New open access article with Marie Lunau in Feminist Theory, in which we analyse multiple forces of love in queer asylum ❤️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Forces of love in queer asylum: Governing affect and the possibilities of the otherwise - Rieke Schröder, Marie Lunau, 2026

This article examines the affective politics of love within queer asylum regimes in Denmark and Germany. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with q...

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"Boundaries of Queerness" has gotten its second review, written by @riekeschroeder.bsky.social in a Kvinder, Køn & Forskning special issue on Decolonisation! Thank you, Rieke, for your insights!

New article in the Journal of Homosexuality, foregrounding queer refugees’ desires and pleasures and moving beyond the predominant focus on credibility, suffering, and borders. Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From Borders to Bodies: “Circlusion” and Desires Beyond Credibility in Queer Asylum

Borders and boundaries have long served as powerful metaphors in migration and queer studies, yet they risk reproducing heteronormative paradigms that equate (border) penetration with power, and mo...

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New special issue on “Decolonisation” in the Danish gender journal Kvinder, Køn & Forskning. Bringing together decolonial and Indigenous scholarship with feminist and gender studies, the issue is especially timely given renewed geopolitical attention to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). Link in comment

My article “Particularly Vulnerable. Negotiating Intersections within the ‘Berlin Model’ of Queer Refugee Support” has now appeared in the latest issue of Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography! 🌍✨ Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support

Since 2015, the ‘Berlin model for support of LGBTI refugees’ organises funding and support for those individuals coming to Berlin because they are fleeing persecution due to their sexuality and/or ...

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This morning, day 2, @riekeschroeder.bsky.social and Marie Lunau theorize current queer asylum and love in Europe today

Berichte aus der Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Exilforschung

Thank you to @thediegogarcia.bsky.social, @riekeschroeder.bsky.social, Sophia Zisakou, and Calogero Giametta for organizing a fabulous conference. Check out the programme, and look up these researchers, advocates, and/or practitioners! www.soclaw.lu.se/en/3rd-inter...

The winter term is about to start, and with it our lecture series on "Global Politics, Gender, and (In-)Equality". The lectures will take place on selected Thursdays via Zoom. The series unpacks the complex entanglements of global politics, gender, and (in-)equality in contemporary societies. [1]

We very much look forward to talks given by Ana Larissa Oliveira, @marielreiss.bsky.social, Jasmin Lilian Diab, B Camminga, & Alyosxa Tudor. The series is organized in collaboration by Ulrike Krause & @riekeschroeder.bsky.social (@ifpolms.bsky.social polms.bsky.social) & Inga Nüthen (Uni Kassel).

New open access article out in Gender, Place & Culture: Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Particularly vulnerable. Negotiating intersections within the ‘Berlin model’ of queer refugee support

Since 2015, the ‘Berlin model for support of LGBTI refugees’ organises funding and support for those individuals coming to Berlin because they are fleeing persecution due to their sexuality and/or ...

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Reimagining Refugee Research: Listening Differently to Power, Gender, and Trauma

A World Refugee Day Conversation with: Gato Ndabaramiye Joshua, Executive Director and Founder of Refugee Welfare Foundation, Uganda Dr. Claude Samaha, Research Manager, Basmeh & Zeitooneh, Lebanon Pr...

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Instead of a panel, this research lab uses story, reflection & dialogue to explore trauma-informed, participatory methods transforming research into healing, resistance & advocacy. Join us to discuss co-created, gender-sensitive research that challenges dominant narrativesand research hierarchies.

As part of #WorldRefugeeDay week, @jasminldiab.bsky.social, @riekeschroeder.bsky.social & I are honored to converse with two #RLO leaders: Claude Samaha (Basmeh & Zeitooneh for Relief and Development) & Gato Ndabaramiye Joshua (Refugee Welfare Foundation). Join us 23 June, 6 PM Beirut time, online!

Thrilled to share that my article, ‘Scandinavian design. The continuous closet and queer refugees in Denmark’ now has official pagination in the latest issue of Sexualities! Exciting to see it in its final form—check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Call for Papers - The 3rd International Queer(y)ing Asylum Symposium is coming to Lund University, Sweden (30–31 Oct 2025)! We’re seeking critical submissions on queer asylum. 💰 Funding available! 📩 Submit your proposal: bit.ly/queerasylums... #QueerAsylum

Queer(y)ing Asylum Symposium 2025 in Lund

Please submit your abstract for the 3rd International Queer(y)ing Asylum Symposium, taking place in person at Lund University, Sweden on 30th and 31st October 2025. This symposium invites critical ref...

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🌟 New publication in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies! 🌟 Marie Lunau and I introduce the concept of ‘colonial surveillance’ as a tool for analysing contemporary regulatory practices within queer asylum. The article is #OpenAccess and you can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Coloniality In queer asylum: towards theorising ‘colonial surveillance’ and its resistances

This article introduces the concept of ‘colonial surveillance’ as a tool for analysing contemporary regulatory practices within queer asylum. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with que...

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We’re thrilled to announce that we have secured funding from the Nordic Gender Fund for the next Queer(y)ing Asylum Conference to take place at Lund University (Sweden) in 2025! 🎉 Huge congrats to our amazing team: Calogero Giametta, Sophia Zisakou, and @riekeschroeder.bsky.social #QueeryingAsylum

For November, I am based at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, writing on my PhD framework ❄️