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 livestreamed 

📅 When: 4 February 2025  

⏰ Time: 1:30pm-3pm (AEDT)  

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.

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.

Dr Nobuko Nagai (Monash University, Australia)

永井信子博士（オーストラリア　モナシュ大学）

노부코 나가이 (호주 모내시대학교/박사)

Dr Nobuko Nagai has recently completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham. She is currently affiliated with Monash University and engaged in research activities in Melbourne. Her doctoral research looked at city-level migrant integration and urban citizenship in Osaka (Japan) and Birmingham (UK). She was involved in the NODE project, a cross-national research collaboration on migration and integration in Japan and the UK. Her research interests lie in migration, integration and citizenship in the UK, Japan and the wider East Asian region

Dr Hyein Ellen Cho (Monash University, Australia) 

조혜인 (호주 모내시대학교/조교수)

Dr Hyein Ellen Cho is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Monash University. She is a feminist qualitative researcher focused on gender-based violence and migration. Ellen is also leading multiple research projects on gender and family violence that have been funded by different Australian and Korean institutions, such as the Victorian State Government, the Australian National University, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trades, the Academy of Korean Studies and Korean Women’s Development Institute.

Schedule

• 1:00 Registration (for in-person attendees)
• 1:30 Acknowledgement of Country and introduction by Dr Hyein Ellen Cho
• 1:35 In Conversation with Professor Jenny Phillimore (moderated by Dr Nobuko Nagai)
• 2:30 Audience Q&A

행사 일정 (한국 시간 기준) 

• 11:30 발표자 소개 & 원주민 존중 의례 (조혜인 모내시 대학교 조교수)  
• 11:35 제니 필모어 영국 버밍엄대 교수 발표 (진행: 노부코 나가이 모내시 대학교 박사)
• 12:30 질의 응답

式次第（以下日本時間での表示です）

• 11:30　アクノレッジメント・オブ・カントリーおよび開会の辞（へイン・エレン・チョウ博士）
• 11:35　ジェニー・フィリモア教授のお話（進行：永井信子博士）
• 12:30　質疑応答
  
  

Due to high demand, we have added an option to join us online via Zoom. If you register through the link below, you will receive a Zoom link two days prior to the event.

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we gather together, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong/ Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always has been and always will be Aboriginal land.

Host organisation

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

Event sponsor

This event is supported by The Australian Sociological Association through the Gary Bouma Memorial Workshop Program.