Borders, Contestation and Conflict is this year’s thematic focus for #BeyondBorders Ph.D. scholarships @ZeitStiftung. Scholars from the social sciences and humanities can apply until 1 March 2023. Find more information on: beyondborders.zeit-stiftung.de.

Check out this op ed published by IVPARC researchers Chris Turner Langevin (they/she) and julia in New Security Beat! They highlight the power (and limitations) of whisper networks among migrants and other marginalized groups to access protection and security. newsecuritybeat.org/2023/01/whispe…

Excellent op-ed about the new Rhode Island law granting undocumented people access to drivers' licenses, and about immigrants' rights in general, by colleagues Jeff Pugh and Matt Guardino. providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…

Take a look at this op ed by IVPARC co-PI Matt Guardino in Providence Journal! The ability of undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers licenses is identified as a path to economic integration and social acceptance in RI. #RhodeIslandPolitics providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…

Meet the IVPARC team! Led by Dr. Pugh of UMass Boston and Dr. Guardino of Providence College, IVPARC is working to better understand immigrant visibility and political activity. Project funded by Russell Sage Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Check out full bios at jeffreypugh.com/research/proje…

Check out this podcast interview on the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social). McCormack Graduate School prof and Co-Principal Investigator IVPARC, Jeff Pugh, discusses the invisibility bargain concept from his book through which he analyzes the Colombian migrants in Ecuador. LINK newbooksnetwork.com/the-invisibili…

Expert Witness Research Award Presented by the LASA Expert Witness section Winner Jeffrey Pugh Jeff Pugh UMass Boston The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security (Oxford Academic 2021)

A BIG #Congratulations to DR. Kelsey Edmond (@pshhkels) who successfully defended her #dissertation: "E-Quality: An Analysis of Digital Equity Discourse and Co-production in the Era of COVID-19" on April 11, 2023! #PhD #PhDone #WeAreBeacons #Graduation UMass Boston

Congratulations to IVPARC researcher Dr. Kelsey Edmond (@pshhkels) on the successful defense of her dissertation!

🚨Info Session Alert!🚨 Join us on Thursday, April 27th at 5PM EST via Zoom to learn more about SCIJ and how you can get involved next semester! Registration link below

If you are interested in how human security provides a framework for addressing health and migration challenges in the Americas, check out this new FREE virtual self-paced course from PAHO and IOM. I helped design this course, and am excited to share it! campusvirtualsp.org/en/course/secu…

Will you join us today at 5:30 as McCormack Graduate School Prof. Mehr Latif talks about her research on the pathways involved in deradicalization or the change in beliefs? Jeff Pugh Darren Kew @GoalPeace Stacy D VanDeveer #RT Link for location & registration. umassboston.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

I am spending this year as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to delve into the policy world and to have this kind of view at work!

Defending human rights and opposing authoritarian regimes takes planning, unity, and nonviolent discipline. But when people power is mobilized for good, it is the best hope we have for turning the tide of oppression. Great to be with graduate & undergraduate students at

Catch an excerpt from my speech:

This morning, Ed Markey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and I got back from visiting the detention center in Louisiana where the Trump administration is holding students as political prisoners—depriving them of due process in order to silence them. We won't stop fighting until they're released.