Launched in October 2003 following the completion of the Transnational Communities Programme (see below), COMPAS has five years of funding from the ESRC. Its research programmes will be concerned with key issues surrounding mobility and population movement and will aim to have a direct input into policy debates in the UK and EU. There are five main research programmes under development: (i) Sending Contexts; (ii) Means of Migration; (iii) Integration and Social Change; (iv) The Migration-Asylum Nexus; and (v) Migration Management. The website is still under development and currently has minimal information about the research programmes, but is likely to become a good place to download working papers and find out about new publications, conference and seminars.
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/

The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) based at the University of Warwick is one of the main academic centres in the Uk for the research and teaching of aspects of race, migration and ethnic relations. CRER researched the experiences of people from minority ethnic groups in the UK and Western Europe and currently focuses on four major themes: (i) Migration and Citizenship; (ii) Economic Change and Racial Discrimination; (iii)Theories of Multiculturalism; and (iv) Ethnic Mobilisation and the Nation State. CRER has a large Resources Centre with material on race and ethnic relations, including lots of grey literature. There is a searchable database online, although documents cannot be downloaded. There are also listing of CRER Research Papers, Policy Papers and Bibliographies, although these must be purchased and are not available online. CRER is a Marie Curie Training Site on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Refugees and also holds a seminar series and occasional conferences.
http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/CRER_RC/

ISIM works on a number of aspects of international migration including: the causes of and potential responses to population movements; immigration and refugee law and policy; comparative migration studies; the integration of immigrants into their host societies; and the effects of international migration on social, economic, demographic, foreign policy and national security concerns. ISIM also studies internal displacement, with particular attention to the forced movements of people for reasons that would make them refugees if they crossed an international border. It currently has three main research programmes: (1) Immigration and Integration of Immigrants (including work on transnationalism and development in Central America and the Caribbean; women and migration; immigration and integration policy in the US and globally, remittances, separated, unaccompanied and trafficked children); (2) Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies (including work on temporary protection and post-conflict reintegration and reconstruction); and (3) Human Rights. The Publications section of the website has a number of working papers and articles listed, many of which can be downloaded. ISIM also edits the journal International Migration.
http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/isim/index.html

IASFM brings together academics, practitioners and decision-makers working on forced migration issues. It organises biennial conferences on forced migraion issues. The specific aims of the association are: (i) To advance scholarly knowledge of forced migration; (ii) to advance the understanding of appropriate and effective practice concerning forced migration; (iii) to facilitate networking and better communication among those involved with refugee and other forced migrant issues; and (iv) to disseminate scholarly and practical information concerning forced migration.
http://www.iasfm.org/pages/1/index.htm

MigRes is an initiative by Professor Virginie Guiraudon, European University Institute. The website offers descriptions and links for national and international institutions working with immigration, a list of journals on immigration, a selection of syllabi contributed by various professors from different fields as well as a directory of scholars from both Europe and North America who currently work on immigration.