Episode 4: On Discrimination and Stereotypes, by Ramazani, Maria & Mel
Episode 4: On Discrimination and Stereotypes, by Ramazani, Maria & Mel The GRABS podcast – Episode 4 – On Discrimination and Stereotypes, by Ramazani, Maria & Mel
Episode 3: What Being Non-South African Means, by Mathilda, Mocktail, Shada & Salva
Episode 3: What Being Non-South African Means, by Mathilda, Mocktail, Shada & Salva The GRABS podcast – Episode 3: What Being Non-South African Means, by Mathilda, Mocktail, Shada & Salva
Episode 2: On Discrimination, by Jorojina, Alex, Aisha & Joy
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Episode 1: Presenting the team, by Jane, Glenda, Jessi, Izzy, and Juan Manuel
Episode 1: Presenting the team, by Jane, Glenda, Jessi, Izzy, and Juan Manuel It’s here! Our team’s first podcast is now live. We’re diving into who we are, what we’re working on, and why it matters. Tune in to learn more about GRABS and the questions driving our research. You can listen to it here…
GRABS at SOCIN 2025
The GRABS team took part in the SOCIN Conference in Macerata, Italy (23–26 September 2025). We presented a paper entitled “Innovative Research with Young People on the Move: Challenging Coloniality and Extractivism in Knowledge Production.”
Research scoping visit to K’jipuktuk-Halifax
In late July, Juan Manuel Moreno, one of GRABS PhD candidates, travelled to K’jipuktuk-Halifax, in Eastern Canada for a two-week fieldwork and scoping visit. K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the ancestral land of the Mi’kmaq who lived in these lands for over 11000 years. Today, K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the capital of what is known as the province of Nova…
Creative Workshops with Young People in South Africa
In July and August 2025 two members of our team, Jane Freedman and Glenda Santana de Andrade travelled to eThekwini (Durban) South Africa. Working in collaboration with colleagues from the HEARD team at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Refugee Social Services (RSS), we organised participatory photography/photovoice and podcasting workshops with five groups of young people.…
GRABS at the 2025 IMISCOE Annual Conference
On 2nd July, the GRABS team hosted an online panel part of the 22nd IMISCOE Annual Conference Decentering migration studies, organised by the Institute Convergences Migrations, at Paris-Aubervilliers, France. Our panel Growing Up Across Borders: Experience of Young People in Forced Migration was chaired by Jane, and the three papers presented included: Discussing the use…
Jessi at « Reimagining Migration: Decolonisation and Identity Across Time and Space » PhD Conference
On 20th of June, Jessi took part in the PhD Conference ‘Reimagining Migration: Decolonisation and Identity Across Time and Space’, organised by the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield, UK. Jessi contributed to the panel on Temporalities and Geographies with a presentation entitled ‘Temporality and Geographies’ with a presentation titled Temporality and Borders:…
GRABS project presentation at Manchester University
On 20 May 2025, Izzy and Jane from the GRABS team presented our project to the Asylum and Refugee Research Group at the University of Manchester. The presentation was followed by a discussion and questions. We were delighted to engage with other researchers working on similar topics and exchange about our research in progress. Thanks…