Rob Sharp
@robsharp.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex (UK) (migration, asylum, media, voice, recognition, citizenship) https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p349998-rob-sharp
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Rob Sharp
@robsharp.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Just to introduce myself on here, so I can pin. I specialise in voice, recognition, participation (inc. participatory methodologies) + citizenship across M&C and Migration Studies. My book on voice and recognition was released in March.
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This article discusses solidarity fatigue, a sense of psychological or physical exhaustion experienced by those expressing solidarity, encompassing emotional, legal, and sociocultural dimensions.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This article discusses solidarity fatigue, a sense of psychological or physical exhaustion experienced by those expressing solidarity, encompassing emotional, legal, and sociocultural dimensions.
Read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@robsharp.bsky.social
Read the full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@robsharp.bsky.social
Justin Webb on Today on migration — airlifted from the 19th century?
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Justin Webb on Today on migration — airlifted from the 19th century?
Two people I know have had their phones snatched in Hackney in the past week. I had good advice to stand by a lamppost if you need to check. Better still just don’t get your phone out at all.
June 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Two people I know have had their phones snatched in Hackney in the past week. I had good advice to stand by a lamppost if you need to check. Better still just don’t get your phone out at all.
Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access)
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June 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access)
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“‘Our vision is that, over time, A.I. would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,’ Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said in an interview.” 🫠
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“‘Our vision is that, over time, A.I. would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,’ Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said in an interview.” 🫠
Authors of Care Manifesto on ‘Care Stripping’ www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
Care-stripping: Beyond the Pretence of Care
Five years ago, we published The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence. It was a small volume that provided a large overview of what we described as the ‘structural carelessness’ of our worl...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Authors of Care Manifesto on ‘Care Stripping’ www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
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I think - I may have misunderstood the system! - that media studies qualifies as being in the lowest of the "price groups" which receive additional funding for being high cost. But at that level the additional funding is so small - not much over £100 per student - that any saving here is tiny.
May 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I think - I may have misunderstood the system! - that media studies qualifies as being in the lowest of the "price groups" which receive additional funding for being high cost. But at that level the additional funding is so small - not much over £100 per student - that any saving here is tiny.
Education secretary targeting expensive subjects including “journalism and media studies” www.ft.com/content/ec74...
Funding for ‘high-cost’ university courses to be cut in England
Education secretary says top-up support for subjects including media must be scaled back in ‘challenging’ fiscal situation
www.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Education secretary targeting expensive subjects including “journalism and media studies” www.ft.com/content/ec74...
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There’s always salami left in the salami stand:
Funding for ‘high cost’ university courses to be cut in England
Education secretary says top-up support for subjects including media must be scaled back because of ‘extremely challenging’ fiscal environment
www.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There’s always salami left in the salami stand:
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From the white paper: "The Government will explore introducing a levy on higher education provider income from international students, to be reinvested into the higher education and skills system"
?? by definition the fees paid to universities are already going in to the HE system??
?? by definition the fees paid to universities are already going in to the HE system??
University accounting teams react to news of a new government tax especially just for them.
May 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
Immigration fell by a third in the 9 months after General Election. (From 1.2m visas to 800k in year to March 2025). The new lower headline migration figure (the 12 months of 2024) will come out 10 days after the white paper. Saying net migration is 700k (last stat: year to June 2024) is out of date
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
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Hey, academics! Have you signed a book contract lately?
You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet.
Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet.
Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Academic publishing rates sharing
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April 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hey, academics! Have you signed a book contract lately?
You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet.
Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet.
Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Came across Mind Field — a group of therapists, many with backgrounds as conflict journalists and aid workers. They offer therapy and support for people still working in war and crisis zones. Could be a useful resource for those working with conflict-affected communities themindfield.world/about-us
The Mind Field
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April 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Came across Mind Field — a group of therapists, many with backgrounds as conflict journalists and aid workers. They offer therapy and support for people still working in war and crisis zones. Could be a useful resource for those working with conflict-affected communities themindfield.world/about-us
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The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
Feminism and the Far-Right
A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...
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📢 Call for Sessions is now open for the ETMU Conference 2025!
🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November
🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers
🔗 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/134301/lomake.html
#ETMU2025 #BreakingDigitalBarriers @helsinki.fi
🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November
🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers
🔗 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/134301/lomake.html
#ETMU2025 #BreakingDigitalBarriers @helsinki.fi
E-Lomake - Call for Sessions: Breaking (digital) barriers: Designing and conceptualizing technologies of inclusive societies
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April 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢 Call for Sessions is now open for the ETMU Conference 2025!
🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November
🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers
🔗 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/134301/lomake.html
#ETMU2025 #BreakingDigitalBarriers @helsinki.fi
🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November
🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers
🔗 elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/134301/lomake.html
#ETMU2025 #BreakingDigitalBarriers @helsinki.fi
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Quick note - the festival guide says free which is true, but it is also ticketed.. And places are limited…
March 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Quick note - the festival guide says free which is true, but it is also ticketed.. And places are limited…
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Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.
April 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.
Thank you to Joshua McLaughlin, Georgia Walters, Sophie Martin and Rhys Baker for talking to our Media undergraduate students about your work at the BBC, Espresso Media International, University of Sussex Digital Media Creators scheme and Tru Thoughts Records (and much more) 🚀
March 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thank you to Joshua McLaughlin, Georgia Walters, Sophie Martin and Rhys Baker for talking to our Media undergraduate students about your work at the BBC, Espresso Media International, University of Sussex Digital Media Creators scheme and Tru Thoughts Records (and much more) 🚀
Crows, robins, wrens making way for first bees emerging after winter hibernation in the magnolia opposite, already dropping its petals. Couple of weeks ahead of other trees outside London. I wondered what the buzzing was.
March 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Crows, robins, wrens making way for first bees emerging after winter hibernation in the magnolia opposite, already dropping its petals. Couple of weeks ahead of other trees outside London. I wondered what the buzzing was.
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“The OfS has not investigated the circumstances that led to Professor Stock’s resignation; it does not have the powers to do this. It insists it was ‘impartial and view-point-neutral', but it has not talked to anyone apart from Professor Stock.”
Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇
Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇
This article by Sussex university’s vice chancellor about how the Office for Students seemingly oversaw its investigation into worries about free speech at Sussex is… quite something.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Kafkaesque investigation into our university looks like political scapegoating
The Office for Students' so-called investigation into the University I represent was flawed and politically motivated. The implications for the hig...
www.politicshome.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“The OfS has not investigated the circumstances that led to Professor Stock’s resignation; it does not have the powers to do this. It insists it was ‘impartial and view-point-neutral', but it has not talked to anyone apart from Professor Stock.”
Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇
Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇
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As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.
The Turkish People Against the ‘Palace Regime’
As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s…
tribunemag.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.
Orbán territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education
A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Orbán territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Great article by @moesz.bsky.social. Useful to unpack how “voice” is not enough without a decolonial lens. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Theorising the “humanisation” of refugees: a decolonial approach
While there is growing literature on the dehumanisation of refugees, there is comparatively little theorisation of humanisation. Humanisation is often assumed to be a progressive move of recognisin...
www.tandfonline.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great article by @moesz.bsky.social. Useful to unpack how “voice” is not enough without a decolonial lens. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....