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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 56m

This is tonight! Last chance to register!

Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm very excited to share that the next SSAHE webinar will be a celebration of my new book - Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy - and of Bordering Social Reproduction by Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson. Please register and join us online, 9 October, at 5pm #AcademicSky

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Next webinar: Bordering/Mothering, 9 October

Register on EventBrite to receive a Zoom link. In this event, we will celebrate two new books by SSAHE members: Bordering social reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the …

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 41m

New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity?

Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance.

Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI.

Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

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Lindsay Naylor @lbnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

One more month until "All Geographers should be Feminist Geographers!" Published by @ugapress.bsky.social

Book cover with open book and quill sculpture on a college campus.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 7d

On 2 Oct 1990, Ukrainian students launched Revolution on Granite on Kyiv Maidan, pitching tents & going on hunger strike.

They rejected the Union Treaty with Moscow & party property nationalization.

The Maidan protest tradition was born, followed by Orange Revolution 2004 & Euromaidan 2013-14.

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Kathryn Cassidy @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social · 7d

I also recently published this piece in Geoforum on what these regimes mean for workers in public sector institutions, including HE, and how they negotiate ‘border work’ - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Constrained agency and everyday borderworkers in public sector institutions

Borderwork has often been defined expansively to reveal the multiple actors, processes and practices engaged in bordering. However, not all borderwork…

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Kathryn Cassidy @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social · 7d

An important piece of journalism by @resprofnews.bsky.social on the costs of visas to UK universities. But the overall burden of border regimes for public sector is much greater & not limited to elite
unis. See my piece in @societyandspace.bsky.social for more -

journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 8d

Full article 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The European Union was designed for peace – it is never going to be a war machine | Anand Menon

Reacting to the Russian military threat would require the bloc to be agile and decisive. It is many great things, but it is not that, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe

www.theguardian.com

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 8d

We made a reading list for you.

Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 21d

Just arrived:

Debt Trap Nation
by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki

“A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social

Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social

www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.

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Pip McKnight @pipmck.bsky.social · 22d

Just dropped! Episode two of Between Borders podcast where we explore what reproductive justice means in the context of precarious migration. With @mariammalik.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and Julia Fernandez Molina podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Episode Two: Reproductive Justice

Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 15/09/2025 · 28m

podcasts.apple.com

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣

🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.

🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...

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PolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Attending the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference and curious about the Political Geography Research Group?

We're sponsoring more than 30 sessions this year, and having a friendly lunchtime social on Friday 29th - all welcome to join!

More info: polgrg.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/t...

#RGSIBG25

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Aug 20

In Brussels in September? Come along! ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...

The future of UK-EU relations - UK in a changing Europe

Join UK in a Changing Europe and The Open University in Brussels as they bring together leading academics, think tankers, officials and journalists in Brussels to discuss UK-EU relations.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Aug 17

🎟️ Don't miss our upcoming event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk 🎟️

@anandmenon.bsky.social, @jillongovt.bsky.social and Rachel Ellehuus will reflect on the impact of the US on UK-EU relations

📆 Tues 9 September
📍In-person (London) and online

Sign up here 👇

Can Keir Starmer's EU and US balancing act succeed in an increasingly turbulent world? - UK in a changing Europe

Join UK in a Changing Europe and the Institute for Government to discuss Keir Starmer's relationship with the US and EU.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Kathryn Cassidy @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social · Aug 17

Definitely. Starting salaries mask scales, which often have discretionary points at the top too, to add to the complexity. But I think we still need to be cautious when assuming job titles/equivalence in the context of changing academic structures. I think I need to go away and read more on this!

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Kathryn Cassidy @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social · Aug 17

I think the picture is more complex; the pre- and post-92 binary masks huge diversity, e.g. Newcastle & Northumbria unis have the same starting salary of £40,497 on their lecturer scale. Grades & roles don’t always completely align across the sector, esp since moves to US-style academic structures.

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suzan ilcan @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social · Aug 11

New 2025 Special Issue:
“The Spatial Dimensions of Refugee and Migrant Activism: Borders, Liminality, and Porosity.” Editors, Susan Banki & Suraina Pasha. See articles in the Journal of Refugee Studies.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Aug 11

❗Calling all social scientists ❗

🔎 Want your work to get noticed by non-academic audiences?

Our blog page provides clear and insightful analysis on topical issues, especially UK-EU relations🇬🇧🇪🇺

Got an idea? Send it to [email protected]

Check out our latest blogs 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/analysis/blo...

Blogs - UK in a changing Europe

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Aug 7

"After all his rhetoric about European solidarity — all for one and all that — Macron broke ranks, cutting a deal with a country that has always been ambivalent about Europe."

@annedaguerre.bsky.social on the political cost of the 'one in, one out' migration deal 🇫🇷🇬🇧

ukandeu.ac.uk/macrons-retu...

Macron’s returns agreement gamble: checkmate or misstep? - UK in a changing Europe

A look at the political cost of Emmanuel Macron’s migration deal with Keir Starmer — and whether his gamble will pay off....

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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · Aug 1

#OpenAccess in Area:

'On the forms of borderwork in public institutions: Bordering social security through conditions and tests' by @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social & Gill Davidson

This paper explores everyday bordering practices in the UK within public services.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Area by Kathryn Cassidy & Gill Davidson (2025) entitled 'On the forms of borderwork in public institutions: Bordering social security through conditions and tests' with a black banner at the top.

In this paper, we analyse the key forms of borderwork that have emerged in UK social security over the last few decades. We argue that these forms play a role in everyday bordering in the UK, i.e. the embedding of immigration checks into more and more routine encounters, administered not by trained, paid border officials, but by other residents, in order to secure a range of public services for a majoritised population deemed deserving by the state. Legislation plays a role within the formation of public sector bordering practices and processes, but does not pre-determine the exact forms and, therefore, people's experiences of and with these. We argue that far from being a ‘flat’ or ‘uniform’ space, the bureaucratic field in which borderwork is being undertaken is lively and differentiated. We believe that it is important that we as geographers attend to and analyse these variations. To develop these arguments, we explore the uneven topographies of bordering and borderwork in UK social security by focusing on two key forms: conditions and tests. Specifically, we seek to answer the question, what do these forms do, that is, what role do they play in the aggregation of bordering within this specific site? We argue that conditions mean that borderwork both exceeds and persists, whereas tests function to ensure that borderwork proliferates and obfuscates.

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Alex @potentiaspace.bsky.social · Jun 29

I will be speaking on spatial justice at the GRASP festival in Roskilde:
graspfestival.dk/en/programme...

Spatial Justice and the Makeshift City

Designing Liveability from Below

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Kathryn Cassidy @kathrynlcassidy.bsky.social · Jun 27

We have long been highlighting the issue of a lack of routes to long-term residence for people displaced from Ukraine - ukandeu.ac.uk/ceasefires-a... - Given the widespread threat to civilians from Russian drone & missile attacks, displaced people need stability & security NOT forced return.

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Prof Sarah Hall @drsarahhall.bsky.social · Jun 23

I enjoyed writing this for the Good Growth Hub @acadsocsciences.bsky.social : how might the UK-EU reset contribute to growth through financial services?

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Jun 23

⭐New blog⭐ In this blog✍️ for our Good Growth Hub, Prof Sarah Hall (‪cam.ac.uk‬ & @ukandeu.bsky.social‬) explores the UK-EU reset and the impact it could have on increasing growth. ‬‬Read now➡️https://acss.org.uk/good-growth-and-uk-financial-services-through-the-uk-eu-reset

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Dr Shona Loong @shonaloong.bsky.social · Apr 17

🧵1/ How can armed resistance enable—not undermine—democracy, peacebuilding, and the revitalisation of Indigenous socio-ecological relations?

In the Annals of the AAG, I write about post/decolonial approaches to territory & the #SalweenPeacePark
doi.org/10.1080/2469... @geographers.bsky.social

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