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S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK Podcast Episode · Who do we think we are? · S4 E5 · 35m

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S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK

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Reimagining, Repositioning, Rebordering: Intersections of the Biopolitical and Geopolitical in the UK's Post-Brexit Migration Regime (and Why It Matters for Migration Research) - Michaela Benson, Nand... This article examines the emergence of a new immigration regime in the United Kingdom, following its exit from the European Union, to uncover the entanglements ...

And ask how MAGA rhetoric and policy is making waves beyond the USA itself - including in the UK through our reflections on our work on migration and the making of Global Britain 3/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We draw from our conversations with @rachelhumphris.bsky.social @drernestocast.bsky.social @cecimenjivar.bsky.social @hebagowayed.bsky.social to consider why it’s important to see the present moment as both exceptional but situated in a longer history of racialised politics ... 2/

S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK Who Do We Think We Are?

*NEW EPISODE ALERT* @nandosigona.bsky.social and I reflect on the pace of change when it comes to migration and Trump's MAGA project in this final episode of our Who do we think we are miniseries whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... 1/

I had a great time with Michaela and Nando discussing Palestine, borders, and how the United States seems intent on the violence that'll beget its own destruction.

(As great of a time you can have discussing these things anyway)

Give it a listen!

This is a really important and much needed report on how the UK public view and understand #irregularmigration from @nandosigona.bsky.social and Laurence Lessard-Phillips @iclaimeu.bsky.social

S4 E4 Free speech for whom? Who Do We Think We Are?

Latest episode of Who do we think we are? dropped this PM - @nandosigona.bsky.social and I are joined by @hebagowayed.bsky.social to discuss the link between free speech, bordering, and the ‘MAGA’ project of Donald Trump and his backers

Listen at: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

🎥 WATCH: Lifestyle, Migration & Community

In a recent Conversations event, @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Graham Crow and Matthew Hayes take a closer look at the field that Professor O'Reilly’s book The British on the Costa Del Sol helped to launch.

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Screenshot of Sociological Review Foundation Zoom event Immigration, Policy and Protest, showing participants. Clockwise from top left: Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter, Michaela Benson

🎥 WATCH: Immigration, Policy and Protest

What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.

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Collage of photos of academics involved in Sociological Review Foundation initiatives in recent years, including invited speakers, editors, Sociological Review Fellows and conference participants.

“Our deeply unequal world needs a critical and engaged sociology now more than ever.”

Translating the Sociological Review Foundation’s mission into practical action has needed fresh thinking and a new approach, write @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maria Bellocci in the Magazine.

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New article by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven
& @nandosigona.bsky.social on the political mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit drawing @ukri.org www.migzen.net

Lifestyle, Migration and Community Karen O'Reilly, Michaela Benson, Matthew Hayes, Graham Crow Online Wednesday 24 September 18.30–20.00 UTC+1/BST The Sociological Review Foundation Conversations series

Why did “lifestyle migration” capture so many social scientists’ imagination – and how has it travelled in the 25 years since The British on the Costa del Sol? Join author @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Matthew Hayes & Graham Crow online on 24 September. buff.ly/fHs6cNK

📢Safe journey to everyone travelling to Aberystwyth
@aberuni.bsky.social for the #imigmob25 conference!
The sun's shining and we're excited to welcome you all. 🌞🌞

… and those employed and self-employed, as well as those living in the A8, EFTA, EEA Scandinavia …

But it is also open to any Brits who were living in the EU, EEA and EFTA by 31 December 2020

It is open to people of all ages! Was just trying to boost responses in other age groups. Would be great to be able to record your experience as part of the research.

Are you British and living in the EU, EEA, EFTA since before 31 December 2020?

I am still looking for more responses from those:
- Aged between 18 and 35
- Black, Asian and mixed-ethnicity Britons

If you know anyone who fits the bill, please share: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This sounds really stressful (which is likely an understatement)

Thanks for doing this well needed study and survey. This sort of data is vital to expose the ongoing issues faced by Brits post Brexit in EU/EEA/EFTA and I would encourage as many people as possible to take part.

Probably deserves another blog ... just focused on that ;)

Here's me for @ukandeu.bsky.social arguing for the need to consider the longer tail of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA member states

Thanks for sharing @lisaburton.bsky.social!

1/2 For the 1.2 million British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA

Please take part in this survey

5 years since the end of the Brexit transition period means many Brits in the EU who were beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, will be transitioning from temporary to permanent residence

This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK For asylum seekers in the UK, struggles are part of everyday life, shaped by policies that isolate, impoverish and dehumanise.

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK

Great article by our Lancaster PhD candidate Megan Crossley in the latest @bigissue.com

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Join us tomorrow lunchtime for the latest @thesociologicalreview.org conversation … and it's all about U.K. antiracism and activism!

Congrats @drglonergan.bsky.social!

Love this advice for guest on podcasts or radio from @thesociologicalreview.org Executive Producer Alice Bloch

Preparing for your first #podcast or #radio interview – and fretting?

“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.

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