Science and analysis play a crucial role in providing the best evidence base to inform policy, and showing the best way forward within a given policy framework. The Home Office’s operational work covers travel and the border, working with the vast majority who comply with the rules and with those that may not: controlling and managing the border; administering passports, visas and asylum applications; applying and enforcing immigration rules.
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Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK
Undertaking the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship will be of enormous benefit for consolidating my PhD research on labour economics. My aims for the Fellowship are to publish the papers from my PhD, and also carry out further...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project partially answers the question by investigating the mechanisms of economic adjustment to a skilled labour supply shock, which is related to the question. The authors have the necessary expertise in labour economics.
In light of EU challenges relating to an aging workforce and the energy transition, the EU faces a shortage of relevant skills. GS4S seeks to better understand global skills shortages in selected sectors (Digital, Care a...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ODI
The project specifically addresses global skills shortages, labour migration governance, and matching skills to address labor market needs, which directly relates to the question of balancing recruitment of cheap labor with investment in new technology.
Migration for work is a key part of employment in the UK, but it will change critically after Brexit, with significant restrictions being placed on migration into low-skilled jobs. Jobs in sectors such as food, care and ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project partially answers the question by examining how stakeholders in low-skilled sectors in the UK are responding to the changing regulation of migration, which is related to the question. The authors have expertise in migration and employment relations.