A research review commissioned as part of the the Connected Communities programme that set out to test claims about new migration having a major impact on settled residents through a review of the evidence base relating to local experiences of new migration. Two key priorities for future research emerge from this review. First, the development of conceptual models of causation relating to the pathways through which place informs and is impacted on by migration. Second, greater understanding of how to actively promote cosmopolitan practices in the context of new migration and analysis of good practice in bridge building between new and long-standing residents.