Gerasimos Tsourapas

@tsourapas.bsky.social

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migration, diplomacy, and overanalyzing everything ∙ 🇬🇷 professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social ∙ editor-in-chief @migrationjrnl.bsky.social ∙ FAcSS SFHEA ∙ 🏃🏻‍♂️🌍

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Gerasimos Tsourapas FAcSS is 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations at the University of Birmingham. He is Editor-in-chief of Migration Studies. His research examines the international relations of the Middle East and broader Global South, focusing on the politics of migrants, refugees, and diasporas. He has advanced the concepts of migration diplomacy, migration interdependence, and refugee rentierism to analyse the political economy and foreign policy dimensions of cross-border mobility. .. more

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · 10d

How do states make their refugee policies look responsible to the world, and what does that performance achieve? I examine these dynamics in Uganda, Egypt, and Bangladesh, and across other Global North and South cases in my open-access Journal of Refugee Studies article.

doi.org/10.1093/jrs/...

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 3d

📢 @jamesrdennison.bsky.social, @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & Mariana Carmo Duarte: Migration communication campaigns: towards a research agenda and open database 🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2024.2419550

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · 8d

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

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Lorenzo Piccoli @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 14d

Migration diplomacy at work: Belgium has endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal for the territory of Western Sahara. The move coincides with a migration-return agreement and expansion of trade ties.

Check @tsourapas.bsky.social for more on this topic.

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Belgium and Morocco strengthen ties with agreement on migrant returns and Western Sahara

Following in the footsteps of France, Germany, the United States and the European Union, Belgium has now formally declared its support for...

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 19d

So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Call for Papers: Migration Power Europe

@irenefmolina.bsky.social & I are organising a workshop on EU migration politics, based on our @iajournal.bsky.social piece (lnkd.in/d_98wCDD), at @mpc-eui.bsky.social in Florence. Consider applying!

🗓 Deadline: 15 Nov
ℹ️ Details: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 28d

Meet our Fellow @tsourapas.bsky.social, 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! Gerasimos’ research focuses on migration diplomacy including refugee politics & the securitisation of migration.
Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/professor-ge...

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Lorenzo Piccoli @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · Oct 3

Migration binds states together: host states need workers to fill critical sectors, sending states need remittances and employment opportunities. This creates interdependences that can be used strategically.

Read @tsourapas.bsky.social on the Co-Lab.

migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/09/25/l...

How can labour migration empower the Global South? - Co-Lab

This short discusses how labour migration creates leverage for sending states: as they can get concessions, protections, and influence.

migrationresearchtopolicy.eu

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Migration Studies @migrationjrnl.bsky.social · Oct 3

Our call for Special Issues is now live! We welcome collections that advance theoretical debates, offer comparative insight, and push methodological boundaries. Deadline: 15 December 2025. Questions: get in touch with @mkoinova.bsky.social. Details: academic.oup.com/migration/pa...

2025 Call for Special Issue Proposals

Deadline: 15 December 2025 Migration Studies is now accepting Special Issue proposals. The journal typically publishes one call for special issues pe

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Migration Policy Centre @mpc-eui.bsky.social · Oct 2

The dates for the next Migration Winter Academy are official!📌 And early bird applications close on 5 October

👉 For policy analysts, private sector professionals, international organisation officials, civil servants, NGO and representatives, researchers, and journalists.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 24

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉

'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎

Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM

@visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congrats, Lisel! Wonderful to see this out!

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Sep 8

My comment with BBC InDepth, ten years after “Wir schaffen das,” and how migration diplomacy has become contagious.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Migration Studies @migrationjrnl.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are excited to release our first annual editorial report, covering 2024! Publishing data on submissions and decisions, as well as explaining policy changes, is part of our commitment to transparency. Link: static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/migra... #migcitsky #polisky #econsky #socsky

A summary of key points from the first Migration Studies annual report covering calendar year 2024: submissions rise by 71%, with nearly half of them coming from Europe and Central Asia; about 10% acceptance rate; first decisions (whether sent out for external review or not) taking less time; the two-year impact factor rose to 2.7; and special issue topics included 'living with difference in cities' and 'unusual places of sanctuary and refuge'.

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Sep 2

My latest #OpenAccess in IMR: why and when states adopt different #MigrationDiplomacy strategies. The article advances the concept of migration interdependence via a two-axis typology showing when cooperation, coercion, or other choices become viable.

Take a look: doi.org/10.1177/0197... #migcitsky

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David FitzGerald @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social · Jun 9

Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers.

Open access in Migration Studies.

doi.org/10.1093/migr...

Remote biopower: Constructing the system of immigrant health controls

Abstract. The selection of migrants based on judgments about their health was a fundamental driver of state migration controls. The USA was a global leader

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sondos Mahfouz will examine how authoritarian regimes use migration to consolidate power, focusing on Egypt and Jordan. She is funded by the School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social, co-supervised with @aykutozturk.bsky.social. Follow her work here: www.linkedin.com/in/sondos-ma...

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Jun 9

Dean Ross explores how immigration is shaped by nationalist politics in stateless regions, focusing on Scotland & Catalonia. He is funded by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science @sgsss.bsky.social, and co-supervised with Ian Paterson. Connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/dean-ross...

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Apr 10

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ..
It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?"
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
The
GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Apr 3

"Russia was not on Trump's tariff list, despite running a $2.5bn goods trade surplus last year, according to the US Trade Representative's office."

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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · Mar 25

ERC doubling funding to lure researchers to the EU

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

ERC doubling funding to lure researchers to the EU - Research Professional News

Commission also planning a dedicated meeting to coordinate similar efforts among member states

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · Mar 24

Istanbul protest image destined for book covers

📸 Ümit Bektaş, @reuters.com

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Mar 21

“Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision”

Just when you thought there wasn’t any boot left to lick, Columbia finds even more ways to comply.

Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes

Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.

apnews.com

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Mar 21

Warm congratulations, Elena, for these new roles! This is richly deserved, and a great fit for her important work on forced migration.

Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · Mar 21

Some professional news: I am happy to have been accepted as an Affiliate of the @refugeelawclinic.bsky.social and to soon participate in two excellent working groups: Border Externalization and Feminist Theory, Refugees, and Displacement. Everyone has been so welcoming

rli.sas.ac.uk/people/elena...

Elena Habersky

PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow

rli.sas.ac.uk

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Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · Mar 21

Elena Habersky

PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow

rli.sas.ac.uk

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Mar 17

🌍 Migration between #MENA and the #EU is evolving. What challenges and opportunities lie ahead?
⚠️ Don’t miss this crucial discussion with experts @federicazardo.bsky.social @tsourapas.bsky.social @helhahn.bsky.social
📅 Thu 20 Mar, 14:00–15:30 GMT 📍 Online

#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky

From the MENA to the EU: Migration diplomacy, challenges and opportunities

ECPR Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations

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Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Mar 15

Congratulations, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social and all!
It looks incredibly interesting!

Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi @liliantsourdi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our SI w/ @federicazardo.bsky.social on #migration governance through funding now published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies! In the intro doi.org/10.1080/1556... we advance a typology & scrutinise transparency, accountability & effectiveness impacts @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

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Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi @liliantsourdi.bsky.social · Mar 12

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Feb 21

Happy to share my latest, open-access article in International Migration! 📢

I introduce a three-level game framework to migration diplomacy through an in-depth look at the 2020 Greek-Turkish border crisis.

Also included: a first-ever video abstract (be kind!).

Read here: doi.org/10.1111/imig...

Gerasimos Tsourapas @tsourapas.bsky.social · Feb 17

Congratulations, @deeesharp.bsky.social! It looks great, I look forward to reading with interest.

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