Can migration drive development?

The We Society Podcast from the Academy of Social Sciences tackles the big questions through a social science lens and brings some of the best evidence-led ideas to shape the way we live. Hosted by journalist and Academy President Will Hutton, interviews some of Britain’s top social scientists to explore their solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Professor Heaven Crawley has spent the past few decades leading the research on migration at some of the world’s top universities. She joins host Will Hutton to dispel the myths about the 3.5% of the world’s population who are on the move. While migration might seem like a problem that only concerns the Global North, it certainly isn’t. Most people escaping famine, inequality or war settle in neighbouring countries. In this episode, Professor Crawley sets out her solutions to the ongoing migrant crisis that continues to dominate the world’s headlines.