The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) is a research centre at the University of Oxford. Since 2003, COMPAS has established an international reputation for original research and policy relevance. It undertakes multi-disciplinary research, publication, teaching, and user engagement activities with a broad set of academic and non-academic users worldwide. COMPAS research covers a spectrum of global migration processes and phenomena, from conditions in places of migrant origins, through to institutions and activities affecting mobility, to social and economic effects in receiving contexts.
Contact details
- Website:
- https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk
- Address:
- COMPAS, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6QS
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Sub-region:
- Northern Europe
Areas of focus
Topics of research
Operating languages
English
Organisation details
Business model
University institute/center
Year founded
2003
Institutional affiliations
University
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Jacqui Broadhead & Madeleine Sumption
Leader gender: Female Leader(s) (2024): Jacqui Broadhead & Madeleine Sumption
Leader gender: Female Leader(s) (2023): Carlos Vargas-Silva
Leader gender: Male
Leader gender: Female Leader(s) (2024): Jacqui Broadhead & Madeleine Sumption
Leader gender: Female Leader(s) (2023): Carlos Vargas-Silva
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
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% Female staff
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Age (years)
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% Female researchers
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Organisational performance
Publications
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Social
Facebook
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Twitter
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Data notes
Last
updated: 09/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website, Organisation's social media accounts
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Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website, Organisation's social media accounts
Have we got something wrong?: Contact us to update this record. There is more information in the database, you can download it here.