Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research is in Cultural Studies, with a particular interest in theories and representations of migration, mobility, urban spaces, displacement, ethnicity and gender. She writes mainly on photography, film and music in these contexts and relies on an interdisciplinary approach that includes fieldwork. She is the Principal Editor of Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture and on the editorial board of the Hispanic Research Journal. Parvati Nair has published and spoken in the media, in particular in the Guardian and on BBC Radio 4.