Prof Michaela Benson
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
Professor in #PublicSociology at Lancaster University & Chief Executive of @thesociologicalreview.org
Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
Brexitbritsabroad.org
migzen.net
#Podcast producer and host https://whodowethinkweare.org
Research: migration and citizenship in EU, Panama 🇵🇦and UK
Brexitbritsabroad.org
migzen.net
#Podcast producer and host https://whodowethinkweare.org
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#publicationalert
New article by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven
& @nandosigona.bsky.social on the political mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit drawing @ukri.org www.migzen.net
New article by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven
& @nandosigona.bsky.social on the political mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit drawing @ukri.org www.migzen.net
#Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights
Journal of Common Market Studies
(@jcms-eu.bsky.social)
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Journal of Common Market Studies
(@jcms-eu.bsky.social)
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Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights
Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared European identity and belonging, catalysing pro-EU social movements among EU nationals in the United Kingdom and amongst British citizens residing in t...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#publicationalert
New article by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven
& @nandosigona.bsky.social on the political mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit drawing @ukri.org www.migzen.net
New article by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven
& @nandosigona.bsky.social on the political mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit drawing @ukri.org www.migzen.net
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Why did “lifestyle migration” capture so many social scientists’ imagination – and how has it travelled in the 25 years since The British on the Costa del Sol? Join author @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Matthew Hayes & Graham Crow online on 24 September. buff.ly/fHs6cNK
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Why did “lifestyle migration” capture so many social scientists’ imagination – and how has it travelled in the 25 years since The British on the Costa del Sol? Join author @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, Matthew Hayes & Graham Crow online on 24 September. buff.ly/fHs6cNK
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📢Safe journey to everyone travelling to Aberystwyth
@aberuni.bsky.social for the #imigmob25 conference!
The sun's shining and we're excited to welcome you all. 🌞🌞
@aberuni.bsky.social for the #imigmob25 conference!
The sun's shining and we're excited to welcome you all. 🌞🌞
July 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢Safe journey to everyone travelling to Aberystwyth
@aberuni.bsky.social for the #imigmob25 conference!
The sun's shining and we're excited to welcome you all. 🌞🌞
@aberuni.bsky.social for the #imigmob25 conference!
The sun's shining and we're excited to welcome you all. 🌞🌞
Are you British and living in the EU, EEA, EFTA since before 31 December 2020?
I am still looking for more responses from those:
- Aged between 18 and 35
- Black, Asian and mixed-ethnicity Britons
If you know anyone who fits the bill, please share: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I am still looking for more responses from those:
- Aged between 18 and 35
- Black, Asian and mixed-ethnicity Britons
If you know anyone who fits the bill, please share: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Citizen's Rights and British citizens in the EU, EEA and EFTA, 5 years on from Brexit
The survey Citizens' rights and British citizens in the EU, EEA and EFTA, 5 years on from Brexit explores the experiences of Britons resident in the EU, EEA, and EFTA member states by the end of the B...
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Are you British and living in the EU, EEA, EFTA since before 31 December 2020?
I am still looking for more responses from those:
- Aged between 18 and 35
- Black, Asian and mixed-ethnicity Britons
If you know anyone who fits the bill, please share: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I am still looking for more responses from those:
- Aged between 18 and 35
- Black, Asian and mixed-ethnicity Britons
If you know anyone who fits the bill, please share: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Thanks for doing this well needed study and survey. This sort of data is vital to expose the ongoing issues faced by Brits post Brexit in EU/EEA/EFTA and I would encourage as many people as possible to take part.
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thanks for doing this well needed study and survey. This sort of data is vital to expose the ongoing issues faced by Brits post Brexit in EU/EEA/EFTA and I would encourage as many people as possible to take part.
Here's me for @ukandeu.bsky.social arguing for the need to consider the longer tail of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA member states
"In contrast to EU nationals in the UK, we know relatively little about how British citizens in the EU have been faring since the end of the Brexit transition period."
✍️ @michaelacbenson.bsky.social considers the impact of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU
ukandeu.ac.uk/british-citi...
✍️ @michaelacbenson.bsky.social considers the impact of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU
ukandeu.ac.uk/british-citi...
British citizens in the EU five years on from Brexit - UK in a changing Europe
Michaela Benson considers why it is timely to consider the longer impact of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA member states.
ukandeu.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's me for @ukandeu.bsky.social arguing for the need to consider the longer tail of Brexit for British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA member states
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
1/2 For the 1.2 million British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA
Please take part in this survey
5 years since the end of the Brexit transition period means many Brits in the EU who were beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, will be transitioning from temporary to permanent residence
Please take part in this survey
5 years since the end of the Brexit transition period means many Brits in the EU who were beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, will be transitioning from temporary to permanent residence
June 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
1/2 For the 1.2 million British citizens living in the EU, EEA and EFTA
Please take part in this survey
5 years since the end of the Brexit transition period means many Brits in the EU who were beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, will be transitioning from temporary to permanent residence
Please take part in this survey
5 years since the end of the Brexit transition period means many Brits in the EU who were beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, will be transitioning from temporary to permanent residence
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
Great article by our Lancaster PhD candidate Megan Crossley in the latest @bigissue.com
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Great article by our Lancaster PhD candidate Megan Crossley in the latest @bigissue.com
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
For asylum seekers in the UK, struggles are part of everyday life, shaped by policies that isolate, impoverish and dehumanise.
www.bigissue.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
Great article by our Lancaster PhD candidate Megan Crossley in the latest @bigissue.com
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Great article by our Lancaster PhD candidate Megan Crossley in the latest @bigissue.com
@michaelacbenson.bsky.social
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
@lancasteruninews.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Join us tomorrow lunchtime for the latest @thesociologicalreview.org conversation … and it's all about U.K. antiracism and activism!
Writing about Activists – Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism
18 June 1pm BST
Join us online tomorrow for a conversation about what it means to write about anti-racist activists in the UK, whose voices are heard, and how we capture both personal experience & collective struggle.
buff.ly/ggjqzUY
18 June 1pm BST
Join us online tomorrow for a conversation about what it means to write about anti-racist activists in the UK, whose voices are heard, and how we capture both personal experience & collective struggle.
buff.ly/ggjqzUY
June 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us tomorrow lunchtime for the latest @thesociologicalreview.org conversation … and it's all about U.K. antiracism and activism!
Love this advice for guest on podcasts or radio from @thesociologicalreview.org Executive Producer Alice Bloch
Preparing for your first #podcast or #radio interview – and fretting?
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
June 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Love this advice for guest on podcasts or radio from @thesociologicalreview.org Executive Producer Alice Bloch
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Preparing for your first #podcast or #radio interview – and fretting?
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Preparing for your first #podcast or #radio interview – and fretting?
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
“Shows that sound like everyone’s winging it probably have a rigorous production process. ‘Good talkers’ are, literally, produced, not born.” Uncommon Sense producer Alice Bloch’s sound advice in our June issue.
buff.ly/WiYoxpa
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Really proud and happy to share our latest issue of The Sociological Review Magazine. In this issue we explore neoliberal universities, workers unions, apocalyptic futures and climate change, and I interview Jayshree Patel in bringing sociology to TV soaps thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...
June 2025
thesociologicalreview.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Really proud and happy to share our latest issue of The Sociological Review Magazine. In this issue we explore neoliberal universities, workers unions, apocalyptic futures and climate change, and I interview Jayshree Patel in bringing sociology to TV soaps thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Our June magazine is online now, featuring:
#Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel on soaps + sociology
@academicdiary.bsky.social on weighing your job's worth
@vapunkt.bsky.social on ski slopes + sustainability
@karimmurji.bsky.social on representing London
...and much more.
Dive in: buff.ly/y8o76RY
#Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel on soaps + sociology
@academicdiary.bsky.social on weighing your job's worth
@vapunkt.bsky.social on ski slopes + sustainability
@karimmurji.bsky.social on representing London
...and much more.
Dive in: buff.ly/y8o76RY
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our June magazine is online now, featuring:
#Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel on soaps + sociology
@academicdiary.bsky.social on weighing your job's worth
@vapunkt.bsky.social on ski slopes + sustainability
@karimmurji.bsky.social on representing London
...and much more.
Dive in: buff.ly/y8o76RY
#Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel on soaps + sociology
@academicdiary.bsky.social on weighing your job's worth
@vapunkt.bsky.social on ski slopes + sustainability
@karimmurji.bsky.social on representing London
...and much more.
Dive in: buff.ly/y8o76RY
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Identities, communities & #migration policies: who are the new #HongKong diasporas?
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/ev...
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/ev...
Book Talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration and the new Hong Kong diaspora
This newly published book — Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration and the new Hong Kong diaspora (edited by Yuk Wah Chan and Yvette To) — examines how Hong Kong migrants settling in the UK, ...
www.cardiff.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Identities, communities & #migration policies: who are the new #HongKong diasporas?
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/ev...
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/ev...
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Thank you to the Image-Maker in Residence team at @thesociologicalreview.org for my interview: Towards an Alternative Spatial Practice: Deep mapping off the map. It is about my book, Rupturing Architecture, and my mapping practice.
thesociologicalreview.org/image-maker-...
thesociologicalreview.org/image-maker-...
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thank you to the Image-Maker in Residence team at @thesociologicalreview.org for my interview: Towards an Alternative Spatial Practice: Deep mapping off the map. It is about my book, Rupturing Architecture, and my mapping practice.
thesociologicalreview.org/image-maker-...
thesociologicalreview.org/image-maker-...
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Thurs Cont'd
Nomad_reading_group host book talk "Global Hong Kong Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora" with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
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Manchester Stands With Hong Kong holds "June 12th Memorial Rally & March" in Manchester, starting at St peters Square.
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Nomad_reading_group host book talk "Global Hong Kong Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora" with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
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Manchester Stands With Hong Kong holds "June 12th Memorial Rally & March" in Manchester, starting at St peters Square.
/8
June 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thurs Cont'd
Nomad_reading_group host book talk "Global Hong Kong Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora" with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
&
Manchester Stands With Hong Kong holds "June 12th Memorial Rally & March" in Manchester, starting at St peters Square.
/8
Nomad_reading_group host book talk "Global Hong Kong Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora" with @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
&
Manchester Stands With Hong Kong holds "June 12th Memorial Rally & March" in Manchester, starting at St peters Square.
/8
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Are you a British citizen living in an EU/EEA/EFTA member state who would like to have your say 5 years on from Brexit transition?
Now's your chance! Please take part & share widely.
@bremaininspain.com @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Now's your chance! Please take part & share widely.
@bremaininspain.com @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for British citizens to ‘have their say’ five years on from Brexit transition - Lancaster University
A new survey, led by Lancaster University researchers, explores the experiences of Britons resident in the EU, EEA, and EFTA member states in accessing and securing their post-Brexit status and rights...
www.lancaster.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Are you a British citizen living in an EU/EEA/EFTA member state who would like to have your say 5 years on from Brexit transition?
Now's your chance! Please take part & share widely.
@bremaininspain.com @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
Now's your chance! Please take part & share widely.
@bremaininspain.com @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/call-fo...
I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Brexit, Citizen's Rights and British citizens in the EU, 5 years on
This online survey examines the extent and scope of the issues and challenges faced by the estimated 1.2 million Britons resident in the EU's 27 member states by the end of the Brexit transition perio...
lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I've just launched a survey exploring the experiences of Britons living in the EU, EEA, EFTA of accessing and securing their post-Brexit rights, five years on. Open to Brits of all ages across the EU - please share widely! #Brexit #BritsinEU lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
Identities, communities & #migration policies: who are the new #HongKong diasporas?
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
buff.ly/U4oGYBs...
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
buff.ly/U4oGYBs...
Book Talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration and the new Hong Kong diaspora
This newly published book — Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration and the new Hong Kong diaspora (edited by Yuk Wah Chan and Yvette To) — examines how Hong Kong migrants settling in the UK, ...
buff.ly
June 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Identities, communities & #migration policies: who are the new #HongKong diasporas?
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
buff.ly/U4oGYBs...
📖 Book talk: Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration & the new Hong Kong diaspora
🎤 @michaelacbenson.bsky.social Dr Yvette To
🔻12 June 2pm @cumodernlanguages.bsky.social
buff.ly/U4oGYBs...
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Join this call for migration scholars to join a Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network to resist together the current growing anti-immigration populism. Many people are doing this already, but together we are stronger chng.it/4jN4Bkhc4J
Sign the Petition
Migration Scholars Mobilize
chng.it
June 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Join this call for migration scholars to join a Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network to resist together the current growing anti-immigration populism. Many people are doing this already, but together we are stronger chng.it/4jN4Bkhc4J
Really pleased to see that this book by @drglonergan.bsky.social is coming out later this month - it's a #mustread for anyone interested in health, borders, migration and reproductive justice
I'm very excited that my first book, Borders, Citizenship, & Pregnancy, will be coming out this month, published by @brisunipress.bsky.social.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/borders-citi...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/borders-citi...
Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy
Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy - Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do immigration policies shap...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Really pleased to see that this book by @drglonergan.bsky.social is coming out later this month - it's a #mustread for anyone interested in health, borders, migration and reproductive justice
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How can we confront gaps in the archive when researching anti-racist activism? How do we depict collectives of actors and movements, while also celebrating individuals?
Join us online on 18 June for Writing about Activists, a launch event for our Sideways Sociology #podcast.
🎟️ buff.ly/jzuEPjV
Join us online on 18 June for Writing about Activists, a launch event for our Sideways Sociology #podcast.
🎟️ buff.ly/jzuEPjV
May 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How can we confront gaps in the archive when researching anti-racist activism? How do we depict collectives of actors and movements, while also celebrating individuals?
Join us online on 18 June for Writing about Activists, a launch event for our Sideways Sociology #podcast.
🎟️ buff.ly/jzuEPjV
Join us online on 18 June for Writing about Activists, a launch event for our Sideways Sociology #podcast.
🎟️ buff.ly/jzuEPjV
Reposted by Prof Michaela Benson
OUT NOW: New podcast on three key figures in UK anti-racism – Sivanandan, Gerlin Bean, Len Garrison – showing how their work and ideas speak to sociology and to what it means to be anti-racist. Feat. John Narayan, A.S. Francis, Hannah Ismael.
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD
May 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
OUT NOW: New podcast on three key figures in UK anti-racism – Sivanandan, Gerlin Bean, Len Garrison – showing how their work and ideas speak to sociology and to what it means to be anti-racist. Feat. John Narayan, A.S. Francis, Hannah Ismael.
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD