Gerasimos Tsourapas
@tsourapas.bsky.social
migration, diplomacy, and overanalyzing everything ∙ 🇬🇷 professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social ∙ editor-in-chief @migrationjrnl.bsky.social ∙ FAcSS SFHEA ∙ 🏃🏻♂️🌍
I am happy to share our new, open-access article in International Political Sociology: how enforced disappearance in Libya became a durable tool of authoritarian rule, from Italian colonial rule through Gaddafi to today. With Walid Ali & Iosif Kovras. Available here: doi.org/10.1093/ips/...
I am pleased to contribute to the search for an Associate Professor in the IR of the Global South at the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk @politicsoxford.bsky.social. We seek outstanding scholars, maintaining broad openness on regional focus & method. Details: rb.gy/iosyrq Closes: 7 April 2026.
EU Commission proposes first annual migration policy cycle, under the asylum pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p... Also proposes a two-year plan for resettlement of refugees/humanitarian admission, as provided for in the pact - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission launches first Annual Migration Management Cycle under the Pact on Migration and Asylum
Today, the European Commission is taking a further step in implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum by launching the first Annual Migration Management Cycle.
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📢 @jamesrdennison.bsky.social, @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & Mariana Carmo Duarte: Migration communication campaigns: towards a research agenda and open database 🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2024.2419550
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So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...
How do states make their refugee policies look responsible to the world, and what does that performance achieve? I examine these dynamics in Uganda, Egypt, and Bangladesh, and across other Global North and South cases in my open-access Journal of Refugee Studies article. doi.org/10.1093/jrs/...
Migration diplomacy at work: Belgium has endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal for the territory of Western Sahara. The move coincides with a migration-return agreement and expansion of trade ties. Check @tsourapas.bsky.social for more on this topic. www.belganewsagency.eu/belgium-stri...
Belgium and Morocco strengthen ties with agreement on migrant returns and Western Sahara
Following in the footsteps of France, Germany, the United States and the European Union, Belgium has now formally declared its support for...
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🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social
The dates for the next Migration Winter Academy are official!📌 And early bird applications close on 5 October 👉 For policy analysts, private sector professionals, international organisation officials, civil servants, NGO and representatives, researchers, and journalists. loom.ly/UA6vlfE
📣 Call for Papers: Migration Power Europe @irenefmolina.bsky.social & I are organising a workshop on EU migration politics, based on our @iajournal.bsky.social piece (lnkd.in/d_98wCDD), at @mpc-eui.bsky.social in Florence. Consider applying! 🗓 Deadline: 15 Nov ℹ️ Details: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Meet our Fellow @tsourapas.bsky.social, 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! Gerasimos’ research focuses on migration diplomacy including refugee politics & the securitisation of migration. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/professor-ge...
Migration binds states together: host states need workers to fill critical sectors, sending states need remittances and employment opportunities. This creates interdependences that can be used strategically. Read @tsourapas.bsky.social on the Co-Lab. migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/09/25/l...
How can labour migration empower the Global South? - Co-Lab
This short discusses how labour migration creates leverage for sending states: as they can get concessions, protections, and influence.
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Our call for Special Issues is now live! We welcome collections that advance theoretical debates, offer comparative insight, and push methodological boundaries. Deadline: 15 December 2025. Questions: get in touch with @mkoinova.bsky.social. Details: academic.oup.com/migration/pa...
2025 Call for Special Issue Proposals
Deadline: 15 December 2025 Migration Studies is now accepting Special Issue proposals. The journal typically publishes one call for special issues pe
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We are excited to release our first annual editorial report, covering 2024! Publishing data on submissions and decisions, as well as explaining policy changes, is part of our commitment to transparency. Link: static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/migra... #migcitsky #polisky #econsky #socsky
My comment with BBC InDepth, ten years after “Wir schaffen das,” and how migration diplomacy has become contagious. www.bbc.com/news/article...
My latest #OpenAccess in IMR: why and when states adopt different #MigrationDiplomacy strategies. The article advances the concept of migration interdependence via a two-axis typology showing when cooperation, coercion, or other choices become viable. Take a look: doi.org/10.1177/0197... #migcitsky
Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers. Open access in Migration Studies. doi.org/10.1093/migr...
Remote biopower: Constructing the system of immigrant health controls
Abstract. The selection of migrants based on judgments about their health was a fundamental driver of state migration controls. The USA was a global leader
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I am excited to welcome two brilliant, fully-funded PhD researchers to @uofglasgow.bsky.social this autumn to work on different aspects of migration politics @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Supporting early-career scholars is one of the best parts of academic life, I am thrilled to share more below! 🧵
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
"Russia was not on Trump's tariff list, despite running a $2.5bn goods trade surplus last year, according to the US Trade Representative's office."
ERC doubling funding to lure researchers to the EU www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
ERC doubling funding to lure researchers to the EU - Research Professional News
Commission also planning a dedicated meeting to coordinate similar efforts among member states
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“Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision” Just when you thought there wasn’t any boot left to lick, Columbia finds even more ways to comply.
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.
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Warm congratulations, Elena, for these new roles! This is richly deserved, and a great fit for her important work on forced migration.
Elena Habersky@elenahabersky.bsky.social · last yr.Some professional news: I am happy to have been accepted as an Affiliate of the @refugeelawclinic.bsky.social and to soon participate in two excellent working groups: Border Externalization and Feminist Theory, Refugees, and Displacement. Everyone has been so welcoming rli.sas.ac.uk/people/elena...
🌍 Migration between #MENA and the #EU is evolving. What challenges and opportunities lie ahead? ⚠️ Don’t miss this crucial discussion with experts @federicazardo.bsky.social @tsourapas.bsky.social @helhahn.bsky.social 📅 Thu 20 Mar, 14:00–15:30 GMT 📍 Online #MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky
From the MENA to the EU: Migration diplomacy, challenges and opportunities
ECPR Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations
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Congratulations, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social and all! It looks incredibly interesting!
Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi@liliantsourdi.bsky.social · last yr.Our SI w/ @federicazardo.bsky.social on #migration governance through funding now published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies! In the intro doi.org/10.1080/1556... we advance a typology & scrutinise transparency, accountability & effectiveness impacts @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
Happy to share my latest, open-access article in International Migration! 📢 I introduce a three-level game framework to migration diplomacy through an in-depth look at the 2020 Greek-Turkish border crisis. Also included: a first-ever video abstract (be kind!). Read here: doi.org/10.1111/imig...
A copyedited preprint of my paper "Can States Resist Migration Blackmail While Protecting Migrants?", forthcoming in Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, is now available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UIRe...
Sharp-Migration Blackmail (JESP).pdf
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🚨 Fully funded PhDs at the University of Glasgow! 🚨 We are offering 5 PhD studentships, incl. 3 for low/middle-income country applicants @uofgsps.bsky.social. 📍 Apply by 31 March 2025 👉 shorturl.at/tutIq 🔎 Anyone interested in a migration/refugee politics or MENA-related project, get in touch!
