Our international research centre and networking hub unites academics, teachers, researchers, cultural producers, postgraduate students and voluntary sector workers. We're part of the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics and our focus is on understanding transnational processes and their effects.
We work to understand cross-border processes in relation to ideas, objects, and people. We study topics like colonialism, migration, cultural encounters, globalisation, conflict, and inequality. Through these topics, we can explore simple ideas like nation, nationhood, and nationality.
Our scope spans a wide geographical and professional range. This lets us share the latest research and knowledge on transnational events and processes.
We focus on education and research across disciplines. These include:
- law
- history
- linguistics
- anthropology
- politics and sociology
- literary and cultural studies
Our cultural producers work alongside non-government organisations. We also have volunteer workers working with asylum seekers.
The Centre organises research seminars and round-table discussions online for our international membership. Past events have covered asylum, studies of critical whiteness, and diaspora and heritage. Our regions of specialisation include Europe, the Americas, Africa, India, and China.
Research themes
Our main research themes include:
- climate change and the environment
- cultural heritage and migration
- digital transnational spaces
- health, humanitarian protection, and international aid work
- identity, belonging and citizenship
- the ethics, politics, and governance of migration
Our alumni
Many graduates of our MA and PhD programmes have become part of our international network including:
- David Fleming (British), international development consultant
- Thea Bjaaland (Norwegian), project officer
- Janina Emig, postgraduate recruitment officer
- Tom Price (British), creative communications digital editor at medium-sized international NGO and freelance documentary storyteller
- Jenny Cuffe (British), freelance journalist
- Daniel Morales (Mexican), PhD candidate in modern languages
- Daphna Skotnicki (Israeli and British), ESOL lecturer at a FE college
- Emma Hodge (British), intern at PR firm
- Alison Marmont (British), Civil Service Fast Stream Graduate Programme