Nando Sigona is professor of international migration and forced displacement and director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a founding editor of the peer-reviewed journal Migration Studies and lead editor for the ‘Global Migration and Social Change’ book series by Bristol University Press.
He is author or editor of books and journal special issues including ‘Becoming Adults on the Move’ (with Elaine Chase and Dawn Chatty, 2023), ’The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity’ (with Fran Meisner and Steven Vertovec, 2022) and ‘Undocumented Migration: Borders, Immigration Enforcement, and Belonging’ (with Roberto Gonzales, Martha Franco and Anna Papoutsi, 2019).
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisWhy some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global Britain
Foreign policy determines why migrants from Hong Kong got a better deal than Syrians or Ukrainians
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Congratulations on your achievement’: the day I became British
How does one mark the ceremony to become British? With mixed feelings, in many cases.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Naturalisation and paracetamol: diary of an EU citizen in the UK
“Eventually, I paid my £1349 and submitted my application and joined over 100,000 EU citizens who have applied for...
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Published in: HomeHostile environment: border guards and border guardees
Border checks are no longer one-off encounters… but… a myriad of micro-encounters. They have penetrated the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAmber Rudd, the Windrush scandal and the reluctant Remainer
The Windrush scandal is undoubtedly the scene of a crime, multiple crimes. But which scene and what crime now needs...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnother dangerous ‘National Us’: you can’t have a more integrated society in a hostile environment
The UK Government’s strategy is not for an integrated society, focusing on what government and society could and...
