Register for the 6th @who.int Global School on Refugee & Migrant Health 📅 9–11 Dec 2025 | Hybrid | Geneva Leadership in health&migration, with high-level discussions, country case studies & global dialogue on building inclusive, resilient health systems Deadine: 5 Dec who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 📣 📣 CfP The Migration, Refugee & Diaspora programming committee of the 30th Annual World Convention of @asn-org.bsky.social is looking forward to your paper+panel proposals! ➡️New York City🗽 ➡️28-30 May 2026 ➡️Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 Please share! More info: www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...

👉🏽 @aaup.org's new report 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... #academicfreedom

👉🏽 @aaup.org's new report 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 finds that the weaponization of civil rights law has been central to attacks on campus speech over the past two years. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... #academicfreedom

Thank you, NYC! It wasn’t in your power to prevent the last sleazebag from winning in the last election but you made up for it today. Excited for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s clear win! Also because I already assigned a policy memo at SIPA in which my students advise him as the incoming mayor 😁

📣 📣 📣 CfP The Migration, Refugee & Diaspora programming committee of the 30th Annual World Convention of @asn-org.bsky.social is looking forward to your paper+panel proposals! ➡️New York City🗽 ➡️28-30 May 2026 ➡️Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 Please share! More info: www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...

Trumps anti-refugee policy. Shameful and infuriating—albeit not surprising www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trumps anti-refugee policy. Shameful and infuriating—albeit not surprising www.bbc.com/news/article...

In 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑵 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 80 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 @columbiasipa.bsky.social Prof & former UN USG José Antonio Ocampo highlights why the UN must get financial+political support it needs to foster peace, human rights & development 🔗 multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/united-...

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, the United Nations is turning 8️⃣0️⃣ 🎂🎈🇺🇳 What better ways to celebrate a milestone in multialteral cooperation than reading 2 new think-pieces on 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: A short 🧵

PSA: ISA people: remember that 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 is the deadline to register for the 2026 annual convention! @isanet.bsky.social @isanetexdir.bsky.social @enmisa.bsky.social

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 Today, the United Nations is turning 8️⃣0️⃣ 🎂🎈🇺🇳 What better ways to celebrate a milestone in multialteral cooperation than reading 2 new think-pieces on 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: A short 🧵

Joel Camas is a 16 yr-old NYC high-school junior in the Bronx. He loves soccer & pepperoni pizza. Yesterday morning, his lawyer and I accompanied him to an ICE check-in. He has Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — it should have been fine. But it was not.💔 [thread]

Happening this Tuesday! Learn more & register: buff.ly/95exrLj

Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏

BREAKING: The ICJ has begun ruling on Israel’s responsibilities toward aid agencies helping Palestinians in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/3htm6o

🧵A thread inspired by this new @goodauth.bsky.social piece from the Dean of Ceasefire Studies, @pagefortna.bsky.social. Also, I like to admit when I'm wrong. I was wrong to doubt there would be a ceasefire, and I have written that Trump destroyed US diplomacy. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/israel-...

Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Deadline: October 31, 2025 12-month appointments starting in fall 2026, with possible extension of up to 12 additional months More information: www.climate.columbia.edu/postdoctoral...

Everyone interested in Trump’s autocratic overreach to silence universities must read this great explainer of the new “deal” Trump offered to 9 universities. It’s nothing but unlawful extortion. It’s scary—but it’s vital we are all aware of what is happening. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

A highly recommended list of important prompts for academics ! 😉

Everyone interested in Trump’s autocratic overreach to silence universities must read this great explainer of the new “deal” Trump offered to 9 universities. It’s nothing but unlawful extortion. It’s scary—but it’s vital we are all aware of what is happening. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Interesting event: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹) 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📍Online 📅 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 9am ET 👭🏿 🛡️ 👭🏼 🛡️ 👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻 🛡️ 👭🏻 Featuring @catbriddick.bsky.social, Natasha Yacoub & Paula Banerjee www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-xmppekk #refugees #genderandmigration #displacement @asylos.bsky.social

Please join us if you are in Paris and are able. October 2 at 1800, registration below.

He is the antithesis of imposter syndrome. In a room full of heads of states from around the world, he rambled for 1 hour like you might imagine him talking casually at a high school reunion.

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world. Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly. A thread 🧵

This is no doubt the most conceited man in the world. Today, President Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly. A thread 🧵

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🚨 In 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, @columbiasipa.bsky.social Prof José Antonio Ocampo analyzes the outcome doc of the 4th UN Conference on Financing for Development, the 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎

Out today: UN Secretary-General’s report under Workstream 3 of the #UN80 Initiative on restructuring the UN. “Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver”contains suggestions for some agency mergers (UNDP+UNOPS, UN Women+UNFPA), but it’s far from a new UN architecture. 🔗 www.un.org/un80-initiat...

"Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Watch Professor @susanbanki.bsky.social's talk on her fascinating new book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 (Cornell UP, 2024). Banki explains how hubs of Bhutanese Nepali refugee activism interact to pressure the home country. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbX...

"Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Watch Professor @susanbanki.bsky.social's talk on her fascinating new book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 (Cornell UP, 2024). Banki explains how hubs of Bhutanese Nepali refugee activism interact to pressure the home country. @columbiasipa.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbX...

The witch hunt and intimidation of US academia continues—this time on the West Coast: UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move #academicfreedom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A short First Amendment 🧵: First, the professor was fired b/c he urged "revolutionary socialists" to organize: “Without organization, how can anyone expect to overthrow the most bloodthirsty, profit-driven, mad organization in the history of the world — that of the United States?”

The witch hunt and intimidation of US academia continues—this time on the West Coast: UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move #academicfreedom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Join us 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, Sept 5, 12noon ET, for a book talk by Susan Banki on her new book 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 (@Cornell UP, 2024), either in person at @columbiasipa.bsky.social or via zoom. Register here: forms.gle/giGD5NXt2n7H... @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @enmisa.bsky.social

Please share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🔗 www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... #IR

Please share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🔗 www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... #IR

Check out this much needed collection: 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂: 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔? 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, edited by Alfred Babo & Sayed Hassan Akhlaq. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings: -Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove) -Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%) news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

A federal judge blocked Trump admin from enforcing contentious EO ending birthright citizenship after certifying a challenge by the @aclu.org as a class action (the only way to impose such a far-reaching limit after a Supreme Court ruling last month) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Disconcerting article about deportations of academics in the US. Though I am not aware of professors, whose green cards have been revoked. Do you know of any such cases? www.politico.com/news/2025/07... Academicfreedom

A federal judge blocked Trump admin from enforcing contentious EO ending birthright citizenship after certifying a challenge by the @aclu.org as a class action (the only way to impose such a far-reaching limit after a Supreme Court ruling last month) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Check out this much needed collection: 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂: 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔? 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, edited by Alfred Babo & Sayed Hassan Akhlaq. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🆕 We're now on Bluesky! 🦋 Follow us here @epsrjournal.bsky.social for cutting-edge research in political science—engaging with key debates and setting the standard in theory, concepts, and methodology in a #OA journal for all! #PoliticalScience #EPSR #Polisky

Our events included: 🌐 SIPA's inaugural State of the World Conference on the Pact for the Future 🌐 SIPA's annual IO Roundtable Conversations that brought together 180 students & 20+ UN/IO experts Thanks for being part of our community and read the full review here: shorturl.at/0OYcP

Professor @tanyadomi.bsky.social on Budapest Pride and Prime Minister Orbán's attacks on LGBTQ rights: "The organizers estimated 50,000 [protesters] — that just tells you how many people reject Orbán's view of LGBTQ people." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjcW...

Right-wing YouTuber Benny Johnson says that with mass deportations, the Democrats cannot win elections anymore and the Republicans will build a 100-year majority. Well, that only happens if they mass deport US citizens with specific political views. Anyone thinking this might be problematic?

Right-wing YouTuber Benny Johnson says that with mass deportations, the Democrats cannot win elections anymore and the Republicans will build a 100-year majority. Well, that only happens if they mass deport US citizens with specific political views. Anyone thinking this might be problematic?

Check out the Civil Society Action Committee's guide: 📖 Unpacking the Global Compact for Migration: A step-by-step guide for civil society #GCM @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @nickmicinski.bsky.social @srother.bsky.social @enmisa.bsky.social csactioncommittee.org/wp-content/u...