Aoileann Ní Mhurchú is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester. Her main research interests lie at the intersection of international migration, critical citizenship studies and contemporary philosophical thought. Her current research project explores intergenerational migrant experiences, aesthetics and political voice. Her recent publications include Ambiguous Citizenship in an Age of Global Migration (Edinburgh University Press 2014); Critical Imaginations in International Relations (Routledge 2016, co-edited with Reiko Shindo); ‘Ambiguous Subjectivity, Irregular Citizenship: From Inside/Outside to Being-Caught-In-Between’ in International Political Sociology; and ‘Unfamiliar Acts of Citizenship: Enacting Citizenship in Vernacular Music and Language from the Space of Marginalised Intergenerational Migration’ in Citizenship Studies.