Zana Vathi
@zanavathi.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor UCC| #migration | #diversity| #inclusion| IEB member
Ethnic and Racial Studies| Associate Editor
Comparative Migration Studies| Northern mind, Southern soul| Own views https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=8sGDVRAAAAAJ&hl=en
Ethnic and Racial Studies| Associate Editor
Comparative Migration Studies| Northern mind, Southern soul| Own views https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=8sGDVRAAAAAJ&hl=en
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The Immigrant Council of Ireland has today published its Impact Report for 2024, highlighting the organisation’s achievements and the work carried out to support and empower migrants living in Ireland.
Read the full report and our press release on our website #linkinbio
Read the full report and our press release on our website #linkinbio
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Immigrant Council of Ireland has today published its Impact Report for 2024, highlighting the organisation’s achievements and the work carried out to support and empower migrants living in Ireland.
Read the full report and our press release on our website #linkinbio
Read the full report and our press release on our website #linkinbio
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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...
Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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...
Celebrating 10 years of Conparative Migration Studies - proud to serve as an Associate Editor: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Celebrating 10 years of Conparative Migration Studies - proud to serve as an Associate Editor: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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More unevidenced statements that do immense harm
Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
More unevidenced statements that do immense harm
Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An interesting discussion today at the U. of Glasgow during the viva voce of Keying Li on the transnational identities of youth of Chinese descent in Glasgow and London. Pleased to have served as an external examiner. Lots of learning about #migration, #identity, #diaspora. 🙏🍁💗
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
An interesting discussion today at the U. of Glasgow during the viva voce of Keying Li on the transnational identities of youth of Chinese descent in Glasgow and London. Pleased to have served as an external examiner. Lots of learning about #migration, #identity, #diaspora. 🙏🍁💗
Excited to have been invited to give the opening remarks on the role of scientific #diaspora in the #development of #Albania 🇦🇱
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Excited to have been invited to give the opening remarks on the role of scientific #diaspora in the #development of #Albania 🇦🇱
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We invite you to book conversation. Özge Bilgili and Marta Bivand Erdal will discuss their recently published book "Migrant #Transnationalism: IMISCOE Short Reader" Event will be held on 28 October, 14:00-15:00. Registration and info here: www.prio.org/events/9249 @imiscoe.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We invite you to book conversation. Özge Bilgili and Marta Bivand Erdal will discuss their recently published book "Migrant #Transnationalism: IMISCOE Short Reader" Event will be held on 28 October, 14:00-15:00. Registration and info here: www.prio.org/events/9249 @imiscoe.bsky.social
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The latest from The #Identities Podcast!
Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race
With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart
Listen online:
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@uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race
With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart
Listen online:
open.spotify.com/epi...
@uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The latest from The #Identities Podcast!
Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race
With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart
Listen online:
open.spotify.com/epi...
@uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race
With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart
Listen online:
open.spotify.com/epi...
@uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
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⏰ The UK’s richest are on track to pollute 22x more from travel than the poorest by 2035.
Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway.
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway.
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
Fairer is faster: The route to greener and healthier domestic transport | IPPR
Electrifying road transport has put the UK on the path to lower transport emissions for the first time. However, a gap remains between government policy an
www.ippr.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
⏰ The UK’s richest are on track to pollute 22x more from travel than the poorest by 2035.
Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway.
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway.
www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
A special moment at the @ersjournal.com board meeting celebrating Prof John Solomos 🙏
May 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A special moment at the @ersjournal.com board meeting celebrating Prof John Solomos 🙏
I have just been awarded a READ Fellowship by the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), Institute of International Education (IIE) for my collaboration with Dr Eda Gemi “The Albanian Diaspora on the Move? Second Generation Return and Onward Mobilities”. #migration
May 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I have just been awarded a READ Fellowship by the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), Institute of International Education (IIE) for my collaboration with Dr Eda Gemi “The Albanian Diaspora on the Move? Second Generation Return and Onward Mobilities”. #migration
Join us on the 12th of May for our 2025 knowledge exchange event 'Care for Refugees in Local Settings'. We focus on what care means and looks like in the everyday and what impact is has on asylum seekers' and refugees' lives. www.eventbrite.com/e/care-for-r...
Care for Refugees in Local Settings-Italy and UK
Migration Working Group – North West, invites you to a vibrant discussion about what it means to care for refugees in Italy and the UK.
www.eventbrite.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Join us on the 12th of May for our 2025 knowledge exchange event 'Care for Refugees in Local Settings'. We focus on what care means and looks like in the everyday and what impact is has on asylum seekers' and refugees' lives. www.eventbrite.com/e/care-for-r...
Our latest: a field reflection on how knowledge exchange in the field of migration takes place and how universities engages with it. Thank you to the Journal of Refugee Studies giving this reflection a home. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
Multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange events as a tool of migration infrastructure: evidence from the North West of England
Abstract. In a knowledge exchange (KE) event that focused on migration in the North West of England, mutual aid between stakeholders appeared as a powerful
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Our latest: a field reflection on how knowledge exchange in the field of migration takes place and how universities engages with it. Thank you to the Journal of Refugee Studies giving this reflection a home. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
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Facing a global downturn & potential economic slump any rumoured “reset” of Labour’s economic strategy must recognise that this is no time to be cutting the benefits to disabled people & the poorest when they will be the hardest hit in any recession. Halt the planned austerity measures.
April 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Facing a global downturn & potential economic slump any rumoured “reset” of Labour’s economic strategy must recognise that this is no time to be cutting the benefits to disabled people & the poorest when they will be the hardest hit in any recession. Halt the planned austerity measures.
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🎉Publication day for 'Anywhere But Here'!
Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world.
Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher.
Order here
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world.
Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher.
Order here
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🎉Publication day for 'Anywhere But Here'!
Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world.
Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher.
Order here
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world.
Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher.
Order here
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
I don’t know if it’s me being new to BlueSky, after deliberately quitting X, but my feed is fool of crazy stuff. The world we live in - if this is even remotely representative - is darker and scarier by the minute… 👇🏼 www.thenational.scot/news/2505229...
Keir Starmer considering Rwanda-style deportation scheme for asylum seekers
The Government is working “very closely” with Italian ministers to consider ways to process migrants with asylum claims in a third country.
www.thenational.scot
April 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I don’t know if it’s me being new to BlueSky, after deliberately quitting X, but my feed is fool of crazy stuff. The world we live in - if this is even remotely representative - is darker and scarier by the minute… 👇🏼 www.thenational.scot/news/2505229...
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Starmer gets “angry”, and wants us to “blame the asylum seekers” for Labour’s brutal hammering of the poor, the old, the sick, the disabled, and now even the targeting of disadvantaged children by removing free school meals and sanitary products.
“I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”.
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“I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Starmer gets “angry”, and wants us to “blame the asylum seekers” for Labour’s brutal hammering of the poor, the old, the sick, the disabled, and now even the targeting of disadvantaged children by removing free school meals and sanitary products.
“I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”.
🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺
“I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”.
🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺
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Check out this recent article in @bjpols.bsky.social: “Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes?” by @akoustov.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #polisky
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes - Volume 53 Issue 2
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March 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Check out this recent article in @bjpols.bsky.social: “Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes?” by @akoustov.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #polisky
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Check out the in-depth convo between @silkys13.bsky.social, author of #UnbuildWalls w/ @amnaakbar.bsky.social. In @publicbooks.bsky.social, Silky reflects on how we got to the current moment while outlining some of the key lessons presented in “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition.”
“The Basic Liberal Narrative Is Gone”: Immigrant Rights and Abolition with Silky Shah - Public Books
“A singular focus on conditions, rather than the violence of immigration detention itself, just lent itself to expansion.”
www.publicbooks.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Check out the in-depth convo between @silkys13.bsky.social, author of #UnbuildWalls w/ @amnaakbar.bsky.social. In @publicbooks.bsky.social, Silky reflects on how we got to the current moment while outlining some of the key lessons presented in “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition.”
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Ukraine's top aid donor, the U.S., has given $37B+ in humanitarian support for 3 years since Russia invaded. Felon Trump halted that aid, including assistance to war veterans & refugees. Push back on heartless monster Trump!
Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremism
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April 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Ukraine's top aid donor, the U.S., has given $37B+ in humanitarian support for 3 years since Russia invaded. Felon Trump halted that aid, including assistance to war veterans & refugees. Push back on heartless monster Trump!
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The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028
The cast of Sam Mendes’ four upcoming Beatles biopics has been officially announced, with Harris Dickinson playing John Lennon, Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan playing Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn playing George Harrison.
Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of films including American Beauty, 1917 and Skyfall, made a surprise appearance on stage with his Fab Four at CinemaCon, an annual industry event for Hollywood, in Las Vegas on Monday night. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
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Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development
“Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different,” admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning.
But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
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Six months on from the UK’s racist riots, MEX is supporting efforts to strengthen the sector’s resilience and security. Join two upcoming workshops on:
📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM
📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM
Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms
Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg
📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM
📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM
Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms
Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg
February 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Six months on from the UK’s racist riots, MEX is supporting efforts to strengthen the sector’s resilience and security. Join two upcoming workshops on:
📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM
📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM
Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms
Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg
📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM
📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM
Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms
Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg