The German Research Foundation, possibly the most important funding body for academic research in Germany, is now not only allowing the use of AI to write applications, they‘ll also allow it to evaluate said applications. Only prerequisite is that one makes this transparent. It‘s a farce.

Dealing w/ academic precarity as an ECR? 👉🏽Mark your calendar for our upcoming online event! 🗓️ 22.01.2026 18:00-19:30 CET, Zoom 🔗 Description & registration: buff.ly/MWB1GbQ @marionfoster.bsky.social @mcianforlini.bsky.social @europeanisa.bsky.social

Next Tuesday (13 Jan, 17-18.30 London time) Mona Damulji (UCSB) will present on "The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil in Iran and Iraq" to our virtual seminar series. For details and to register go to: www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... The remainder of the presentations are scheduled as below.

Seriously if you’re European and you didn’t have the same robust defence of freedom of speech when Germany banned the entry of Ghassan Abu-Sittah because he was going to talk about Israel’s genocidal violence, then kindly sit this one out and reflect on your racially motivated selective outrage.

What a line-up! An @antipodeonline.bsky.social first: a "longread" of 68 pages! Expect a splendid New Year's gift, when the issue goes to print early Jan! @udadisi.bsky.social @samar42.bsky.social @demonicgrounds.bsky.social #geosky @darajapress.bsky.social

Étude de @sciensano.be 🇧🇪 : Un décès sur cinq en Belgique est lié à la précarité . www.sciensano.be/fr/coin-pres...

Im EU-Parlament wurde mit rechter Mehrheit eine Verschärfung des Asylrechts beschlossen. Zukünftig können Asylsuchende in Drittstaaten abgeschoben werden, zu denen sie keine Verbindung haben, um dort den Asylprozess zu durchlaufen. Wie wurde abgestimmt?👇 tinyurl.com/4bx2mux5

This was long in the making. The new deportation rules will profoundly alter the CEAS & further undermine the right to asylum, reify a logic that treats humans as cargo,& bring about a new era of migration diplomacy, where non-EU countries cannot reject deportations of their citizens any longer.

In-between PhD and Postdoc? This may be for you👉🏽 The #PostdoctroalBridgeGrant is one of the ways @europeanisa.bsky.social supports its early career membership. Apply by 19 March 2026💥All info below⤵️

„Ich habe nur eine einzige respektvolle Bitte: Töten Sie mich und meine Familie nicht auf diese schreckliche Weise. Rufen Sie mich und meine Familie in die angesehene 🇩🇪 Botschaft in Islamabad und beenden Sie mein Leben in einer Grube mit ein paar Kugeln, das ist alles.“ www.fr.de/politik/dobr...

The @ec.europa.eu has gone berserk. It wants to open the EU water framework directive to allow mining corporations to pollute water and increase costs for all, the interests of the few before that of all of us Out of control Folks - please repost, inform, resist @epsu.bsky.social @politico.eu

Findings #EUOmbudsman on 3 complaints concerning corporate sustainability due diligence (Omnibus I), the Common Agricultural Policy, and countering migrant smuggling. EU Better Regulation is to 'ensure law-making is evidence-based, transparent, and inclusive'. Not #De-regulation shorturl.at/Ojwjc

the moment when you can fangirl your friends 😎🥰 way to go @johannatunn.bsky.social 🔥

In October 2024 the EU announced it would provide €30 million from its aid budget to Senegal. Ultimately, the plans can be seen as contributing to a new era of carceral EU migration “management” in West Africa. Read more in the latest article by Leonie Jegen: buff.ly/ImferiV

Es geht los: Seit gestern fliegt #Frontex mit dem Flugzeug #Eagle8 im Atlantik, um Migrantenboote zu entdecken die von Küsten in #Westafrika starten: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=43ed4b Dass dort auch Drohnen der Agentur fliegen sollen, bestätigt sich bislang aber nicht.

📣 Mark your calendars for our next online event with ecdeisa.bsky.social ... Solidarity Across Uneven Terrains: Practising Care and Resistance within Neoliberal Academia 🗓️ 19 November, 16:15 – 17:45 CET (Zoom) 🔗 Register here ASAP to secure your spot: buff.ly/lzLPo33

Looking forward to co-chairing this discussion w/ @francakappes.bsky.social and above all to the important contributions of Aslı Vatansever, Jan Orbie, Agnieszka Marta Fal-Dutra Santos, Anahita Arian. Register here: eisa-net.org/online-event...

no surprises here: a Berlin court has confirmed that the "political activity ban" on Ghassan Abu-Sittah 1,5years ago was against the law – I remember being on a train to Berlin when those news broke; infuriating like almost every encounter with the city in the last two years

Please consider signing this in support of Farhana Sultana!

Cc @ec.europa.eu 👇

📢 Migreurop exprime sa solidarité totale avec le FTDES, membre historique du réseau, dont les activités viennent d’être arbitrairement suspendues par les autorités tunisiennes. ⚠️Cette décision s’inscrit dans une offensive plus large contre les libertés associatives en #Tunisie.

Die größte Gefahr für alle sich als Töchter identifizierenden Menschen sind mächtige Männer. In DTL sind dies vor allem mächtige *weiße* Männer – solche, die uns an Arbeitsplätzen und in universitären Kontexten belästigen, ihre Partner*innen misshandeln und immer wieder ungestraft davonkommen

Refugees in Niger have been protesting against their neglect by the Nigerien government and the UNHCR, demanding their rights and dignity be respected. Their leaders have been arrested and deported. Read and share their call published @migcontrol.bsky.social: migration-control.info/en/blog/refi...

Unser Freund Yerro darf nicht abgeschoben werden. Hilf uns dagegen zu kämpfen! Yerro war im Heiratsprozess als er inhaftiert wurde und ihm nun die Abschiebung droht. Nun wurde er seiner Verlobten entrissen und sitzt seit Dienstag in Abschiebehaft. Zeichnet die Petition! chng.it/gVMxRb2Qcb

I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

looking forward to this discussion⤵️

🌍 1,555 voices for IOB — but we need more! Every day counts: sign the petition and share it widely so our message to policymakers grows stronger. 💙 👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm #SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity

Do you work on policy implementation in the Global South? The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in public policy in the Global South. #AcademicSky werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

One of Belgium's top research institutes producing cutting edge and highly relevant critical knowledge. #saveIOB

Notice, #earlymodern #skystorians, the logo at the middle of the photo? The VOC (Dutch East India Company). All the more reason to reckon with the legacies of these companies and how they integrate (or don't) with shifting ideas of globalisation, integration, capitalism, and national identity.

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

Wenn @kaiwegner.bsky.social ("am liebsten eigenhändig!") einen Zaun baut, verschwindet Drogenabhängigkeit - it's magic ✨

The 9th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨 It covers: • The extensive operations across Africa; • Plans to use development aid as leverage for deportations; • Budget proposals with more external control and less democratic scrutiny; And much more. Read here: buff.ly/K5esfCb

Sometimes, there is a tragic comedy in the way policy work frames the need for #detention in externalized migration containment. This quote is from an IOM report, only serving as one of countess illustrations. Of course, "migrants" hide because they do not want to be "supported"...

Jörg Steinbach holte als Minister Tesla nach Brandenburg. Jetzt will er für eine Kanzlei des Konzerns arbeiten. Die Landesregierung winkt das durch – zunächst. Es gibt strenge Regeln für Jobwechsel aus der Politik. Weil unklar ist, ob die beachtet wurden, klagen wir. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Falls ihr einen guten Draht zu Politiker*innen demokratischer Parteien in D habt, fragt sie, wie viel Lithium für die Automobilindustrie in D die Freiheit und Leben der Menschen in #Serbien wert sind? Wie lange sie das brutale Vorgehen dieses autokratischen Regimes noch ignorieren möchten? Danke.

Jetzt beginnt gegen #Prozess gegen Bartek, einen humanitären Helfer an der polnisch-belarussischen Grenze. Er wird angeklagt, weil er die Grenzbeamten bedrängt habe, einen Asylantrag seines somalischen Klienten anzunehmen. Dieser wurde illegal zurückgepusht und Bartek wird vor Gericht gestellt. 1/5

Musk, who migrated to the US, is free to leave at any time, to help address the "threat" of "migration".

🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration 🧵👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...

I look forward to facilitating this conversation on teaching & course design strategies at the upcoming #EISAPEC25 alongside @marionfoster.bsky.social for @ecdeisa.bsky.social If you are around, join us in person for insights by @anahitaarian.bsky.social and #NavnitaCBehera & following exchanges!

Hier könnt ihr eine Petition für Hamza A. unterschreiben: innn.it/hamza-a-hung...

91. Wir unterschätzen (verdrängen?) immer noch massiv, wie tief das gesamte Projekt der Aufklärung und der Moderne Teil imperialen Denkens und kolonialistisch-extraktivistischen Ökonomien (gewesen) ist.

The rise in border identity checks and summer crackdowns in France and Belgium are exacerbating access barriers to basic services and rights for undocumented migrants. In 2024, MMC interviewed 1,002 undocumented migrants in #France and #Belgium finding that: ⬇️🧵

Everyone please tell @bsky.app to stop deleting Palestinian accounts in the middle of a genocide and level 5 famine thank you for your help

For everyone struggling with writing. Watch this!!

PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE STARVING TO DEATH. We’ve known this is where this was headed for over a year and a half. Shame on us all.

I was yesterday days old when I discovered this short statement entitled "Murderous Humanitarianism" from the Paris Surrealist Group dating back to 1932. Worth a read in these times: criticallegalthinking.com/2010/11/24/m...

A leaked EU Commission doc confirms #Israel has violated the #HumanRights clause of the EU–Israel Agreement. @kajakallas.bsky.social & EU foreign ministers are meeting now. Tell the EU: suspend the Agreement until Israel complies with international law. ✍️ act.greens-efa.eu/suspend-eu-i... #Gaza