Event overview
The first Migrant Futures Institute Forum of 2026 welcomes Dr. Jason Cabañes to present initial reflections from The Migrant Influencers Collab (MIC) Project
Can digital influencers help build cross‑cultural solidarity in postcolonial cities?
Dr Jason Cabañes shares first insights from the The Migrant Influencers Collab (MIC) Project, which explores how influencer cultures might be mobilised to push back against distinctive postcolonial racisms and foster new forms of cross‑cultural solidarity. The project’s pilot “influencer training camp” (Manila, Nov 2025) brought together young creators of Filipino, Korean and South Asian heritage to co‑produce social media campaigns that spark conversations across the city's cultural communities. The camp was co‑designed with established content creators, and co‑organised with the Asian Center for Journalism at Ateneo de Manila University (ACFJ) and the University of the Philippines Korea Research Center (UPKRC). Jason will be sharing his initial reflections on this MFI-funded project.
Also in this Forum
PhD Researchers
• Soniya Ganvir – Representation, Belonging, and Britishness: Racialised Minorities on UK Television
• Paola Bascon – Extractive Legacies: Unearthing Routes of Displacement through Cuerpo Territorio
Postdoctoral Fellows
• Daria Lynch – The Politics of Belonging in Britain’s Provincial Cities: Postwar Urban Planning, Community Placemaking, and Multicultural Heritage
• Myriam Dalal – The Virtual House of the Rejected: A Participatory Creative Archive for the Missing of the Mediterranean
• Kit Hung – Developing the Safe Storytelling Network for filmmakers working under transnational repression
The forum will be chaired by MFI Co-Director Professor Mirca Madianou
This will be an informal and welcoming session — a chance to hear about current MFI-supported research and connect across the community.
Refreshments available from Room 140 next door
The forum will be immediately followed by the second in our Syria In Transition series at 5.15pm, also in Room 137a: Syria in Transition part 2: Prisons
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2026 | 4:15pm - 5:15pm |
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