Transnational Communities Programme

Between 1997-2003 Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA) at the University of Oxford hosted the Directorship of the Economic and Social Research Council’s £3.8 million national research programme on Transnational Communities. The programme’s Director was Prof. Steven Vertovec and its Administrator was Ms. Emma Newcombe.

Descriptions of the programme’s research projects, events, publications (including the Global Networks journal and over 80 downloadable Working Papers) and other information can be seen by clicking on boxes on each side of this page.

The Transnational Communities programme’s Final Report to the ESRC can be seen by clicking here. A user-friendly Synopsis of the programme can be seen by clicking here.

Although this programme as formally ended, further research activities and events surrounding the study of transnationalism continue to be undertaken at ISCA and at the ESRC’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS).