A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS @unibirmingham.bsky.social We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they replied! #migration #refugees #socialsciences #diversity #research

Let's start with the introduction to a Special Issue on #RefugeeSponsorship & Complementary Pathways edited by our refugee sponsorship research team. It’s the first of its kind focusing on these forms of resettlement outside of Canada. doi.org/10.1007/s121...

This co-authored paper (@profjennyp.bsky.social, @annapapoutsi.bsky.social, Lisa Goodson) examines the continuum of violence into refuge, showing how asylum systems generate conditions for #SGBV survivors which expose them to further interpersonal violence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"This (co-authored with @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social) is from the Horizon Europe @iclaimeu.bsky.social project on the irregularisation of #migration which has taken so much of my time in the last three years", @nandosigona.bsky.social explains. zenodo.org/records/1748...

"In this book, we explore everyday experiences of war, bordering, and (im)mobilities, including actions of resistance in occupied territories, the loss of home and struggles to find housing, volunteering, and the traumatic responses", Irina Kuznetsova explains. www.routledge.com/Bordering-an...

I enjoyed writing this chapter, @amartinsjr.bsky.social says. It demonstrates how ideas and moral justifications of deservingness are actively formed and renegotiated in migrants’ everyday lives. migration.bristol.ac.uk/rethinking-m...

"Need a guide to decode the script behind UK anti-immigration rhetoric? This is your roadmap", @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social argues. It unpacks how #irregularmigration was constructed during one of the most turbulent periods in British politics (2019–2023). zenodo.org/records/1511...

My article, Jenny Allsopp explains, has been a long time in the making and it was a fun one to write. It celebrates the resilience of young asylum seekers and refugees. doi.org/10.1080/1367...

This article, @oliviapetie.bsky.social says, draws on two case studies to explore how concepts of #hospitality, home, and unhome can be useful in understanding the use of hotel accommodation for #asylumseekers in the UK & the experiences of those living there doi.org/10.1386/hosp...

This one is from @sandrapertek.bsky.social, it critically analyses the role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIc) in assisting women in conflict and displacement, focusing on its political commitments and institutional capacities. www.politicsandreligionjournal.com/index.php/pr...

This co-authored @scmrjems.bsky.social paper (incl. @profjennyp.bsky.social, Lisa Goodson, @sandrapertek.bsky.social) repositions kindness as a critical analytical lens for understanding recovery, agency and informal protection in forced migration contexts. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Co-authored by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @catherineruth.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... this @jcms-eu.bsky.social article examines how #Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared #European identity and belonging in the UK and EU