Hend Aly
@hendaly.bsky.social
PhD student @ucl.ac.uk @tcru-ucl.bsky.social, ESRC fellow, former UN Habitat, Editorial Assistant, Migration and Society Journal @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, interested in migration and inequality
I am excited to share my first collective visual essay. I worked with an incredible group of women. The essay is a product of our collective research during the 2025 @imiscoe-phdnetwork.bsky.social summer school, held at the Instituto de Geografia in Lisbon. You can check it out in the link below
crihestu.id.uj.edu.pl
@mihatsch.bsky.social Moritz’s book is in the top 🔟 in the International Affairs Christmas reading list. 🥂
De Gruyter Brill History@dgb-history.bsky.social · 8mo ago"Shifting Sovereignties: A Global History of a Concept in Practice" made it into the Top 10 on The International Affairs Christmas reading list 2025!!! medium.com/internationa... @mihatsch.bsky.social @shiftingsovs.bsky.social
Our episode of Between Borders came out last week 🎉. I enjoyed the conversation with @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social , Amandas Ong, Sabina Barone and @froeschert.bsky.social on conducting ethical research on migration in the context of social injustice. Please listen and share your thoughts.
Episode Three: Ethical Methods
Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 22/09/2025 · 43m
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We have recently released issue 8 of Migration and Society. The issue engages with solidarity, hope and writing on migration in dark times. The issue is open access. berghahnbooks.bsky.social We will have an online launch of the issue on 21 Oct. Let me know if you need the registration details
berghahnjournals.com
The first episode of our mini podcast series on the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of studying it is out. You can listen to the first episode. Stay tuned to the next two
Dr Franca Roeschert@froeschert.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎙️ Exciting news—we’ve just launched a new mini podcast series, Between Borders! Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
@hendaly.bsky.social – one of our Migration Cluster PhD students joins @heather-rolfe.bsky.social in new podcast. What do people really think about international students in the UK and how does it shape policy? @sriucl.bsky.social #Migration #HigherEd #TCRU #InternationalStudents
UCL Institute of Education@ioe.bsky.social · last yr.Unpacking the public perception of international students: With global competition for talent heating up, what's at stake for the UK’s academic and economic future? Listen on the #IOEPodcast - pod.fo/e/2fb6af
A new podcast on international students in the UK. The title is brilliant @jasonilagan.com. It was lovely chatting with @heather-rolfe.bsky.social and @bdmabrams.bsky.social. Thank you so much for hosting the conversation @ioe.bsky.social .
jason ilagan@jasonilagan.com · last yr.I came up with the episode title, @hendaly.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social @britishfuture.bsky.social @bdmabrams.bsky.social brought the content. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Finland has also put in place an exceptional emergency law that allows it to reject asylum applications from migrants crossing its closed eastern border with Russia and to send them back. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Finland passes law to block migrants crossing from Russia
Finland's parliament passed a law on Friday granting border guards the power to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia, after more than 1,300 people arrived in the country, forcing Helsinki to close its border.
reuters.com
EU names 7 countries as safe in plan to fast-track migrant returns. Dissidents shocked after EU labels Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 'safe countries. www.middleeasteye.net/news/disside...
'A cynical decision': Shock after EU labels Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia 'safe'
States known for their human rights abuses are appearing on a new European list used to turn down asylum requests
middleeasteye.net
It was great to receive our three publications on the same week. You can find the publications in the thread below
I am pleased to share my new publication “Saudi’s NEOM: A New ‘Utopian City’ Gluing the Jewel to the Crown”. The chapter engages with neoliberal urbanism and authoritarianism focusing on NEOM www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN
11 SAUDI’S NEOM: A NEW ‘UTOPIAN CITY’ GLUING THE JEWEL TO THE CROWN was published in Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa on page 270.
degruyterbrill.com
10 years! ♥️ @mihatsch.bsky.social
Moritz Mihatsch@mihatsch.bsky.social · last yr.Habibty @hendaly.bsky.social, today we celebrate our 10-year "tin" wedding anniversary. It's been the most amazing ten years during which we lived in six countries together and you additionally spent a semester in Germany. (Images 2015-2018)
BREAKING: We screened a message from migrant parents across Westminster. Hostile immigration rules enforced by this Govt. drive children into poverty. 🔊End child poverty, for EVERY child. Scrap No Recourse to Public Funds. Make sure they know, we won’t let this go. Share now. youtu.be/0d9YPGlFzC0
BREAKING: Migrant parents screen video message across Westminster
YouTube video by Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees
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📘 We live in a time where once again conceptions of sovereignty are shifting...
Shifting Sovereignties@shiftingsovs.bsky.social · last yr.👑 Much of the media and many experts suggest that Trump's actions are an attack on established notions of sovereignty. But sovereignty is not static, and many of Trump's actions reach back to past notions of sovereignty. Want to know more? Get yourself a copy of our book.
Check out this thread for the key results of our recent study.
British Future@britishfuture.bsky.social · last yr.New British Future research finds 61% of the public would prefer current levels of international student migration to stay the same or increase. Only 27% would reduce or stop student migration, which makes up around 40% of total UK immigration [Thread]
@observeruk.bsky.social mentions findings of the report I coauthored in collaboration with @britishfuture.bsky.social on public attitudes on international students in the UK.
British Future@britishfuture.bsky.social · last yr.@observeruk.bsky.social previews some of the findings in this @michaelsavage.bsky.social piece: ‘Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It was exciting to work with @britishfuture.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social on this report. Even amidst the polarized migration debate, most of the public recognizes the importance of international students and opposes reducing their numbers, despite comprising 40% of net migration in the UK
British Future@britishfuture.bsky.social · last yr.The new report, ‘Studying and staying: public attitudes towards international students’ finds that the public recognises the importance of international students in helping to fund UK universities and supporting the national and local economies. www.britishfuture.org/public-suppo...