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Research Fellow @CARCatKent Guest Lecturer in Sociology @UAntwerpen. Analysis of the historical stubbornness of the Sunni Shia labels as categories of power in the Arab and Muslim spaces.
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Dr.Reda Mahajar @drmahajar.bsky.social · Aug 7
Statement of the International Studies Association Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding
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Statement of the ISA Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding
The Academic Freedom Committee of the International Studies Association calls attention to a troubling case that reveals systemic barriers preventing refugee scholars from accessing research funding. ...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Statement of the International Studies Association Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding
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Statement of the ISA Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding
The Academic Freedom Committee of the International Studies Association calls attention to a troubling case that reveals systemic barriers preventing refugee scholars from accessing research funding. ...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Statement of the International Studies Association Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding www.isanet.org/News/ID/6619
Statement of the ISA Academic Freedom Committee on the Case of Dr. Reda Mahajar: Addressing Systemic Barriers for Refugee Scholars in Research Funding
The Academic Freedom Committee of the International Studies Association calls attention to a troubling case that reveals systemic barriers preventing refugee scholars from accessing research funding. ...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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1) Seven years ago, this slender slip of card—an airline ticket issued by the Lebanese national carrier—bore a destination that shimmered with improbable promise: Brussels. To most, it might have been little more than a boarding pass, a mundane artefact of travel.
May 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Catch the recording of the panel I joined in hosted by @populismstudies.bsky.social
I spoke on Syrian Sunni Jihadi Chickens Home to Roost: Assad’s Fatal Gamble in Iraq.
Mapping Global Populism - Panel 21
YouTube video by ECPS Brussels
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April 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Join me for a talk on the politics of the Sunni–Shia divide in Iraq and Syria.
populismstudies.bsky.social European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) @populismstudies.bsky.social · Apr 10
🌍 ECPS - Mapping Populism Studies

Panel XXI: Ethnic/Sectarian Politics & Populism in Iraq, Syria & Kurdish Regions

📅 April 24 | 🕒 15:00–17:10 CET

🎙️ Expert speakers + rich insights

🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔗 Details: www.populismstudies.org/mapping-glob...
April 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Join me for a talk on the politics of the Sunni–Shia divide in Iraq and Syria.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I fully support this initiative. Yet, I hope such generosity by European universities will extend to refugee researchers from the Global South, who face structural mobility injustices in EU funding and academia.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts
Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited
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March 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Here's a free link to a searchable database so you can see whether Meta and OpenAI trained its AI on your own books (or anyone else's!)

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The World's Selective Outrage—Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion
Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion
The blood spilled in Syria's Alawite villages and cities cries out for acknowledgement. Will we listen, or turn away, comfortable in our selective compassion?
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March 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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This writing retreat is a much-needed oasis—dedicated time to think, write, and engage with others on the same journey. We should have more of these! Who else wishes this happened more often? ✨📷 #WritingRetreat #AcademicWriting
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europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Mar 17
📝 Early Career Scholars - join our Online Writing Retreat on 27 March, 10:30-13:30 CET!

✅ Joana Ricarte, Samarjit Ghosh, and Natalie Welfens will share writing strategies, followed by a 2-hour writing session

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hIkUhY
Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars. Thursday, 27 March 2025. 10:30-13:30 CET, Zoom event. Description: the EISA Early Career Development group is organising an Online Writing Retreat for Early Career Scholars aimed at sharing writing strategies and fostering a friendly environment for writing. At the beginning of the event Dr. Joana Ricarte, Dr. Samarjit Ghosh and Dr. Natalie Welfens will share writing strategies for creating a text (research paper, PhD thesis or book chapter, etc.). The event will continue with a 2-hour writing-retreat. Speakers: Joana Ricarte (University of Coimbra), Samarjit Ghosh (Özyeğin University), Natalie Wilfens (University of Duisburg-Essen)
March 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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1) The New Syrian Constitution: A gripping political thriller where the plot is rigged, the villain writes the script, and democracy is the tragic character killed off in the first act. The President—a UN-designated terrorist—legislates, vetoes, and handpicks his own judges.
March 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Thrilled to share that our session ‘Tackling Mobility Injustices for Scholars at Risk’—where I had the privilege to contribute—is now live! Join the conversation on structural inequalities and academic freedom in Europe. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=beXlRi…"
February 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I am pleased to share that the recorded session, “Tackling Mobility Injustices for Scholars at Risk,” to which I contributed, has been published. Watch it on the European International Studies Association’s YouTube channel
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 18
📹 The recording from last week's event 'Tackling Mobility Injustices' is now available on our Youtube channel!

🔗 https://buff.ly/42VALpK

➡️ Speaker Asli Telli presented the policy brief 'Supporting Scholars in Exile: Towards Long-Term Career Path Solutions', find it here: https://buff.ly/42ZHn6A
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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I still have a laptop from 2015, and, surprisingly, it’s running smoothly. It has survived the intellectual toil of both my MA and PhD theses—proof that resilience isn’t just a human trait.
February 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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In less than an hour
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 12
🚨 Happening today!
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 11
⏰ Don't forget to register for our online event which takes place tomorrow, addressing mobility injustices for at-risk scholars...

🔗 https://buff.ly/3CKMMnc
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🚨 Happening today!
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 11
⏰ Don't forget to register for our online event which takes place tomorrow, addressing mobility injustices for at-risk scholars...

🔗 https://buff.ly/3CKMMnc
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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There is still time to register for this important event on mobility injustices in academia
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 11
⏰ Don't forget to register for our online event which takes place tomorrow, addressing mobility injustices for at-risk scholars...

🔗 https://buff.ly/3CKMMnc
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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⏰ Don't forget to register for our online event which takes place tomorrow, addressing mobility injustices for at-risk scholars...

🔗 https://buff.ly/3CKMMnc
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Displacement, precarity, and exclusion: these define the reality for too many scholars. On 12 Feb 2025, 16:30 CET, I’ll be presenting at @europeanisa’s online event to address mobility injustices.
#EISAvoices
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 7
🗓️ Our next online event will focus on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars, join us on 12 February at 16:30 CET!

🔗 Register here: https://buff.ly/4hofyt5
acking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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How can European academia dismantle its exclusionary structures? On 12 Feb 2025, 16:30 CET, I’ll speak at the European International Studies Association online event on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars. Be part of the conversation! #ScholarsAtRisk #InclusiveAcademia
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 7
🗓️ Our next online event will focus on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars, join us on 12 February at 16:30 CET!

🔗 Register here: https://buff.ly/4hofyt5
acking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🗓️ Our next online event will focus on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars, join us on 12 February at 16:30 CET!

🔗 Register here: https://buff.ly/4hofyt5
acking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Come over and spread the word✌️#mobility of #displacedknowledge on 12/02 at 16.30 (CET) ping @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social @bdwi.bsky.social @ngawiss.bsky.social @displacedreplaced.bsky.social via @europeanisa.bsky.social
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 4
📣 We're pleased to announce an upcoming online event on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars, taking place on 12 February 2025, 16.30 CET

🔗 Read more and register here: https://buff.ly/3ExNowU
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I’m honoured to be among the presenters @europeanisa.bsky.social online event on 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET, addressing mobility injustices for at-risk scholars in Europe. Together, let’s reimagine academia beyond exclusionary boundaries
europeanisa.bsky.social European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Feb 4
📣 We're pleased to announce an upcoming online event on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars, taking place on 12 February 2025, 16.30 CET

🔗 Read more and register here: https://buff.ly/3ExNowU
Tacking Mobility Injustices: Building a Fairer Europe for At-risk Scholars. 12 February 2025, 16:30 CET. Zoom event. Across Europe, many scholars at risk face a myriad of mobility injustices that hinder their ability to secure stable academic positions, harness opportunities, and build fulfilling careers. Fragile refugee statuses, fears of stigma, and the overwhelming complexities of obtaining visas or legal documentation often force these indivisuals into precarious employment or limit their prospects entirely. Speakers: Vera Axyonova, Assistant Professor/Lecturer in European Politics, University of Birmingham; Reda Mahajar, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, University of Antwerp; Asli Telli, Associate Researcher at the Global South Studies Center, Cologne University; Mohamed Bakhit, Postdoctoral Fellow at Phillipp Schwartz Initiative for Researchers at Risk.
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM