Ben Gidley is a Senior Researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy & Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford.

His work has included ethnographic and policy-focused research on contemporary urban multiculture, and historical research on Jewish migrants in East London.  His research interests include the impact of new forms of diversity on local contexts in the UK; both new and old forms of intolerance and conviviality; and the politics of migrant citizenship and belonging, both today and historically.