Key details
- 2 February 2024 | 11am - 1pm | COMPAS Boardroom, 58 Banbury Rd, Park Town, Oxford OX2 6QS Google Maps
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- Organised by Migration Oxford
- Networking over coffee and biscuits!
Confirmed Speakers
- Adam Komisarof, Professor, Keio University; Astor Visiting Lecturer
- Mariña Fernández-Reino, Senior Researcher, Migration Observatory, COMPAS
- William Allen, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
- Robin Cohen (Discussant), Professor Emeritus of Development Studies, Department of International Development, University of Oxford
Aims
The event aims to present the differences in attitudes to migration, as well as patterns of discrimination, among receiving society members in Japan, the UK, Columbia, and Peru towards various migrant groups in those countries. Adam Komisarof will examine the diverging criteria for social acceptance in Japanese society towards immigrants from China, Western countries, and ethnic Japanese from South America, employing frameworks of national identity and social markers of acceptance. He will also detail how this approach may be applied in other country contexts. Will Allen will share findings about the differences in migration attitudes towards Venezuelans in Colombia and Peru and the factors accounting for those variations. Mariña Fernández-Reino will describe perceptions of discrimination among migrant minorities in the UK (EU and non-EU migrants) and identify how such perceptions change based upon variables including the proportion of native British individuals within respondents’ social circles and respondents’ familiarity with the British public and political discourse. Robin Cohen, an international expert in globalization, migration, and diaspora studies, will act as Discussant. Frameworks and theories to expand our understanding of discrimination will be introduced from a variety of fields (acculturation psychology, sociology, and political science) and include, for example, social markers of acceptance (as detailed in Komisarof et al., 2023) and social network theory. Robust cross-national findings will be rooted in data collected in four nations on three continents and used to inform the dialogue between the audience, discussant, and presenters that will occur after the discussant and presenters have spoken.
Format
Following the welcoming from the Migration Oxford convener, invited speakers will deliver presentations on their research as described above, followed by the discussant’s remarks. The speakers and discussant will then welcome questions and comments from the audience and engage in a dialogue to further discussion of the event’s main themes.
Audience
This event is open to students and migration researchers at all stages of their careers, including senior scholars leading participatory research projects, from across the Social Sciences Division. Members of the Oxford Sanctuary Community are also warmly invited to attend.
Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Abril Rios Rivera at migrationoxford@compas.ox.ac.uk
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