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We're looking for critical interdisciplinary insights on:
* The intersectional nature of im/migration
* Decolonisation debates and borders
* Racial, colonial, and carceral capitalism in border policy
* Resisting racialised marginalisation
* The role of digital technologies in bordering societies

The KCL Borders and Migration Research Group and the PSA Race, Migration, and Intersectionality Specialist Group invite you to submit an abstract for our workshop on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Borders are not just lines on a map; they are sites of violence, resistance, and the forging of new identities. In an increasingly interconnected world, how do racialized, gendered, and classed logics shape immigration policies and the experiences of migrants? Message us for the full call for papers

And Samah Rafiq provided a postcolonial critique of the marketisation of border administration.

Fatima Farakhdust presented results of analysis of culture versus economic arguments on migration.

Sara van Goozen and John Evemy questioned the neutrality of ‘skills’ based criteria as a more morally legitimate migrant criteria.

Finally, Patrick Vernon and Nicola Smith analysed the racialisation and heteronormativity of the ‘common people’

Next was Moé Suzuki’s analysis of humanisation of refugees from a decolonizing approach.

Finally, a great first presentation from PhD student Cian Bear unsettling colonial conceptions of violence.

Then another fantastic contribute from Dr Sadiya Akram from University of Birmingham on anti-racist institutionalism.