Tabea Scharrer
@tabeascharrer.bsky.social
Anthropologist working on #migration, #inequality and #religion, regional focus on #Kenya and #Somalia; Uni Bayreuth & MPI for Social Anthropology, Editorial Board 'Comparative Migration Studies', https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tabea-Scharrer
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Tabea Scharrer
@tabeascharrer.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
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Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself.
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Reece Jones, a v. good historian of US borders, wrote an excellent essay reminding that Border Patrol has its roots in the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, patrolling racist politics, and the range of its inland incursions has been expanding for decades www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Reece Jones, a v. good historian of US borders, wrote an excellent essay reminding that Border Patrol has its roots in the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, patrolling racist politics, and the range of its inland incursions has been expanding for decades www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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Es wird langsam real: Im März erscheint das von mir und Frank Wolff herausgegebene Heft von @WerkstattGeschichte zum Thema "grenzen internalisieren"
Hier schon mal die Vorankündigung bei transcript […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
Hier schon mal die Vorankündigung bei transcript […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
January 30, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Es wird langsam real: Im März erscheint das von mir und Frank Wolff herausgegebene Heft von @WerkstattGeschichte zum Thema "grenzen internalisieren"
Hier schon mal die Vorankündigung bei transcript […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
Hier schon mal die Vorankündigung bei transcript […]
[Original post on h-net.social]
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This is incredible. Boris Johnson was in such a rush to deport people to Rwanda, he agreed the UK would pay Rwanda £290M with no real guarantees
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rwanda seeks £100m from UK over axed asylum deal
The African nation argues it is owed payments but the Home Office says it will fight the case.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is incredible. Boris Johnson was in such a rush to deport people to Rwanda, he agreed the UK would pay Rwanda £290M with no real guarantees
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There's a dollar "vibe shift" happening now that is different from past bouts of dollar pessimism. You might be skeptical. That's understandable since the de-dollarization narrative has been around for years now, and little has changed about the dollar's global position. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
There's a dollar "vibe shift" happening now that is different from past bouts of dollar pessimism. You might be skeptical. That's understandable since the de-dollarization narrative has been around for years now, and little has changed about the dollar's global position. 1/
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For the first time in history, middle-class Mexicans outnumber those in poverty. In Africa, only 4 (7.4%) of the countries have hit this milestone: Seychelles (90% middle class), Mauritius (80%), Tunisia (60%), Morocco (53%). In South America 42% have hit the milestone, and in Asia 35%.
Historic milestone: Middle class Mexicans now outnumber those in poverty
The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more Mexicans are categorized as middle class than poor.
mexiconewsdaily.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:53 AM
For the first time in history, middle-class Mexicans outnumber those in poverty. In Africa, only 4 (7.4%) of the countries have hit this milestone: Seychelles (90% middle class), Mauritius (80%), Tunisia (60%), Morocco (53%). In South America 42% have hit the milestone, and in Asia 35%.
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Human rights defenders in Tanzania say that armed forces may have killed up to 3000 people following protests during last years election. The leader of the opposition is still in jail as are many members of his party. Nary a peep from outside the country - for get outside the region.
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Human rights defenders in Tanzania say that armed forces may have killed up to 3000 people following protests during last years election. The leader of the opposition is still in jail as are many members of his party. Nary a peep from outside the country - for get outside the region.
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Museveni is trying to kill Bobi Wine for daring to run against him and there is no international community to speak up in his defence. The AU has already rolled over and congratulated Museveni on the sham election, and after years of enabling Europe and the US are now too distracted by their own
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Museveni is trying to kill Bobi Wine for daring to run against him and there is no international community to speak up in his defence. The AU has already rolled over and congratulated Museveni on the sham election, and after years of enabling Europe and the US are now too distracted by their own
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"Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week". The West's normalisation of the mass death of black Africans (because that is predominantly who these people are) will never be less than devastating.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
"Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week". The West's normalisation of the mass death of black Africans (because that is predominantly who these people are) will never be less than devastating.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Wenn ihr das Geld erübrigen könnt (man kann auch zusammenlegen). Jedes Kit hilft!
Ukraine2Power hat ein Überlebenskit für 80€ (Gaskocher, Heizdecken, Hand/Fusswärmer, Thermoskanne, Powerbank) zusammengestellt.
Konto: We Aid gGmbH
IBAN: DE 52370205000001838801
Kennwort: Ukraine2Power
Danke 🙏
Ukraine2Power hat ein Überlebenskit für 80€ (Gaskocher, Heizdecken, Hand/Fusswärmer, Thermoskanne, Powerbank) zusammengestellt.
Konto: We Aid gGmbH
IBAN: DE 52370205000001838801
Kennwort: Ukraine2Power
Danke 🙏
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There's a type of survey that is fueling talk of a young adult religious revival in the UK & the US.
You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion.
Read more:
You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion.
Read more:
Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading
Despite the widely recognized decline of Christianity in the U.K., there have been persistent rumblings of a Christian resurgence.
www.pewresearch.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 AM
There's a type of survey that is fueling talk of a young adult religious revival in the UK & the US.
You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion.
Read more:
You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion.
Read more:
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Die AfD-Landtagsfraktion Thüringen hat heute Rechtsextremist Sellner in den Landtag eingeladen, um über seinen verfassungswidrigen “Remigrationsplan” zu referieren.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Die AfD-Landtagsfraktion Thüringen hat heute Rechtsextremist Sellner in den Landtag eingeladen, um über seinen verfassungswidrigen “Remigrationsplan” zu referieren.
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Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
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An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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When they took my friend Jesús, a widower, they left his two US citizen kids alone in his truck and they are now wards of the state. He's now in Mexico where he was extorted for $18,000 to get out of jail so he could go live with his elderly mother who has cancer and to whom he had been sending $.
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 AM
When they took my friend Jesús, a widower, they left his two US citizen kids alone in his truck and they are now wards of the state. He's now in Mexico where he was extorted for $18,000 to get out of jail so he could go live with his elderly mother who has cancer and to whom he had been sending $.
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Du möchtest endlich wieder konstruktiv über Migration sprechen und die Themen nicht von der rechtsextremen AfD diktiert bekommen? Wir haben sechs Herausforderungen herausgearbeitet, die uns alle etwas angehen und an deren Lösung am Ende alle profitieren. www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/migr...
Migration: Über diese Herausforderungen sollten wir wirklich sprechen
Wir schauen auf sechs Herausforderungen im Zusammenhang mit Migration und Integration, die in Debatten oft vergessen werden. Rechte, die vorgeben, über “verschwiegene Probleme” von Migration zu reden,...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Du möchtest endlich wieder konstruktiv über Migration sprechen und die Themen nicht von der rechtsextremen AfD diktiert bekommen? Wir haben sechs Herausforderungen herausgearbeitet, die uns alle etwas angehen und an deren Lösung am Ende alle profitieren. www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/migr...
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🎥 Erklärvideo: Wie beeinflussen unsere Vorstellungen von morgen, was wir heute tun?
Jens Beckerts These: Kredite, Innovationen, Investitionen basieren auf gesellschaftlich geteilten Vorstellungen. Diese „imaginierten Zukünfte“ werden real, wenn genug Menschen daran glauben und entsprechend handeln.
Jens Beckerts These: Kredite, Innovationen, Investitionen basieren auf gesellschaftlich geteilten Vorstellungen. Diese „imaginierten Zukünfte“ werden real, wenn genug Menschen daran glauben und entsprechend handeln.
So beeinflussen Zukunftsbilder unsere Entscheidungen
YouTube video by Menschen und Muster
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January 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
🎥 Erklärvideo: Wie beeinflussen unsere Vorstellungen von morgen, was wir heute tun?
Jens Beckerts These: Kredite, Innovationen, Investitionen basieren auf gesellschaftlich geteilten Vorstellungen. Diese „imaginierten Zukünfte“ werden real, wenn genug Menschen daran glauben und entsprechend handeln.
Jens Beckerts These: Kredite, Innovationen, Investitionen basieren auf gesellschaftlich geteilten Vorstellungen. Diese „imaginierten Zukünfte“ werden real, wenn genug Menschen daran glauben und entsprechend handeln.
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A couple things caught my eye here.
First, the head of the ECB, WTO and IMF are all women, which I knew, but hadn't quite registered all at once. There's a reason for the Trump II backlash against women's advancement: It's real.
1/x
First, the head of the ECB, WTO and IMF are all women, which I knew, but hadn't quite registered all at once. There's a reason for the Trump II backlash against women's advancement: It's real.
1/x
World order changing, not rupturing, finance chiefs say
The world order is changing but not enduring a rupture, finance leaders said on Friday, pushing back on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's narrative that a new order, driven by major power coercion...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A couple things caught my eye here.
First, the head of the ECB, WTO and IMF are all women, which I knew, but hadn't quite registered all at once. There's a reason for the Trump II backlash against women's advancement: It's real.
1/x
First, the head of the ECB, WTO and IMF are all women, which I knew, but hadn't quite registered all at once. There's a reason for the Trump II backlash against women's advancement: It's real.
1/x
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Online opt-in polls suggest a young adult religious resurgence in the US.
Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below.
www.barna.com/trends/churc...
But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.
Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below.
www.barna.com/trends/churc...
But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Online opt-in polls suggest a young adult religious resurgence in the US.
Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below.
www.barna.com/trends/churc...
But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.
Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below.
www.barna.com/trends/churc...
But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.
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1/ First, what is the problem?
Europe has a formidable research and innovation system, but struggles to produce global tech champions. Over the past 50 years, it has produced only a handful of firms with a market cap > EUR 10 billion, compared to hundreds in the US.
Europe has a formidable research and innovation system, but struggles to produce global tech champions. Over the past 50 years, it has produced only a handful of firms with a market cap > EUR 10 billion, compared to hundreds in the US.
January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
1/ First, what is the problem?
Europe has a formidable research and innovation system, but struggles to produce global tech champions. Over the past 50 years, it has produced only a handful of firms with a market cap > EUR 10 billion, compared to hundreds in the US.
Europe has a formidable research and innovation system, but struggles to produce global tech champions. Over the past 50 years, it has produced only a handful of firms with a market cap > EUR 10 billion, compared to hundreds in the US.
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What would it take to make #AnthroSky what #AnthroTwitter was?
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
What would it take to make #AnthroSky what #AnthroTwitter was?
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A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM
A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access.
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
Here is their reply.
🧵 1/n
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Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
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January 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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