Finally time for the STS-MigTec annual workshop in Utrecht! Kicking off this morning together w/ NinaAmelung and Sanja Milivojevic with our panel "The technopolitics of crimmigration control". Talks by Nina Khamsy Jonathan Buchmann AlizDauchy Andreas Pereira and others – let's go!

📸 of the in-person attendants of the Annual paper workshop #migtecUtrecht2024 ‘Data matters in migration and border control’ we are joined by colleagues online 📺, many important new projects presented and strong, engaged discussions #datamigUtrecht2024 STS-MigTec COST Action DATAMIG

A quick visit to Leiden Law School today to catch up with friends and explore collaborative opportunities between @BorderCrim and LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity. Glad to see @Maartje_W Amalia Campos-Delgado Mirjam Twigt 🍉 and excited to meet new LDE folks and hear their presentations on cutting-edge border research!

New and #openaccess in Geopolitics: “Do It Yourself!” Pedagogical Performances, Technical Expertise, and Crimmigration Control in the IOM’s Capacity-Building Practices in Nigeria by Samuel Singer Samuel Singler Download and read for free: buff.ly/3Q1HhUK

ICYMI #openaccess in Geopolitics: “Do It Yourself!” Pedagogical Performances, Technical Expertise, and Crimmigration Control in the IOM’s Capacity-Building Practices in Nigeria by Samuel Singer Samuel Singler Download and read for free: buff.ly/3Q1HhUK

📢Sociology's @PeteFussey has been quoted in the House of Lords debate on surveillance for Data Protection Digital Information Bill! @MigEssex Economic Sociology @ Essex CISC Global South Studies at Essex

Super excited to present some conceptual work in progress at the MigTec Circle this month! I hope many of you can join and engage with the paper. Relevant to the @BorderCrim Tech & Digital Futures group, and to thinking about private tech & surveillance more broadly (I hope!)

I'm so thankful to the Sociology @ Essex 60th Anniversary team - led by Isabel Crowhurst - who put together this great blog on our Dept's history over 60 years as one of Europe's leading Sociology Depts. Thanks Isabel, Tara Mahfoud | تارا محفوض Samuel Singler + others essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/202…

Presenting at the STS-MigTec Circle in a couple of weeks! In my paper, I examine how security companies construct imaginaries of future border controls by conceptualizing them as "surveillance evangelists". I'd love some feedback on this concept, so please come along if you can.

Still time to sign up for this work-in-progress presentation – the draft paper will be ciruclated to participants on Monday. Hope to see many of you next Friday!

SUCCESS! All of our clients who were facing removal to Rwanda have now been released thanks to the tremendous work of our legal team 👏👏👏 We will continue to fight this unjust law every step of the way.

Looking forward to celebrating Sociology @ Essex 60th anniversary on 20 September 2024 with keynotes by Gurminder K. Bhambra, @nsharma101, Gary Younge, & sessions organised by CISC Economic Sociology @ Essex @MigEssex Global South Studies at Essex @UoECrimBook Register here: tinyurl.com/yevyx6fc

Join the Sociology @ Essex as they celebrate 60 years of sociology at Essex. With exciting keynote speakers including Gary Younge, the conference brings together sociologists from Essex and beyond to discuss challenges, uncertainties and opportunities. eventbrite.co.uk/e/60th-anniver…

🆕 The EU is funding a digitised policing programme in West Africa that facilitates the collection and sharing of personal data on a huge scale as part of their migration management plans. Read our report 🕷️"When Spiders Share Webs" 🕷️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/5346…

Originally presented at the Oxford Criminology Southernising Criminology DG, out now in Social & Legal Studies: "Digital Colonialism Beyond Surveillance Capitalism? Coloniality of Knowledge in Nigeria's Emerging Privacy Rights Legislation and Border Surveillance Practices" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

🌎 Out now: Handbook on Border #Criminology edited by Mary Bosworth, Katja Franko, Maggy Lee and Rimple Mehta 🆓 chapter: doi.org/10.4337/978103… More information: e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781… #BorderControl #BorderCriminology #Crimmigration Anthea Vogl @velez_caballero Hassan Ould Moctar

Excited for this upcoming STS-MigTec Circle session - relevant to Border Criminologies folks as well!

My article is now out (OA) in Theoretical Criminology, relevant to anyone interested in border surveillance! "Surveillance evangelism: Private technology companies and the digital futures of crimmigration control". Excited to hear what you think! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…