We really must defend #libraries and the freedom to #read and #imagine. Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

UK has #YouthMobility schemes with Canada, SouthKorea, #Australia, etc. But not #EU. Has rejected #Erasmus #student mobility. There is an opportunity here for #Labour to stand for something. EU pushes Keir Starmer to open door to youth mobility scheme.

Applications for #ESRC #PhD #research #studentships.@MiddlesexUni are now open to UK and international students! Ambitious programmes of research linked to dynamic interdisciplinary research clusters. Further information & apply by 15 January 2025:

#Labour - If true, such closure of #imagination and failure of #courage. UK ministers rule out joining youth mobility scheme with EU

Not #MindlessThuggery nor fear of uncontrolled #migration. Increasing numbers are caught up in world of #ConspiracyTheories, hidden and revealed, contamination & disorder, evident in racist imaginary of #dirty and #4chan-invented #pedos, nourished by online modern #nazism.

#FarRight #conspiracy and #FakeNews actors setting out to benefit from terrible human tragedy. Fearful #PostTruth mobilisations setting out to destroy our shared world and our capacity to share the suffering of others.

Can we have an answer? Will #Labour review draconian #AntiDemocratic law designed to suppress #protest ? Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy #JustStopOil sentences

#Violence against political candidates is increasing in both #USA and #Europe as well. Less structured by #ideologues, more by immersion in #Conspiracy imaginaries of #left and #right. It is a real threat to #democracy today.

Three undergraduate #Sociology essay questions: (1) Why is fear of #migration greatest in areas with fewest migrants? (2) When we #fear migration, what do we fear? (3) Will reducing migration reduce fear of migration ?

Very good news for #France and for #Europe. Next step - construct a credible #PoliticalProgramme. This is what is needed to respond to the #FarRight – via @LaMatinale_M

#CovidConspiracies and #CrisisOfMasculinity - are these to be the building blocks of reconstructing the #FarRight after the #UK #GeneralElection? Farage says he is part of ‘similar phenomenon’ to Andrew Tate among young men.

For researchers working on the current reconfiguration of #ViolentExtremism and #radicalisation - an important resource.

Great shame that #UK citizens no longer part of democratic process deciding future of #Europe, shaping #GreenDeal, #DigitalServices, #Erasmus youth & culture exchanges. As Britain becomes poorer & more isolated, hundreds of millions head to polls. #Brexit

Three days with great colleagues at the European Experts Network on Terrorism Issues in #Brussels. I’ve been presenting work on #extremism from our ⁦@ParticipH2020 project. ⁩An extra bonus - an extraordinary sunset over the city this evening.

My friend & former colleague @SociologyGold , @Profseidler was @MiddlesexUni yesterday to present his latest book on #COVID & its impact, exploring #inequalities, #remembering, #grief. A wonderful #Sociology of shared #vulnerability, and its refusal.

Colleagues and former students of Vincenzo Ruggiero came together last week to celebrate his life and contribution to @MiddlesexUni, to #Criminology, and to efforts to build a more just and democratic world.

The opportunity to work or study in other countries is a chance to see the world through the lives of others. In #UK, #students have the chance to explore ideas with people from other cultures. #Brexit wants to close this down. Sadly, so too does #Labour.

Vincenzo Ruggiero - a creative, passionate and generous colleague, a major contributor to reinventing #CriticalCriminology for the #21Century. A passionate believer that universities and ideas can build a more just world. A great colleague and friend.

#Loujain-al-Hathloul

#Farmer mobilisations across Europe are being targeted by #FarRight #conspiracy actors, amplifying fears of ‘bug’ diets, #globalists, #GreatReset, #15MinuteCites, #NetZero and even #vegans. Is this to be the path to reconstruct #UK #conservatism?