Who do we think we are?
By Professor Michaela Benson
From Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Windrush deportation scandal citizenship and the responsibilities of the UK government to the people of Hong Kong, it seems that citizenship and migration in Britain are never far from the headlines. Who do we think we are? explores all of this and more. Join Professor Michaela Benson and her guests as they debunk taken-for-granted understandings of who is a citizen and who is a migrant in Britain today.
Latest episode
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S3 E10 Migration and the making of Global Britain
What’s the significance of migration for the making of ‘Global Britain’? And how can a lens on racial capitalism help us to make sense of migration to and from the UK after Brexit? -
S3E9 (Not so) safe routes
What are the UK Government’s ‘safe and legal routes’? How do these relate to ‘stop the boats’, the Rwanda Plan, and the curtailment of asylum as laid out in the 1951 Refugee Convention? What can we learn from listening to the Hong Kongers... -
S3 E8 Fortress Britain?
What’s Brexit got to do with the ‘small boats’ crisis? What does racialised border violence in the Channel tell us about 'Global Britain’? And what can we learn about the UK’s approach to its borders from the Hong Kong BN(O) and Ukrainian visas? -
BtH2 E2 Beyond the headlines … Care Activism with Ethel Tungohan
Migrant laborers worldwide engage in caregiving work, but who provides care for them? And who can they turn to for care? These inquiries are at the centre of our discussion with Ethel Tungohan, as she shares insights from her new book ‘Care Activism’… -
S3 E7 Families at the borders
What happens when borders cross families? How do families navigate these interruptions to their ability to live together? Hear all about how migration governance impacts on family life, how this is linked to the reproduction of the nation-state and w… -
BtH2 E1 Beyond the headlines … at Manchester Museum with Senna Yousef and Caitlin Nunn
Ala and Michaela are on the road! They visit Manchester Museum where a new project retells the history of objects held by the Museum through archival research and young people’s experiences of migration. -
S3 E6 Migrant Rights 2.0
Borders around the world are becoming increasingly digitised. But who does the digitisation of borders serve? How are these technologies related to state-led projects of securitisation and surveillance? And what do digital bordering practices mean fo… -
S3 E5 Migration, diaspora, diplomacy
What role do diplomacy and the power play between states play in the development of migration policy? And how can turning our attention to the significance of foreign policy within migration governance help us in understanding the post-Brexit migrati… -
S3 E4 A New Plan for Migration?
What’s changed in the UK’s approach to migration since Brexit? How has this impacted on migration flows? Who is and isn’t migrating to the UK? We cover all of this and more, as we’re joined by Colin Yeo to discuss A New Plan for Migration? -
S3 E3 Bye, Bye Britain
Understandings of migration are invariably reduced to immigration, framed by the policy agenda of receiving states. But what about the people who leave? Plus: why does it matter that we remember, as French-Algerian sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad stress…
