Evgenia Iliadou
@iliadou.bsky.social
Researching migration, borders, refugee camps, immigration detention, violence, trauma, death / Ethnography / Zemiology
📓 Author: Border Harms and Everyday Violence. A Prison Island in Europe (2023, Bristol University Press).
📍 UK & Greece
📓 Author: Border Harms and Everyday Violence. A Prison Island in Europe (2023, Bristol University Press).
📍 UK & Greece
This piece builds on my recent publication 'Epistemic Colonialism, Extractivism, and Epistemic Resistance', where I explore how to move towards accountable, decolonial research practices.
#ResearchEthics #DecolonialResearch #MigrationStudies
#ResearchEthics #DecolonialResearch #MigrationStudies
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This piece builds on my recent publication 'Epistemic Colonialism, Extractivism, and Epistemic Resistance', where I explore how to move towards accountable, decolonial research practices.
#ResearchEthics #DecolonialResearch #MigrationStudies
#ResearchEthics #DecolonialResearch #MigrationStudies
Drawing from my fieldwork on Lesvos, I ask how research itself can reproduce the harms it seeks to expose by silencing, extracting, or appropriating migrant voices under the guise of 'knowledge production'.
#EpistemicJustice #BorderCriminology #Zemiology
#EpistemicJustice #BorderCriminology #Zemiology
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Drawing from my fieldwork on Lesvos, I ask how research itself can reproduce the harms it seeks to expose by silencing, extracting, or appropriating migrant voices under the guise of 'knowledge production'.
#EpistemicJustice #BorderCriminology #Zemiology
#EpistemicJustice #BorderCriminology #Zemiology
3/ It also proposes ways to think about epistemic resistance-how knowledge can be produced ethically and collaboratively, without perpetuating harm.
I hope this contribution resonates with those working on borders, migration, epistemic justice, and knowledge production.
I hope this contribution resonates with those working on borders, migration, epistemic justice, and knowledge production.
August 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
3/ It also proposes ways to think about epistemic resistance-how knowledge can be produced ethically and collaboratively, without perpetuating harm.
I hope this contribution resonates with those working on borders, migration, epistemic justice, and knowledge production.
I hope this contribution resonates with those working on borders, migration, epistemic justice, and knowledge production.
2/ During this time, I witnessed not only the unfolding refugee crisis but also the impact of over-researching on already vulnerable communities.
The article also reflects on my own experiences of extractivist practices, appropriation, and silencing within academia during that period and beyond.
The article also reflects on my own experiences of extractivist practices, appropriation, and silencing within academia during that period and beyond.
August 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
2/ During this time, I witnessed not only the unfolding refugee crisis but also the impact of over-researching on already vulnerable communities.
The article also reflects on my own experiences of extractivist practices, appropriation, and silencing within academia during that period and beyond.
The article also reflects on my own experiences of extractivist practices, appropriation, and silencing within academia during that period and beyond.
They make the journey more perilous, and fatal. They never address the root causes that force people to flee—conflict, persecution, dispossession.
Many thanks to Nerina Boursinou, Dr Christina Verousi and Prof Venetia Evergeti for organising this important event!
Many thanks to Nerina Boursinou, Dr Christina Verousi and Prof Venetia Evergeti for organising this important event!
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
They make the journey more perilous, and fatal. They never address the root causes that force people to flee—conflict, persecution, dispossession.
Many thanks to Nerina Boursinou, Dr Christina Verousi and Prof Venetia Evergeti for organising this important event!
Many thanks to Nerina Boursinou, Dr Christina Verousi and Prof Venetia Evergeti for organising this important event!
From drones to biometric databases and AI-powered surveillance, these technologies are reshaping how borders operate. They frame people on the move as risks to be managed, not lives to be protected.
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
From drones to biometric databases and AI-powered surveillance, these technologies are reshaping how borders operate. They frame people on the move as risks to be managed, not lives to be protected.