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Prof Michaela Benson
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
Professor in #PublicSociology at Lancaster University & Chief Executive of @thesociologicalreview.org

Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4JLg... 4/
S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
And ask how MAGA rhetoric and policy is making waves beyond the USA itself - including in the UK through our reflections on our work on migration and the making of Global Britain 3/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reimagining, Repositioning, Rebordering: Intersections of the Biopolitical and Geopolitical in the UK's Post-Brexit Migration Regime (and Why It Matters for Migration Research) - Michaela Benson, Nand...
This article examines the emergence of a new immigration regime in the United Kingdom, following its exit from the European Union, to uncover the entanglements ...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We draw from our conversations with @rachelhumphris.bsky.social @drernestocast.bsky.social @cecimenjivar.bsky.social @hebagowayed.bsky.social to consider why it’s important to see the present moment as both exceptional but situated in a longer history of racialised politics ... 2/
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
… and those employed and self-employed, as well as those living in the A8, EFTA, EEA Scandinavia …

But it is also open to any Brits who were living in the EU, EEA and EFTA by 31 December 2020
June 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It is open to people of all ages! Was just trying to boost responses in other age groups. Would be great to be able to record your experience as part of the research.
June 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This sounds really stressful (which is likely an understatement)
June 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Thanks for doing this well needed study and survey. This sort of data is vital to expose the ongoing issues faced by Brits post Brexit in EU/EEA/EFTA and I would encourage as many people as possible to take part.
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Probably deserves another blog ... just focused on that ;)
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thanks for sharing @lisaburton.bsky.social!
June 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM