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Mary Francesca Bosworth is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford where she founded and co-directs the international research… more

H-index: 34
Political science 39%
Sociology 31%
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🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫

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Higher Education Reporter, National
New York City, United States
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by Mary Bosworth

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this was such a lovely few days, am already looking forward to the next one!
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 2d
🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.

Watch to find out more! 👇

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🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.

Watch to find out more! 👇

@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
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Reposted by: Mary Bosworth, Suzan Ilcan

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In India and the US, protection for asylum seekers seems to rest on political discretion, not legal obligation. Read the new blog post on translating Indian journeys to the US ⤵️

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by Mary Bosworth

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Back when I was in dover doing research in the local detention units this was the unnerving sign in my hotel room:
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by Mary Bosworth

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this will be great. the book is excellent. please do join us!
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 7d
Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.

Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️

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by Mary Bosworth

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ooh how exciting! I look forward to reading. Hopefully @bordercrim.bsky.social can get it reviewed! and/or you could write a blog about it??
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Stateless children sometimes challenge the human rights violations that result from statelessness in court. In this new blog post, dissertation prize runner up Rachel Pop sheds light on her research on how certain elements of litigation may affect case outcome ⤵️

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by Mary Bosworth

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Thanks! Am stressing bc this is new news and a bit unexpected. I thought we were fine until March 2028 m.
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by Mary Bosworth

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Thanks! and yes I will see if any of those orgs might be interested. We have previously been funded by the OSF.
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by Mary Bosworth — Reposted by: Mary Bosworth, Andrew Novak

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I know there is a lot going on in the world but @bordercrim.bsky.social facing a funding crisis to stay meaningfully afloat. Initially in search of £12,000— any ideas of where to look gratefully received. Feels like a bad time to have our platform shrink.
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Reposted by: Mary Bosworth, Steve Peers, Jeff Crisp

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My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

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by Mary Bosworth

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Are you missing Sylvester’s??
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Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention.

Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️

www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
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by Mary Bosworth

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Had a fun day welcoming all the new @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Msc students and some of our new DPhils too. Always an exciting time of year!
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When border control policies prioritise deterrence over protection, a paradox emerges. Italy is a case in point.

Read the new blog post by Luciano Magaldi Sardella and Matteo Mantuano ⤵️

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Labour’s plan for ID cards is sheer panic. Stirring up hatred for foreigners again. Panic, not policy.

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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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What happens when documentation, not rights, determines citizenship? How India’s largest biometric identification system rewrites citizenship.

New blog from Varalika Singh ⤵️

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by Mary Bosworth

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Gah 😩
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by Mary Bosworth

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Finding it hard to believe with all that’s going on here that the govt thinks introducing digital ID is a vote winner… what is going on??
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Save the date: 6 Oct - MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #5 Libya

The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
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Screening tomorrow! 📽️ This Jungo Life is showing at Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel, London, with a Q&A. The event raises funds for @captainsupportuk.bsky.social, a grassroots network supporting people criminalised for moving or supporting others to move.

Tickets 🎟️ www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/101321
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by Mary Bosworth

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Am looking forward to today’s @bordercrim.bsky.social lunch time online book launch of Hannah Pool‘s new book The Game. Please join us. www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/book-launc...
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Reposted by: Mary Bosworth, Reece Jones

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Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!

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Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
Geopolitics
The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics
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Reposted by: Mary Bosworth

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New from Free Movement: Job Ad: Immigration & Nationality Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP | Free Movement freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-immig...
Job Ad: Immigration & Nationality Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP - Free Movement
Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP is a top-ranked specialist firm in UK immigration and nationality law, consistently recognised by The Legal 500, Chambers and
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Reposted by: Mary Bosworth, Ernesto Castañeda

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"Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today)

Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.

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Event Announcement: "Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today)
Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.
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by Mary Bosworth

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Thanks you Janika for your generous words...
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Janika Kuge @janikakuge.bsky.social · 16d
Critical Migration scholars, give @mfbosworth.bsky.social book "Supply Chain Justice" a read, a truly insightful and original study in border Work!
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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 16d
"Supply Chain Justice offers a powerful, unsettling lens into how state and private contractors shape deportation regimes with an eye for efficiency over humanity"

Review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's @princetonupress.bsky.social book in academic.oup.com/jrs/article-... by @janikakuge.bsky.social
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Critical Migration scholars, give @mfbosworth.bsky.social book "Supply Chain Justice" a read, a truly insightful and original study in border Work!
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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · 16d
"Supply Chain Justice offers a powerful, unsettling lens into how state and private contractors shape deportation regimes with an eye for efficiency over humanity"

Review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's @princetonupress.bsky.social book in academic.oup.com/jrs/article-... by @janikakuge.bsky.social
The Border as a Service Job: Supply Chain Justice—the Logistics of British Border Control by Mary Bosworth
Today’s newspapers are strewn with increasingly restrictive and populist positions on migration control and asylum politics. Many of these positions imagin
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by Mary Bosworth

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I vaguely recall back in the 1990s colleagues were on other temporary but renewable visas which didn’t lead to citizenship. The wider effect is hard gauge given difficult situation in other uni systems too of course …
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by Mary Bosworth

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How will US universities cope with this new h1b visa rule? Pretty sure 100
years ago that was the visa I had when I worked at Fordham university.
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