Nik Ostrand
@nikostrand.bsky.social
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Postdoc @demigkrems.bsky.social‬, research fellow @arena_uio and @scmrjems, assoc editor JEMS. Researching externalisation in migration governance, non/knowledge production, deportation, state violence, frontex. Lover of cats, coffee and bikes
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nikostrand.bsky.social
So great to see our @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social SI finally out on The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders with the ever amazing @hallamtuck.bsky.social and @dorinadamsa.bsky.social 🥳.
Check out our new introduction and the fantastic papers
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
Geopolitics
The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics
www.tandfonline.com
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demigkrems.bsky.social
DEMIG Online Talk: Join @nikostrand.bsky.social as she explores how deportation in Europe is shaped by both knowledge and ignorance. Learn about the overlooked harms of routine procedures and the role of "not knowing" in justifying state actions.
📅 24 June, 2-3pm‬
www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
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nikostrand.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this talk based on my recent paper with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

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demigkrems.bsky.social
DEMIG Online Talk: Join @nikostrand.bsky.social as she explores how deportation in Europe is shaped by both knowledge and ignorance. Learn about the overlooked harms of routine procedures and the role of "not knowing" in justifying state actions.
📅 24 June, 2-3pm‬
www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
An airplane navigating through a stormy sky, surrounded by heavy rain and dark clouds. | Photo credits: marsea / Adobe Stock
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mfbosworth.bsky.social
In the final @bordercrim.bsky.social post on methodology and immigration detention, Francesca Esposito describes the collaborative work with @aviddetention.bsky.social, the unchained collective, and many others in creating wonderful animated film 'Removed': blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Creating counternarratives on immigration detention: from individual academic research to community-engaged participatory processes
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
nikostrand.bsky.social
This, we argue, helps reveal how non/knowledge operates in dynamic ways, situated within specific socio-political contexts, and often in support of the status quo, where deportation continues to be seen as a ‘legal and political common sense’ (Cházaro 2021, 1043), despite its inherent violence
nikostrand.bsky.social
Focusing on fluidity, i.e. co-constitutive processes of non/knowledge, the multitude of actors involved and evolving social-political context, we offer a renewed epistemological and methodological framework for understanding contemporary deportation practices
nikostrand.bsky.social
Excited to have a new OA paper out with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social on the fluidity of non/knowledge production, drawing on our empirical work on deportation from EUrope. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@demigkrems.bsky.social @scmrjems.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social
nikostrand.bsky.social
And a special thanks to our amazing co-editor @hallamtuck.bsky.social, as well as Wiebe Ruijtenberg, Katja Franko and the two anonymous reviewers who all thoughtfully engaged with the analytical perspectives explored in this paper and for their valuable feedback 🙏
hallamtuck.bsky.social
I am very proud to have edited this paper by my dear friends @dorinadamsa.bsky.social @nikostrand.bsky.social, which is part of our soon-to-be published special issue!
bordercrim.bsky.social
[Members' News] New publication by @dorinadamsa.bsky.social & @nikostrand.bsky.social on the epistemologies & methodologies of non/knowledge production in deportation from Europe, focusing on its fluid, i.e., co-constitutive, relational & contextual dimensions: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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bordercrim.bsky.social
We're hiring! 📢
Are you passionate about social media, content creation, and communications—with a strong interest in migration and border control? You might be the perfect fit for our Research & Communications Officer role at Border Criminologies.
Spread the word: www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-and...
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premthakker.bsky.social
The Senate has voted 64-35 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy.

12 Democrats voted with Republicans.
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nicolapalmer.bsky.social
Submit your abstracts by 14th Feb for ‘Race, Refuge & Repair’ @uctlaw.bsky.social with @bordercrim.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social & KCL Law

with E. Tendayi Achiume, @madlingozi.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social & Siphamandla Zondi

Call for papers here

law.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul...
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bordercrim.bsky.social
📢 Exciting opportunity! Join us & @biddetention.bsky.social on our comms and Detention Landscapes projects (Law 01). Build skills in research communications, social media, and managing a global human rights database. Open to law & social science students. Learn more:
UNIQ+ projects | University of Oxford
Projects available for entry in 2025As part of your UNIQ+ Research Internship, you will be working on a project under the supervision of academic staff from our community of world-leading researchers.
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bordercrim.bsky.social
Join Prof. Mary Bosworth as she introduces her new book—the first study of immigration detainee escorting in the UK. Discover how this system operates like a supply chain, its punitive effects, and its implications for border control.

More info: https://buff.ly/4fUKrn3