Independent Social Research Foundation

Talking About Race - Episode 7: Are Summer Riots the “New Normal”? Podcast Episode · ROTA Podcast: Talking About Race · 05/09/2025 · 58m

‘Are Summer Riots the ‘new normal’?’ hosted by ‘Talking About Race’

Anthony Ince joined Kulvinder Nagre and Maya Goodfellow for a conversation on the ongoing anti-migrant protests in the UK.

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The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade Dr Jake Richards book release event, "The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade"

‘The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade’ by Jake Subryan Richards

Following the journeys of people who were “liberated” through the seizure of slave ships, this book examines their ongoing fight for freedom in the face of empire.

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‘Beekeeping at the end of times’ by Larisa Jašarević & Azra Jašarević

Connecting Sufi lessons, Islamic wisdoms and apocalyptic lore to the current ecological crisis, this film offers ways of thinking and organising against “the end of times".

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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...

‘Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people’s personal data with Europol’ by Ludek Stavinoha, Apostolis Fotiadis & Lola Hierro

A major investigation into the role of Frontex and Europol in the criminalisation of migrants and solidarity activists.

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‘Positioning Zimbabwe in the climate change mitigation-adaptation discourse: exploring benefits, barriers and risks’ by Nelson Chanza & Eric Kushinga Makombe

This article centres the experiences of Zimbabwe within the debates of climate-resilient development.

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Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK

Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK

Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson reveal how bureaucratic exclusion produces long-term destitution - and raises urgent questions about social justice.

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Early Career Fellowships Award Announcement

Early Career Fellowships Award Announcement

The ISRF has announced funding for five researchers to spend a year away from teaching and administration responsibilities. Read about the Fellows and their projects at isrf.org/blog/early-c...

Join us on 9th December at @ucl.ac.uk, or watch online - registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isrf-book-...

This book launch event is co-hosted with the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation @sprc-ucl.bsky.social.

Lars will be joined by Gargi Bhattacharyya, Director of @sprc-ucl.bsky.social at @ucl-ias.bsky.social; Siddhant Issar, Asst Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville; & @melaynakay.bsky.social, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Law, London. @cnewf.bsky.social hosts.

Neoliberalism and Race | Stanford University Press Lars Cornelissen argues that the category of race constitutes an organizing principle of neoliberal ideology. Using the methods of intellectual history and drawing on insights from critical race studi...

...#Fascist #RaceTheory, the #BritishColonialOffice, and the transnational #Eugenics movement, each of which markedly impacted neoliberalism’s trajectory.

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'Neoliberalism and Race' (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) uses historical methods to reconstruct #Neoliberal ideas of #Race and position them within the broader field of racist #Ideology. Using archival sources, @lcornelissen.bsky.social identifies relationships between the neoliberal tradition and...

Neoliberalism and Race | 9th December 2025 An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lars Cornelissen, author of 'Neoliberalism and Race', co-hosted with the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

Book Launch: 'Neoliberalism and Race', by @lcornelissen.bsky.social

Tuesday 9th December 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person & online.

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ISRF Book Launch: 'Threads of Labour' An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lisa Taylor, author of 'Threads of Labour'.

Join us on 20th November at a TBC venue in Leeds, or watch online - registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isrf-book-...

Lisa will be joined by Mike Makin-Waite, Independent Scholar & author of 'On Burnley Road' (2021); and Tim Strangleman, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent & author of 'Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery' (2019). Hosted by @lcornelissen.bsky.social.

Manchester University Press - Threads of labour Threads of labour - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Threads of labour by Lisa Taylor

...company's archives, the book mines the history of #FirthsCarpetsLimited, a firm that carpeted interiors across the globe from the mid-1800s.

Buy a copy of the book at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526166418/

Charting a collaborative art-based project using carpet-making skills and the #IndustrialHeritage of the region, 'Threads of Labour' (@manchesterup.bsky.social) investigates how a cleaved ex-industrial community used #arts methodologies as a cohesion strategy. Drawing on images from the...

Threads of Labour | 20th November 2025 An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lisa Taylor, author of 'Threads of Labour: Tapestry of an Ex-Industrial Community'.

Book Launch: 'Threads of Labour: Tapestry of an Ex-Industrial Community', by @lisajt67.bsky.social

Thursday 20th November 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person (Leeds Venue TBC) & online.

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ISRF Independent Scholar Fellowship (ISF11)

Independent Scholar Fellowship competition (ISF11)

Apply Now! Our 11th Independent Scholar competition aims to support #IndependentScholars to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems.

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Toward Much Less Boring Economics

October 2025 ISRF Director’s Note: Toward Much Less Boring Economics

Connecting the UK's anti immigration protests to voter dissatisfaction with their living conditions, @cnewf.bsky.social argues for a much needed shift in the economics discourse.

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ISRF Newsletter – October 2025 This month's newsletter features a Director's Note examining the stagnant political discourse on economics in the UK. Also included: upcoming ISRF events, Fellows news and our latest blog posts.

ISRF Newsletter – October 2025

This month's newsletter features a Director's Note from @cnewf.bsky.social examining the stagnant political discourse on economics in the UK. Also included: upcoming ISRF events, Fellows news and our latest blog posts.

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Opinion: Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute Writing in The Conversation, Professor Rachel Rosen and Dr Eve Dickson (both UCL Social Research Institute) outline the findings of their study into the UK’s “no recourse to public funds” immigration

Drawing on six years of research, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson explore the impact of the migration condition, “no recourse to public funds", on marginalised families. @sriucl.bsky.social

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🌴 Call for Contributions 🌴

Repair, Resistance, Reworlding:
Coloniality and the European Union’s Relations with the Global Souths

With Rahel W. Sebhatu, we’re trying to pitch to the JCMS Autumn 2027 Special Issue Open Competition.

Deadline: 15 Oct. 2025

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Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs? There is growing concern that provisions in international investment treaties are being used to delay the critically needed transition away from fossil fuels. Although various procedural and substant...

New paper with Kyla Tienhaara & Harro van Asselt in Global Policy exploring whether climate clubs might be able to resist ISDS measures being used to slow the energy transition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social

Congratulations Alex & Ruth - excellent news!

If you're interested in the crossing points between crip theory, anti-eugenics, environment, global health and global ethics, check out @octoqueenphd.bsky.social 's new podcast #UnwellToBeginWith. It was a blast to be the first guest, & a fantastic episode with @stressedbranch.bsky.social is now up

On the Responsibility of Citizens - Boston Review Ordinary resistance and ordinary responsibility falls on all of us, whatever our jobs, positions, or roles in society.

I've written a piece for the 50th Anniversary edition of @bostonreview.bsky.social. It's about the courageous people who have been standing up to condemn the genocide in Gaza, and about the morally corrupted politicians who have tried to silence those protests.

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A belated congratulations to you both - well deserved!

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This story w/ @lolahierro.bsky.social & @balkanizator.bsky.social builds on our investigation into large-scale - and unlawful - transfers of personal data between Frontex and Europol, drawing thousands of people into criminal databases:

So looking forward to chatting with @tricksterprince.bsky.social in October about his wonderful new book, which (among so many other things) reminds us that it is difference and diversity that builds a community.