@tsourapas.bsky.social
migration, diplomacy, and overanalyzing everything β π¬π· professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social β editor-in-chief @migrationjrnl.bsky.social β FAcSS SFHEA β ππ»ββοΈπ
How do states make their refugee policies look responsible to the world, and what does that performance achieve? I examine these dynamics in Uganda, Egypt, and Bangladesh, and across other Global North and South cases in my open-access Journal of Refugee Studies article.
doi.org/10.1093/jrs/...
Migration diplomacy at work: Belgium has endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal for the territory of Western Sahara. The move coincides with a migration-return agreement and expansion of trade ties.
Check @tsourapas.bsky.social for more on this topic.
www.belganewsagency.eu/belgium-stri...
Conference social media card with the BISA logo, #BISA2026, Brighton, UK, 3-5 June, submission deadline: 3 November, conference.bisa.ac.uk
π We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 π
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' π
Submit here! π buff.ly/kK9oIlM
@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
The dates for the next Migration Winter Academy are official!π And early bird applications close on 5 October
π For policy analysts, private sector professionals, international organisation officials, civil servants, NGO and representatives, researchers, and journalists.
loom.ly/UA6vlfE
π£ Call for Papers: Migration Power Europe
@irenefmolina.bsky.social & I are organising a workshop on EU migration politics, based on our @iajournal.bsky.social piece (lnkd.in/d_98wCDD), at @mpc-eui.bsky.social in Florence. Consider applying!
π Deadline: 15 Nov
βΉοΈ Details: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Meet our Fellow @tsourapas.bsky.social, 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! Gerasimosβ research focuses on migration diplomacy including refugee politics & the securitisation of migration.
Find out moreβ‘οΈ acss.org.uk/professor-ge...
Migration binds states together: host states need workers to fill critical sectors, sending states need remittances and employment opportunities. This creates interdependences that can be used strategically.
Read @tsourapas.bsky.social on the Co-Lab.
migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/09/25/l...
Our call for Special Issues is now live! We welcome collections that advance theoretical debates, offer comparative insight, and push methodological boundaries. Deadline: 15 December 2025. Questions: get in touch with @mkoinova.bsky.social. Details: academic.oup.com/migration/pa...
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A summary of key points from the first Migration Studies annual report covering calendar year 2024: submissions rise by 71%, with nearly half of them coming from Europe and Central Asia; about 10% acceptance rate; first decisions (whether sent out for external review or not) taking less time; the two-year impact factor rose to 2.7; and special issue topics included 'living with difference in cities' and 'unusual places of sanctuary and refuge'.
We are excited to release our first annual editorial report, covering 2024! Publishing data on submissions and decisions, as well as explaining policy changes, is part of our commitment to transparency. Link: static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/migra... #migcitsky #polisky #econsky #socsky
08.09.2025 06:32 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2Congrats, Lisel! Wonderful to see this out!
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My comment with BBC InDepth, ten years after βWir schaffen das,β and how migration diplomacy has become contagious.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My latest #OpenAccess in IMR: why and when states adopt different #MigrationDiplomacy strategies. The article advances the concept of migration interdependence via a two-axis typology showing when cooperation, coercion, or other choices become viable.
Take a look: doi.org/10.1177/0197... #migcitsky
Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers.
Open access in Migration Studies.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
Sondos Mahfouz will examine how authoritarian regimes use migration to consolidate power, focusing on Egypt and Jordan. She is funded by the School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social, co-supervised with @aykutozturk.bsky.social. Follow her work here: www.linkedin.com/in/sondos-ma...
09.06.2025 12:17 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dean Ross explores how immigration is shaped by nationalist politics in stateless regions, focusing on Scotland & Catalonia. He is funded by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science @sgsss.bsky.social, and co-supervised with Ian Paterson. Connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/dean-ross...
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I am excited to welcome two brilliant, fully-funded PhD researchers to @uofglasgow.bsky.social this autumn to work on different aspects of migration politics @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Supporting early-career scholars is one of the best parts of academic life, I am thrilled to share more below! π§΅
Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. .. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?" It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The GREAT GATSBY FITZGERALD
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
"Russia was not on Trump's tariff list, despite running a $2.5bn goods trade surplus last year, according to the US Trade Representative's office."
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ERC doubling funding to lure researchers to the EU
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Istanbul protest image destined for book covers
πΈ Γmit BektaΕ, @reuters.com
βColumbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervisionβ
Just when you thought there wasnβt any boot left to lick, Columbia finds even more ways to comply.
Warm congratulations, Elena, for these new roles! This is richly deserved, and a great fit for her important work on forced migration.
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π Migration between #MENA and the #EU is evolving. What challenges and opportunities lie ahead?
β οΈ Donβt miss this crucial discussion with experts @federicazardo.bsky.social @tsourapas.bsky.social @helhahn.bsky.social
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Thu 20 Mar, 14:00β15:30 GMT π Online
#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky
Congratulations, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social and all!
It looks incredibly interesting!
Happy to share my latest, open-access article in International Migration! π’
I introduce a three-level game framework to migration diplomacy through an in-depth look at the 2020 Greek-Turkish border crisis.
Also included: a first-ever video abstract (be kind!).
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/imig...
A copyedited preprint of my paper "Can States Resist Migration Blackmail While Protecting Migrants?", forthcoming in Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, is now available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UIRe...
16.02.2025 16:57 β π 23 π 10 π¬ 2 π 1Congratulations, @deeesharp.bsky.social! It looks great, I look forward to reading with interest.
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π¨ Fully funded PhDs at the University of Glasgow! π¨
We are offering 5 PhD studentships, incl. 3 for low/middle-income country applicants @uofgsps.bsky.social.
π Apply by 31 March 2025 π shorturl.at/tutIq
π Anyone interested in a migration/refugee politics or MENA-related project, get in touch!
Great discussions on Arab diaspora politics at this fantastic conference in Paris! I am grateful to @carepparis.bsky.social, @arabreforminit.bsky.social for their hospitality, and their crucial work on migration, exile, and transnational politics.
More detailsπ
www.arab-reform.net/event/from-r...
Trump's tariffs are part of the wider phenomenon of Hardball Migration Diplomacy.
This is not new. Trump used threats in his first term. And the EU, Bush, and Obama also used visa sanctions and threats to get states to cooperate on deportations and other migration policies.
