Ulrike Bialas
@ulrikebialas.bsky.social
Sociologist @imisosnabrueck.bsky.social | Ethnography | Research on Migration and State Categories | Book “Forever 17” on Age & Asylum https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo208300969.html
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The #SFB1604 ‘Production of Migration’ Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) invites PhD researchers from the field of #MigrationStudies to participate in an international & interdisciplinary PhD Spring School from 14-17 April 2026. Apply until 15 November 2025.
phdschool.producingmigration.org
phdschool.producingmigration.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The #SFB1604 ‘Production of Migration’ Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) invites PhD researchers from the field of #MigrationStudies to participate in an international & interdisciplinary PhD Spring School from 14-17 April 2026. Apply until 15 November 2025.
phdschool.producingmigration.org
phdschool.producingmigration.org
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Interested in any of these titles? Come and review one for us! Book reviewers receive a free e-copy or print copy in exchange for 750-1,000 words of their insight into the text. Email our book reviews editor nayera.bordercrim[at]gmail.com for more info 📖
August 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Interested in any of these titles? Come and review one for us! Book reviewers receive a free e-copy or print copy in exchange for 750-1,000 words of their insight into the text. Email our book reviews editor nayera.bordercrim[at]gmail.com for more info 📖
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
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Many countries need immigration to sustain their economies, yet public opposition often dominates. How can we make Immigration popular? Join @akoustov.bsky.social, Marc Helbling & Karen Schönwälder tomorrow for a panel discussion tackling this question! Moderated by @ulrikebialas.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Many countries need immigration to sustain their economies, yet public opposition often dominates. How can we make Immigration popular? Join @akoustov.bsky.social, Marc Helbling & Karen Schönwälder tomorrow for a panel discussion tackling this question! Moderated by @ulrikebialas.bsky.social
I will have the pleasure of moderating this event tomorrow. The book is fantastic and the topic couldn’t be more timely. Live stream via YouTube at 2:30 PM CEST
Tune in tomorrow, 2:30-4pm CEST (8:30-10am EST), for a live discussion of my book on making immigration popular—featuring top immigration scholars and hosted by the Max Planck Institute:
www.mmg.mpg.de/events/41399...
www.mmg.mpg.de/events/41399...
MPI-MMG in Dialogue "How Immigration can be made popular"
The panel will explore public attitudes toward immigration across countries, the motivations behind these views, and how political and other actors shape them.
www.mmg.mpg.de
May 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I will have the pleasure of moderating this event tomorrow. The book is fantastic and the topic couldn’t be more timely. Live stream via YouTube at 2:30 PM CEST
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Are migration policies leaning toward securitization & exclusion, or do they reflect a complex mix of openness, human rights, & diversity normalization? How do policies governing movement intersect with the governance of societal diversity? Workshop today on #Migration & #Immigrant #Policies
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Are migration policies leaning toward securitization & exclusion, or do they reflect a complex mix of openness, human rights, & diversity normalization? How do policies governing movement intersect with the governance of societal diversity? Workshop today on #Migration & #Immigrant #Policies
Thank you to Ethnic and Racial Studies for putting together this amazing symposium on my book! Please consider checking out the four contributions and my response
#ERSNew 🐣🔓 @ulrikebialas.bsky.social ’s Forever 17 offers a powerful look at how Germany’s migration system treats young African & Central Asian asylum seekers. Article by @baggieyiannis.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2481171
April 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Thank you to Ethnic and Racial Studies for putting together this amazing symposium on my book! Please consider checking out the four contributions and my response
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Ich verantworte die Research Area zu Religionsgemeinschaften als Agenten von Mobilitätsrechten (z.B. Kirchenasyl) und freue mich über Bewerbungen aus der Religionswissenschaft und Religionssoziologie! --> www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research+...
Research Areas - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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April 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ich verantworte die Research Area zu Religionsgemeinschaften als Agenten von Mobilitätsrechten (z.B. Kirchenasyl) und freue mich über Bewerbungen aus der Religionswissenschaft und Religionssoziologie! --> www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research+...
Three days left to submit your abstracts on experiences of refugeehood for our planned special issue! Details below
Call for Papers for the Special Issue “Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?” I am co-editing with @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social & Aryan Karimi @ubcmigration.bsky.social
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Three days left to submit your abstracts on experiences of refugeehood for our planned special issue! Details below
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Thoughts about how the current geopolitical reset will affect citizenship law and policies around the 🌎? There is still time to write and submit your essay for our @globalcit.bsky.social essay award!
⏳ Time is running out! Submit your essay for the Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award by 31 March 2025! 📝🏆
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
March 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thoughts about how the current geopolitical reset will affect citizenship law and policies around the 🌎? There is still time to write and submit your essay for our @globalcit.bsky.social essay award!
Call for Papers for the Special Issue “Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?” I am co-editing with @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social & Aryan Karimi @ubcmigration.bsky.social
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Call for Papers for the Special Issue “Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?” I am co-editing with @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social & Aryan Karimi @ubcmigration.bsky.social
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 31!
More info: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
I’m extremely grateful to ERS Journal for organizing this wonderful book symposium! My response to the four thoughtful & critical essays on my book is now out
#ERSNew🐣🔓 In this rejoinder, Ulrike Bialas reflects on the tension inherent in legal classifications of migrants, the ethnographic case and method, and potential solutions to undocumented youth migration. Article by @ulrikebialas.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social : buff.ly/FfQdzv7
March 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m extremely grateful to ERS Journal for organizing this wonderful book symposium! My response to the four thoughtful & critical essays on my book is now out
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Our Transnationalism and Diasporas Collection is now out!
This collection features 17 key papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies, showcasing shifts in concepts & debates since 1978.
The collection is available here: https://buff.ly/3CQSkwF
This collection features 17 key papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies, showcasing shifts in concepts & debates since 1978.
The collection is available here: https://buff.ly/3CQSkwF
February 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our Transnationalism and Diasporas Collection is now out!
This collection features 17 key papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies, showcasing shifts in concepts & debates since 1978.
The collection is available here: https://buff.ly/3CQSkwF
This collection features 17 key papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies, showcasing shifts in concepts & debates since 1978.
The collection is available here: https://buff.ly/3CQSkwF
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Don't forget to nominate yourself and/or others for section awards! Deadline is March 15th! More details here: www.asanet.org/communities-...
Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association
Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest. Following are the most recent calls for nominations
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March 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Don't forget to nominate yourself and/or others for section awards! Deadline is March 15th! More details here: www.asanet.org/communities-...
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How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
February 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How do we respond to these times of global disorder? We are offering £2,500 for discussion papers of around 4,000 words on this topical theme. Deadline for proposals: 14th April. Please pass on to interested networks
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
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Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN
#ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor
#ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN
#ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor
#ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor
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Confused about birthright citizenship? Have you heard of jus sanguinis v jus soli, but no clear idea what these terms mean? Why do countries apply different rules? Why does this matter?
Check out the profiles of these brilliant citizenship scholars ✨
(and happy to add more)
go.bsky.app/5vLDGon
Check out the profiles of these brilliant citizenship scholars ✨
(and happy to add more)
go.bsky.app/5vLDGon
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Confused about birthright citizenship? Have you heard of jus sanguinis v jus soli, but no clear idea what these terms mean? Why do countries apply different rules? Why does this matter?
Check out the profiles of these brilliant citizenship scholars ✨
(and happy to add more)
go.bsky.app/5vLDGon
Check out the profiles of these brilliant citizenship scholars ✨
(and happy to add more)
go.bsky.app/5vLDGon
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Looking for research on South-South return migration for my Master Seminar on Migration Policy in Comparative Perspective (e.g. Pakistan-Afghanistan). Any recommendations? @fluchtforschung.bsky.social @fmreview.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Looking for research on South-South return migration for my Master Seminar on Migration Policy in Comparative Perspective (e.g. Pakistan-Afghanistan). Any recommendations? @fluchtforschung.bsky.social @fmreview.bsky.social
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Our call for contributions for the boasblog on "Co-Producing Knowledge" is finally out!
Deadline is 30 March, later contributions are possible.
boasblogs.org/coproducingk...
#collaborativeanthropology #participatoryanthropology #actionbasedresearch #coproducingknowledge #reflexivity
Deadline is 30 March, later contributions are possible.
boasblogs.org/coproducingk...
#collaborativeanthropology #participatoryanthropology #actionbasedresearch #coproducingknowledge #reflexivity
February 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our call for contributions for the boasblog on "Co-Producing Knowledge" is finally out!
Deadline is 30 March, later contributions are possible.
boasblogs.org/coproducingk...
#collaborativeanthropology #participatoryanthropology #actionbasedresearch #coproducingknowledge #reflexivity
Deadline is 30 March, later contributions are possible.
boasblogs.org/coproducingk...
#collaborativeanthropology #participatoryanthropology #actionbasedresearch #coproducingknowledge #reflexivity
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[Call for Book Reviewers 📚] Are you interested in reviewing books on border control and migration? We're looking for contributors to review the titles below. Get in touch at [email protected] . Spread the word!
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
[Call for Book Reviewers 📚] Are you interested in reviewing books on border control and migration? We're looking for contributors to review the titles below. Get in touch at [email protected] . Spread the word!
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ASA International Migration section is now on BlueSky! Please give us a follow :)
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ASA International Migration section is now on BlueSky! Please give us a follow :)
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📢PhD Vacancy in my new ERC project ‘WELL-ASIA’ @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on the wellness industry in Southeast Asia! The PhD will work ethnographically on transnational labour mobilities in Singapore’s wellness sector 🌏Applications due April 16! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
PhD candidate in Transnational Labour Mobilities in Southeast Asia
PhD candidate in Transnational Labour Mobilities in Southeast Asia
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
February 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢PhD Vacancy in my new ERC project ‘WELL-ASIA’ @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on the wellness industry in Southeast Asia! The PhD will work ethnographically on transnational labour mobilities in Singapore’s wellness sector 🌏Applications due April 16! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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Have you checked out our new #ERSSpecialIssue V.48, Issue 4? The issue explores how migration governance relies on categorization, shaping migrants' experiences, despite discrepancies between bureaucratic labels and lived realities. Articles: https://buff.ly/3ElIvak
February 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Have you checked out our new #ERSSpecialIssue V.48, Issue 4? The issue explores how migration governance relies on categorization, shaping migrants' experiences, despite discrepancies between bureaucratic labels and lived realities. Articles: https://buff.ly/3ElIvak
A long time in the making, our special issue is finally out! Check out the articles for insights about migrant classifications from around the world
Have you checked out our new #ERSSpecialIssue V.48, Issue 4? The issue explores how migration governance relies on categorization, shaping migrants' experiences, despite discrepancies between bureaucratic labels and lived realities. Articles: https://buff.ly/3ElIvak
February 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A long time in the making, our special issue is finally out! Check out the articles for insights about migrant classifications from around the world
It was a pleasure speaking with Liberty & Eleonora on IMISCOE’s Migration Podcast about our research and why we think it matters
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It was a pleasure speaking with Liberty & Eleonora on IMISCOE’s Migration Podcast about our research and why we think it matters