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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 #CallForPapers We invite submissions to the RFBerlin Migration Forum.
🗓️ Deadline: 2 Nov 2025.
Submit your work now and share with colleagues! #MigrationForum2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79526...

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Aug 11

📄📄📄Call for Papers is open!
RFBerlin invites submissions for the next Migration Forum "Migration: Drivers, Consequences, and Governance". Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues.
Submit now: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79526...
#Migration #Governance #callforpapers

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Texas legislature is morally bankrupt and blatantly corrupt. What an absolute farce. The whole place needs to be emptied out and reset.

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Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics.

Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!

#EPSS2026

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute
to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Aug 3

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.

Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.

It’s time to fight back.

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to share a report I worked on jointly with @wfp.org and the World Bank - a snapshot of #gender and #socialcohesion in eastern #DRC shortly before the most recent conflict escalation.

Featuring the first example of our innovative #socialnetwork data approach

www.wfp.org/publications....

Diagnostic report on Gender, Social Cohesion & Socio-Economic Resilience: evidence from South Kivu | World Food Programme

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), WFP, FAO, and UNICEF have jointly worked to strengthen the socioeconomic resilience of smallholder farmers and vulnerable populations in North and South Kivu...

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Aug 1

Actual inequality and the inequality that people perceive can be wildly different, depending on people's social networks. This has big implications for public sentiment!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@mamunuru.bsky.social et al. document this in Karnataka, India.

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Aug 1

I sometimes go back to this one as well:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIje...

Flashback: McCain tells supporter Obama is 'a decent...

YouTube video by CNN

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J-PAL @j-pal.bsky.social · Jul 22

How can humanitarian orgs ⬆️ impact when funding is ⬇️? With 300m+ ppl in urgent need of aid, emerging evidence can pinpoint promising solutions & guide investments to help save lives. 📊 New Evidence Effect blog shows what works & where we have more to learn. buff.ly/DZQKREQ

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Jul 18

I'm just a girl, standing in front of my fellow researchers, asking them to PUT THE CONTEXT of your study in the ABSTRACT of the paper <3

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · Jul 11

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

www.history.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jul 9

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).

I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!

seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...

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Olivier Sterck @oliviersterck.bsky.social · Jun 12

🆕What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?

A 20% aid cut in one of the world's largest refugee camp didn’t just reduce what and how much refugees eat; it also triggered a cascade of effects across households and markets. voxdev.org/topic/instit...

with Vittorio Bruni and @wfp.org

What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?

Humanitarian aid systems are under mounting pressure, with key donors like the US and UK cutting funding despite growing needs. New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid ...

voxdev.org

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Jun 29

And for the latest (and to meet scholars working) on #migrationresearch in Africa/LMICs, start with the round-up blog I did from this year's CSAE conference:

bsky.app/profile/kris...

Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Apr 9

Interested in research on #migration in Africa but couldn't make it to CSAE 2025? Don't worry, I've got you.

Hat tip to @oxfordcsae.bsky.social for a great conference.

medium.com/@kristen.mcc...

In case you missed it: Migration Research at CSAE 2025

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) hosted their annual conference last week. Inspired by Lee Crawford’s round-up of the…

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Jun 29

Just spotted this 'living literature review' on migration by @lgilbert.co -- esp good for those interested in latest evidence on immigration to the US and Europe

www.laurenpolicy.com/s/migration-...

Archive - Migration Literature Review of Lauren Policy

Full archive of all the posts from Migration Literature Review of Lauren Policy.

www.laurenpolicy.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Jun 20

Today is #WorldRefugeeDay

The US Administration has obliterated our entire refugee program—zeroing out admissions of refugees & terminating support to refugees already here.

If you are American, please tell your representative to reverse this policy.

It takes two minutes, here—> p2a.co/bVI53mo

Urge your members of Congress to restart refugee resettlement and unfreezing federal funding

p2a.co

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Jun 20

the OG Latin version of “ass-backward”

Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.bsky.social · Jun 19

'Preposterous', which English gets from Latin praeposterus, originally had the meanings of 'inverted, distorted, absurd' because it was literally the before (prae) coming later (posterus).

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wouldn’t this ruling apply to every other grant funding agency that has terminated grants appropriated by Congress then???

Politico @politico.com · Jun 18

A judge ruled EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful.

EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful

EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.

www.politico.com

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Nov 21

Hello new community! I love how fast this place is growing. FYI we released a new Indivisible guide with practical steps that folks in red, blue, & purple states can take to fight back. Don't ask for permission - take it, copy it, make it your own, & start organizing. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink

If there's one universally accepted truth in the modern age, it's that sequels suck. And Trump 2.0 will be no exception. Trump, Vance, and their MAGA minions feel vindicated by the victory of their bi...

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patpound.bsky.social @patpound.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings. Place De la Bastille Paris

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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · Jun 14

VERY unplanned, but I was fortunate to speak to the #noKings crowd in Paris about the #avelNO campaign and the power we all have to fight back.

Pick the one thing that matters more than anything else to you. And get involved. Take a risk. Make a difference.

Terrible selfie in front of a protest crows after I spoke.

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Jun 14

Americans in #Paris showing up for #NoKings at Place de la Bastille. Join us!

@indivisibleparis.bsky.social

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Jun 2

In case you missed it: #Migration Research at #OxCSAE2025. The CSAE's @kris10mccollum.bsky.social (COMPAS) has written a great round-up for you here 👇

Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · Apr 9

Interested in research on #migration in Africa but couldn't make it to CSAE 2025? Don't worry, I've got you.

Hat tip to @oxfordcsae.bsky.social for a great conference.

medium.com/@kristen.mcc...

In case you missed it: Migration Research at CSAE 2025

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) hosted their annual conference last week. Inspired by Lee Crawford’s round-up of the…

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Simon Voss @simonvoss.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to share that my joint work with @steinhardt.bsky.social and Marc-André Luik on immigrant housing in the US is out in the Journal of Housing Economics!
We provide the first causal evidence linking immigrant language skills to homeownership. #EconSky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Language proficiency and homeownership: Evidence from U.S. immigrants

In this paper, we deliver the first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host-country language proficiency and homeownership. Using a…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · May 26

What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration

www.science.org

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