This is a fantastic project led brilliantly by @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social with some really exciting contributions. A real treat for anyone interested in #migration

Just dropped! Episode two of Between Borders podcast where we explore what reproductive justice means in the context of precarious migration. With @mariammalik.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and Julia Fernandez Molina podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

#mustlisten #podcast on #migration and reproductive justice in a hostile environment with @pipmck.bsky.social, host: @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/33G3...

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re spotlighting Rachel Benchekroun whose work looks at food insecurity, family life, and collaboration with communities. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/60666-rachel... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

This week in our Meet the Researcher series get to know Jonathan Galton, a lecturer on our BSc Sociology and Social Science courses. Jonathan Galton | About | University College London tinyurl.com/6v9j56vx @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

All our #Coastal #youth projects involve #co-production + participatory methods. This new article (led by @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social) describes how we put this into practice in one recent project, the challenges that we faced + the insights we gained 👇 journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/...

Out now! The role of reflexive and relational spaces in exploring the contradictions and challenges in co-producing research - co-written with Pippa Curtin, Avril Keating, @clairelcameron.bsky.social, Molly Ward. @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social doi.org/10.14324/RFA...

Latest post from us: What does the immigration white paper say about workers and students? | Sonia Lenegan

It will never be enough.

It’s disheartening and disappointing to see a Labour government echo anti-immigration rhetoric and scaremongering. Making it harder for people to come and stay in the UK ignores the vital role migrants play in our society - including keeping our care systems running, often underpaid & overworked.

During her ethnographic research in London, UK, @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social analysed Everyday Resistance and Solidarity Practices between precariously positioned mothers. Want to read more? Check the article on digest.ugent.be (link in bio) 📌

New from Free Movement: Refugee family reunion: a user’s guide | Colin Yeo freemovement.org.uk/refugee-fami...

Great to be at the BSA annual conference last week - so many thought-provoking presentations! Really enjoyed sharing work with Hannah Grondelaers on friendship in precarious spaces, and with Giorgia Previdoli on community food support. @bsaecf.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

If you are interested in the impact of the hostile environment, high in-country immigration application fees and the sheer complexity of the system, this open access book on Precarious Motherhood by @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social is a must-read. uclpress.co.uk/book/precari...

What a brilliant day of inspiring and moving presentations! Big thanks to all 12 international researchers who took part in our panel on Motherhood on the Move, and to Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @uclpress.bsky.social @esthersharma.bsky.social

Excited to be co-convening panel with Andrea Verdasco on Motherhood on the Move at ASA annual conference on this beautiful spring day in Birmingham! Looking forward to a day of fantastic presentations! @sriucl.bsky.social @uclpress.bsky.social @esthersharma.bsky.social

What a brilliant workshop this has been! So many inspiring researchers and projects on friendship, so many exciting ideas to reflect on! Truly happy to have been a part of it, sharing some findings that Hannah Grondelaers and I have been working on! Thank you to all at #CRFR University of Edinburgh!

Here with @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and @rachelhumphris.bsky.social we reflect on #mothering in a hostile political and policy environment journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Congratulations to Rachel Benchekroun! Her #OpenAccess book Precarious Motherhood published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/4jPw8DR #Motherhood #Immigration

Join us for the book launch of Rachel Benchekroun’s Precarious Motherhood – Navigating relationships and support post-migration in the UK (25 March) tinyurl.com/2e9vxmuj @uclpress.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social

In this special issue, SRI's @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social writes about mothers' experiences of legal and financial precarity post-migration. Check it out below! ⬇️

Check out DiGeSt's new Special Issue on critical solidarity practices! 'Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes', guest edited by Sarah Murru, Robin Vandevoordt, Naïké Garny & A. Tancrede Pages Open Access: digest.ugent.be

🔴The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...

🔈On 8 December 2024, millions of Syrians were greeted by the news of the Fall of the Assad Regime. The speed of this transition has taken many people by surprise with many asking questions about what happens next, and what does this mean for Syrians in the UK?

Hard-hitting stuff here from @bbcdomc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alongside 120 orgs, we’ve launched a set of eight tests that the government’s child poverty strategy must meet if it is to deliver on ending child poverty in this country. It includes scrapping the cruel policy that is No Recourse to Public Funds. Read more 👇 endchildpoverty.org.uk/8_tests/

Very excited to be sharing an article in this special issue! Big thanks to the guest editors!

“It is possible the change we imagine embodies a cruel optimism, in which participants are given hope for a future that is difficult to achieve.” Maddy Power and @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social (University of York) on the ethics of hope in participatory research. #OpenAccess buff.ly/4eFJCxV

"We sat down with Cecilia Menjívar, the Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Professor at UCLA, to learn more about the tools and tactics used by aspiring and actual #autocratic leaders." phys.org/news/2024-09... #dictatorship #authoritarians #sociology