The Global LGBTIQ+ Asylum and Forced Migration Observatory is a research and policy platform dedicated to documenting, analysing and transforming the conditions shaping LGBTIQ+ forced migration across the world. Grounded in a decolonial and participatory approach, the Observatory brings together research, lived experience, policy engagement and creative public work to generate more inclusive and accountable responses to forced displacement. It is part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Diego Garcia Rodriguez at the University of Leicester.
The Global LGBTIQ+ Asylum and Forced Migration Observatory is a research and policy platform dedicated to documenting, analysing and transforming the conditions shaping LGBTIQ+ forced migration across the world. Grounded in a decolonial and participatory approach, the Observatory brings together research, lived experience, policy engagement and creative public work to generate more inclusive and accountable responses to forced displacement. It is part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Diego Garcia Rodriguez at the University of Leicester.
The Global LGBTIQ+ Asylum and Forced Migration Observatory is the public-facing knowledge and engagement platform of the project. Its purpose is to make research, country-level information, comparative analysis, and policy-relevant insights more accessible to a wide range of audiences, including people with lived experience, practitioners, NGOs, journalists, advocates, researchers, funders and policymakers
The Global LGBTIQ+ Asylum and Forced Migration Observatory is the public-facing knowledge and engagement platform of the project. Its purpose is to make research, country-level information, comparative analysis, and policy-relevant insights more accessible to a wide range of audiences, including people with lived experience, practitioners, NGOs, journalists, advocates, researchers, funders and policymakers
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The aim is to create a platform that helps people understand how LGBTIQ+ asylum operates across different regions, while also showing what more just and inclusive systems could look like
The aim is to create a platform that helps people understand how LGBTIQ+ asylum operates across different regions, while also showing what more just and inclusive systems could look like
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Researchers leading and supporting the development of GLASO’s evidence base, comparative research, analysis and academic outputs.
Individuals who contribute their expertise, lived experience, creative practice, research knowledge or advocacy work to different parts of GLASO.
Researchers leading and supporting the development of GLASO’s evidence base, comparative research, analysis and academic outputs.
Individuals who contribute their expertise, lived experience, creative practice, research knowledge or advocacy work to different parts of GLASO.
Organisations working with GLASO to support research, advocacy, policy engagement, community work and public-facing activities.
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For enquiries about the project, the Observatory, partnerships, speaking invitations or media requests, please get in touch
