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Join this week's CAIS Fellow Talks on Wednesday:
Dr. Eline Waerp (4:00-4:30 PM) on EU air border digitalization & risk, and Dr. Mike Farjam (4:30–5:00 PM) on newspaper ideology & audiences.
On site in Bochum or online (register via kolleg@cais-research.de).
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Group photo: The fellows Martin, Eline, Mike, Shabnam, Konstanze, Emily, Gautam, and Maryam stand side by side in the CAIS foyer in front of a CAIS sign.

We’re delighted to welcome our new CAIS fellows! Their research spans topics like digital religion, polarization, digital intimacy, far-right movements, collective memory, EU border control, fact-checking, and misinformation.
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🥪 Our Brown Bag Lunches give early-career researchers the opportunity to present their work, exchange feedback, and connect in an informal atmosphere.
Organizers Dr @elinewaerp.bsky.social & Dr @carollichuma.bsky.social share what makes this format special and why it matters for young researchers ▶️

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EUrope’s Exaggerated Return Conundrum The focus on returns at the EU-level intensified in the last year, with EUropean policymakers asserting that less than a quarter of those who are issued with a return decision return to their count...

Great comment by @elinewaerp.bsky.social (@humanrights-fau.bsky.social)!

#EU talk of a #return crisis claims <25% of people with return decisions actually go back. But that stat is shaky: #Frontex data double-counts repeat decisions and often misses voluntary returns.

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#migrationstudies #borderstudies #cimr #openaccess #academicpublishing… | Current Issues in Migration Research 🚨New issue out now! We’re proud to launch Volume 2(1) of Current Issues in Migration Research (CIMR), featuring a Special Section on “Borders and Bordering Processes”. From the Mediterranean Sea to t...

This is my first Bluesky post! Check out my commentary in CIMR on absurd border controls 👇

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