Marcus Nicolson

Hi - I'm fundraising for Doctors Without Borders to provide clean water in Gaza where over 80% of water infrastructure has been destroyed. To learn more about the campaign please click here : www.justgiving.com/team/ultracy...

6,000 aid trucks blocked outside Gaza, says Unwra chief <article data-history-node-id="426617" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/6000-aid-trucks-blocked-outside-gaza-says-unwra-chief" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/6000-aid-trucks-blocked-outside-gaza-says-unwra-chief" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">6,000 aid trucks blocked outside Gaza, says Unwra chief </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations has nearly 6,000 food trucks currently stuck outside Gaza and ready to enter the territory, said Unwra chief Philippe Lazzarini on Friday.</p> <p>"UNRWA has 6,000 aid trucks blocked outside Gaza, awaiting the green light to enter," Lazzarini stated on social media platform X, adding that air drops are&nbsp;ineffective and&nbsp;insufficient.&nbsp;</p> <p>"If there is political will to allow extremely costly, insufficient, and ineffective air drops, then there should be similar political will to open road crossings," he added, without explicitly naming Israel, which had blocked aid into Gaza, leading to famine.&nbsp;</p> <p>The UN, including UNRWA + partners, were able to bring in 500 to 600 trucks a day during the ceasefire earlier this year,"&nbsp;Lazzarini said.&nbsp;</p> <p>That aid, he said, "reached the entire population of Gaza safely and with dignity," and with "no diversions," stressing that "no alternative to the UN-coordinated response has produced similar results."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Airdrops are at least 100 times more costly than trucks<br> Trucks carry twice as much aid as planes.<br> <br> If there is political will to allow airdrops - which are highly costly, insufficient &amp; inefficient, there should be similar political will to open the road crossings.<br> <br> As the…</p> — Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1951225049869947145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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1/3. We're thrilled to announce the publication of: “The Declining Kingdom? Emotional Ascription, Emotional Expectations, and Humour in the International Framing of the UK in Crisis” by Anne-Marie Houde
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@mnicolson.bsky.social took part in the British International Studies Association conference in Belfast. He convened a panel on 'Everyday narratives of crises' and presented results of B-Shapes project about young borderlander perceptions of borders and Europe.
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wowwzzzaa Amazing work pal!!!!

The Politics of Fear and Hate: Experience, (De)Legitimization, and (De)Mobilization Abstract. Critical security studies and emotion research in international relations have highlighted that the emotion of fear is a pivotal driver of materi

@ngellwitzki.bsky.social has published a new article in IPS, exploring how fear and hate are mobilised in public discourse to (de)securitise and (de)politicise, linking macro-level narratives with micro-level affect and action for various political ends academic.oup.com/ips/article-...

'How do young adult #migrants negotiate their #identities in #Scotland?'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by @mnicolson.bsky.social

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#migration #identity

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The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave

Very scary but sadly unsurprising to see the intentional targeting of international relief and healthworkers who provide essential aid: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This young man had more dignity and integrity in his short career than the thousands of comfortable Western journalists who have remained silent as their governments have armed and funded a genocide.

'Transnational identities and agency: navigating everyday life as a young adult migrant in Glasgow, UK' by @mnicolson.bsky.social

New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess:
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Dani Garavelli · Jailed, Failed, Forgotten: Deaths in Custody William had spent most of his life in the care of the state. His story was one of intergenerational trauma, common to...

“William’s story was one of intergenerational trauma & of the lies Scotland tells itself about its treatment of its most vulnerable children.” My @londonreview.bsky.social longread on the Polmont suicides & our failing youth justice system is the culmination of 6 years’ work & means a lot to me.

A dog in a tie happily typing on a laptop while intense military combat takes place behind them.

Me, working on my little articles and book projects in February 2025:

‼️ Hiring ‼️

Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich

📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)

Application deadline in early March.

Job ads & details:
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We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

Minority Media in the Borderlands: Shaping Perceptions of Europe Eurac Research is a private research center​ based in Bozen-Bolzano. Our researchers come from a wide variety of scientific fields and all parts of the world.

A recent blog we wrote with colleagues on the role of minority media in shaping perceptions of Europe in borderland regions! @euracminorities.bsky.social

www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...

@acbsnetwork.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social @ccbscrossborder.bsky.social @crossborder.bsky.social

📣 is anyone aware calls for papers/special issues on any of the following themes: border studies, identities, visual methods?

How Platforms Fail Democracy This talk argues that platforms fail democracy in stable governments and fair elections.

Join us on 6 February for an insightful talk and discussion on "How Platforms Fail Democracy" with visiting Professor Daniel Kreiss from the University of North Carolina.

🎙️ Speaker: @dkreiss.bsky.social
📖 Book your space here: edin.ac/4iI52Og

📣 Applications open until the end of this month to take part in our border studies summer school here in Bolzano: 👉 : www.eurac.edu/en/institute... !

🚨 Only 3 weeks left to apply! 🚨
Postdoc position in Advertising Democracy. An excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team and do impactful research.

Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.

It’s all about labour 🧵

An utterly damning and horrific image.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025

We are hiring: 4-year post doc position at our department, open to all topics in political science.

75% research and 25% teaching, good salary, great department and colleagues, and a beautiful city.

Deadline: February 15

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

may be of interest to: @ccbscrossborder.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social @acbsnetwork.bsky.social @europeanisa.bsky.social @europeansecurity.bsky.social @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social

📢 Applications Are Open! 🌍✨
Are you passionate about #borders and #European studies?

Join us at the B-Shapes Summer School next May in Bolzano! 🏫🌿
Engage in:
🔹 Thought-provoking lectures
🔹 Hands-on methods workshops
❗️20 funded places

➡️ More info here: www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

How do political #narratives shape #identity negotiation processes for young adult #migrants?

Read 'Transnational identities and agency: navigating everyday life as a young adult migrant in Glasgow, UK' by @mnicolson.bsky.social

From #Identities, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

Postdoctoral Researcher – Immigration, Information, and Technologies - Concordia University he postdoctoral researcher will work under the direction of Mireille Paquet (Department of Political Science and Institute for Research on Migration and Society) and her team, contributing to various ...

📣Job alert (postdoc): Immigration, Information, and Technologies @irms-concordia.bsky.social
Open to all #migration researchers, particularly those working with text-as-data, NLP or computational social sciences approaches.
www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea...

#Polisky #Migcitsky #poliscisky

Young Muslims disillusioned by politics but politicised in other ways Young Muslims are less interested in national politics in Scotland and instead are increasingly involved with local and global issues, research led by Newcastle University shows.

New report - Young Muslims in Scotland: politics, racism and the media @robinfinlay.bsky.social @joeljoel.bsky.social

Press release @newcastleuni.bsky.social

www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning | George Monbiot As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Tucked into this column, a detail I wasn't aware of: one of the cops accused of running spies to collect dirt on the Stephen Lawrence campaign went on to write the recent Policy Exchange report that recommended tougher sentences for environmental protesters. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Research Associate at University of Glasgow Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Associate opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

📣 My very cool colleague, Dr Francesca Scrinzi, is hiring a postdoc for a @ec.europa.eu Horizon Project at Glasgow Uni.

You-DARE: Debunking the Gendered Arguments of Far-Right Extremism.

The project explores gender discourse and practice of the far-right in Europe.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKU133/r...

Hi David - any chance i can be added to this list? Thanks !