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Practitioner Research Programme Working together to understand new migration and superdiversity in Birmingham: issues, challenges and policy solutions. Dr Lisa Goodson, PRP lead

Programme:  Superdiversity in Birmingham and the development of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS)  What is the Practitioner Research Programme?  Speed networking  How can you benefit from being involved?  World café discussion – What type of information do you hold? Challenges in collecting information? – What don’t we know and what would we like to know more about? – What do you want to get out of the PRP ?  Where next and questions?

Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) Dr Jenny Phillimore, Director of IRiS

Issues covered  About superdiversity  Superdiversity in Birmingham  IRiS aims and objectives  IRiS structure and activity  IRiS and BTR

Superdiversity  “Diversification of diversity” (Vertovec 2007  Speed – 9% to 13% born overseas  Scale – census – 3.5m rise in population 56% are migrants  Spread i.e. Boston highest increase in AoW (11.4%)  Complexity – gender, status, age, reason for migration, class, faith.......  Fragmentation – from many migrants from a few countries to a few from many  Super-mobility

Birmingham – archetypal SD city  On course to become one of Britain’s first majority/minority cities  Move from homogenous groups to superdiversity  GP registration data shows 41,000 new arrivals from overseas July 2007 – June 2010  187 different countries, 25% new/old Commonwealth  Poland, China, Romania, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Iran and Iraq now in top 20  92 countries of origin with 20 or less arrivals  Spread around Birmingham

IRiS  UK’s first Institute devoted to researching SD  Birmingham as inspiration and laboratory  Platform for collaboration and interdisciplinarity  Build capacity of early career researchers as diversity experts  Introduce new methodologies and approaches  Focus on opportunities as well as challenges  Partnership with communities, institutions, and agencies  Inform policy and practice  Practitioner Researcher Programme

What is PRP?  Pilot programme builds on learning from an established community research programme  Key work stream within IRiS. Interest from academics working in a range of disciplines  New university - practitioner partnerships  Collaboration at the heart of PRP  PRs to identify issues relevant to their work/ org  Mentoring and training to develop ideas into research proposal/ tools  Engage and up-skill individuals working in SD communities in research methods

Purpose of PRP?  Improve existing data collection systems and/or develop new lines of enquiry (org level)  Repository of longitudinal data and evidence on different aspects of SD grounded in the Birmingham experience (city level)  Partnership to help shape research agendas and priorities  Extend the research reach and impact of IRiS (UoB)  First steps to establish and consolidate the PRP model

SPEED NETWORKING 2 minutes to talk about:  Your name, organisation and role  Your research interests in relation to new migration / superdiversity Listen for the bell and then meet the next person !

How can you benefit from being involved?  Academic mentor – Gaps in information – research ideas – research proposal – Regular progress meetings & research support  Training? – Assess research training needs  New skills in social research – Research design, data collection and analysis  New research tools – Improve existing monitoring/ evidence base – New insights/ lines of enquiry

Benefits of being involved?  Opportunity to get involved in funded research/ joint funding applications  PR Network – Quarterly networking meetings – Sharing information, ideas, knowledge – University events / seminars – EU Migration to UK, 25 th March 2013, UoB. – IRiS civic launch, 13 th June 2013, Council House  Showcase research and organisation at IRiS events – Poster session at IRiS International conference July 2014

WORLD CAFÉ DISCUSSION 10 minutes at each table to discuss : 1. What type of information do you hold? Challenges in collecting information? 2. What don’t we know and what would we like to know more about? 3. What do you want to get out of the PRP ? Listen for the bell and then move to the next table

Where next ?  Collate your information and ideas from the world café discussion  Submit an application if interested in the programme by 13 th March 2013  Review applications and select PRs (end March)  Match PRs with academic mentors (April)  Meet the mentor workshop (May)  Develop research proposals with mentors (Jun/Jul)  IRiS civic launch, 13 th June  Review training needs (Aug)  Provide training sessions (Sept/Oct)

Where next?  Commence data collection (up to 6 mths) (Oct 2013)  Data analysis training (Mar/Apr 2014)  Showcase findings at International conference university of Birmingham (Jul 2014)  Develop strategy to take forward research recommendations – Lobbying activities – Funding applications – Partnership working etc  Engage in a new round of research or withdraw from programme?

QUESTION TIME Contacts: Lisa Goodson: l.j.goodson@bham.ac.uk Ann Bolstridge: a.bolstridge@bham.ac.uk Jenny Phillimore: j.a.phillimore@bham.ac.uk