It is grounded in the principle that people with lived experience should shape not only the evidence produced but also the ethical, analytical and political directions of the work. The project therefore combines cross-country comparison with close attention to local contexts, collaborative knowledge production and art-based methods.
These approaches are designed to create richer forms of evidence, support more inclusive forms of participation, and open up different ways of communicating research beyond academic audiences. The project also works through regional steering committees and an Alternative Ethics Board to ensure accountability to the communities at its centre.
These approaches are designed to create richer forms of evidence, support more inclusive forms of participation, and open up different ways of communicating research beyond academic audiences. The project also works through regional steering committees and an Alternative Ethics Board to ensure accountability to the communities at its centre.
Research is shaped with people and organisations directly affected by LGBTIQ+ asylum and forced migration
The project examines how colonial histories continue to shape borders, protection and knowledge production
We combine interviews, policy analysis, surveys and creative methods to build richer evidence
The project compares connected country sites to understand how asylum systems work across different contexts
Creative methods help communicate lived experience in ways that conventional policy language often cannot
People with lived experience help guide the project’s ethics, priorities and public outputs