New research project to examine impacts of the ’Go Home’ Campaign

The University of Glasgow, in partnership with the University of Warwick has won a grant to research the wide-ranging impacts of the Home Office 'Go Home' immigration campaign. The team, led by sociologist Dr Hannah Jones and includes Dr Emma Jackson from Urban Studies, University of Glasgow as Co-Investigator, will go beyond the Home Office's internal evaluation of the 'Go Home' van to uncover impacts on local migrant and non-migrant communities, public debate and activism. The Herald: Immigration campaign impact to be examined The grant, for £200,000 over 18 months, is one of the first successful applications to the Economic and Social Research Council new Urgency Grants Mechanism to support social science research projects responding quickly to urgent or unforeseen events. The project will be carried out by researchers from universities across the UK and in conjunction with research partners Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network, Migrant Voice, Runnymede Trust and Scottish Refugee Council. Researchers will collaborate with community groups in Barking & Dagenham, Bradford, Birmingham, Cardiff, Ealing & Hounslow, and Glasgow. Dr Emma Jackson, Urban Studies Journal Research Fellow, University of Glasgow said "Understanding the impact of the 'Go Home' posters and related campaigns is crucial. We need to understand how such policies affect the lives of migrants, local communities and good community relations.