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.
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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 ...

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/...
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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!

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...

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🎙️ 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

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

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
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@fabriziol.bsky.social

We as scholars of Critical Terrorism Studies call upon the UK government to intervene for the immediate and unreserved release of British-Egyptian human rights advocate Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We are deeply concerned for both the rights, freedom and safety of Alaa and of his mother, Professor Laila Soueif, who was recently hospitalised in London after more than 240 days of hunger strike. Over the past decade, Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been subject to arbitrary arrest, illegal imprisonment, torture and other human rights abuses in Egypt. He was held in detention in Egypt for more than two years after his arrest in 2019 for exercising his freedom of speech and expression. He was then sentenced to five years in prison for ‘terrorism-related’ offences. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled Alaa’s ongoing detention unlawful and to be a circumvention of the Egyptian Criminal Penal Code. Egyptian anti-terror laws provide broad definitions of terrorism that allow for the detention of a wide range of people, from members of political groups to journalists, NGO workers, trade unionists and students. The scope of anti-terror legislation in Egypt has been cited by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights as providing serious concerns for freedoms of expression and assembly. Professor Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa, has been on hunger strike protesting her son’s illegal incarceration for more than 240 days now. Her health has deteriorated to the point where she has been hospitalised and there are serious fears for her life. The UK Foreign Office has suggested that it is committed to securing Alaa’s freedom, however, this has not been followed up by tangible action. The UK government must take clear and direct action immediately to prevent the worsening of Laila’s health and to make it clear that the illegal detention of a British citizen warrants serious political repercussions.

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.

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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

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.”

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.”

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...

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

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

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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

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...

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

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Some photos from Connemara for the weekend feed

#photography #landscape #ireland #connemara

EISA Dissertation Fieldwork Support Grants. One-time payments of up to 3,500 Euros for PhD candidates to cover fieldwork travel and accommodation expenses.

💸 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

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...

"Such an inversion of the values proclaimed by Western societies, such a political dereliction, such an intellectual collapse demands examination."

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Still 2 week-ish to apply for our workshop!

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...

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...

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

Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.

JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...