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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Migrancy Research Group is a research grouping of staff and postgraduates working in the area of immigration, borders, citizenship, migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers, statelessness and the theoretical, political and social movements which cluster around these themes. The Migrancy Research Group is led by Professor Anne-Marie Fortier, Professor Imogen Tyler and Dr Karolina Follis and is housed in CeMoRe.
In 2015 the migrancy research group held an international conference on Immigration Detention (funded by the ESRC), details here https://socialabjection.wordpress.com/conference-2015-the-business-of-immigration-detention-activisms-resistances-critical-interventions/
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Georgina Firth
- Law School - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Gender Studies - Academic
- Migrancy Research Group
Person: Academic and Related
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Karolina Follis, SFHEA
- School of Global Affairs - Professor
- Security Lancaster (Societal Threats)
- Migrancy Research Group
- Security Lancaster - Academic
- Security Lancaster (Security Futures)
Person: Academic and Related
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Anne-Marie Fortier
- Sociology - Professor Emeritus, Professor
- Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities
- Mobilities.Lab - Academic
- CeMoRe - Centre for Mobilities Research - Academic
- Centre for Gender Studies - Academic
- Migrancy Research Group
Person: Honorary/Visiting, Academic and Related
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Accommodating Diversity: Austerity, Asylum, and Community Solidarity (Refugee Action, New Economics Foundation and Lancaster University, Nuffield Foundation)
Winter, A. (Co-Investigator) & Sirriyeh, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/26 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Human rights and boundaries
Wheatley, S. (Principal Investigator), Follis, K. (Team Member), Rieder, C. (Team Member), Summers, J. (Team Member) & Vermeylen, S. (Team Member)
1/03/13 → …
Project: Research
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Security by Remote Control: Automation and Autonomy in Robot Weapon Systems
Suchman, L. (Principal Investigator) & Follis, K. (Co-Investigator)
22/05/14 → 23/05/14
Project: Research
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Family-mediated Migration Infrastructure
Hu, Y., Xu, C. L. & Tu, M., 29/05/2026, (Accepted/In press) Routledge International Handbook of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. Zhai, Y. & Wu, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 139-158 20 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Identities Podcast Episode 9: Researching Extremism and Risky Material
Winter, A. (Speaker), 12/02/2026Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Podcast
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Problematizing the role of artificial intelligence in hiring and organizational inequalities: A multidisciplinary review
Hughes, K. D., Konnikov, A., Denier, N. & Hu, Y., 28/02/2026, In: Human Relations. 79, 2, p. 246-278 33 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Migrant Justice and the Far Right Summit 2026 (Migrants' Rights Network UK)
Winter, A. (Keynote speaker)
13/06/2026 → 14/06/2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
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Context and Challenges in Far-Right Times (Emancipatory Politics in Ireland during Far-Right Times, NUI Maynooth)
Winter, A. (Keynote speaker)
9/06/2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Rebel Book Club Manchester: Beyond the Headlines
Winter, A. (Invited speaker)
12/05/2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Prizes
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Bolton Institute of Higher Education Annual Prize for the Highest Undergraduate Degree Result
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Bread and Roses Book Prize (shortlisted)
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Faculty of Arts and Social Science: Outstanding Contribution to Student experience Award
Tyler, I. (Recipient), 16/04/2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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James Hanson: Andy Burnham's call for deportation in grooming gang case (LBC News)
2/07/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: TV Interview/Appearance
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Kait Borsay with The Evening Edition: ‘Fascist’ parades held across Scotland (Times Radio)
2/07/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: TV Interview/Appearance
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PULS | Dvojí metr ve Velké Británii? (Voxpot)
12/06/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: TV Interview/Appearance