Introducing Migration

About the lecture

In this module, we introduce the study of migration and think about some issues in how migration as a phenomenon is understood. We focus on: (i) the tendency of public discourse on migration to become highly politicised and, at times, prejudicial; (ii) the scale and nature of migration in the contemporary world, in terms of both international and internal migrants; (iii) the issue that perspectives on migration are often influenced by current affairs, such as the focus on migration from the European Union during the 2016 Brexit referendum; (iv) the complexity of migration and the wide range of factors which influence whether and how people migrate.

About the lecturer

Professor Vicky Hosegood is Professor of Demography and Family Health at the University of Southampton. She specialises in demographic change and population health in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with particular emphases on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the impacts of migration on health outcomes.