Director of Migrant Futures Institute

The Migrant Futures Institute (MFI) was created following a significant philanthropic grant from Oak Foundation to Goldsmiths, University of London. The MFI aims to foreground migrants not as problems to be managed, but as agents of social, cultural, and political transformation. Emerging from Goldsmiths'' creative and critical academic history, the MFI is bringing together researchers, artists, activists, and policymakers through concrete interventions, co-creation, and collaborative research. It builds partnerships across arts, heritage, education, and human rights sectors to reshape how we engage with migration and the movement of people, ideas and cultures. The MFI will prioritise perspectives from migrant scholars, individuals, and communities, giving a platform to voices too often unheard. It will look to convene individuals and groups from across civil society, academia, enterprise, and beyond - locally, nationally, and internationally - to co-create cutting-edge research with real social, cultural, and policy impact. It will also offer new pathways into advanced study, research, creative work, and enterprise for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Given the history and globally recognised strengths of Goldsmiths, the MFI is heavily inflected to contributions and interventions in the arts and culture. The MFI is now looking for its inaugural Director who will have an exciting and transformational opportunity to provide intellectual inspiration and strategic ..... full job details .....