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Nando Sigona
@nandosigona.bsky.social
3.3K followers 1.5K following 470 posts

Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
https://www.nandosigona.info
https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4h
Measuring Misery: The Science & Politics of Forced Displacement Statistics
#IRIStalk by @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social, 2 February, 4-5.30pm @unibirmingham.bsky.social @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
superdiversity.net/2026/01/14/m...
Measuring Misery: The Science & Politics of Forced Displacement Statistics
Public talk by Prof David Scott FitzGerald, University of California San Diego jointly hosted by IRIS and POLSIS, University of Birmingham, 2 February, 4-5.30 PM Follow this link to reserve a place…
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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 22h
The @unibirmingham.bsky.social #socialpolicy is hosting #ISARC19 2026 conference next September (2-4 Sept, University of Birmingham), the call for papers is available here: uobevents.eventsair.com/rc19/call-fo...
Call for Papers - RC19
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 1d
Now published: Joint intro paper w. N.Krzyzanowska & J.Rydgren laying out key ideas of our
Social Semiotics SI on “Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination
The process of strategically redefining key liberal-democratic and other widely accepted social and political concepts by the far-right and other illiberal actors has recently become a widespread, ...
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 7d
One would wonder why he is bankrolling her... my guess it has not much to do with honesty

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 17d
I agree, but NHS is not in a great state either

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 18d
Pretty confident you would get similar results if you ask foreign academics (excluding the US exodus). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
#AmericanDream still endures (despite Trump), @drernestocast.bsky.social explains, especially among migrants and prospective migrants who still see USA as a land of possibility and social mobility

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
Here @cecimenjivar.bsky.social explains the #inbetweenness of #temporaryprotection, a condition shared by more and more migrants across the globe.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
What does it actually mean to be “documented” or “undocumented” in the US?
And what is life like in between—under precarious statuses such as Temporary Protected Status?
No one is better placed to unpack this than @cecimenjivar.bsky.social
🎧 Listen to her on:
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
S4 E3 Forever undocumented
Who Do We Think We Are?
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
The precarisation of permanent residence, the attack on #dualcitizenship, and the threat of #denaturalisation are not confined to Trump's America, and are finding strong echoes on this side of the Atlantic.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
The question we asked @drernestocast.bsky.social is there still space for migrants in the new Trumpified #americandream?

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S4 E2 No place for migrants in the American Dream
Michaela and Nando talk to Ernesto Castañeda about what's left of the American Dream in Trump's America and countering anti-immigration rhetoric and politics.
whodowethinkweare.org

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
Hope and solidarity in the current climate of anti-immigration politics was at the core of @drernestocast.bsky.social episode as @michaelacbenson.bsky.social explains here.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
The nexus between #freedomofspeech & #immigrationenforcement was one of the topics we touched in our conversation with @hebagowayed.bsky.social

You can listen to the full interview on whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... or any major podcast platforms!

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
With @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, author of "Making Sanctuary Cities" (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2025), we looked at the current tensions between cities & the federal administration on #immigrationenforcement

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 23d
The final episode of #MAGA & #migration #podcast series dropped last week:
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

@michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I reflect back on our conversations with 4 excellent guests: Cecilia Menjívar; Rachel Humphris, Ernesto Castañeda and Heba Gowayed

Brief recap🧵
S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK
Who Do We Think We Are?
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 26d
A (research) year-in-review from @irisbirmingham.bsky.social superdiversity.net/2025/12/16/a...
A (research) year-in-review from IRIS
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!1) Let’s start with the introduction to a Special Iss…
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Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social · 26d
*NEW EPISODE ALERT* @nandosigona.bsky.social and I reflect on the pace of change when it comes to migration and Trump's MAGA project in this final episode of our Who do we think we are miniseries whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... 1/
S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK
Who Do We Think We Are?
whodowethinkweare.org

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