Refugees and the UK housing crisis (HCRI public event)
| Dates: | 14 October 2025 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Humanities |
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| How much: | FREE |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Current University students, General public |
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Join the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) for roundtable discussion with four leading scholars on the realities and politics of refugee housing in the UK.
SPEAKERS:
- Dr Jessica Field - Author of 'Eviction: A Social History of Rent' (Verso, 2025) and is currently working on crisis-setting research ethics with colleagues at HCRI
- Dr Santokh Gill - Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies at the University of Huddersfield, currently researching the housing experiences of refugees in Yorkshire and Humber.
- Dr Anna Lindley - Reader in Migration, Mobility and Development at SOAS
- Prof Jonathan Darling, an urban and political geographer, and author of 'Systems of Suffering: Dispersal and the Denial of Asylum'
PRACTICAL INFO
Short presentations, followed by Q&A / discussion.
Hybrid event (In-person at Ellen Wilkinson Building & Online on Zoom).
Any accessibility-related questions to andrew.gibson-3@manchester.ac.uk
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Ellen Wilkinson Building
Manchester
