@nasarmeer.bsky.social
@nasarmeer.bsky.social
Professor in SPS, Glasgow University. PI @GLIMER_Research. co-Editor @IDjnl. Academic Committee Chair @StuartHallFdn. FBA FRSE FAcSS. Writing in personal capacity.
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'#Migrant farm workers and stratification'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
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New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
Read the blog post ⬇️
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'#Migrant farm workers and stratification'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
Read the blog post ⬇️
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New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
Read the blog post ⬇️
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Have you read #Identities Vol 32 No 5?
Including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'
Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...
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Including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'
Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Have you read #Identities Vol 32 No 5?
Including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'
Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Including a #Symposium on Michèle Lamont's 'Seeing Others'
Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Presumably its the 'incentives' to people from France and Germany that concern him...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Presumably its the 'incentives' to people from France and Germany that concern him...
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'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
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If the system worked properly and fairly, this man would have been recognised years ago, been able to bring his family here and be a British citizen. Instead, he now faces being caught up in the Home Secretary's plans to switch refugees into what seems to be a minimum 20 year route to settlement.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If the system worked properly and fairly, this man would have been recognised years ago, been able to bring his family here and be a British citizen. Instead, he now faces being caught up in the Home Secretary's plans to switch refugees into what seems to be a minimum 20 year route to settlement.
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Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
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time.com/7336204/meta...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
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'Post-homophobic imaginaries amongst the far-right in Germany and Switzerland' by Stefanie Claudine Boulila et al.
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
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#FarRight
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
#FarRight
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Post-homophobic imaginaries amongst the far-right in Germany and Switzerland' by Stefanie Claudine Boulila et al.
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
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#FarRight
From #Identities' latest issue 32.5, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
#FarRight
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In case you missed it, the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent is now available!
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
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'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
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From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global Blackness
In this talk, Dr Jamella N. Gow examined how global racial hierarchies rooted in histories of racialized Black labour under capitalism define Caribbean nations as Black. Tracing the global historical processes of colonialism, imperialist underdevelopment, and neoliberalism in the Caribbean, she show
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In case you missed it, the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent is now available!
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social
'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow
youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM
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Please see below details of a new two-year research associate post, working with @nasarmeer.bsky.social on the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’. The deadline for applications is Wed 10th December. Please share.
Research Associate at University of Glasgow
Recruiting now: Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Please see below details of a new two-year research associate post, working with @nasarmeer.bsky.social on the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’. The deadline for applications is Wed 10th December. Please share.
A wonderful 2 year Research Associate post working with us on ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers'. Deadline for applications 10 December. Please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate
Job PurposeTo make a leading contribution to the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’ working with Professor Nasar Meer (PI). The successf...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A wonderful 2 year Research Associate post working with us on ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers'. Deadline for applications 10 December. Please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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New from #Identities, by Russell King:
'Memory, place and the human geology of #migration: further thoughts on migratory stratifications'
Part of our upcoming #SpecialIssue on Migratory Stratifications:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
'Memory, place and the human geology of #migration: further thoughts on migratory stratifications'
Part of our upcoming #SpecialIssue on Migratory Stratifications:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New from #Identities, by Russell King:
'Memory, place and the human geology of #migration: further thoughts on migratory stratifications'
Part of our upcoming #SpecialIssue on Migratory Stratifications:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
'Memory, place and the human geology of #migration: further thoughts on migratory stratifications'
Part of our upcoming #SpecialIssue on Migratory Stratifications:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
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'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
1/ A first pass at this HO paper it begins with usual caveats (‘decent, compassionate, tolerant country that celebrates diversity’ (p. 7), before blaming this ‘comparative generosity’ (p. 30) and for making the UK ‘the destination of choice in Europe’ (p. 9) (and which we are not btw)
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
1/ A first pass at this HO paper it begins with usual caveats (‘decent, compassionate, tolerant country that celebrates diversity’ (p. 7), before blaming this ‘comparative generosity’ (p. 30) and for making the UK ‘the destination of choice in Europe’ (p. 9) (and which we are not btw)
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We then stuck with open-ends but changed the question a little.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
We then stuck with open-ends but changed the question a little.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
Most pollsters ask about issues facing the country.
When we ask about people's day-to-day lives, the change is starkly different.
Immigration is only mentioned in a tenth of results. A majority mentioned the Cost of Living.
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‘Seeing Others from here and there' by Galen Watts
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
‘Seeing Others from here and there' by Galen Watts
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social
Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship -
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
Research Assistant (Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship)
Job Purpose This postdoctoral writing fellowship has been established in recognition of Neil Davidson’s enduring work as historian, theorist, teacher and activist. The fellowship is intended to sup...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship -
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
intended to support early career researchers whose work is informed by, and seeks to extend, progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation broadly conceived:
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/joResearchb/...
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Reposting this on why Labour lurching to the right on human rights issues won't help them politically.
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Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR
It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reposting this on why Labour lurching to the right on human rights issues won't help them politically.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
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Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...