We’re live! 🌍 The website for Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration–Development Nexus is now online. It introduces the research team & steering committee and will be our main space for updates, field reflections, events, and outputs. More to come, follow along & join the conversation. diadip.com

New podcast episode: Carmel Nolan talks to Dr Alejandra Ramos (TCD) about research on intimate partner violence, survivor support & empowerment. Listen here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social @dcu-irgs.bsky.social

Episode 3 - Alejandra Ramos

In this episode of ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences, we speak with Dr Alejandra Ramos, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Ramos discusses her research on intimate ...

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A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking with Shamim about some very timely issues on migration and media. First time podcasting as you can probably tell!

ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences@ashapodcast.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Episode 2 of ASHA is out: www.podbean.com/media/share/... Journalist @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social on migration politics in Ireland, recent attacks on Indian individuals, and how media shapes public understanding—tune in! @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social @dcu-irgs.bsky.social

Call for paper for conference on DSGBV and Migration organised by @arpitac.bsky.social and @fabriziol.bsky.social at the @dcu-irgs.bsky.social to take place on 27 February 2026 at Dublin City University. Send your abstract by the 30th o November! www.dcu.ie/institute-re...

🎙️ Our first episode out now! ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences explores gender, migration & sexuality as part of @arpitac.bsky.social’s project on South Asian communities in Ireland. Ep.1 w/ Dr Caroline West is live: www.dcu.ie/institute-re... @dcu-irgs.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social

Pathway Project | IRGS

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CfP: “They Are Here Too” – DSGBV & Migrants in Europe 27 Feb 2026 Seeking papers on migrant experiences of gender-based violence across Europe. CFP attached – pls share + submit! #CfP #DSGBV #Migration #DCU @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcu-irgs.bsky.social @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social

Thanks @survstudiesnet.bsky.social for the chance to discuss my work and for the shout out! Check out my latest discussion with them on vernacular security, surveillance and the work of Tunisian imams

Surveillance Studies Network@survstudiesnet.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Our latest blog post is live: 'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation. Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...

Honoured to join MECAM & German Africa Foundation in Berlin on June 27 to talk Maghreb–Sahel, migration & security.

We are at BISA! check out our panel "Connections and Disconnections between Migration and Violence" tomorrow at 1.15PM in the Madrid Room @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social

We join voices around the world calling upon the UK Govt to intervene for the immediate release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah from prison in #Egypt. We are concerned for the health and freedoms of both Alaa and his mother, Prof Laila Soueif at this critical moment.

Just published by Dr @arpitac.bsky.social and Dr Niamh Gaynor: Race, gender, and the immigrant student: Aspiring decolonisation in Irish universities, building a conversation around decoloniality in Irish academia. Check it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Decolonisation #HigherEducation

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The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who passed away last week, at the age of 81, documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”

Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity

The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”

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Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’ * Middle East crisis live – latest news updates Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week. Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership. Continue reading...

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As part of our project, we are interested in interviewing anyone who has migrated to Ireland from South Asia and used the domestic violence support services here. If you, or someone you know has this experience, please consider getting in touch with Dr Arpita Chakraborty: arpita.chakraborty@dcu.ie

The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

My latest article is out in Surveillance & Society. It explores vernacular security and the role of religious leaders in international PVE programs, highlighting the power dynamics shaping these interventions. Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... #SecurityStudies #menasky #polisky

In July 2015, I traveled to Tunisia for a language course. Ten years later, after a PhD and years of research, my book will be out with Routledge in August 2025. Can’t wait to share it! #Polisky #Menasky www.routledge.com/Preventing-a...

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a Postcolonial Context: Security, Democracy, and Religion in Tunisia

This book examines how global policies designed to prevent extremism have shaped religious and security governance in Tunisia in recent years, focusing on local programs for training imams. By tracing...

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Some photos from Connemara for the weekend feed #photography #landscape #ireland #connemara

💸 We are now accepting applications for EISA Dissertation Fieldwork Support Grants! ✅ Designed to cover travel and accommodation for PhD candidates, especially those who face different forms of precarity and structural inequality/discrimination 🔗 Learn more here: https://buff.ly/41mA5Zi

IRGS @dcuresearch.bsky.social feminist writing retreat starting today at Kylemore Abbey. Can you believe this view?

Trump's vision for Gaza bolsters Netanyahu politically, normalises ethnic cleansing, and emboldens Israel to derail the ceasefire and return to war. Here's how 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/why...

One week left to apply for our workshop! #intsec #polisky

European International Studies Association (EISA)@europeanisa.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣 ✅ (WS S) The Empire Within: Postcolonial Reflections on European Governance, Borders, and Population Management

"Such an inversion of the values proclaimed by Western societies, such a political dereliction, such an intellectual collapse demands examination." jacobin.com/2025/01/gaza...

Gaza’s Destruction Has Discredited the US-Led Global Order

Western states have not merely supported Israel’s devastating attack on Gaza as if it were a just war of self-defense. They have also sought to repress those demonstrating for the right of Palestinian...

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Still 2 week-ish to apply for our workshop!

European International Studies Association (EISA)@europeanisa.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣 ✅ (WS S) The Empire Within: Postcolonial Reflections on European Governance, Borders, and Population Management

Reposting this here away from X blergh: My book, Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt, is coming out on 31 March this year! Thanks to all who have supported me. ❤️ www.routledge.com/Counterterro...

Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt

This book uses feminist and postcolonial approaches to archival research and interviews to interrogate the persistence of colonial logics in contemporary counter terrorism practice, exposing how forms...

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So relentless has been Israel’s assault, and so complete the destruction in northern Gaza that a former Israeli defence minister described the military’s actions there as ‘ethnic cleansing’. Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e