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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · 2d

Our episode of Between Borders came out last week 🎉. I enjoyed the conversation with @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social , Amandas Ong, Sabina Barone and @froeschert.bsky.social on conducting ethical research on migration in the context of social injustice. Please listen and share your thoughts.

Episode Three: Ethical Methods

Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 22/09/2025 · 43m

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · 2d

We have recently released issue 8 of Migration and Society. The issue engages with solidarity, hope and writing on migration in dark times.

The issue is open access. berghahnbooks.bsky.social

We will have an online launch of the issue on 21 Oct. Let me know if you need the registration details

www.berghahnjournals.com

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Sep 9

The first episode of our mini podcast series on the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of studying it is out. You can listen to the first episode. Stay tuned to the next two

Franca Roeschert @froeschert.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎙️ Exciting news—we’ve just launched a new mini podcast series, Between Borders!

Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Episode One: Friendly Spaces

Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 08/09/2025 · 31m

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Jul 24

@hendaly.bsky.social – one of our Migration Cluster PhD students joins @heather-rolfe.bsky.social in new podcast. What do people really think about international students in the UK and how does it shape policy?
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#Migration #HigherEd #TCRU #InternationalStudents

UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · Jul 14

Unpacking the public perception of international students: With global competition for talent heating up, what's at stake for the UK’s academic and economic future?

Listen on the #IOEPodcast - pod.fo/e/2fb6af

There is a photo of a woman looking around at Tower Bridge. The photo is embedded in the shape of a graph.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Jul 22

This podcast is based on a report I co-authored and was published by @britishfuture.bsky.social earlier this year. Have a look:

Studying and staying: public attitudes towards international students - British Future

Examining public attitudes to international students, including numbers and net migration, and contribution to the economy and universities.

www.britishfuture.org

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Jul 22

A new podcast on international students in the UK. The title is brilliant @jasonilagan.com. It was lovely chatting with @heather-rolfe.bsky.social and @bdmabrams.bsky.social. Thank you so much for hosting the conversation @ioe.bsky.social .

jason ilagan @jasonilagan.com · Jul 16

I came up with the episode title, @hendaly.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social @britishfuture.bsky.social @bdmabrams.bsky.social brought the content.

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Britain's got (international student) talent - but what do they really think of them? | Research for the Real World

Podcast Episode · IOE insights · 14/07/2025 · 43m

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adriana romer @adrianaromer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Finland has also put in place an exceptional emergency law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its closed eastern border with Russia and to send them back.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Finland passes law to block migrants crossing from Russia

Finland's parliament passed a law on Friday granting border guards the power to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia, after more than 1,300 people arrived in the country, forcing Helsinki to close its border.

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adriana romer @adrianaromer.bsky.social · Apr 22

EU names 7 countries as safe in plan to fast-track migrant returns. Dissidents shocked after EU labels Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 'safe countries.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/disside...

'A cynical decision': Shock after EU labels Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 'safe'

States known for their human rights abuses are appearing on a new European list used to turn down asylum requests

www.middleeasteye.net

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Mar 21

🚨 🎓 My chapter on "Wilson in Versailles and the Kurdish Question" has come out. In the chapter I look at the presence, or rather absence of the Kurdish question in the WWI peace negotiations and what this means for our understanding of self determination.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Wilson in Versailles and the Kurdish Question

This chapter studies the discussions of the Kurdish question during the peace negotiations held in Versailles in 1919, with a particular view to the American position and more specifically the positio...

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jan 4

My chapter on the Afro-Palestinian community of Jerusalem and how they relate to and integrate into the Palestinian Nation has just been published — to be precise on the first of January. 🧵
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am pleased to share my new publication “Saudi’s NEOM: A New ‘Utopian City’ Gluing the Jewel to the Crown”. The chapter engages with neoliberal urbanism and authoritarianism focusing on NEOM www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN

11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN was published in Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa on page 270.

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

It was great to receive our three publications on the same week. You can find the publications in the thread below

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

and “Royal dream: city branding and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM” archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0003/arti...

Royal Dream: City Branding and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM | Middle East - Topics & Arguments

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

I've been writing on neoliberal urbanism & authoritarianism since 2019 and I think it is very important to understand politics in the Middle East. If interested, check “Place Branding as a Political Act: Approaching Saudi Arabia’s NEOM beyond its Shiny Façade” www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Place Branding as a Political Act: Approaching Saudi Arabia’s NEOM beyond its Shiny Façade

Place Branding as a Political Act: Approaching Saudi Arabia’s NEOM beyond its Shiny Façade was published in Branding the Middle East on page 543.

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

Simon and Thomas wrote an interesting blog post on the book: "The Middle East is drowning in oppressive utopias. How can we recognize emancipatory visions instead?” you can access it here euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/04/m...

Oppressive Utopias in the Middle East | Edinburgh University Press

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret explore the gap between oppressive and emancipatory utopias in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

I was super happy to receive the book last week, titled “Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa” edited by @simonwfuchs.bsky.social and Thomas Pierret. The edited volume includes inspiring chapters on utopias and dystopias in the Middle East. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa

This is the first systematic exploration of the diversity of utopian thought and practice in the modern Middle East and North Africa. Beyond intellectual debates, utopianism has infused the many ideol...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am pleased to share my new publication “Saudi’s NEOM: A New ‘Utopian City’ Gluing the Jewel to the Crown”. The chapter engages with neoliberal urbanism and authoritarianism focusing on NEOM www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN

11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN was published in Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa on page 270.

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Apr 4

10 years! ♥️ @mihatsch.bsky.social

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Apr 4

Habibty @hendaly.bsky.social, today we celebrate our 10-year "tin" wedding anniversary. It's been the most amazing ten years during which we lived in six countries together and you additionally spent a semester in Germany.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Mar 13

Super interesting talk.

Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Mar 13

📘 I am extremely grateful to see the reception which Shifting Sovereignties has received so far. Get your own copy and let me know what you think!

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · Mar 13

“This book helps chart a pathway to a global history of the moment that we are in.”
Jeremy Adelman commenting on Shifting Sovereignties at the Cambridge book launch on March 12.
@camhistory.bsky.social @intellforum.bsky.social @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @dgb-history.bsky.social

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · Feb 28

BREAKING: We screened a message from migrant parents across Westminster.

Hostile immigration rules enforced by this Govt. drive children into poverty.

🔊End child poverty, for EVERY child. Scrap No Recourse to Public Funds.

Make sure they know, we won’t let this go. Share now.
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BREAKING: Migrant parents screen video message across Westminster

YouTube video by Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Feb 16

📘 We live in a time where once again conceptions of sovereignty are shifting...

Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · Feb 16

👑 Much of the media and many experts suggest that Trump's actions are an attack on established notions of sovereignty. But sovereignty is not static, and many of Trump's actions reach back to past notions of sovereignty. Want to know more? Get yourself a copy of our book.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Feb 16

Check out this thread for the key results of our recent study.

British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · Feb 16

New British Future research finds 61% of the public would prefer current levels of international student migration to stay the same or increase. Only 27% would reduce or stop student migration, which makes up around 40% of total UK immigration [Thread]

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Feb 16

@observeruk.bsky.social mentions findings of the report I coauthored in collaboration with @britishfuture.bsky.social on public attitudes on international students in the UK.

British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · Feb 16

@observeruk.bsky.social previews some of the findings in this @michaelsavage.bsky.social piece:
‘Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees’
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees

Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claim

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · Feb 16

It was exciting to work with @britishfuture.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social on this report. Even amidst the polarized migration debate, most of the public recognizes the importance of international students and opposes reducing their numbers, despite comprising 40% of net migration in the UK

British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · Feb 16

The new report, ‘Studying and staying: public attitudes towards international students’ finds that the public recognises the importance of international students in helping to fund UK universities and supporting the national and local economies. www.britishfuture.org/public-suppo...

Public supports immigration from international students, finds new study - British Future

Most of the public wants international student migration to stay the same or increase, according to new research.

www.britishfuture.org

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