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Simon Turner
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Professor of Social Anthropology, Lund University. Political anthropology, crisis, migration, anticipation, humanitarianism. Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya. Embarking on a project on preppers in Sweden.
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🎙🇹🇿 How do local acts of help reshape refugee support beyond the confines of the camps? Find out the answer to this and other questions in our newest #EHTZ #Podcast episode with @simonturneranthro.bsky.social and Dr. Yvette Ruzibiza.

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#09 | Helping Each Other: Refugees in and Around Tanzanian Camps
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August 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Very excited to see our new article out in @migrationjrnl.bsky.social!
With @simonturneranthro.bsky.social:
"Refugees and preppers: Anticipatory practices in the face of uncertain futures"
Refugees and preppers: Anticipatory practices in the face of uncertain futures
Abstract. In this paper we suggest that attention to the social practice of prepping, with its particular focus on how people navigate uncertain and potent
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July 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thanks to Anja Franck for suggesting the connection between refugees and preppers. Refugees and preppers: Anticipatory practices in the face of uncertain futures url: academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
Refugees and preppers: Anticipatory practices in the face of uncertain futures
Abstract. In this paper we suggest that attention to the social practice of prepping, with its particular focus on how people navigate uncertain and potent
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July 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
looking forward to seeing inspiring and innovative proposals in what usually is a very competitive field.
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Call for Proposals for Special Issues
The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is accepting proposals for special issues. JRS is a peer-reviewed journal featuring original, high-quality research related
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May 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We’re looking for outstanding PhD candidates to study with us at the Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social! You must have a demonstrated interest in disaster law, human rights law, international humanitarian law, or diplomatic and consular law. www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...
ARC Laureate Fellowship: PhD Scholarships on Evacuations | UNSW Sydney
UNSW Law & Justice offers two PhD scholarships for researchers who are part of the Evacuations Research Hub . Join our community of scholars today.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Deadline for paper submissions extended to 20th Dec. Please consider submitting to our panel 'The flipside of disinformation in the Afropean: Information suppression in African autocracies and their diasporas' in the 'Politics and International Relations' stream.
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Call for Papers - ECAS 2025
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December 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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The Sahel region is a showcase of the ways disinformation can destabilize fragile democracies, presenting authoritarianism as a simple response to complex problems.

But the track record of authoritarianism in Africa shows otherwise.

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Democracies must adapt in the age of disinformation – The Mail & Guardian
Democracy’s advantages must be articulated in the face of false information but delivering benefits is the best way to secure democratic governance
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December 9, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Humanitarian responses in Tanzania are shaped by public perceptions of deservingness, with citizens often inclined to help those recognized as legitimate recipients of aid by government or community leaders. Read more in our policy brief at www.everydayhumanitarianismintanzania.org/reports
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November 28, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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New article 'Contested future-making in containment: temporalities, infrastructures and agency' just published. Containment, which restricts mobilities, ranges from physical infrastructures to diffused everyday-life control practices 1/3
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Contested future-making in containment: temporalities, infrastructures and agency - Comparative Migration Studies
Containment, as a way of restricting mobilities, ranges from physical infrastructures to diffused control practices in everyday life. Alongside their physical, social, and political dimensions, such r...
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November 26, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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The deadline for the Bronislaw #Malinowski Award is Dec. 15. #SfAA presents the Award to a social scientist who has demonstrated a commitment to understanding & addressing the needs of global societies. www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards...
#socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2025
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Great work on the history of Western Tanzania using the Marxist concept of alienation. www.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
Articulating Alienation: The History and Experience of Subsumption in Rural Kigoma, Tanzania
DiVA portal is a finding tool for research publications and student theses written at the following 50 universities and research institutions.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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If you can't make it, Tom Scott-Smith wrote a blog for LSE Inequalities drawing on the book, you can read it here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Refugee Shelter: Why Autonomy Matters Most
What are the options for any government seeking to house new refugees? Surveying examples from activist-run squats in Athens to huge refugee camps in Jordan, Tom Scott-Smith looks at what works – a…
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November 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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We made it to the Tanzanian national news! ITV, one of the country’s leading private broadcasters, covered our research dissemination event in Dar es Salaam, capturing key moments and insightful discussions. Watch the clip now on YouTube (start in minute 6).

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November 20, 2024 at 6:09 AM