Berlin is often imagined as a queer safe haven. But my research shows that support spaces for queer refugees are still shaped by racial, gendered, and classed hierarchies. Trans, inter, and non-binary refugees in particular often find themselves on the margins, even in spaces created for them.

New open access article out in Gender, Place & Culture: Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support.

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Instead of a panel, this research lab uses story, reflection & dialogue to explore trauma-informed, participatory methods transforming research into healing, resistance & advocacy.

Join us to discuss co-created, gender-sensitive research that challenges dominant narrativesand research hierarchies.

As part of #WorldRefugeeDay week, @jasminldiab.bsky.social, @riekeschroeder.bsky.social & I are honored to converse with two #RLO leaders: Claude Samaha (Basmeh & Zeitooneh for Relief and Development) & Gato Ndabaramiye Joshua (Refugee Welfare Foundation).

Join us 23 June, 6 PM Beirut time, online!

While coming out is often seen as a liberating step in Denmark, queer refugees’ experiences reveal a more complex reality - one of strategic (non)disclosure across different spaces and times. Let me know if you don’t have access!

Thrilled to share that my article, ‘Scandinavian design. The continuous closet and queer refugees in Denmark’ now has official pagination in the latest issue of Sexualities! Exciting to see it in its final form—check it out here:
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Call for Papers - The 3rd International Queer(y)ing Asylum Symposium is coming to Lund University, Sweden (30–31 Oct 2025)!

We’re seeking critical submissions on queer asylum.

💰 Funding available!

📩 Submit your proposal: bit.ly/queerasylums...

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Drawing on our doctoral research in Denmark and Germany, we examine the ways queer refugees and support organizations resist these colonial surveillance practices. Our research reveals the complex dynamics within these organizations, which may both uphold and challenge the systems of surveillance.

We identify how colonial surveillance operates in the decision-making processes that assess queer refugees. Our findings highlight the role of fear in shaping their narratives in a system that often enforces rigid binary classifications of gender and sexuality.

🌟 New publication in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies! 🌟

Marie Lunau and I introduce the concept of ‘colonial surveillance’ as a tool for analysing contemporary regulatory practices within queer asylum.

The article is #OpenAccess and you can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Looking so much forward to this! 🌱

We’re thrilled to announce that we have secured funding from the Nordic Gender Fund for the next Queer(y)ing Asylum Conference to take place at Lund University (Sweden) in 2025! 🎉 Huge congrats to our amazing team: Calogero Giametta, Sophia Zisakou, and @riekeschroeder.bsky.social #QueeryingAsylum

I would like to be added 🌱

For November, I am based at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, writing on my PhD framework ❄️

Amazing thanks! 🦭

Hej João, would it be possible to add me to this list? 🧚🏼

I would also love to be added :)

Hej Petra, great initiative! If possible, I would like to be added :)