Dr Gareth Mulvey

Senior Lecturer (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

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

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

Biography

I have worked as a researcher in universities and the voluntary sector for over 20-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 also interested in broader debates about the nature of the State, what it does and why, as well as the various ways people resist state policy and practice.

I am concerned with how policy is put to work by the state, about how the state creates public imaginaries through its policy and discourse, and this also provokes interest in the differences and similarities between central and devolved Government in the UK. For example, I am increasingly concerned about the way that state actors discuss migrant integration, and the way this then creates public perceptions about both the concept and practice of integration.

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.

More recently my work has started to engage more with the populations who have an integration dispensation, mostly but not exclusively the nations elites. I also have a developing interest in municipalism, in particular the history and future of more radical forms of municipalism.

I have recently published work on the lack of elite integration in the UK, and why this gets no attention, 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.

Research groups

Social Anthropology & Migration

Publications

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Number of items: 42.

2025

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2025) Running, eyes open, into segregation: the absence of an integration strategy for Britain’s elites. Critical Social Policy, (doi: 10.1177/02610183241308459) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Piacentini, Teresa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Akhtar, Smina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6900-6679, Mullen, Ashli ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5226-023X and Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2023) "It’s not like it just happened that day": Anti-racist solidarity in two Glasgow neighbourhoods. In: Poulakidakos, Stamatis, Veneti, Anastasia and Rovisco, Maria (eds.) Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance: Solidarity in a Changing World. Routledge, pp. 72-86. ISBN 9781032201887

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Skelparis, Dimitris and Boyle, Brian (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, Ian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-6959 and Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4764-9731, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752 and Vidal, Nicole (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Ahmed, Talat and Clark, Colin (2022) Race and migration in Scotland. In: Gall, Gregor (ed.) A New Scotland: Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society. Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745345079

2021

Karyotis, Georgios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-8176, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Skleparis, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-1277 (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, Ċetta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-2765, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Hales, Selina and Lamb, Ruth (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, Silvia, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Lessard-Phillips, Laurence (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Davidson, Neil (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Burnett, Andrew (2019) Migration and identity in post-referendum Scotland. National Identities, 21(2), pp. 135-149. (doi: 10.1080/14608944.2017.1404562)

2018

Karyotis, Georgios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-8176, Colburn, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-1844, Doyle, Lesley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-6456, Hermannsson, Kristinn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-3914, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Skleparis, Dimitris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-1277 (2018) Building a New Life in Britain: The Skills, Experiences and Aspirations of Young Syrian Refugees. Project Report. Policy Scotland, Glasgow.

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Bynner, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-2642, Murray, Nina and Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X (2018) Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Marina, Askins, Kye, Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Arnold, Phil and McBride, Jillian (2017) Supporting Asylum Seekers: Building Capacity For Service Provision And Policy Advocacy. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

2016

McGarvey, Neil and Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2016) Identities and politics in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum: the Polish and Pakistani experience. In: Medda-Windischer, Roberta, Popelier, P. and Mitterhofer, Johanna (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and Burnett, Andrew (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, Lessard-Phillips, Laurence and Galandini, Silvia (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2014) Asylum seekers and refugees: a litmus test for Scotland? In: McKendrick, John H, Mooney, Gerry, Dickie, John, Scott, Gill and Kelly, Peter (eds.) Poverty in Scotland 2014: The Independence Referendum and Beyond. Child Poverty Action Group: London, pp. 223-228. ISBN 9781906076948

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 and McGarvey, Neil (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, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522 and Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2013) In Search of Normality: Refugee Integration in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

2012

Mulvey, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2011) Refugee Integration in Scotland Statistical Findings from Stage 1. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Stewart, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522 and Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2011) Becoming British Citizens? Experiences and Opinions of Refugees Living in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2011) Refugee integration in local communities. In: 16th Annual International Metropolis Conference, Azores Islands, 12-16 Sep 2011,

2010

Connel, J., Mulvey, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, 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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (2009) "Even Among Asylum Seekers we are the Lowest": Life on Section 4 Support in Glasgow. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council, Glasgow, UK.

Mulvey, Gareth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 (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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, 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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672 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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, 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. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-1672, 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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