Academic friends: I’m teaching a course on Ethnography this fall. I was on sabbatical last year, so I haven’t taught it in 2 years. Do you have any recommendations for recent book length ethnographies I should include? Many thanks in advance.

🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)

if you're coming to the AAG In Detroit, drop by and say hi at the zine fair !! we will have so many wonderful zines for you to take home and read and share with friends :)

Friends and colleagues heading to Detroit for @geographers.bsky.social annual meeting next week, come find us on Friday morning for a double-session on 'left behind' places and mobilities!

6 semaines. On en est là.

Migrants in Germany are overrepresented in vital job sectors including food production, construction, care work and others. #Destatis via @zdfde.bsky.social #Migration. The German economy would collapse in many sectors without migration. Some political parties struggle to accept that reality.

Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.

The comeback of the Left in Germany is sensational. Almost written off ahead of elections, they won 6 districts and almost 9% of votes + are biggest party in Berlin and among young voters. Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living

The German Christian Democratic Party's "5-Point Plan" on migration and border control was passed by 348 to 345 votes a few minutes ago. For the first time since the end of the Nazi regime, a proposal has been passed with the support of a right-wing party's votes. A dark day for Germany.

Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average). But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.

Heute geht es um die Abstimmung zur Verschärfung der Gesetze zur Migration. Im Diskurs der letzten Tage werden die Themen Migration und innere Sicherheit eng verknüpft. Der Zusammenhang zw. Migration und Kriminalität ist Gegenstand aktueller Forschung, die aber zu anderen Schlüssen kommt. (1/2)

Join us for the first edition of the @aissr.bsky.social Social Science Cinema at the University of Amsterdam on February 27th! We invited filmmaker Lucy Kaye and lead researchers from the Northern Exposure project to chat with us about Lucy's documentary "From Where We Stand"

SOGI Asylum in France and Denaturalizing the Category of LGBT+ Refugees Public lecture by Florent Chossière at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Migration, 3 March at 15h30. All are welcome, please register in advance. Organized by Jingjie Dai. arc-m.uva.nl/content/even...

In June 2023, I sat together with a group of urban studies colleagues to discuss cities as spaces of hope. Some of our presentations now appeared in a special issue with Transatlantica! You can find my contribution here: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti...

Are you a researcher or practitioner and working on international migration, cities or both? Then we hope to see you at our final conference this year! Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives: Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries Istanbul, September 24-26! Visit our website for the full CfP: shorturl.at/r5uC0

Pre-holidays publication alert! 🥳 Very grateful and also a little bit proud of having contributed to this special issue on urban in/formalities alongside so many colleagues whose work I admire! My article explores arrival infrastructures and places affected by urban decline /1

How millions of US children would be hurt by Trump’s #massdeportation plan: ‘Deep harm is intentional’ | #USimmigration | @theguardian.com Good to speak with Robin Buller for this excellent piece on the human impact of Trump's plan on millions of children www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Being on the academic job market can be tough, so we are extra excited to announce our 'Applying for Jobs in Academia' Workshop in which colleagues across academic career stages share their insights. Sign up and join us on November 29th! See below for more info on guest speakers and registration. ⬇️

Ivre, il se dit qu'avec la relance Bluesky, il devrait se lancer dans une nouvelle série : "Un jour, une image de roman photo"...

Un jour, une ZUP, une carte postale : Palmer (Cenon)

Launched today, this British Academy's pilot project maps changes in provision of UK undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. 'Cold spots in SHAPE subject access matter. These subjects play a vital and vibrant role in university life, developing critical thinking'. 1/3 #UKHE

It has been a real pleasure to work with Francesco and Sabina on this special issue. The introduction is now up. I will share details of the SI when it goes live: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📢The ERC CAREER project is organizing a workshop on “Skills and Careers in Changing Labour Markets” in Amsterdam on 26-27 May 2025! 👉With keynotes from Siwei Cheng and Heike Solga Interested? Chech our call for papers and apply! careerproject.eu/CAREER_works...

Het tijdschrift Migration Studies heeft een fascinerende collectie wetenschappelijke artikelen waarin wordt nagedacht over of en hoe het concept "integratie" nuttig kan zijn in politiek en wetenschap: www.springeropen.com/collections/...

📢 CfP: Regional Futures: The politics of digitalisation-as-urbanisation, 1-2 September 2025 @UCLgeography Part of my ERC Advanced Grant. Confirmed Keynotes: - Rob Kitchin - Nancy Odendaal - Ursula Rao - Pontus Westerberg Abstract deadline 31 January 2025. www.regionalfutures.org/all-events-1...

Last day to submit your abstract for our paper session on international migration in 'left behind' places at the annual meeting of @geographers.bsky.social in Detroit next year!

🔈[Publication alert] So pleased to share a new article on refugee arrival in cities affected by urban decline published in the revue REMi - Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales). Would you like to read it? This way then! journals.openedition.org/remi/25537

Das Zentrum für Konfliktforschung startet die Stadtgespräche mit d Stadt Marburg. @teraqerat.bsky.social und ich haben ExpertInnen zum Erstarken rechtsextremer Kräfte eingeladen. Robert Nestler, Eleonora Roldán Mendívil, Newroz Duman, Sina Arnold, @onachtwey.bsky.social, Bernd Belina & Reiner Becker

This is going to be so good: A special issue of @ahahistorians.bsky.social's AHR for which historians are invited to reflect on their mistakes and missteps. Can you imagine this in a major sociology journal? Hats off to AHR/AHA, can't wait for this issue to come out!

"Endlich im großen Stil abschieben" - die Bundesregierung plant die fünfte Änderung des Abschieberechts seit 2015. Die bisherigen Reformen schränkten die Rechte der Asylsuchenden immer mehr ein, führten gleichzeitig aber nicht zur mehr Abschiebungen. mediendienst-integration.de/artikel/im-g...

“Family” is the main reason why migrants are permitted to move to European countries. But who decides what a ‘proper’ family is? Roundtable with Anne-Marie D'Aoust, Bridget Anderson, Apostolos Andrikopoulos and me. All welcome! 10 November, 14h, Spui25 in Amsterdam. spui25.nl/programma/st...