On 9 March 2017, Dr Georg Löfflmann presented the ‘Border Narratives’ project at the British Council in Mexico City. Border Narratives is a Leverhulme-funded research project led by Prof. Nick Vaughan-Williams aimed at investigating how diverse European publics perceive, understand, and experience 'the migration crisis' in the context of their everyday lives.

The keynote was a public lecture held in the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia and came at the end of a 3-day ‘Policy Incubator’ programme, developed by the British Council in Mexico in collaboration with the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The idea behind the ‘Policy Incubator’ is to empower young people and to develop and share counter and alternative narratives as means to participate in the process of positively influencing public policy in the field of migration.

The event was attended by over 200 people and proved a fantastic opportunity to showcase the ‘Border Narratives’ project, facilitate public engagement on migration and border security, and explore partnerships with emerging leaders and stakeholders at the intersection of government, private sector, community outreach, and academic research.

British Council Mexico Interview with Georg Löfflmann available here: https://www.facebook.com/BritishCouncilMexico/videos/10156203042889176/

On 2 November 2017 Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams gave a public lecture based on the Leverhulme 'Border Narratives' project entitled 'The Everyday Politics of Migration and Border Security in Europe'. The lecture was part of the 'Policy and Practice' series held weekly at the Department of Political Science, UCL.

Written evidence by Dr Georg Lofflmann and Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams, based on the initial findings of the Leverhulme-funded 'Border Narratives' project, has been published by the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement. The submission is available open access here.