@nasarmeer.bsky.social
Professor in SPS, Glasgow University. PI Nuffield; PI @GLIMER_Research. co-Editor @IDjnl. FBA FRSE FAcSS. Writing in personal capacity.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialThis is homelessness by design. It has to end - extending the move on period to allow more time for people to find accommodation is essential, as is fixing the flaws in the system that leave people without support as soon as they are recognised as deserving protection www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialThe notorious five-week wait for Universal Credit can lead to a significant period with no income. It is unsurprising that this is the most common issue with the UC system that @changingrealities.bsky.social participants identified when speaking to us ⤵️
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialIf we want older people to downsize why do we let retirement housing companies get away with this? Why would anyone buy one of their flats? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialHow can the other parties not beat this? I mean, seriously? These people should be shouted down in roars of laughter the minute they say this. Just toxic. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialThe idea of "pull factors" has become essential for how many parties approach immigration. In their desperate attempt to respond to the radical right, they look for levers that signal agency. Imaginary pull factors are necessary for the just-do-something approach that wants to signal toughness.
- Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialAs always, excellent comment from Mark Wong and fellow experts on AI and UK workers.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialSenior Programme Manager role now advertised, here in Glasgow, with our interdisciplinary @healthmod.bsky.social Consortium.
- We’re hiring! 📣 @uofgshw.bsky.social is recruiting a FT Senior Programme Manager to support our £7.5m consortium - part of UKRI-funded @phiuk.bsky.social network shaping how policy affects health and equity. 📍 Glasgow | 💷 £50,253–£58,225 ⏰ Deadline 17 Feb 2026 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-p...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWe're absolutely delighted to share the news that our dear colleague Prof. Bridget Fowler is this year's recipient of the @britsoci.bsky.social Distinguished Service Award. The very definition of a worthy winner...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWe are very pleased to let you know that the latest entry in the Sociological & Cultural Studies blog series has just been published. In 'Teaching Migration Otherwise' @teresap.bsky.social shares critical lessons for how we might teach migration in the classroom.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialI wrote about the New York Times refusing to call Neo-segregationists by their true names, the DARVO style of writing about race, and some great articles and books I read this week. If you haven't subscribed to my newsletter with @hebagowayed.bsky.social yet, now is the time.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialHumane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Super stuff!🎊 Professor Bridget Fowler (University of Glasgow) is the 2025 winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology: Award.https://es.britsoc.co.uk/distinguished-service-to-british-sociology-award-winner-announced/
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'Narratives of "Home" and "Homeland": The Symbolic Construction and Appropriation of the Sudeten German Heimat' by Maruska Svasek From Identities' #HolocaustMemorialDay Special Collection: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWe are supporting this conference on Charles Ignatius Sancho, the late-18thC Black British polymath. A recent upsurge in scholarly discoveries makes it timely to bring together international scholars and practitioners for the first time in over 25 years! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social‘All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies’ The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
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- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialJoin us for this @identitiesjournal.bsky.social event today!
- Still time to register for next week's #IdentitiesEvent! Investigating Social Change: Migratory Stratifications as a Fresh Analytical Tool 28 Jan, Online In collaboration w/ University of Glasgow Social Anthropology & Migration www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialDo join us today, if you're around Glasgow, for this seminar with Dr. Elisa Belle.
- Looking forward to this today at 1pm GMT - do join if you can ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/iden...
- Attend our next #IdentitiesEvent! Investigating Social Change: Migratory Stratifications as a Fresh Analytical Tool 28 January, Online In collaboration with University of Glasgow Social Anthropology & Migration www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsociology.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialSharing here this new important piece from our own @nasarmeer.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialHave you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog? '#Indigeneity and the power of #refusal by Wuankavilkas of Ecuador' by Dennis Wiedman and Vanessa León León Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Everyone's a critic..
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor. Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest". I got a 1st 🎓
- ...and we have a winner: bsky.app/profile/mrjo...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialStill time to register for this week's #IdentitiesEvent! Investigating Social Change: Migratory Stratifications as a Fresh Analytical Tool 28 Jan, Online www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialA reminder about this seminar, taking place on Wednesday. Please do circulate and share...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social🏫 Children eat lunch in school 190 days of the year so it's crucial they have access to nutritious, healthy meals! That's why we're campaigning with actor Emma Thompson to improve the quality of food available. 🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/4bgQfcc
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialIf you’ve lived in a country for as long as these people have and have built a life there, there should be no question of deportation. But this is Europe today, so don’t kid yourself that Minneapolis couldn’t happen here.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialCall for Papers, Panels and Workshops | IRIS 2026 Conference: Unsettling Communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in an Age of Growing Authoritarianism 7-9 September 2026, @unibirmingham.bsky.social Deadline for proposals: 16 March 2026 superdiversity.net/iris-2026-co...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialThe Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'Narratives of "Home" and "Homeland": The Symbolic Construction and Appropriation of the Sudeten German Heimat' From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWestern countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions. I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
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- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialNext week's event! Investigating Social Change: Migratory Stratifications as a Fresh Analytical Tool 28 Jan, Online In collaboration w/ University of Glasgow Social Anthropology & Migration www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialHave you listened to the latest episode of The #Identities Podcast? Episode 8: Beyond the Border: Poetics of Refuge and Critical Classroom Praxis Listen to the episode: open.spotify.com/epi... @https://uofgsocsci.bsky.social @https://uofgsps.bsky.social @https://uofgsociology.bsky.social
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWhere are we now? A sociological take on the past year – and where hope lies today A Conversations series event @thesociologicalreview.org with @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social, @anilsghost.bsky.social, Gholam Khiabany & me. 28 Jan. 1-2pm GMT Online Join us! thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialI mean, it's not too early is it? We can all see the membership line-up, the constitution and the price for inclusion.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialNew from #Identities: 'Neighborhood (de)stigmatization and (non-)performativity among immigrant and native-born Swedish residents' by Elizabeth Korver-Glenn et al. With #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialIt’s shameful verging on collaborationist that universities slashed DEI rather than fighting the administration on this.
- Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'Bio-logics of Jewishness: media constructions of the nuances of race and ethnicity' From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay: doi.org/10.1080/1070... #HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social‘Raciological thinking’: Poland’s narratives of race, eugenics, and nation-formation' From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialTo commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, @identitiesjournal.bsky.social, has curated a special collection of articles and made them open access. @tandfresearch.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/gid...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'#Indigeneity and the power of #refusal by Wuankavilkas of Ecuador' New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Dennis Wiedman and Vanessa León León Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialWe have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialNew Special Issue from #Identities: Vol 32 No 6 Special Issue: Investigating Social Change: 'Migratory Stratifications' as a Fresh Analytical Tool Explore the issue: www.tandfonline.com/... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'Far Away So Close: Race, Whiteness, and German Identity' From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay: doi.org/10.1080/1070... #HMD @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
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- Job alert - Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Health Systems Research: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialStill time to register for next week's #IdentitiesEvent! Investigating Social Change: Migratory Stratifications as a Fresh Analytical Tool 28 Jan, Online In collaboration w/ University of Glasgow Social Anthropology & Migration www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
- Thanks to colleagues at the Universities of Brighton and Surrey for curating this Race, Ethnicity and Antiracism Learning (REAL) resource bank for the social sciences in higher education: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/realresource...
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.social'Post-homophobic imaginaries amongst the far-right in Germany and Switzerland' From our Special Collection commemorating #HolocaustMemorialDay, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialPhoto by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
- Reposted by @nasarmeer.bsky.socialFor @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
