2024 conference, Contesting the Hostile Environment, held at Birkbeck, University of London, on 28 June 2024. Speakers: Gwyneth Lonergan, Gertjan Lucas, Rebecca Murray, Chairs: Bahriye Kemal, Corinne Squire.
Gwyneth Lonergen is a Lecturer in the Department: Social Sciences at Northumbria University. She has written extensively on the politics of migration, including on issues around reproductive justice, deservingness and detention.
Gertjan Lucas is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Leadership at the Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, and serves on the University and Colleges Union (UCU) Migrant Members Standing Committee and as Equality Officer at the University of Nottingham UCU branch.
Rebecca Murray is a Lecturer in Sociological Studies in the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield. She is a member of the Sanctuary advisory group and the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Rebecca’s extensive practice and research in relation to bordering and post compulsory education developed from young migrant-led grassroots campaigning and advocacy initiatives.
Bahriye Kemal is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent. Her research interests are in border/broader crossing geographic and disciplinary boundaries.
Corinne Squire is Chair in Global Inequalities in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is known for her research on activism and resistant citizenship and expertise in narrative research.
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