IRIS's Starter Pack
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@annapapoutsi.bsky.social
@oliviapetie.bsky.social
Social policy researcher & evaluator | Part-Time PhD Student at UoB and @irisbirmingham.bsky.social | Trustee at HostNation | Views own | She/her
@pipmck.bsky.social
Forced migration, SGBV, maternal health inequalities & Cultural Safety. Research and Impact Fellow @irisbirmingham.bsky.social Hands in clay or soil. She/her When You Know- Childbirth in the UK Asylum System: https://vimeo.com/1028359945/b9ee3abb4c
@seb-rumsby.bsky.social
Academic researcher, amateur musician, Christian socialist, boardgame geek, outdoors thrill-seeker https://sebrumsby.wordpress.com/
@stefano-piemontese.bsky.social
Social anthropologist researching youth, mobilities, race, inequalities, and irregular migration at @irisbirmingham.bsky.social. I use collaborative and audiovisual methodologies whenever possible. Current project https://i-claim.eu/.
@andyjolly.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @SocialWorkUob | Honorary Research Fellow @ICRDwlv | Politics & attempts at humour my own
@hasanpatel.com
Strategic Comms, ex BBC and Al Jazeera journalist | Interests in comms, current affairs, cricket, running, and MUFC | Own views
@profjennyp.bsky.social
Professor of Migration and Superdiversity at University of Birmingham. Forced migration, SGBV, gender, asylum policy, civil society, emotions.
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social
“Women are keepers of their own story therefore they are historians.” Etel Adnan 'We are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience', 2025. https://lyndseystonebridge.com/
@nandosigona.bsky.social
Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity https://www.nandosigona.info https://www.i-claim.eu podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/ #runner
@kamrank.bsky.social
Director of MOSAIC research at the University of Birmingham | Borders, CVE, surveillance and multilingualism | Security, Citizenship Testing, Race and Language
@irisbirmingham.bsky.social
The Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, UK. Director: Prof @nandosigona.bsky.social web: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/iris blog: https://superdiversity.net