Celebrating 10 years of Conparative Migration Studies - proud to serve as an Associate Editor: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

More unevidenced statements that do immense harm Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

An interesting discussion today at the U. of Glasgow during the viva voce of Keying Li on the transnational identities of youth of Chinese descent in Glasgow and London. Pleased to have served as an external examiner. Lots of learning about #migration, #identity, #diaspora. 🙏🍁💗

Excited to have been invited to give the opening remarks on the role of scientific #diaspora in the #development of #Albania 🇦🇱

We invite you to book conversation. Özge Bilgili and Marta Bivand Erdal will discuss their recently published book "Migrant #Transnationalism: IMISCOE Short Reader" Event will be held on 28 October, 14:00-15:00. Registration and info here: www.prio.org/events/9249 @imiscoe.bsky.social

The latest from The #Identities Podcast! Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart Listen online: open.spotify.com/epi...#Identities @uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

⏰ The UK’s richest are on track to pollute 22x more from travel than the poorest by 2035. Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway. www.ippr.org/articles/fai...

A special moment at the @ersjournal.com board meeting celebrating Prof John Solomos 🙏

I have just been awarded a READ Fellowship by the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), Institute of International Education (IIE) for my collaboration with Dr Eda Gemi “The Albanian Diaspora on the Move? Second Generation Return and Onward Mobilities”. #migration

Join us on the 12th of May for our 2025 knowledge exchange event 'Care for Refugees in Local Settings'. We focus on what care means and looks like in the everyday and what impact is has on asylum seekers' and refugees' lives. www.eventbrite.com/e/care-for-r...

Our latest: a field reflection on how knowledge exchange in the field of migration takes place and how universities engages with it. Thank you to the Journal of Refugee Studies giving this reflection a home. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

Facing a global downturn & potential economic slump any rumoured “reset” of Labour’s economic strategy must recognise that this is no time to be cutting the benefits to disabled people & the poorest when they will be the hardest hit in any recession. Halt the planned austerity measures.

🎉Publication day for 'Anywhere But Here'! Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world. Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher. Order here Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu

I don’t know if it’s me being new to BlueSky, after deliberately quitting X, but my feed is fool of crazy stuff. The world we live in - if this is even remotely representative - is darker and scarier by the minute… 👇🏼 www.thenational.scot/news/2505229...

Starmer gets “angry”, and wants us to “blame the asylum seekers” for Labour’s brutal hammering of the poor, the old, the sick, the disabled, and now even the targeting of disadvantaged children by removing free school meals and sanitary products. “I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

Check out this recent article in @bjpols.bsky.social: “Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes?” by @akoustov.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #polisky

Check out the in-depth convo between @silkys13.bsky.social, author of #UnbuildWalls w/ @amnaakbar.bsky.social. In @publicbooks.bsky.social, Silky reflects on how we got to the current moment while outlining some of the key lessons presented in “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition.”

Ukraine's top aid donor, the U.S., has given $37B+ in humanitarian support for 3 years since Russia invaded. Felon Trump halted that aid, including assistance to war veterans & refugees. Push back on heartless monster Trump!

The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes

Six months on from the UK’s racist riots, MEX is supporting efforts to strengthen the sector’s resilience and security. Join two upcoming workshops on: 📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM 📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg

Excited to announce that I was selected as a member of the jury of the Maria Baganha Prize - awarded annually by #IMISCOE to the best PhD thesis in #migration studies internationally.

Passionate about #publicsociology? We’re looking for new editors to join our fantastic magazine editorial and production team @sociologicalreview.bsky.social as they launch an exciting new format in 2025!

Hello new followers! I waste a lot of time on here, but when I'm not doing that I sometimes write books. My new one is called Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists (out in January, orderable now), and it has all you need to prevent ... oh no cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...

Welcoming myself into BlueSky. Out of the dark, into the light. 🙌