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Lea Müller-Funk

@leamullerfunk.bsky.social

I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're delighted for Lea Müller-Funk, who has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant. In her project, she investigates how refugees perceive the state and state violence before, during and after their flight and how these experiences influence their political participation. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

European Research Council awards €780m in grants to emerging science talent across Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 494 Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe. The funding - totalling nearly €780 million - supports cutting-edge r...

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Jørgen Carling

@jorgencarling.bsky.social

A gigantic and admirable study on people's well-being might have stumbled in the formulation of survey questions. www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-m...

Does mental health stigma ruin data on flourishing in Africa?

The Global Flourishing Study (GFS) has launched its first results from interviews with more than 200,000 people in 22 countries. The study aims to map and explain multiple dimensions of well-being, or...

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Jørgen Carling

@jorgencarling.bsky.social

Reading this inspired me to give Bluesky more attention ☺️ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media

X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

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