Migration Starter Pack
A list of folks on BlueSky posting about migration, refugees, and citizenship, including academics, advocacy orgs, journalists, etc.
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@deeesharp.bsky.social
@pattitlenard.bsky.social
Prof of political theory and applied ethics at UO; advocate for lgbtiq+ refugees 🌈; defender of multiculturalism; sloth in profile pic is named Mani
@maartenpvink.bsky.social
all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️
@joshaw.bsky.social
Head of @uoelawschool.bsky.social. Gen Sec (elect) Royal Society of Edinburgh (01.04.25). Law (esp EU). Citizenship. Sea swimming. Photos. Books. Gardening. Landscapes. Tain / Edinburgh
@pochoaespejo.bsky.social
Political Theorist. University of Virginia. Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.
@anewq.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Political theory, democracy, referendums, democratic innovation, representation
@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
- Being a refugee is not a crime! - Seeking asylum is a human right! www.refugeesinlibya.org SUPPORT US: paypal.me/Refugeesinlibya 🍀 ↪️ refugeesinlibya.org/donate
@matthewblongo.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Political Science @PolSciLeiden. Author: THE PICNIC (2024) https://bit.ly/42unDVV) & THE POLITICS OF BORDERS (2018). Native New Yorker.
@kangborderlaw.bsky.social
Nau Associate Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy Author of The INS on the Line (Oxford, 2017) Co-editor of Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States (UIP, 2025) Washington, D.C. & Charlottesville, VA
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social
JD/PhD | THREAT OF DISSENT: A HISTORY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674292352 | Posts are mine, not the views of my employer. ❤️ & Reposts are not endorsements.
@pollypw.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Author of the award winning “fabulous and delightfully rad” ‘Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives’ by Verso Books. She/Her.
@carlbontempo.bsky.social
Historian of immigration, refugees, human rights, and modern American politics. Sports. Music. Food. University at Albany, SUNY.
@saragoodman.bsky.social
Chancellor's Fellow & Dean's Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine. Department Chair. APSA Treasurer. saragoodmanphd.com citizenship | migration | comparative politics | Europe
@silkys13.bsky.social
executive director, Detention Watch Network, author Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024), from Texas, views my own book info/events: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/unbuild-walls
@trillingual.bsky.social
Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
@greeneland.bsky.social
Labor and migration historian @UMaryland. Pre-order Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal! https://tinyurl.com/Pre-Order-Box-25
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
Sociology Prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
@danaschmalz.bsky.social
International law & legal theory. Migration, democracy, population numbers. Senior research fellow at MPIL Heidelberg.
@nedasoc.bsky.social
Ned-a Mag-boo-leh. A close enough pronunciation. Maq, if you want the bonus point (you’re on bsky.app, so you probably do)
@stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social
prof at UNC ⚽️getting REALLY into professional women's soccer ⚽️
@abizadeh.bsky.social
Political philosophy prof at McGill https://abizadeh.wixsite.com/arash
@spe07.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science Research on Abolition of passports, Free Movement, Political theory, Migration studies University Paris Cité @upcite.bsky.social https://u-paris.academia.edu/SperantaDumitru
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
@jherrerx.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, un tipo chido I cover the border and other bad news. I write about how changing demography impacts individual lives, in particular in Latino communities. Work in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly
@tareqalaows.bsky.social
Flüchtlingspolitischer Sprecher von PRO ASYL @proasyl.bsky.social Anfragen an: presse@proasyl.de
@artsofdenial.bsky.social
Dyslexic diabetic. Eclectic philosopher and political theorist. Art and cricket lover. Artisan kimchi maker. Recovering poet. Fortunate man. Interested in all things human (and some non-human). Apparently now meant to add FBA to all social media profiles.
@grillmeier.bsky.social
Journalist Focus: Migration and forced displacement; EU borders & beyond // Climate and Water Crisis in Europe contact.grillmeier@gmail.com
@jwashing.bsky.social
Journalist and Translator. Reporting for Arizona Luminaria, @azluminaria.org Newsletter, short essays on books and politics: https://johnwashington.substack.com/ Latest book, The Case for Open Borders: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-the
@refugees.skyfleet.blue
News curation about the plight of Refugees worldwide - news - statistics - stories updates in 🇬🇧🇫🇷 🆘 @skyfleet.blue
@lauraskh.bsky.social
Australian Senior Lecturer (=AssocProf), language, law & society. #LLIRN. External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member. Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed & prac, access to justice ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
@chrjkb.bsky.social
Reporter @taz.de -> taz.de/christianjakob Bücher im Ch. Links-Verlag: https://t1p.de/nitnv Atlas der Migration: https://t1p.de/vmidx Atlas der Zivilgesellschaft: https://t1p.de/9b8h Radiofeatures: https://t1p.de/hkkhx & https://t1p.de/arb6j
@judithkohlenberger.bsky.social
... forscht & lehrt zu Flucht, Migration & Integration an der WU Wien & am oiip ... schrieb "Das Fluchtparadox", "Wir", "Grenzen der Gewalt", "Gegen die neue Härte" ... hosted den Podcast "Aufnahmebereit" Be the artist, not the muse. Privat hier.
@labdelaaty.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees, Human rights • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
@sea-watch.org
Wir retten Menschen auf der Flucht vor dem Ertrinken. Spende jetzt: http://sea-watch.org
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist specializing in US constitutional law and development, US migration(s) and citizenship law and policy history. Often mistaken for a historian. Home cook, wine drinker, foodie.
@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
European Media and Editorial Director, Human Rights Watch https://bsky.app/profile/hrw.org. Subscribe to my human rights newsletter: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights All my links here: https://linktr.ee/andrewstroehlein
@maxpichl.bsky.social
Professur Soziales Recht der Sozialen Arbeit Hochschule RheinMain//Asyl- und Migrationsrecht//Report Recht gegen Rechts//Bundesvorsitzender @vdjinfo.bsky.social // Vertrauensdozent Hans-Böckler-Stiftung Asylum and Migration Law//Critical Legal Theory
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
@proasyl.de
PRO ASYL ist seit 1986 die unabhängige Stimme für die Menschenrechte und den Flüchtlingsschutz in Deutschland & Europa. www.proasyl.de
@crookedfootball.bsky.social
Political philosophy and theory, migration, refugees, Rousseau, photography, French literature, Crooked Timber, books, Bristol ... Wrote "Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants" (Wiley/Polity, 2018). Pensioner.
@alixabeth.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
@steffenmau.bsky.social
Sociologist HU Berlin l social change, inequality, transformation, conflict, borders (picture Midjourney | Gesine Born | Bilderinstitut)
@daralind.bsky.social
Former journalist, currently employed at @immcouncil.org (all posts here VERY MUCH my own), forever immigration explainer. Committed to the bit. Signal: daralind.18
@stevepeers.bsky.social
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Next book: UK Trade Law after Brexit (OUP, forthcoming). Usual disclaimers.
@deeesharp.bsky.social
Read my work here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VYT_0LjgcGgXDKEx4JSxTaRXxEU0rJP1?usp=drive_link