Looking for papers that bring home-making and time into dialogue in RGS 2026 ♥️ DDL: 21st Feb

Johanna L. Waters@johannawaters.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sharing this call for abstracts from Jin Li...(RGS 2026)

We are organising a paper session at RGS 2026. It’s about homemaking and temporality! We invite homemaking papers that also discuss lifecourse, linked lives, everyday rhythms, and futurism...Just saying, with a concern for temporal factors in the making of home! Look forward to your ideas! #RGS2026

We are organising a paper session at RGS 2026. It’s about homemaking and temporality! We invite homemaking papers that also discuss lifecourse, linked lives, everyday rhythms, and futurism...Just saying, with a concern for temporal factors in the making of home! Look forward to your ideas! #RGS2026

Time and Family Life in Diplomatic Mobility: Temporal Experiences Under a Regular Mobile Work Regime - Li - 2025 - Population, Space and Place - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Time and Family Life in Diplomatic Mobility: Temporal Experiences Under a Regular Mobile Work Regime

This paper focuses on diplomatic families, a special group of privileged migrants who move regularly every 2−4 years, shaping family life through cyclical mobility patterns. Drawing on ethnography wi...

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Elgar Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education

‘This encyclopedic volume reimagines the sociology of education through connected sociologies and a methodologically denationalized approach. By addressing myriad issues—from mobility and borders to d...

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What I treasure most is listening to emotions and witnessing joy emerge in the act of making 👀. I will keep this ongoing project playful, and true to itself 🎈 Thanks for the supports @uclengage.bsky.social

UCL Department of Geography@uclgeography.bsky.social · 12mo ago

At #CallyFestival, @ucl.ac.uk Geography’s Dr Jin L. Li invited people to map ‘home’ on a giant world map. Dots, balloons & notes formed a living atlas of belonging, memory and dreams. #WhereTheHeartLands #MigrationResearch #UCLGeography

Glad that people enjoy our activities! We had lots of supports from kids, youth, elderly, all walks of life 🥰 And our collective art is really bringing people to meaningful conversations and inspirations 🗺️

UCL Public Engagement@uclengage.bsky.social · last yr.

And don't miss UCL's Migrant Research Unit with craft activities and a chance to share what home means to you!

The UK government is seeking to tighten visa requirements to curb the number of workers arriving in the country through legal routes

UK Proposes Tightening Visa Rules to Reduce Legal Migration

The UK government is seeking to tighten visa requirements to curb the number of workers arriving in the country through legal routes.

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A reminder to sign up for this seminar! We have a live-stream option too, but in-person includes lunch and a chance to chat afterwards. Please share with anyone you think would be interested. Hope to see you there :-)🌷 @ubcmigration.bsky.social @ubcgeography.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social

UCL Department of Geography@uclgeography.bsky.social · last yr.

🏘️ Professor David Ley explores how surplus demand is impacting housing prices in global cities like London, Sydney, and Singapore. 📅 Date: 21 May, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00-1:00 PM 📍 Location: @ucl.ac.uk Bentham House 🔗 tinyurl.com/ucl-boom #GlobalCapital #UrbanChange

UCL Geography has 3 jobs on offer that would be a fit for geospatial and/or health folk. Lecturer in Geographies of Health x 2 (with “spatial analysis") lnkd.in/enH4h2iX Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Geospatial Data Analysis & Cartography (0.5 fte, 12 months) lnkd.in/eKqaG7FW

Happy New Year! Our paper, reflecting on how the concept of Global Britain has been mobilised in UK education policy post-Brexit, is now out [as part of a SI on 'cosmopolitan nationalism']. Pls read & share. @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Global Britain and cosmopolitan nationalism

The term ‘Global Britain’ was widely used by the UK government between 2016 and 2021 to signal its ambition to reorient the nation’s foreign policy on departure from the European Union. There was, ...

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Congratulations @jinlorili.bsky.social and Ning An on this fascinating article on Chinese transnational families in Zimbabwe #education #mobility onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Mobility as Capital: A ‘Three‐Step’ Education Pathway of Chinese Transnational Migrant Families in Zimbabwe

Since the raising of China's ‘Going-Out’ policy, the number of Chinese residing in Africa has increased dramatically, providing these families with greater convenience in cross-border mobility. This ...

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🎓 @jinlorili.bsky.social passed her viva! 🎉 Her PhD research reveals how transnational families in Guangzhou create cultural opportunities for their children despite challenges like limited residency options. #PhDsuccess #UCLGeography

Parenting and (Im)mobility in Uncertainty: Jin L. Li on Transnational Families and Passing Her Viva

Last month, Jin L. Li successfully passed her viva, marking the conclusion of her PhD research on the parenting experiences of transnational families in Guangzhou, China.

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On this incredible PhD journey, I am beyond grateful for the guidance, supports, and encouragement from Jo and Alan - You are the best ❤️ Katie and Claire were such amazing examiners, and I truly enjoyed our discussion during the viva. Everything feels so surreal, I can’t believe I am Dr Li now 🎓

Johanna L. Waters@johannawaters.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am delighted to share that Jin Li @jinlorili.bsky.social has passed her PhD viva. Thank you to Clare Holdsworth & Katie Willis for such thoughtful examining. And @citiesandstuff.bsky.social for being a wonderful co-supervisor.