This August I spent two weeks travelling through Israel during a meltingly hot summer. Aside from visiting holy sites in Jerusalem, partying in Tel-Aviv, worshipping air conditioners and chowing down on pita and hummus, five of my days were spent in Palestine’s West Bank. While the intention of this piece is not to apportion blame to only one side in the longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine, from the little I observed, there is a massive power imbalance at play in the region.

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Manchester Migration Lab brings together 70+ migration researchers, alongside non-academic and civil society partners, policymakers and politicians to inform debates on international inequalities and migration issues. Run jointly by the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Unit and Global Development Institute, the multidisciplinary hub prioritises sharing its work with the public in creative, accessible ways, and is currently collaborating with Take Back Theatre on a performance piece titled ‘Be // Longing’.

Sarah interviewed the Lab’s Coordinator, Dr Cathy Wilcock to find out more.

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