The Housing, Migration & Health Lab

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TheHousing, 
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TheHousing, Migration&#38;amp; Health Lab


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Charting the intersections of housing, migration and health through anthropological research 
The HoMH Lab is a space to amplify impact-oriented, ethnographic research that investigates how housing and migration policies intersect to affect the health of marginalised communities.


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ABOUT&#38;nbsp;

 
In
the UK and beyond, housing policies born out of austerity and financialisation
are intersecting with muscular approaches to managing migration, producing new
forms of ill-health and housing insecurity. 


Migrant,
refugee and asylum-seeker communities are caught up in this nexus, facing
hostile policies that jeopardise their rights and health. However, the people
most affected by these policies rarely get a chance to inform policy change. 


The HoMH Lab (pronounced like “home”) is a platform that seeks to amplify these seldom-heard voices.&#38;nbsp;
Initiated
by anthropologists Dr Nikita Simpson and Dr Charlotte Sanders,&#38;nbsp;it recognises that complex policy terrains require complex intellectual and
practical responses that are community-led and supported by interdisciplinary
perspectives. 


The origins of HoMH Lab

The seeds for HoMH Lab were planted in two ethnographic activist-research projects.&#38;nbsp;


In Birmingham, a group of Somali mothers sought to build
evidence of the poor housing conditions that they were living in. Nikita worked
alongside founding partners psychologist Dr Suad Duale, and health geographer
Dr Liz Storer, to document the ways in which the UK government’s ‘hostile
environment’ approach was bleeding into housing allocation to produce new
health and mental health issues. 


In Portsmouth and London, Charlotte’s ethnographic research with asylum seekers living in Home Office “contingency” hotels rendered visible a range of mental and physical health concerns. It demonstrated the
acute need for those in asylum accommodation to have a means to hold public
bodies and private companies to account. 


Putting research and impact work into dialogue across these projects produced something more than the sum of its parts. 
It enabled us as
researchers to disentangle the webs of policy that shape the housing
experiences of migrant and marginalised communities, and illuminated pathways
toward effecting change.


HOW TO USE THIS SITE

 
	The projects amplified by HoMH Lab are firmly oriented towards social transformation.
This site compiles research from the projects that formed the foundation for
building HoMH Lab, and also brings together resources from collaborative
research with other partners, including The University of Portsmouth and the
University of Sydney Policy Lab.
The research amplified here pays attention to how colonial histories and
present racial capitalism shape current housing conditions, and recognises the
intersectionality, materiality and historical contexts of inequality. 


The
resources compiled here are designed for activists, teachers, researchers,
and policy makers to use in their efforts to tackles issues that affect the
communities that they serve or are part of.
If you make use of these resources in your own practice, are interested in collaborating, or have insights you’d like to share from your own experience, please get in touch via&#38;nbsp;cs110[at]soas.ac.uk and&#38;nbsp;ns53[at]soas.ac.uk.</description>
		
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PROJECTS


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South England


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Mapping diasporic motherhood and disrupted belonging


Portsmouth, UK

	
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Following mould in temporary accommodation

Birmingham, UK


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Food provisioning in asylum hotels


Portsmouth, UK


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 Embodiments of housing distress


Birmingham, UK

	
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 Refugee Housing Transitions


London, UK


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	RESOURCES


	The HoMH Lab resource index compiles insights produced collaboratively through our research on housing, migration and health.&#38;nbsp;
Click here to explore index


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Academic Papers
	
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WHO ARE WE?

 
Dr Charlotte Sanders
 
Charlotte Sanders is an anthropologist, a Lecturer in Anthropology at SOAS, and former Co-Chair of the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies. Broadly, her research is concerned with the logics, functions and everyday effects of borders. Her work considers contemporary bordering practices in their relation to colonialism, racial capitalism and heteropatriarchy.
SOAS Profile &#124; Contact: cs110[at]soas.ac.uk&#38;nbsp;

Dr Nikita Simpson 
Nikita is an anthropologist, a Reader in the Department of Anthropology at SOAS, and Co-Director of the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA). She researches, develops interventions, and provides policy advisory on mental health, care, and inequality. 


SOAS Profile &#124; Contact: ns53[at]soas.ac.uk&#38;nbsp;


FOUNDING RESEARCH PARTNERS


 Dr Liz Storer 

  
Liz is a researcher and lecturer in health geography at Queen Mary University of London. Working across a broad range of disciplines including geography, anthropology, development studies and public health, her research broadly explores forms of care which are not adequately valued by the state and international health actors.


Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Prof Simon Stewart 

  
Simon is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for European and International Studies Research at University of Portsmouth. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change.
Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Dr Suad Duale 

  
Suad is a counselling psychologist, psychotherapist, researcher and community activist from Birmingham’s Somali community. She is the founder of Hadal Talk, an initiative to destigmatise discussions of mental health within the Somali diaspora. 


Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Univeristy of Sydney Policy Lab 

  
SPL is a multidisciplinary intitiative housed within the University of Sydney that brings academics and community members together to solve complex challenges and generate transformative public policy. 

Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 University of Portsmounth
 

A grass-roots humanitarian organisation providing support to local asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Portsmouth, Gosport and the surrounding areas.
Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


RESEARCH NETWORK


 Hedal Talk

  
Hadal Talk is a community-led initiative to eliminate the stigma and taboo around the topic of mental (ill) health within the UK’s Somali diaspora.

Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Portsmouth City of Sanctuary

  
A grass-roots humanitarian organisation providing support to local asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Portsmouth, Gosport and the surrounding areas.

Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 The Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA)


The Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA) is a globally oriented and locally connected hub for cutting-edge anthropological research, education and public engagement on mental health. 


Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies


The centre aims to foster and promote a supportive research and teaching environment for scholars concerned with issues of migration and diaspora, drawing on the skills and expertise of academics situated in disciplines such as anthropology, history, development studies, politics, religion, music and art history.

Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Frederick Kannemeyer


Frederick is South African-trained architect and web designer. His expertise is cross-disciplinary and he works collaboratively with a variety of architectural institutions, collectives and individuals on various research, curatorial and archival projects.


Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


 Iona Gaskell

  
Iona is a creative director and communications strategist. She runs a creative agency dedicated to ensuring that research reaches the audiences and spaces where it can have real-world impact. Beyond the world of research, Iona applies her creative and strategic skills as an artist manager and record label executive with London indie label Abubilla Music.


Learn More&#38;nbsp;︎︎︎


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CONTACT 


If you have questions about our research, interest in collaborating, wish to invite us to speak at an event or simply want to connect, please get in touch directly using the emails above.&#38;nbsp;


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