Gizem Akşit Ergen

Grateful to have attended the 50th BISA conference in Belfast and presented part of my postdoc research on migration securitisation and far-right politics.

Even happier to have also explored the beautiful and historic city of Belfast!

#BISA2025 #MigrationPolitics #FarRightPolitics

24.06.2025 12:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Day 2 runs until 5:30 with two panels discussing ‘Threats to Democracy, Human Rights and Liberty from Within and Without Europe’ and ‘The Consequences of Brexit and the Eurozone Crisis’.

This is followed by a roundtable on ‘War and Security of Europe Today’.

If you’re on campus, join us!💡

29.05.2025 08:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Keynote by Theofanus Exadktylos (CBE/REDMOS)

Panel 1. Populism/ Chair: Maya Chew (Surrey/CBE) - Matthias Dilling (Trinity College Dublin)/Felix Krawatzek (ZOiS Berlin) Responding to the far right: Discursive strategies in German state parliaments - Ugo Guadino (Kingston) / Philippe Marlière (UCL) “Mainstreaming” the far right: A comparison between the French National Rally and Brothers of Italy - Donatella Bonansinga (Southampton) / Radical right mainstreaming and the role of visual social media - Christopher Burden (Aston) Populism as an embodied reactive performance - Daniele Albertazzi (Surrey/CBE) Don’t fall for “far right”. On the inadequacy of a concept for the study of party families today

Panel 2. Securitisation and Migration/ Chair: Donatella Bonansinga (Southampton) - Dimitris Skleparis et al. (Newcastle) Collective memories of historical victimisation and their role in contemporary securitisation of migration - Gizem Aksit Ergen (Newcastle) Comparing far-right narratives on migration: A case study of Germany and France - Leah Owen (Swansea) Investigating Frontex’s border securitisation in a warming climate - Andrea Scalera (Glasgow) Externalisation and Security: The Italia-Albania protocol and the evolution of the Italian migration policy

Evening meal in Guildford

Day 1 of our European Challenges Conference wrapped up successfully - a great keynote @exadaktylos.bsky.social, two insightful panels, and a fantastic meal in Guildford to end the evening. Looking forward to what today brings! @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @mayachew.bsky.social

29.05.2025 08:46 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 3

Programme for Wednesday:

with @exadaktylos.bsky.social @matthiasdilling.bsky.social Krawatzek @ugaudino.bsky.social @phmarliere.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social Burden @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social Skleparis @gzmakst.bsky.social Owen Scalera Nezi

27.05.2025 15:14 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0