1/ Today is the official publication date of my book! #ArgonautsOfWestAfrica set sail on their journey. Join me in exploring how West African migrants navigate increasingly hostile policies in Europe by relying on kinship. Please get your copy UChicagoPress and share the news!🧵

PhD opportunity with Dr Natalie C Bennett, Dr Niall Cunningham & Prof Clare Bambra

Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals theconversation.com/non-native-eng… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Postdoc position with fab Andrew Bell on ESRC project on the "'MAIHDA' statistical model for uncovering intersectional inequalities" based in Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff 👇

🚨📢Check out this exciting post-doc opportunity for those researching parental support, digital social support, and digitalisation of services. Deadline: 9th August 🗓️ jobs.ac.uk/job/DBL112/res…

Applying for a Turkish visa really cheered me up after I tried loads of times for a Schengen visa in the past two months. The application process for a Schengen visa, especially the French and Spanish one, is so humiliating and discriminatory that I decided to give it up 😥

📣Delighted to announce the Call for Proposals for the 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference organised by CIES Iscte 🗓️2-5 July 2024 📍Lisbon & 🖥️online ⏰Deadline for paper, panel & workshop proposals: 2 October 2023 ✅See more details here: imiscoe.org/events/imiscoe…

On the first day of #bsps2023 there were many interesting presentations on migration and populations changes, fertility, intergenerational differences and relations. As a qualitative person, I kinda got lost in all these statistics and diagrams, but learnt much from these studies

Call for papers #IMISCOE2024 Lisbon 2-5 July: Moving, staying, leaving: On the interaction of #migration & social mobility in Asia, Africa & South Am. More info & abstract submission = forms.office.com/e/Kc9MXT5Fsd. Deadline: 28 Sept. Anu Abraham Karen Liao Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) IMISCOE

Glad to present my research at #bsps2023 I don’t have fancy statistics and diagrams to show, but I’ve got pictures and stories to tell 😄 I think I am more confident of having discussions with quantitative researchers now after being bombarded by the statics and diagrams :)

❓What are ‘unmet care needs’? ❓How do we measure them? In a commentary published today Jingwen Zhang addresses crucial questions around unmet care needs illustrating them with an ongoing case study in China: Follow this link to read the piece: t.ly/0T4nW

New event announced! Join us online on 16th April as we welcome Obert Tawodzera to the Centre for Care to present his work, 'Navigating Transnational Aged Care: The Role of WhatsApp in Zimbabwean Migrant Families' Reserve your place here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/0…

'The glory and stress of Chinese rural migrant grandparents' In this new commentary piece, Yingzi Shen writes about the multi-generational effects that rural-to-urban migration in China is having on familial care. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202… #phd #care

Coming up: Seminar 'Expanding the Racialised Surveillance of Migrants in the UK' Speaker: Monish Bhatia 📅 18/4/24 ⏰ 2pm (UK) 📍Hybrid [at the University of Sheffield] Register here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-rese…

Next month: Seminar on Migration, Race and Whiteness Speaker: Daria Krivonos & discussant Bolaji Balogun 📅 2/5/24 ⏰ 1-2.30pm (UK). Buffet lunch served from 12.30 📍Hybrid [at the University of Sheffield] Register here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-rese…

'Carer’s allowance: let’s end this scandal now!' Prof. Sue Yeandle comments on the recent The Guardian articles on #CarersAllowance, providing context and highlighting the need for much overdue reform. Read the piece here: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202… #UnpaidCarers #socialcare Economic and Social Research Council

Excited to announce our workshop, "Navigating the Politics of Gender and Sexuality in China"! Join us to explore cutting-edge research on gender and sexuality with distinguished scholars and emerging voices from diverse discipline! College of Social Sciences Government Bham International Development Department

Reiterating that yesterday's announcement on caregivers PR on arrival is a result of YEARS of campaign & activism!

#IMISCOE2024 PhD network session is one of my favorite ones at IMISCOE. Thank you 長南さや佳 Sayaka Osanami Törngren Apostolos Andrikopoulos Norma Schemschat - drnorma.bsky.social for sharing your experiences of “failures” and being so open and honest with us. It makes me feel much more motivated.