Dr. Neli Demireva
@demirevaneli.bsky.social
Professor @essexsociology | Director: Centre for Migration Studies | Research interests: migration, discrimination, social cohesion
The Climate Fiction Prize Long List has just been announced and it contains some amazing titles! I loved loved Awake in the Floating City and will share my thoughts on it soon. Can't wait to read the rest!
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2026 Climate Fiction Prize longlist announced - The Climate Fiction Prize
The Climate Fiction Prize will support societies to fully grasp the climate change threat and to embrace its solutions through great stories.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The Climate Fiction Prize Long List has just been announced and it contains some amazing titles! I loved loved Awake in the Floating City and will share my thoughts on it soon. Can't wait to read the rest!
climatefictionprize.co.uk
climatefictionprize.co.uk
My political science friends will be excused for spending their weekends delving deeper into Edward Stourton’s “Made in America: the dark history that led to Donald Trump” traces in a very way how the US has embraced, weaponized the notion of its ‘manifest destiny’ from inception to present day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
My political science friends will be excused for spending their weekends delving deeper into Edward Stourton’s “Made in America: the dark history that led to Donald Trump” traces in a very way how the US has embraced, weaponized the notion of its ‘manifest destiny’ from inception to present day.
Are you able to offer a STEM Research Placement and Experience in 2026?
Stem Learning is initiative supporting young people: www.stem.org.uk
The 2026 placements will take place between Monday 20 July and Friday 28 August 2026.
Stem Learning is initiative supporting young people: www.stem.org.uk
The 2026 placements will take place between Monday 20 July and Friday 28 August 2026.
STEM Learning
STEM Learning
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January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Are you able to offer a STEM Research Placement and Experience in 2026?
Stem Learning is initiative supporting young people: www.stem.org.uk
The 2026 placements will take place between Monday 20 July and Friday 28 August 2026.
Stem Learning is initiative supporting young people: www.stem.org.uk
The 2026 placements will take place between Monday 20 July and Friday 28 August 2026.
Assistant Professor in International Migration: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in International Migration
Assistant Professor in International Migration,
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January 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Assistant Professor in International Migration: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
🤯 From the FT: "UK drops target for international student recruitment"
🤯 Not once does this new strategy mention 'academic freedom' although there is one single fleeting reference to "the UK promotes shared values of freedom, equality and inclusion".
🤯 Not once does this new strategy mention 'academic freedom' although there is one single fleeting reference to "the UK promotes shared values of freedom, equality and inclusion".
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🤯 From the FT: "UK drops target for international student recruitment"
🤯 Not once does this new strategy mention 'academic freedom' although there is one single fleeting reference to "the UK promotes shared values of freedom, equality and inclusion".
🤯 Not once does this new strategy mention 'academic freedom' although there is one single fleeting reference to "the UK promotes shared values of freedom, equality and inclusion".
I just read Hu Anyan's "I deliver parcels in Beijing" and I shall be recommending the book to my sociology students.
On its jacket surface, this book is about Hu Anyan's existence in the gig economy in Beijing. In a moving and profound way, however, it is about the gig economy everywhere.
On its jacket surface, this book is about Hu Anyan's existence in the gig economy in Beijing. In a moving and profound way, however, it is about the gig economy everywhere.
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I just read Hu Anyan's "I deliver parcels in Beijing" and I shall be recommending the book to my sociology students.
On its jacket surface, this book is about Hu Anyan's existence in the gig economy in Beijing. In a moving and profound way, however, it is about the gig economy everywhere.
On its jacket surface, this book is about Hu Anyan's existence in the gig economy in Beijing. In a moving and profound way, however, it is about the gig economy everywhere.
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this is the same reason that we created an ongoing special issue with the BJS on 'Scholarship as Struggle' to address some of these same issues. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
The British Journal of Sociology Call for Papers Scholarship as Struggle: Stories of Censorship, Marketisation, and Resistance
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
this is the same reason that we created an ongoing special issue with the BJS on 'Scholarship as Struggle' to address some of these same issues. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Sociology Under Threat is the theme of the latest issue of the BSA Network Magazine! Social scientists do not scroll away!
More here:
www.britsoc.co.uk/publications...
More here:
www.britsoc.co.uk/publications...
Network - Current Issue
www.britsoc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Sociology Under Threat is the theme of the latest issue of the BSA Network Magazine! Social scientists do not scroll away!
More here:
www.britsoc.co.uk/publications...
More here:
www.britsoc.co.uk/publications...
Crispy mornings with the Essex uni towers in the distance
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Crispy mornings with the Essex uni towers in the distance
Stats matter. Contrary to perceptions, London is now one of the safest cities in the world.
In 2025, the Metropolitan police recorded 97 homicides in London, down from 153 in 2019, and down from 109 in 2024.
In 2025, the Metropolitan police recorded 97 homicides in London, down from 153 in 2019, and down from 109 in 2024.
January 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Stats matter. Contrary to perceptions, London is now one of the safest cities in the world.
In 2025, the Metropolitan police recorded 97 homicides in London, down from 153 in 2019, and down from 109 in 2024.
In 2025, the Metropolitan police recorded 97 homicides in London, down from 153 in 2019, and down from 109 in 2024.
Storm Goretti is about to hit the UK and it really is cold out there. Do consider supporting a Big issue vendor: shop.bigissue.dsb-fly.net/the-big-issu...
£10 a month could support vendors needing personal ID, vital so they can access housing, bank accounts, and employment opportunities.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Storm Goretti is about to hit the UK and it really is cold out there. Do consider supporting a Big issue vendor: shop.bigissue.dsb-fly.net/the-big-issu...
The study found that lower-income countries, particularly those in Africa, Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, were persistently under-represented in the literature. 49% of African countries and 40% of Asian countries were under-represented. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/lowe...
Lower-income countries under-represented in migration research, study finds
10 December 2025
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The study found that lower-income countries, particularly those in Africa, Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, were persistently under-represented in the literature. 49% of African countries and 40% of Asian countries were under-represented. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/lowe...
These ten lessons are delightful and at the heart of all learning! Stay curious, seek inspiration outside your head/house, don't be disheartened by mistakes, don't procrastinate, if you can help it :) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Don’t be disheartened by mistakes’: 10 lessons my artist father taught me
David Gentleman’s brilliant career spans eight decades, from watercolour painting to tube station murals to drawing the Tottenham riots. Here his daughter, the Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman, di...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
These ten lessons are delightful and at the heart of all learning! Stay curious, seek inspiration outside your head/house, don't be disheartened by mistakes, don't procrastinate, if you can help it :) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
This is wonderful news! UK will rejoin EU's Erasmus student exchange programme in 2027! A much needed, important symbolic 'yes' to the crucial exchange of research ideas, learning, teaching practices, and cultural understanding across Europe! 👏 👏 👏 www.bbc.com/news/live/c4...
Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027
British students will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is wonderful news! UK will rejoin EU's Erasmus student exchange programme in 2027! A much needed, important symbolic 'yes' to the crucial exchange of research ideas, learning, teaching practices, and cultural understanding across Europe! 👏 👏 👏 www.bbc.com/news/live/c4...
This important study shows that:
1. Most respondents significantly overestimated the share of irregular migrants within the UK’s foreign-born population. Current estimates are 10–13% of the foreign-born, yet more than half of respondents placed the figure far higher.
1. Most respondents significantly overestimated the share of irregular migrants within the UK’s foreign-born population. Current estimates are 10–13% of the foreign-born, yet more than half of respondents placed the figure far higher.
Today we published a report on public understanding & attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK.
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM
This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...
i-claim.eu
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This important study shows that:
1. Most respondents significantly overestimated the share of irregular migrants within the UK’s foreign-born population. Current estimates are 10–13% of the foreign-born, yet more than half of respondents placed the figure far higher.
1. Most respondents significantly overestimated the share of irregular migrants within the UK’s foreign-born population. Current estimates are 10–13% of the foreign-born, yet more than half of respondents placed the figure far higher.
So lovely for the Minories to host a Colchester against racism community supper!! Wonderful for our community: university and local organisations to come together! A signal of hope!
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So lovely for the Minories to host a Colchester against racism community supper!! Wonderful for our community: university and local organisations to come together! A signal of hope!
Much need to embrace morality and integrity again as our core values. The 2025 Reith lectures are here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Much need to embrace morality and integrity again as our core values. The 2025 Reith lectures are here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Super interesting!
Finally, a link to the book at Harvard University Press, which appears to be having a 30% off sale at the moment! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Division of Rationalized Labor — Harvard University Press
A pathbreaking study of why, paradoxically, workforce specialization and job responsibilities have increased hand in hand.In the United States and other late-industrial countries, the division of labo...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Super interesting!
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
The new Ken Burns documentary, the American revolution is just so good. What an example of how to weave and craft complex story: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ken Burns on his American Revolution documentary: ‘We won’t work on a more important film’
The acclaimed documentarian’s latest epic series has been in the works for a decade and features A-list contributions from Meryl Streep to Tom Hanks
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The new Ken Burns documentary, the American revolution is just so good. What an example of how to weave and craft complex story: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
It is great to see my local public library well stocked on classics.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It is great to see my local public library well stocked on classics.
If you care about academic freedom, Professor Laura Murphy urges the British government to "heed the University and College Union’s call to restore public funding to higher education." In the Economist: lnkd.in/e7BjvXTi
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November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you care about academic freedom, Professor Laura Murphy urges the British government to "heed the University and College Union’s call to restore public funding to higher education." In the Economist: lnkd.in/e7BjvXTi
November Essex sky
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
November Essex sky
Countering negativity and stereotypes about the U.S.-Mexico border one recipe at a time with curiosity and determination - La Frontera with Pati Jinich on PBS is excellent!! lnkd.in/eDdQXhXG Past episodes are available on youtube as well. 👏 👏 👏
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October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Countering negativity and stereotypes about the U.S.-Mexico border one recipe at a time with curiosity and determination - La Frontera with Pati Jinich on PBS is excellent!! lnkd.in/eDdQXhXG Past episodes are available on youtube as well. 👏 👏 👏