📣 "Manifestations of (Mis)Recognition Amongst Germany-based Refugee Women from #Ukraine" by Jonna Rock (DeZIM) & @robsharp.bsky.social. The article focuses on 10 case studies drawn from 50 interviews with Ukrainian women based in Berlin & Frankfurt/Oder over the last 2 years. @springernature.com

This article discusses solidarity fatigue, a sense of psychological or physical exhaustion experienced by those expressing solidarity, encompassing emotional, legal, and sociocultural dimensions. Read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @robsharp.bsky.social

Justin Webb on Today on migration — airlifted from the 19th century?

Two people I know have had their phones snatched in Hackney in the past week. I had good advice to stand by a lamppost if you need to check. Better still just don’t get your phone out at all.

Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“‘Our vision is that, over time, A.I. would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,’ Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said in an interview.” 🫠

Authors of Care Manifesto on ‘Care Stripping’ www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

I think - I may have misunderstood the system! - that media studies qualifies as being in the lowest of the "price groups" which receive additional funding for being high cost. But at that level the additional funding is so small - not much over £100 per student - that any saving here is tiny.

Education secretary targeting expensive subjects including “journalism and media studies” www.ft.com/content/ec74...

There’s always salami left in the salami stand:

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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?

Hey, academics! Have you signed a book contract lately? You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet. Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Came across Mind Field — a group of therapists, many with backgrounds as conflict journalists and aid workers. They offer therapy and support for people still working in war and crisis zones. Could be a useful resource for those working with conflict-affected communities themindfield.world/about-us

The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪 BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

📢 Call for Sessions is now open for the ETMU Conference 2025! 🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November 🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers 🔗 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/134301/lomake.html #ETMU2025 #BreakingDigitalBarriers @helsinki.fi

Quick note - the festival guide says free which is true, but it is also ticketed.. And places are limited…

Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.

Thank you to Joshua McLaughlin, Georgia Walters, Sophie Martin and Rhys Baker for talking to our Media undergraduate students about your work at the BBC, Espresso Media International, University of Sussex Digital Media Creators scheme and Tru Thoughts Records (and much more) 🚀

Crows, robins, wrens making way for first bees emerging after winter hibernation in the magnolia opposite, already dropping its petals. Couple of weeks ahead of other trees outside London. I wondered what the buzzing was.

“The OfS has not investigated the circumstances that led to Professor Stock’s resignation; it does not have the powers to do this. It insists it was ‘impartial and view-point-neutral', but it has not talked to anyone apart from Professor Stock.” Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇

As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.

Orbán territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Great article by @moesz.bsky.social. Useful to unpack how “voice” is not enough without a decolonial lens. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dream big m.youtube.com/watch?v=RESa...

Thinking of Ukrainian colleagues and friends.

Submit to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill here: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/zMLfCWqjZF...

Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social will deliver a keynote titled: "Resisting Technocolonialism: Reimagining ‘Technologies for Social Justice’ through Participatory Action Research." for the DMM + ICC ECREA Conference in Tallinn. Submit your proposal at: www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/dmmiic

Great news about the upcoming DMM & ICC ECREA Conference! 🎉 We have extended the submission deadline to February 14th. Submit your abstract and/or workshop/panel proposal via the following link:

One week left to submit your abstract, panel or workshop idea on creative methods and approaches to the study of migration, media and intercultural dialogue. Check our website for more info www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/dmmiic @ecreadmm.bsky.social

⏳Still only one week to submit your abstract, panel or workshop for the #ECREA DMM-IIC conference 'Beyond Borders: Creative Methods and Reflexive Approaches to Migration, Media, and Intercultural Dialogue' in Tallinn, Estonia, from 16-18 September 2025! 👉All info here: www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/dmmiic

Was going to keep it and not post but just deactivated my X account. 5.2K followers; 18 years. He just did a Nazi salute, twice. I’m done.

And now David Lynch 😞

This is sad; David Lodge has passed away. amp.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

📣 Job Alert! Fixed-term Lecturer in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies (specialism social media and/or platform studies) at our brilliant department @mediacomgold.bsky.social Closing date: January 5th jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

CfP: Thinking with Wendy Brown, Uni of Brighton, March-April 2025. With keynotes Wendy Brown, Paul Gilroy, Robyn Marasco, Debaditya Bhattacharya, and Eva von Redecker. Deadline for abstracts: 15 December!

Final day of term. Well done everyone—for those finishing, or about to—for getting through it.

💡 CALL FOR PAPERS 💡 We’re excited to announce the ECREA Diaspora, Migration and the Media - International and Intercultural Communication Sections Conference, Tallinn University in Estonia, from September 16 to 18, 2025. See further details via the link below: www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/dmmiic

The OfS looks to be so overwhelmed with being charged by government to deal with short-term financial solutions for the sector that its core functions are shutting down. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-pau...

Good to see @ecreadmm.bsky.social now on @bsky.app 🦋 along with @claudiaminchilli.bsky.social @silviamaresia.bsky.social

My last article on emotional geographies at the border of Ceuta and Melilla. I explore how film-viewing can reveal intimate experiences and civic emotions of activists in the context of pro-migrant mobilization #Borders #Emotions #Ceuta #Melilla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Shadowy globalists conspired to secretly bring migrants here, is it

This Friday!

So we’re in a position now where apparently the current Labour government’s stance on including students in immigration data is further to the right than many of the Tories quoted here in 2017 criticising Theresa May amp.theguardian.com/education/20...

Part of what we do is create platform where other researchers can meet and disucss their ongoing work. We meet near the Belarusian border and the seminars are open to everyone, presenters on site and audience online. Please submit abstracts and inquiries via the link: forms.gle/doRjtPv2a2LK...

Some nice pics from our brief Photojournalism session on a snowy Thurs with the BA Media and Journalism—thanks Sinai Noor (posted with permission)