Pitches for the next series of the Migration Oxford podcast are now open! Please get in touch to share your ideas. Established in 2022, this new podcast provides an opportunity for migration researchers across the University to share their research findings and ideas to new audiences and can be a great way to increase the impact and reach of your work. Deadline: 1 June.
Pitches for episodes should be max. 300 words and should include:
Suggested Title – please refer to previous episodes for the type of titles we are looking for – the title needs to give an accessible sense of the topic for a non-specialist audience. It shouldn’t be the name of a project or book – but a short title which provides the ‘hook’ for the episode
An overview of the episode – please write this as if it were the ‘blurb’ for the podcast building on the title and setting out the key question the podcast will answer, the research findings it draws on and why we are discussing it now.
Suggested interviewees – maximum 3 people to include at least one Oxford researcher and at least one voice of lived experience relevant to the topic being discussed
Please refer to previous episodes for a guide to episode formats; if you wish to propose a one-off alternate format this will be considered where it is relevant to the episode theme.
The general format will be an introduction by the hosts (Jacqui Broadhead and Rob McNeil) followed by an interview panel with all speakers and one of the hosts. Edited podcasts will generally last 20-25minutes.
The pitch should also meet each of the following criteria:
grounded in research from across the Migration Oxford research network
accessible for a non-specialist audience
approaches migration from unexpected and/or newsworthy angles
features at least one academic from the Oxford network and includes migrant voices (including speaking from policy/research angles as well as from lived experience)
Please send pitches any questions to the podcast coordinator Delphine Boagey at delphine.boagey@compas.ox.ac.uk. Decisions on pitched episodes will be communicated by the end of June.
