Navigating Gender-Based Violence in Superdiverse Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach with Professor Jenny Phillimore

Monash Arts (School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics) to host leading Superdiversity and Migration Studies scholar Professor Jenny Phillimore (Director, Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham) on 4 February 2025.

Since the concept of superdiversity emerged in 2007, scholars have explored the mechanisms through which inequalities are (re)produced, utilising superdiversity as a theoretical and analytical framework. While gender is considered an integral aspect of superdiversity, the academic incorporation of gender and violence discussions into the superdiversity discourse has only recently begun. This in-conversation event with Professor Jenny Phillimore will create a space for academics in the fields of gender, violence and/or migration to convene, share their insights and shed new light on gender and violence discussions.

The conversation will place particular emphasis on the experiences of migrant women in the United Kingdom and Australia, examining how their attributes, migration journeys and identities influence and shape their experiences of violence and their access to welfare and social services in superdiverse neighbourhoods. The discussion will also explore how such insights can be shared with other countries, particularly Japan and South Korea - countries known for their ethno-nationalism but beginning to experience superdiversification of society.

This hybrid event will respond to the pressing need for transnational investigations of gender, violence and migration issues while highlighting transnational (im)mobilities and identities of migrant women in the above countries. 

Event Details:
Where: Monash Conference Centre (Melbourne) and live-streamed
When: 4 February 2025  
Time: 1:30 pm - 3 pm (AEDT) / 11:30 am - 1 pm (JST/KST)
More details/ Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/navigating-gender-based-violence-in-superdiverse-societies-an-interdisciplinary-approach-with-professor-jenny-phillimore

Places are limited due to venue capacity. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a crucial conversation. Brief summaries in Korean and Japanese will be provided.

For any enquiries, please reach out to Nobuko Nagai (Nobuko.nagai@monash.edu) and Hyein Ellen Cho (ellen.cho@monash.edu).

Speaker:

Professor Jenny Phillimore (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)

ジェニー・フィリモア教授（イギリス　バーミンガム大学）

제니 필모어 (영국 버밍엄 대학교/교수)

Professor Phillimore is Professor of Migration and Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham and Honorary Doctor and Visiting Professor at the University of Gothenburg. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Commissioner on the Commission on the Integration of Refugees. She was Founding Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) and a member of the UK's REF. She co-authored the UK's Indicators of Integration for Refugees and has advised governments in five continents on refugee integration. Phillimore is a social policy analyst specialising in integration policy but working and publishing across multiple disciplines. She has run several large-scale, international, mixed methods projects. She has published over 30 articles on refugees and integration. She led the RJ-funded SEREDA project and is currently in receipt of a Leverhulme Fellowship for which she is writing a book on violence, harm and refugee integration. Her research interests include access to social welfare in superdiverse areas with a particular focus on refugees, migrants and gender. She has had articles published in journals such as Critical Social Policy, Journal of Refugee Studies, BMJ International, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Urban Studies.