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Researchers on the Border @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social · 14d

We talked at the annual conference of Committee on Migration Research of Polish Academy of Science abt ongoing humanitarian crisis on Poland-Belarus border, especially after the suspension of right to asylum, introduced by the pro-european & liberal Civic Coalition. All quiet on the Eastern border.

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · 22d

But hey - if anyone’s looking for a keynote on Schrödinger’s migrant, I might just be your person ;)

Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · 22d

Perks of being an interdisciplinary migration scholar?
- your inbox gifts you with an invitation to share your “expertise” at very weird conferences.
Do I work on migration, borders, and such? Yes.
Do I understand quantum entanglement? Only in the metaphorical sense ;)

#predatoryconferencing

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Aug 27

--> we know this support is crucial. Barring it would hit the most vulnerable hardest.
It's NOT about privilege, as the president claims, but abt reparative justice. Talking about “overprivileged” refugees only shows how little one understands of refugee reality.

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Aug 27

Heading into holiday mode, but with unease abt what awaits after. The presidential veto on extending financial support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland leaves many in uncertainty. From fieldwork in collective accommodation centres in PL, -->

notesfrompoland.com/2025/08/25/p...

President vetoes law extending support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

notesfrompoland.com

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Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · Jul 24

Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social and Ivan Kozachenko from the Centre of Migration Research (CMR) took part in this year’s ICCEES XI World Congress, held from 21–25 July 2025 at University College London 1/3

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Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social · Jul 24

So good to see everyone and many thanks for the discussion #ICCEES2025

Kamila Fiałkowska, Karolina Follis, Aleks Lewicki, Kasia Narkowicz and Roch Dunin-Wasowicz standing in a seminar room

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Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social · Jul 21

If you're at #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social in London, pop into the roundtable on 'Hostile & Hospitable Environments in Eastern Europe' on Wednesday at 4.30 pm - with Karolina Follis, @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social Kasia Narkowicz, Roch Dunin-Wasowicz and yours truly:

The event announcement in the online programme

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jul 21

🇬🇧 London’s calling! First UK visit post-Brexit 👀Where better to talk abt hostile environments than in the country that named it?
🗓️ Wed 23 July, 4.30–6pm
📍 UCL IOE, Room 417
Panel: Hostile & Hospitable Environments in Eastern Europe run by #KarolinaFollis
#ICCEES2025
Come say hi! 👉 www.iccees2025.org

XI ICCEES World Congress – 21-25 July 2025, UCL London, UK

www.iccees2025.org

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jul 11

Migration folks - this excellent book is now free on kindle as I just learned! And it is excellent companion to all those of you working on migration to rural areas! Spread the words :) @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Karen O’Reilly @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our book is currently free on kindle. Please share with migration researchers #ruralmigration #practicetheory again @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social @samscott23.bsky.social

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jul 11

Amazing! Thank u for letting us know!

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 28

Everytime we talk abt the hostilities and human rights violations on the PL-BY border it is challlenging to us, but immense gratitude to @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social for making this together and supporting one another ✊

Researchers on the Border @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social · Jun 28

We brought the discussion abt the EU-Belarus border to @associationruta.bsky.social annual conference, where we shared the reflections on hostile environment & whiteness on the border during the ongoing humanitarian crisis and ethnographic walk in the borderland as a research method

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 28

What an amazing panel we just had at @associationruta.bsky.social annual conference abt unequal citizenship within and outside of Ukraine! We talked abt Ukr Roma experiences as IDP & forced migrants in Poland, with our colleaques, co-workers and co-thinkers, very grateful for all contributions! 💙❤️💚

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 27

Finally, broader recognition is still due for the efforts and contributions of Romani civil society in defence of Ukraine and humanitarian relief. Hats off to all the amazing speakers, as well as to the great moderation and organisation @terezahendl.bsky.social 💪

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 27

Referring to limited and belated work on collecting testimonies of Romani survivors of WW2, it is also is part of the social responsibility of researchers in knowledge production not only abt but first and foremost FOR Roma communities! 💙❤️💚

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 27

Very moved by this great opening panel at annual @associationruta.bsky.social conference. Our colleaque within #rocit project, #TetianaStorozhko talked abt importance of collecting testimonies & documenting Romani experience of war and displacement.

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KIU - Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies @kiu-network.bsky.social · Jun 23

We invite you for this online event, which is a cooperation between UNET@ZOiS and KIU: Ekaterina Bataeva, KIU sur place research fellow together with Daria Yashkina, UNET fellow, will talk about the situation of Ukrainian academics and universities under attack in frontline cities.

Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social · Jun 16

25 June, 15:00 | Online

How do universities in #Ukraine survive and adapt in cities under attack? This UNET event explores the resilience of higher education in #Kharkiv, highlighting how institutions, staff, and students navigate war-induced disruption and shape the future of academia.

Academics in Ukraine’s Frontline Cities

UNET Online Event

www.zois-berlin.de

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jun 23

One would think that our universities would be a bit smarter than that, wouldn't you? And yet we thought it to be incredibly smart to give all our data to Microsoft...

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it

Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

www.politico.eu

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 21

From a reviewers’ life: It is quite amazing as it happened for the first time - I just reviewed a paper, and… it is good. I cannot think of any ways to improve it, suggest sth, it doesn’t lack methodologically, theoretically, it holds together. What a day! ;) #academicpublishing #reviewing

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 20

On World Refugee Day I am thinking of ppl we met during our fieldwork in PL & UKR - Ukrainian Roma. Their experience of refuge widely differes from that of other refugees from & within Ukraine, here are some reflections by our team from Poland: www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

www.migracje.uw.edu.pl

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 14

With my modest contribution in a form of a book review - time to chill and read 📚📖 from a venue located really at the heart of the theme of this SI, how cool is that! #lowersilesia #niederschlesien #dolnyśląsk 💚

Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska @karolinarogalska.bsky.social · Jun 14

🎊 the new issue of Sprawy Narodowościowe has just been published! Texts tackling the question of what happened in regions subjected to forced migration in 🇨🇿🇵🇱🇸🇰 from various cultural angles, with the emphasis on their multifaceted histories of formerly German regions. All in OA, for free, in English.

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank u! 💚💪

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Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 2

Finally, this paper is both painful and powerful reflection on the experiences gathered by my co-workers and colleagues from the ROCIT (rocit.pl) project, both as activists and researchers. Especially today, it stands as a stark reminder of how dearly we need solidarities. Now more than ever.

rocit.pl

Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social · Jun 2

Second, this bottom-up mobilisation affirms Polish Roma’s long-contested belonging to both the state and the nation. In doing so, it grants them the right to have claims - to voice concerns, call out racist and antigypsyist practices in refugee reception, and to demand change.

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