Professor Alison Phipps FRSE
Alison Phipps UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies. She was De Carle Distinguished Visiting Professor at Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand 2019-2020, Thinker in Residence at the EU Hawke Centre, University of South Australia in 2016, Visiting Professor at Auckland University of Technology, and Principal Investigator for AHRC Large Grant ‘Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the body, law and the state’; for Cultures of Sustainable Peace, and is now co-Director of the Global Challenge Research Fund South-South Migration Hub. She is Ambassador for the Scottish Refugee Council. She is an academic, activist, educator and published poet.
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Resources
Watch: An exploration of how language and identity intersect, and how languages travel through migration, conflict, economic pressures, and chance.
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Resources
Professor Alison Phipps describes how the Scottish Crannog Centre inspires visitors to share stories and ponder the potential of restorative integration.
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Advice Papers
The RSE responds to the Scottish Government's human right's for Scotland Bill. Calling for careful application and caution.
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Advice Papers
While the UK Government controls immigration and asylum policy, the Scottish Government and local authorities are responsible for supporting the integration of refugees and asylum seekers in Scottish communities. The proposed reforms will therefore have far-reaching consequences for how refugees and asylum seekers are treated and supported in the devolved nations.
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Events
Writer and broadcaster, Gavin Esler, addresses the rising tide of misinformation – how to sift through it and remain informed in an age of "alternative facts".
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Events
For newcomers to Scotland, the question of how to belong linguistically is an important one. Hear how languages can shift alongside our sense of belonging.
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Events
Join the Royal Society of Edinburgh on World Refugee Day for a talk from the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and Arts, Professor Alison Phipps FRSE.
