Evgenia Iliadou
@iliadou.bsky.social
Researching migration, borders, refugee camps, immigration detention, violence, trauma, death / Ethnography / Zemiology
📓 Author: Border Harms and Everyday Violence. A Prison Island in Europe (2023, Bristol University Press).
📍 UK & Greece
📓 Author: Border Harms and Everyday Violence. A Prison Island in Europe (2023, Bristol University Press).
📍 UK & Greece
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Evgenia Iliadou
@iliadou.bsky.social
· Nov 19
{1/3} Hi all! I’m a researcher interested in migration, borders & social harm. My research explores the continuum of border violence, neglect & abandonment across time and space in Greece & Lesvos. It unearths overlooked forms of border violence as well as resilience and resistance to borders.
📌What does it mean to research responsibly in spaces of displacement & crisis?
My new blog, 'Research and Responsibility: Lessons from Lesvos', reflects on ethics, extractivism & epistemic colonialism in border research. www.mdx.ac.uk/mdx-voices/r...
My new blog, 'Research and Responsibility: Lessons from Lesvos', reflects on ethics, extractivism & epistemic colonialism in border research. www.mdx.ac.uk/mdx-voices/r...
Research and Responsibility: Lessons from Lesvos
Dr Evgenia Iliadou a Visiting Fellow at the Middlesex University Graduate School shares research about the refugee crisis in Lesvos
www.mdx.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📌What does it mean to research responsibly in spaces of displacement & crisis?
My new blog, 'Research and Responsibility: Lessons from Lesvos', reflects on ethics, extractivism & epistemic colonialism in border research. www.mdx.ac.uk/mdx-voices/r...
My new blog, 'Research and Responsibility: Lessons from Lesvos', reflects on ethics, extractivism & epistemic colonialism in border research. www.mdx.ac.uk/mdx-voices/r...
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There is still time to get your abstract in! See details below - and please share with your network 👇🏼
📣 Call for contributors 📣
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
from myself and @frasoliman.bsky.social for the edited collection 'Harmful Security: multidisciplinary perspectives on the harms of counterterrorism'.
Please share - details in picture and in thread below 👇🏼
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
There is still time to get your abstract in! See details below - and please share with your network 👇🏼
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The European Society of Criminology is normalizing war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide. We demand action from the ESC: please sign the petition to end complicity and circulate widely
@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social
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@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social
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Demand action from the ESC: petition to end complicity
We, criminologists and criminal justice scholars, are alarmed by several recent decisions by the European Society of Criminology Executive Board and Eurocrim local organizing and scientific committee ...
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The European Society of Criminology is normalizing war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide. We demand action from the ESC: please sign the petition to end complicity and circulate widely
@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social
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I am delighted to share my latest publication 👇👇
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
1/ This idea has been in my mind for a long time. It draws on long-term ethnographic research and personal experiences on Lesvos, where I have lived and have family and friends.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
1/ This idea has been in my mind for a long time. It draws on long-term ethnographic research and personal experiences on Lesvos, where I have lived and have family and friends.
Epistemic Colonialism, Extractivism, and Epistemic Resistance
This chapter explores the Greek island of Lesvos as a site of academic extractivism, epistemic colonialism, and, therefore, epistemic struggle. It argues that Lesvos, once relatively unknown and under...
link.springer.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I am delighted to share my latest publication 👇👇
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
1/ This idea has been in my mind for a long time. It draws on long-term ethnographic research and personal experiences on Lesvos, where I have lived and have family and friends.
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
1/ This idea has been in my mind for a long time. It draws on long-term ethnographic research and personal experiences on Lesvos, where I have lived and have family and friends.
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Army advertisment in #Liverpool city centre - 'You belong here'
Just as the government buys 12 nuclear warhead jets
Just as the government buys 12 nuclear warhead jets
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Army advertisment in #Liverpool city centre - 'You belong here'
Just as the government buys 12 nuclear warhead jets
Just as the government buys 12 nuclear warhead jets
“I kiss the ground where she fell. I feel like I’m walking over her body every time. I never got to bury her. I carry her grave with me wherever I go"
untoldmag.org/i-carry-thei...
untoldmag.org/i-carry-thei...
“I Carry Their Grave Wherever I Go": Gaza’s Endless Grief and Unknown Bodies - Untold
With Israel not allowing DNA tests in Gaza, families guess who to mourn. Children disappear into rubble. Parents are left clinging to memories, not remains.
untoldmag.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“I kiss the ground where she fell. I feel like I’m walking over her body every time. I never got to bury her. I carry her grave with me wherever I go"
untoldmag.org/i-carry-thei...
untoldmag.org/i-carry-thei...
It was a privilege to deliver the keynote at the Migration and Technologies of Un/Bordering Conference at the University of Surrey last week, where I spoke on the unfolding of digital border controls used to manage irregularised migration in Greece.
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It was a privilege to deliver the keynote at the Migration and Technologies of Un/Bordering Conference at the University of Surrey last week, where I spoke on the unfolding of digital border controls used to manage irregularised migration in Greece.
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Had reason to forward this today. A great moment, in my opinion Anything is possible! @oubucu.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @janetnewsham.bsky.social @iliadou.bsky.social @profgrahampike.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social
braveneweurope.com/steve-tombs-...
braveneweurope.com/steve-tombs-...
Steve Tombs - Good Bloody Riddance - Brave New Europe
The UK University Strike may have been deferred, but it produced many successes and raised an awareness of the assault on higher education in Britain. Awareness of a problem is the beginning of a conf...
braveneweurope.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Had reason to forward this today. A great moment, in my opinion Anything is possible! @oubucu.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @janetnewsham.bsky.social @iliadou.bsky.social @profgrahampike.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social
braveneweurope.com/steve-tombs-...
braveneweurope.com/steve-tombs-...
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Now had the pleasure of these 500 pages. Wonderful page-turner, wholly scholarly with a novel-reading feel. Great achievement to document one example of the engrained corruption of the British state @paddyzemia.bsky.social @miketqub.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @niaolainf.bsky.social
And much thanks to the @europeangroup.bsky.social without which our journey to zemiology would likely not have happened
What an end to the week - A long awaited Zemiology reunion and long anticipated (and absolutely outstanding!) book 🙌🏽 @paddyzemia.bsky.social @stevetombs.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Now had the pleasure of these 500 pages. Wonderful page-turner, wholly scholarly with a novel-reading feel. Great achievement to document one example of the engrained corruption of the British state @paddyzemia.bsky.social @miketqub.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @niaolainf.bsky.social
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Thanks to the editors of @verfassungsblog.de for publishing this new short essay, somewhat bleak, but it did give me the privilege of linking to work by my better half.
verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...
verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...
May 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks to the editors of @verfassungsblog.de for publishing this new short essay, somewhat bleak, but it did give me the privilege of linking to work by my better half.
verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...
verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...
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Please do consider signing the petition and forwarding this message @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @iliadou.bsky.social @frasoliman.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @debcoles13.bsky.social
The petition to #FreeFatou is here - please sign if you can 👇🏽https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-deportation-of-our-sister-fatou-her-life-is-in-danger-if-she-is-deported
May 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Please do consider signing the petition and forwarding this message @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @iliadou.bsky.social @frasoliman.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @debcoles13.bsky.social
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📢Language matters!
We've joined over 130 human rights organisations to call on the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants.
Racist and hostile rhetoric has dangerous consequences, including violence and abuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We've joined over 130 human rights organisations to call on the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants.
Racist and hostile rhetoric has dangerous consequences, including violence and abuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rights groups urge Starmer to dial down anti-migrant rhetoric
Exclusive: 136 organisations tell PM to stop using ‘demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summit
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📢Language matters!
We've joined over 130 human rights organisations to call on the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants.
Racist and hostile rhetoric has dangerous consequences, including violence and abuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We've joined over 130 human rights organisations to call on the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants.
Racist and hostile rhetoric has dangerous consequences, including violence and abuse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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#Love is nothing without action.
💟 Love is in the way we show up for one another.
💟 Love is how we speak out for our neighbors.
💟 Love knows no borders.
Take action now to Protect Immigrant Families & Restore Legal Access! www.change.org/p/protect-immigrant-families-restore-legal-access-programs
💟 Love is in the way we show up for one another.
💟 Love is how we speak out for our neighbors.
💟 Love knows no borders.
Take action now to Protect Immigrant Families & Restore Legal Access! www.change.org/p/protect-immigrant-families-restore-legal-access-programs
February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#Love is nothing without action.
💟 Love is in the way we show up for one another.
💟 Love is how we speak out for our neighbors.
💟 Love knows no borders.
Take action now to Protect Immigrant Families & Restore Legal Access! www.change.org/p/protect-immigrant-families-restore-legal-access-programs
💟 Love is in the way we show up for one another.
💟 Love is how we speak out for our neighbors.
💟 Love knows no borders.
Take action now to Protect Immigrant Families & Restore Legal Access! www.change.org/p/protect-immigrant-families-restore-legal-access-programs
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"Understanding the impact of trauma on children"... What do they see? What do they hear? I am conscious of the increasing cases of Domestic Violence/Child Abuse worldwide. They need our protection.
January 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Understanding the impact of trauma on children"... What do they see? What do they hear? I am conscious of the increasing cases of Domestic Violence/Child Abuse worldwide. They need our protection.
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Introducing FORTRESS EUROPE, my new documentary podcast on Europe’s increasingly violent borders. Out now on Apple, Spotify and the rest. Rating and sharing helps us expand our audience!
listen.podmasters.uk/FE240910Gree...
listen.podmasters.uk/FE240910Gree...
October 18, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Introducing FORTRESS EUROPE, my new documentary podcast on Europe’s increasingly violent borders. Out now on Apple, Spotify and the rest. Rating and sharing helps us expand our audience!
listen.podmasters.uk/FE240910Gree...
listen.podmasters.uk/FE240910Gree...
📢 New Publication Alert!
I’m excited to share my latest publication on the continuum of immigration detention and violence in Greece
👉 Read it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or questions about the chapter.
#ImmigrationDetention#BorderViolence
I’m excited to share my latest publication on the continuum of immigration detention and violence in Greece
👉 Read it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or questions about the chapter.
#ImmigrationDetention#BorderViolence
January 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📢 New Publication Alert!
I’m excited to share my latest publication on the continuum of immigration detention and violence in Greece
👉 Read it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or questions about the chapter.
#ImmigrationDetention#BorderViolence
I’m excited to share my latest publication on the continuum of immigration detention and violence in Greece
👉 Read it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or questions about the chapter.
#ImmigrationDetention#BorderViolence
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Hope it's clear to everyone what this is and means, and where we are heading to. In the 1930s, many people preferred to pretend that nothing was going on, and we all know how it ended.
January 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hope it's clear to everyone what this is and means, and where we are heading to. In the 1930s, many people preferred to pretend that nothing was going on, and we all know how it ended.
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#CallForAbstracts
🗓 Deadline: 3 March 2025
Special Issue: "Fear and Looting in the Periphery: Approaching Social Harm in Southern Europe."
Calling academics & activists in critical criminology, geography, abolitionism, and transformative justice.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#CallForAbstracts
🗓 Deadline: 3 March 2025
Special Issue: "Fear and Looting in the Periphery: Approaching Social Harm in Southern Europe."
Calling academics & activists in critical criminology, geography, abolitionism, and transformative justice.
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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CFP: UNDERSTANDING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE - One Day Conference 28 May @qmul.ac.uk.
How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them?
We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them?
We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
CFP: UNDERSTANDING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE - One Day Conference 28 May @qmul.ac.uk.
How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them?
We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them?
We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing:
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
After Greece's Refugee Crisis: The Rise of Hard Borders
On the Greek island of Chios, refugees and advocates say the crisis never ended — it only disappeared from public attention.
inkstickmedia.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing:
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
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🚨The amazing @theborderchronicle.bsky.social 🦂 is on here!
Some of the most in-depth, carefully written, community grounded journalism out there! Follow the work of @memomiller.bsky.social and @mdelbosque.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com
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Some of the most in-depth, carefully written, community grounded journalism out there! Follow the work of @memomiller.bsky.social and @mdelbosque.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com
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The Border Chronicle | Substack
Original Reporting and Analysis from the U.S.-Mexico Border. Click to read The Border Chronicle, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.theborderchronicle.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM
🚨The amazing @theborderchronicle.bsky.social 🦂 is on here!
Some of the most in-depth, carefully written, community grounded journalism out there! Follow the work of @memomiller.bsky.social and @mdelbosque.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com
(Still need a gift? Consider a gift subscription!)
Some of the most in-depth, carefully written, community grounded journalism out there! Follow the work of @memomiller.bsky.social and @mdelbosque.bsky.social
www.theborderchronicle.com
(Still need a gift? Consider a gift subscription!)
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✨ A year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
December 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
✨ A year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
We asked our researchers to pick just one publication from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they chose and why! 🧵
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
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“The prison was seemingly built to induce a sense of placeless-ness. At its centre is a spiral staircase that from the ground floor appears endless… According to the rebel fighters, each wing specialised in a different form of torture. There are no windows to the outside world.”
Inside the hunt for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’
Exclusive: The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 PM
“The prison was seemingly built to induce a sense of placeless-ness. At its centre is a spiral staircase that from the ground floor appears endless… According to the rebel fighters, each wing specialised in a different form of torture. There are no windows to the outside world.”
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November 27, 2024 at 9:29 PM