How welcoming are UK cities for newcomers?
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges and strategies for making UK cities more welcoming to newcomers.
Should we be optimistic about the future of welcoming in UK cities? In this feature episode, we navigate the policies, practices and perseverance essential to strengthen migrant welcoming and inclusion in the UK. What does it mean for a city to be genuinely welcoming? How can cities foster inclusive attitudes and how do local policies and practices shape the experiences of those who have newly arrived? Is optimism realistic and, ultimately, useful? In this special episode of The Migration Oxford Podcast, we speak with Jacqueline Broadhead, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, the knowledge-exchange arm of COMPAS at the University of Oxford. Jacqui highlights that creating welcoming, inclusive cities is not simply an ideal; it is essential for the future of increasingly diverse urban spaces. Yet too often, policy and practice are not grounded in the research and theory needed to make this work meaningful and effective. How can practitioners and academics bridge this gap? We explore the work of the Global Exchange (GEM) over recent years and take a closer look at the Inclusive Cities project, which applies an interdisciplinary, research-driven framework to…
People in this episode
Guest: Jacqueline Broadhead
Topics covered
- migrant welcoming
- inclusion
- UK cities
- local policies
- urban diversity
- research-driven frameworks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, COMPAS, University of Oxford
Books & works: Welcoming Cities
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