Rebecca Murray is a Lecturer in Sociological Studies teaching across Sociology and Social Work. She is a member of the Sanctuary advisory group and the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Rebecca sits on the national University of Sanctuary steering committee, following the merger of the Article 26 project, which she founded and directed. Rebecca’s extensive practice and research in relation to bordering and post compulsory education developed from young migrant-led grassroots campaigning and advocacy initiatives. Rebecca’s current project ‘(Re)imagining the Higher Education Border’, seeks to quantify the higher education border and facilitate a ‘(re)imagining of its scale and impact in participation with young migrants.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3955 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2834-7690 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
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Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
Geographies
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Scope
Roles
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University of Sheffield
University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Lecturer in Sociological Studies
Research
Forced migrants in higher education: ‘sanctuary scholarships’ in a hostile environment
| Authors | Rebecca Murray, Harriet Gray |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Disrupting binary thinking about sanctuary initiatives in the UK and Australia: insights from a Derridean analysis of hostipitality
| Authors | Rebecca Murray, Sally Baker |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Critical Studies in Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Faith, bordering and modern slavery: A UK case study
| Authors | Louise Waite, Hannah Lewis, Rebecca Murray, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |