
Migration and Identity
This page collates publications, blog posts, video interviews, media commentary related to the impact of Brexit on Migration and Identity, including cultural issues.

Opinion and thoughts
Read the latest opinion piece on this page:
David Frost - Brexit vote linked to rise in discrimination and anxiety among migrants

Research and expertise
Discover a major piece of research on this topic:
Professor Christina Pagel & Christabel Cooper - New polling reveals shift from immigration to sovereignty as the priority

Projects and activities
Learn about a recent UCL project conducted on this theme:
Anne White and Kinga Goodwin - Invisible Poles: A Book of Interview Extracts
Content
Identities in Flux: British Evangelical Identity in the Time of Brexit and Trump
Katie Gaddini (Institute of Education)
Type: Article, Journal of Contemporary Religion
Date: 12/04/2021
Invisible Poles and their integration into Polish society: Changing identities of UK second-generation migrants in the Brexit era
Prof Anne White and Kinga Goodwin (UCL SSEES)
Type: Article, Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
Date: 15/12/2020
A Populist Paradox? How Brexit Softened Anti-Immigration Attitudes
Professor Jennifer Hudson (UCL Dept of Political Science) et al
Type: Article, British Journal of Political Science
Date: 04/05/2020
Why the EU Settlement Scheme is not good enough as it is
Alexandra Bulat (UCL SSEES)
Type: Blog, LSE British Politics and Policy Blog
Date: 14/02/2020
The invisible minority: where are EU citizens’ voices in UK politics?
Alexandra Bulat (UCL SSEES)
Type: Blog, UCL Europe Blog
Date: 08/09/2020
Hostile and Harmful: Structural Stigma and Minority Stress Explain Increased Anxiety Among Migrants Living in the UK After the Brexit Referendum
David Frost (Social Research Institute, Institute of Education)
Type: Article, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Date: 2020
How does local-level contact shape attitudes towards EU migrants? A comparison of British, Romanian and Polish residents' views in two English local authorities in the context of Brexit
Alexandra Bulat (UCL SSEES)
Type: Doctoral thesis
Date: 2020
Stray thoughts on British electoral politics and the Jews
Michael Berkowitz (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies)
Type: Blog
Date: 09/12/2019
Brexit vote linked to rise in discrimination and anxiety among migrants
Dr David Frost (UCL Department of Social Science)
Type: analysis
Date: 24/10/2019
Brexit’s identity politics and the question of subjectivity
Nikolay Mintchev and Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity)
Type: Article, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
Date: 16/10/2019
What policy do British voters want on EU immigration? Is there a hidden consensus?
Tessa Buchanan, Lee de-Wit (University of Cambridge) and Alan Renwick (UCL Constitution Unit)
Type: Blog, LSE Brexit Blog
Date: 13/09/2019
Invisible Poles: A Book of Interview Extracts
Dr Kinga Goodwin, Research Officer, and Professor Anne White, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
Type: e-book
Date: 2019
Would introducing ID cards prevent a stalemate in a new referendum?
Tessa Buchanan (UCL Psychology)
Type: Blog
Date: 03/12/2018
New polling reveals shift from immigration to sovereignty as the priority
Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit) & Christabel Cooper
Type: Research Paper, the UK in a changing Europe
Date: 27/07/2018
Those with changing preferences on Brexit are the engaged, not the dissatisfied and alienated
Jan Germen Janmaat (UCL IOE)
Type: Blog, UCL Brexit Blog
Date: 13/07/2018
Changing Preferences for Brexit: Identifying the Groups with Volatile Support for 'Leave'
Jan Germen Janmaat, Gabriella Melis, Andy Green and Nicola Pensiero (UCL IOE)
Type: Research paper, LLAKES
Date: July 2018
Working-class concerns ignored in Brexit debate
Dr Nicholas Wright (UCL Political Science)
Type: Letters, The Guardian
Date: 22/06/2018
The heritage of Brexit: Roles of the past in the construction of political identities through social
Dr Chiara Bonacchi, Dr Mark Altaweel and Dr Marta Kryzanksa (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Type: Academic paper, Journal of Social Archaeology
Date: 09/03/2018
The heritage of Brexit: roles of the past in the construction of political identities through social media
Chiara Bonacchi (University of Stirling), Mark Altaweel (UCL Institute of Archaeology), Marka Krzyzanska (University of Cambridge)
Type: Article, Journal of Social Archaeology
Date: 09/03/2018
Languages after Brexit, How the UK speaks to the World
Dr Dina Mehmedbegovic (UCL IOE)
Type: Book, Chapter 10 on the benefits bilinguism
Date: 2018
Understanding the social and cultural bases of Brexit
Dr Tak Wing Chan, Dr Morag Henderson, Dr Maria Sironi and Dr Juta Kawalerowicz (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Working paper, IOE Dept of Quantitative Social Science
Date: December 2017
Bones and Brexit: The Past and the Future
Clare Lewis, Elizabeth Farebrother, Mariana Nabais, Chloe Ward (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Type: Article, PIA
Date: 21/12/2017
EU and me: why are British pensioners more likely to vote against open borders than their peers across the channel?
Jan Germen Janmaat (UCL IOE)
Type: Blog, IOE Blog
Date: 14/07/2017
Brexit and empire: a long-term view
Dr Andrew Gardner (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Type: Blog, UCL European Institute
Date: 20/02/2017
Why teachers in London's most diverse schools believe Brexit threatens British values
Dr Miri Yemini (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, IOE London Blog
Date: 25/01/2017
Brexit, boundaries and imperial identities: A comparative view
Dr Andrew Gardner (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Type: Article, Journal of Social Archaeology
Date: 17/01/2017
Why higher levels of education don't necessarily mean higher levels of tolerance
Dr Jan Germen Janmaat (UCL Institute of Education)
Type: Blog, The Conversation
Date: 19/12/2016
Why Britain's Finances Will Suffer if Brexit Reduces Migration
Professor Ian Preston (UCL Dept of Economics)
Type: Blog, The Conversation
Date: 08/12/2016
Immigration and the UK: Reflections after Brexit
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Dept of Economics), Marco Alfano (Strathclyde) and Tommaso Frattini (Milan)
Type: Report, UCL CReAM
Date: September 2016
Unapproved Routes: Histories of the Irish Border, 1922-1972
Dr Peter Leary (IAS)
Type: Book
Date: August 2016
Brexit vote was due to "a loss of identity more than anything else"
Professor Alan Penn (The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment)
Type: Blog, Archinect
Date: 30/07/2016
The SSEES Brexit Debate: Eastern Europe, Migration and Security - event video
Type: Video, UCL SSEES
Date: 09/06/2016
A Response to Gardner and Harrison: the Reasons for, and Implications of, Brexit from an Anthropological Standpoint
Megan Arnot (UCL Anthropology)
Type: Article, PIA
Date: Unspecified
Brexit, Archaeology and Heritage: Reflections and Agendas
Dr Andrew Gardner and Professor Rodney Harrison (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Type: Article, PIA
Date: Unspecified