Dr Gareth Mulvey

  • Senior Lecturer (Sociology)

telephone: 0141 330 4065
email: Gareth.Mulvey@glasgow.ac.uk

Social and Political Sciences, Room 1010, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672

Biography

I have worked as a researcher in Universities and the voluntary sector for over 15-years. During that time I completed a PhD in Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde where I looked at how immigration policy was made under the premiership of Tony Blair. Subsequently I have mostly worked around issues of migration, migration policy and the impact of policy on diverse migrant communities. I am interested in both how policy is made but also how it is received as well as the various ways people resist state policy and practice.

My other interests concern the nature of the state, what it does and why. I am concerned with how policy is put to work by the state, for exzample in immigartion and in social policy and about the relationship between central and devolved Government in the UK and how this impacts on social policy. I have a developing interest in the way social policy (much of it devolved) in some cases clashes with reserved policy. This links back to the question of policy and how it is made at different levels of government.

Research interests

At the moment my main research looks at how diverse migrant communities settle and experience their lives and how the state often acts as a barrier to that settlement. 

 

i am also interested in the state more broadly, how and why the state behaves as it does.

I have published work on Syrian settlement experiences in the UK, solidarity movements, securitisation, the relationship between neoliberalism and migration policy in the UK; the prospects for a more open sense of identity in Scotland and the relationship between reserved immigration policy and devolved immigrant policy in Scotland. 

 

Publications

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Number of items: 41.

2023

Piacentini, T. , Akhtar, S. , Mullen, A. and Mulvey, G. (2023) "It’s not like it just happened that day": Anti-racist solidarity in two Glasgow neighbourhoods. In: Poulakidakos, S., Veneti, A. and Rovisco, M. (eds.) Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance: Solidarity in a Changing World. Routledge, pp. 72-86. ISBN 9781032201887

Mulvey, G. , Skelparis, D. and Boyle, B. (2023) Territorial variance in the UK’s refugee politics and its consequences: young Syrian refugees in England and Scotland. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, (doi: 10.1177/23996544231165440) (Early Online Publication)

Paterson, I. and Mulvey, G. (2023) Simultaneous success and failure: the curious case of the (failed) securitisation of asylum seekers and refugees in the United Kingdom and Scotland. European Security, (doi: 10.1080/09662839.2023.2165878) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Burns, N. , Mulvey, G. , Piacentini, T. and Vidal, N. (2022) Refugees, political bounding and the pandemic: material effects and experiences of categorisations amongst refugees in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(17), pp. 4066-4084. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2022.2058471)

Mulvey, G. , Ahmed, T. and Clark, C. (2022) Race and migration in Scotland. In: Gall, G. (ed.) A New Scotland: Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745345079

2021

Karyotis, G. , Mulvey, G. and Skleparis, D. (2021) Young Syrian refugees in the UK: a two-tier system of international protection? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(3), pp. 481-500. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1727317)

2020

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

Mainwaring, Ċ. , Mulvey, G. , Piacentini, T. , Hales, S. and Lamb, R. (2020) Migrant solidarity work in times of ‘crisis’: Glasgow and the politics of place. Nordic Journal of Migration Studies, 10(4), pp. 74-89. (doi: 10.33134/njmr.343)

2019

Galandini, S., Mulvey, G. and Lessard-Phillips, L. (2019) Stuck between mainstreaming and localism: views on the practice of migrant integration in a devolved policy framework. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 20(3), pp. 685-702. (doi: 10.1007/s12134-018-0626-5)

Mulvey, G. and Davidson, N. (2019) Between the crises: migration politics and the three periods of neoliberalism. Capital and Class, 43(2), pp. 271-292. (doi: 10.1177/0309816818780652)

Mulvey, G. and Burnett, A. (2019) Migration and identity in post-referendum Scotland. National Identities, 21(2), pp. 135-149. (doi: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1404562)

2018

Karyotis, G. , Colburn, B. , Doyle, L. , Hermannsson, K. , Mulvey, G. and Skleparis, D. (2018) Building a New Life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees. Project Report. Policy Scotland, Glasgow.

Mulvey, G. , Bynner, C. , Murray, N. and Watson, N. (2018) Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.

Mulvey, G. (2018) Social, citizenship, social policy and refugee integration: a case of policy divergence in Scotland. Journal of Social Policy, 47(1), pp. 161-178. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279417000253)

2017

Burka, M., Askins, K., Mulvey, G. , Arnold, P. and McBride, J. (2017) Supporting Asylum Seekers: Building Capacity For Service Provision And Policy Advocacy. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

2016

McGarvey, N. and Mulvey, G. (2016) Identities and politics in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum: the Polish and Pakistani experience. In: Medda-Windischer, R., Popelier, P. and Mitterhofer, J. (eds.) Pro-Independence Movements and Immigration: Discourse, Policy and Practice. Series: Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance (7). Brill/Nijhoff: Leiden ; Boston, pp. 134-162. ISBN 9789004294387 (doi: 10.1163/9789004294394_007)

2015

Mulvey, G. (2015) Refugee integration policy: the effects of UK policy-making on refugees in Scotland. Journal of Social Policy, 44(2), pp. 357-375. (doi: 10.1017/S004727941500001X)

Mulvey, G. (2015) Migration and poverty in Glasgow and Belfast. In: Social Policy Association Annual Conference: Social Policy in the Spotlight: Change, Continuity and Challenge, Belfast, Ireland, 6-8 Jul 2015, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. and Burnett, A. (2015) New Sense of Community: Reframing Migration and Identity in Post-Referendum Scotland. In: Critical Management Studies Annual Conference: Is There an Alternative? Management after Critique, University of Leicester, 8-10 Jul 2015, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. , Lessard-Phillips, L. and Galandini, S. (2015) Immigrant Integration in the UK: Linking Policy and Outcomes. In: Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Sheffield, England, 30 Mar-1 Apr 2015, (Unpublished)

2014

Mulvey, G. (2014) Asylum seekers and refugees: a litmus test for Scotland? In: McKendrick, J. H., Mooney, G., Dickie, J., Scott, G. and Kelly, P. (eds.) Poverty in Scotland 2014: The Independence Referendum and Beyond. Child Poverty Action Group: London, pp. 223-228. ISBN 9781906076948

Mulvey, G. (2014) Immigration Policy in Britain: Discrimination by Design? In: Racism: From the Labour Movement to the Far Right, Glasgow, Scotland, 5-6 Sep 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Multi-Level Governance or Intergovernmental Relations: The Case of Refugee Integration in Scotland. In: European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 3-6 Sep 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Refugee Integration in a Multi-Level Context; The Impacts of UK Policy on Refugees in Scotland. In: Social Policy Association Annual Conference: Social Policy Confronting Change: Resistance, Resilience and Radicalism, Sheffield, England, 14-16 Jul 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. and McGarvey, N. (2014) Identity and independence in Scotland: a pilot study of Pakistanis and Poles in Scotland. In: Institute of Minority Rights, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy, 24 Oct 2014, (Unpublished)

Stewart, E. and Mulvey, G. (2014) Seeking safety beyond refuge: the impact of immigration and citizenship policy upon refugees in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(7), pp. 1023-1039. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.836960)

2013

Mulvey, G. (2013) In Search of Normality: Refugee Integration in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

2012

Mulvey, G. (2012) The public, the politicians and problematising immigration: wantedness in UK immigration policy. In: 62nd Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association, Belfast, UK, 3-5 Apr 2012,

2011

Mulvey, G. (2011) Immigration under New Labour: policy and effects. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(9), pp. 1477-1493. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.623622)

Mulvey, G. (2011) Refugee Integration in Scotland Statistical Findings from Stage 1. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Stewart, E. and Mulvey, G. (2011) Becoming British Citizens? Experiences and Opinions of Refugees Living in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2011) Refugee integration in local communities. In: 16th Annual International Metropolis Conference, Azores Islands, 12-16 Sep 2011,

2010

Connel, J., Mulvey, G. , Brady, J. and Christie, G. (2010) "One Day we will be Reunited": Experiences of Refugee Family Reunion in the UK. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2010) When policy creates politics: the problematizing of immigration and the consequences for refugee integration in the UK. Journal of Refugee Studies, 23(4), pp. 437-462. (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feq045)

2009

Mulvey, G. (2009) "Even Among Asylum Seekers we are the Lowest": Life on Section 4 Support in Glasgow. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2009) Refugee and Asylum Seeker Research in Scotland: A Literature Review. Other. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

2008

Mooney, G., Scott, G. and Mulvey, G. (2008) The 'Celtic Lion' and social policy: some thoughts on the SNP and social welfare. Critical Social Policy, 28(3), pp. 378-394. (doi: 10.1177/0261018308091276)

2007

Gillespie, M., Dobbie, L., Mulvey, G. , Gallacher, Y. and Campbell, J. (2007) Money Advice for Vulnerable Groups: Final Evaluation Report. Project Report. Scottish Executive Social Research, Edinburgh, UK.

2005

Gillespie, M., Mulvey, G. and Scott, G. (2005) Transitions to Employment: Advising Disadvantaged Groups. Project Report. Scottish Executive Social Research, Edinburgh, UK.

2002

Bain, P., Watson, A., Mulvey, G. , Taylor, P. and Gall, G. (2002) Taylorism, targets and the pursuit of quantity and quality by call centre management. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17(3), pp. 170-185. (doi: 10.1111/1468-005X.00103)

Taylor, P., Mulvey, G. , Hyman, J. and Bain, P. (2002) Work organization, control and the experience of work in call centres. Work, Employment and Society, 16(1), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1177/09500170222119281)

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Number of items: 41.

Articles

Mulvey, G. , Skelparis, D. and Boyle, B. (2023) Territorial variance in the UK’s refugee politics and its consequences: young Syrian refugees in England and Scotland. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, (doi: 10.1177/23996544231165440) (Early Online Publication)

Paterson, I. and Mulvey, G. (2023) Simultaneous success and failure: the curious case of the (failed) securitisation of asylum seekers and refugees in the United Kingdom and Scotland. European Security, (doi: 10.1080/09662839.2023.2165878) (Early Online Publication)

Burns, N. , Mulvey, G. , Piacentini, T. and Vidal, N. (2022) Refugees, political bounding and the pandemic: material effects and experiences of categorisations amongst refugees in Scotland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(17), pp. 4066-4084. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2022.2058471)

Karyotis, G. , Mulvey, G. and Skleparis, D. (2021) Young Syrian refugees in the UK: a two-tier system of international protection? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(3), pp. 481-500. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1727317)

Mainwaring, Ċ. , Mulvey, G. , Piacentini, T. , Hales, S. and Lamb, R. (2020) Migrant solidarity work in times of ‘crisis’: Glasgow and the politics of place. Nordic Journal of Migration Studies, 10(4), pp. 74-89. (doi: 10.33134/njmr.343)

Galandini, S., Mulvey, G. and Lessard-Phillips, L. (2019) Stuck between mainstreaming and localism: views on the practice of migrant integration in a devolved policy framework. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 20(3), pp. 685-702. (doi: 10.1007/s12134-018-0626-5)

Mulvey, G. and Davidson, N. (2019) Between the crises: migration politics and the three periods of neoliberalism. Capital and Class, 43(2), pp. 271-292. (doi: 10.1177/0309816818780652)

Mulvey, G. and Burnett, A. (2019) Migration and identity in post-referendum Scotland. National Identities, 21(2), pp. 135-149. (doi: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1404562)

Mulvey, G. (2018) Social, citizenship, social policy and refugee integration: a case of policy divergence in Scotland. Journal of Social Policy, 47(1), pp. 161-178. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279417000253)

Mulvey, G. (2015) Refugee integration policy: the effects of UK policy-making on refugees in Scotland. Journal of Social Policy, 44(2), pp. 357-375. (doi: 10.1017/S004727941500001X)

Stewart, E. and Mulvey, G. (2014) Seeking safety beyond refuge: the impact of immigration and citizenship policy upon refugees in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(7), pp. 1023-1039. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.836960)

Mulvey, G. (2011) Immigration under New Labour: policy and effects. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37(9), pp. 1477-1493. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.623622)

Mulvey, G. (2010) When policy creates politics: the problematizing of immigration and the consequences for refugee integration in the UK. Journal of Refugee Studies, 23(4), pp. 437-462. (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feq045)

Mooney, G., Scott, G. and Mulvey, G. (2008) The 'Celtic Lion' and social policy: some thoughts on the SNP and social welfare. Critical Social Policy, 28(3), pp. 378-394. (doi: 10.1177/0261018308091276)

Bain, P., Watson, A., Mulvey, G. , Taylor, P. and Gall, G. (2002) Taylorism, targets and the pursuit of quantity and quality by call centre management. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17(3), pp. 170-185. (doi: 10.1111/1468-005X.00103)

Taylor, P., Mulvey, G. , Hyman, J. and Bain, P. (2002) Work organization, control and the experience of work in call centres. Work, Employment and Society, 16(1), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1177/09500170222119281)

Book Sections

Piacentini, T. , Akhtar, S. , Mullen, A. and Mulvey, G. (2023) "It’s not like it just happened that day": Anti-racist solidarity in two Glasgow neighbourhoods. In: Poulakidakos, S., Veneti, A. and Rovisco, M. (eds.) Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance: Solidarity in a Changing World. Routledge, pp. 72-86. ISBN 9781032201887

Mulvey, G. , Ahmed, T. and Clark, C. (2022) Race and migration in Scotland. In: Gall, G. (ed.) A New Scotland: Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745345079

McGarvey, N. and Mulvey, G. (2016) Identities and politics in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum: the Polish and Pakistani experience. In: Medda-Windischer, R., Popelier, P. and Mitterhofer, J. (eds.) Pro-Independence Movements and Immigration: Discourse, Policy and Practice. Series: Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance (7). Brill/Nijhoff: Leiden ; Boston, pp. 134-162. ISBN 9789004294387 (doi: 10.1163/9789004294394_007)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Asylum seekers and refugees: a litmus test for Scotland? In: McKendrick, J. H., Mooney, G., Dickie, J., Scott, G. and Kelly, P. (eds.) Poverty in Scotland 2014: The Independence Referendum and Beyond. Child Poverty Action Group: London, pp. 223-228. ISBN 9781906076948

Research Reports or Papers

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

Karyotis, G. , Colburn, B. , Doyle, L. , Hermannsson, K. , Mulvey, G. and Skleparis, D. (2018) Building a New Life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees. Project Report. Policy Scotland, Glasgow.

Mulvey, G. , Bynner, C. , Murray, N. and Watson, N. (2018) Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.

Burka, M., Askins, K., Mulvey, G. , Arnold, P. and McBride, J. (2017) Supporting Asylum Seekers: Building Capacity For Service Provision And Policy Advocacy. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

Mulvey, G. (2013) In Search of Normality: Refugee Integration in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2011) Refugee Integration in Scotland Statistical Findings from Stage 1. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Stewart, E. and Mulvey, G. (2011) Becoming British Citizens? Experiences and Opinions of Refugees Living in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Connel, J., Mulvey, G. , Brady, J. and Christie, G. (2010) "One Day we will be Reunited": Experiences of Refugee Family Reunion in the UK. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2009) "Even Among Asylum Seekers we are the Lowest": Life on Section 4 Support in Glasgow. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. (2009) Refugee and Asylum Seeker Research in Scotland: A Literature Review. Other. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Gillespie, M., Dobbie, L., Mulvey, G. , Gallacher, Y. and Campbell, J. (2007) Money Advice for Vulnerable Groups: Final Evaluation Report. Project Report. Scottish Executive Social Research, Edinburgh, UK.

Gillespie, M., Mulvey, G. and Scott, G. (2005) Transitions to Employment: Advising Disadvantaged Groups. Project Report. Scottish Executive Social Research, Edinburgh, UK.

Conference Proceedings

Mulvey, G. (2015) Migration and poverty in Glasgow and Belfast. In: Social Policy Association Annual Conference: Social Policy in the Spotlight: Change, Continuity and Challenge, Belfast, Ireland, 6-8 Jul 2015, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. and Burnett, A. (2015) New Sense of Community: Reframing Migration and Identity in Post-Referendum Scotland. In: Critical Management Studies Annual Conference: Is There an Alternative? Management after Critique, University of Leicester, 8-10 Jul 2015, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. , Lessard-Phillips, L. and Galandini, S. (2015) Immigrant Integration in the UK: Linking Policy and Outcomes. In: Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Sheffield, England, 30 Mar-1 Apr 2015, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Immigration Policy in Britain: Discrimination by Design? In: Racism: From the Labour Movement to the Far Right, Glasgow, Scotland, 5-6 Sep 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Multi-Level Governance or Intergovernmental Relations: The Case of Refugee Integration in Scotland. In: European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 3-6 Sep 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2014) Refugee Integration in a Multi-Level Context; The Impacts of UK Policy on Refugees in Scotland. In: Social Policy Association Annual Conference: Social Policy Confronting Change: Resistance, Resilience and Radicalism, Sheffield, England, 14-16 Jul 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. and McGarvey, N. (2014) Identity and independence in Scotland: a pilot study of Pakistanis and Poles in Scotland. In: Institute of Minority Rights, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy, 24 Oct 2014, (Unpublished)

Mulvey, G. (2012) The public, the politicians and problematising immigration: wantedness in UK immigration policy. In: 62nd Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association, Belfast, UK, 3-5 Apr 2012,

Mulvey, G. (2011) Refugee integration in local communities. In: 16th Annual International Metropolis Conference, Azores Islands, 12-16 Sep 2011,

This list was generated on Fri Apr 19 12:19:21 2024 BST.

Supervision

I have supervised a number of students in the past and am currently undertaking PhD supervision on two important projects, one an analysis of state racism in Scotland and resistance to it, and one comparative study of the role of immigration advisors in confronting state practice.

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • SOCIO1010 Sociology 1B Migration & Society
  • SOCIO4107 Contemporary Migration in a Global persepctive (Sem 1)
  • SOCIO4108 Migration, multiculturalism and Belonging (Sem 2)
  • The State, Institutions and Policy: A Political Sociology Approach
  • Masters Global Migrations and Social Justice

Postgraduate 

  • SOCIO5088 A Public Social Science for Social Justice (Sem 2)