Key areas of interest and expertise
The Network sustains the following areas of interest and expertise:
- Current thinking on motivations for migration, asylum and refugees, in relation to decisions to move, experiences in Scotland and longer term decisions regarding settlement and/or return.
- Factors influencing patterns of movement including climate; sustainability; social justice; violence.
- Cultural, economic, social and political aspects of transnationalism as these relate to both migrants/asylum seekers/refugees and local populations.
Legal and social policy on migration, asylum and refugees in Scotland and in the context of devolution.
- Health, well-being, social security and care.
- Narratives of migration, asylum and refugees in art, literature, film, drama etc.
- Implications for education – schooling, higher and community education.
- Language, intercultural and linguistic issues, including translation and interpreting.
- Psychological consequences of migration and asylum.
- Implications for faith communities and interreligious dialogue.
- Implications for security issues and policing.
- Cross-border migration (including onward migration of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees) between other parts of the UK and Scotland and its implications for talent initiatives and innovation.