Interested in learning more about the research taking place in universities on refugees and asylum seekers? Want to know how you could be involved?

Join us for an inspiring panel event where researchers from across King’s, alongside a peer researcher from Race On The Agenda, share powerful insights and findings from their work.

Whether you’re passionate about social justice, considering a career in academia, or simply want to learn more, this is a great chance to hear diverse perspectives and ask your own questions.

Meet our speakers

• Dr Grace Crowley, Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow at King’s
  Grace’s doctoral work explores the inequalities in care and experiences of secondary mental health services for people who have experienced forced migration, including refugees and asylum seekers.
  
  
• Hannah Chabban, Master's student in Race Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies at UCL and Peer researcher at ROTA
  Hannah's research uses participant interviews to investigate the lived experience of asylum seekers in hotels. Her work focuses on issues surrounding food, physical & mental health, treatment by staff, and building maintenance, revealing the systemic dehumanisation and institutional neglect of asylum seekers.
  
  
• Marypaz Ventura-Arrieta, PhD candidate and Research Assistant at King’s
  Marypaz’s research focuses on how migrants interact with the immigration system and the influence that media coverage of immigration issues has on this relationship.
  
  
• Zara Asif, Research Assistant and PhD student at King’s
  Zara’s research focuses on global mental health and mental health policy among marginalised communities such as refugees and migrants, looking at the mental health of young refugees in the UK in her thesis.
  
  
• Erin Brady, PhD candidate at King’s
  Erin’s research focuses on gender and political violence in Palestine, exploring the lived consequences of conflict and how women’s agency is understood within their families and communities. She also has a background in refugee law and migrant legal aid in the UK and the Middle East.

The session will be chaired by King’s 4 Change and the Policy Research Centre, who will guide an open conversation and offer a chance for networking at the end.

Register now.

University Refugee Week

This event forms part of King's University Refugee Week events programme. University Refugee Week brings together higher education communities across the UK to recognise the contributions and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary, and to reflect on the role universities can play in fostering a culture of welcome, opportunity and belonging.

Explore the full programme.