'Independent experts' and immigration policies in the UK : lessons from the Migration Advisory Committee and the Migration Observatory
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Martin RUHS, Kristof TAMAS and Joakim PALME (eds), Bridging the gaps : linking research to public debates and policy-making on migration and integration, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 69-83
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RUHS, Martin, ‘Independent experts’ and immigration policies in the UK : lessons from the Migration Advisory Committee and the Migration Observatory, in Martin RUHS, Kristof TAMAS and Joakim PALME (eds), Bridging the gaps : linking research to public debates and policy-making on migration and integration, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 69-83, [Migration Policy Centre] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/63885
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This chapter discusses the experiences of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and the Migration Observatory (MigObs) in providing independent analysis to inform immigration debates and policy‐making in the UK. The MAC was established by the UK government in 2007 and MigObs was launched as an ‘impact project’ by the University of Oxford in 2009. The chapter includes critical reflections and personal assessments based on the author’s role as one of five members of the MAC during 2007–2014 and as the first Director of MigObs during 2009–2012. The chapter shows how the institutional design of an impact initiative such as MigObs, or of an expert advisory body such as the MAC, can have important implications for its credibility and political acceptability, and thus long-term impacts on debates and policy-making.