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Berfin Nur Osso

@bossoloji.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher at REBOUND project @helsinki.fi | migrant workers in green transition LLD @helsinki.fi; MSocSc, Tampere; LLB, Koç | migration, borders, human rights, justice, socio-legal, visuality, #Cartoonist | portfoliosso.com

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New article! Towards ‘just access’: a critical framework for analyzing migrant labor governance in the green transition by Berfin Nur Osso. @bossoloji.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2640724
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Albanese Labor Government has allowed a few women from Iran to seek safety here, then slammed the door on thousands.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🌱 Fresh off the press @environmentalpol.bsky.social! Focusing on the EU, I introduce the ‘just access’ framework to examine how the green transition’s justice is delimited by migration, labor, and bordering regimes for migrant & refugee workers. 🔗 Full article #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 12/02/2026
Greek authorities have issued an European Arrest Warrant against Norwegian human rights activist Tommy Olsen, who leads the Aegean Boat Report, supporting migrants.
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Greece moves to arrest Nordic aid worker supporting migrants
Greek authorities have issued an European Arrest Warrant against Norwegian human rights activist Tommy Olsen, who leads the Aegean Boat Report, supporting migrants.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
🎓Exactly one year from my doctoral defense at @helsinki.fi, I'm thrilled to see my introductory speech published as a "Field Reflection" in the Journal of Refugee Studies. What a perfect way to mark this anniversary! 🔗Read this compendium of my doctoral research at academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
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Art, agency, and access: refugee experiences and resistance in the context of EU’s migration management
Abstract. This Field Reflection is based on the introductory speech (lectio praecursoria) I delivered at the public examination of my doctoral thesis on 10
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/11/2025
Israeli settlers attack villages in West Bank as violent incidents increase
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Israeli settlers attack villages in West Bank as violent incidents increase
President condemns ‘shocking’ incident in rare comment as settlers injure four Palestinians and attack Israeli soldiers Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring four Palestinians and attacking Israeli soldiers in the latest incident of rising settler violence. The settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, setting vehicles on fire and damaging property belonging to a Bedouin community, with charred remains of cars left behind the next day. Continue reading...
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Standing Committee MIGCITPOL @migcitpol.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
In this IMISCOE blog post, Ana Margheritis discusses the recently published JIRS special issue titled "Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Towards a New Conceptualization and Assessment of Institutional Responses to Migration Crises across World Regions". Read here: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
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Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Revisiting the Concept, Assessing Institutional Responses across Regions - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🤔Wait, what do you mean you use refugee paintings and social media in legal research? 📌In a fresh article published #openaccess in Ethnicities, I explain how I explored refugees’ visual artifacts to understand their experiences with migration management in Lesvos. More here👉🏼 doi.org/10.1177/1468...
The article “Exploring refugee experiences of migration management: A socio-legal inquiry into visual artworks and social media”, by Berfin Nur Osso was published in the journal Ethnicities as part of the Special Issue: Visual Governance in Migration (edited by Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou and Dr. Alice Massari).
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Standing Committee MIGCITPOL @migcitpol.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Publication Alert! New Special Issue titled "Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Towards a New Conceptualization and Assessment of Institutional Responses to Migration Crises across World Regions", edited by Prof. Ana Margheritis, is now published in the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🚨Happy to share my new #openaccess article "A Creeping Crisis of Migration Management? Institutional Responses and Implications for 'Access' at the EU's Physical, Legal, and Social Borders" in Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, part of SI "Migration Crises with Adjectives". 🔗 lnkd.in/drEMQWUb
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
It’s hard to overstate the scale of irresponsibility involved in cutting limits on greenhouse gas emissions. This is criminal—and we’ll all pay for their rejection of reality. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
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E.P.A. Moves to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The IPC warns: "The worst-case scenario of Famine is rapidly unfolding in the Gaza Strip amid relentless conflict, displacements, and extremely limited humanitarian access." "Acute malnutrition has surged across the Gaza Strip, quadrupling and reaching Famine threshold in Gaza City."
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Arrived in Seoul yesterday, looking forward to attending @ipsa.org #IPSA2025 World Congress! Tomorrow at 17.30 I will present the first paper from my postdoctoral project. 🇰🇷🗼 The paper delves into the justness of the EU green transition from the perspective of migrant workers in the Finnish Arctic.
The panel on “Climate Politics and Regionalism in Europe”, where I will present my work.
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Jukka Tapani @jukkatapani.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
4 tyttären isä Sameh Saftawi: "Rukoilkaa puolestamme ja toivokaa meille nopeaa kuolemaa. Koska tämä on toiveemme nyt. Tai katsokaa puoleemme myötätunnolla ja auttakaa meitä pääsemään pois tästä maasta." Kuolemaa... vai pelastusta? Kumpaa palestiinalaisille on luvassa, riippuu meidän hallituksesta!
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Gaza | ”Toivokaa meille nopeaa kuolemaa” – Gazan ahdinko syvenee Israelin sotavaunujen jyristessä
Gazalainen opettaja on perheineen jatkuvassa valmiudessa lähtemään evakkoon. Veden hankintakin on tuntien urakka.
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Standing Committee MIGCITPOL @migcitpol.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join us for the relaunch of our Online Café on Monday, 19 May at 16:00 CET! 🔹 A one-hour informal space to connect, share ideas & published work 🔹 Featuring presentations by @bossoloji.bsky.social and @pau-palop.bsky.social 📍Venue: Webex unine.webex.com/meet/great.u... Let’s (re)connect!
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Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights @eci.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The 36th Helsinki Summer Seminar 'Re-thinking Public/Private Divide' hosts an excellent group of speakers, including @jdamh.bsky.social @mjdurkee.bsky.social, and Elisabetta Morlino, in Helsinki 25-29 August 2025. Read more about the Seminar www.helsinki.fi/en/erik-cast... Registration link below
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Geopolitics Journal @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Now out and #openaccess in issue 30(2): ‘Now You See Me’: Refugees Looking Back at the EU’s Border Camp Watch in Lesvos by @bossoloji.bsky.social and @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social Download and read for free:
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Save the date! We’re organizing a launch seminar for ‘JUST-BOUND–Justice Beyond Boundaries’, a key research focus within the REBOUND - Just Green Transition project. 📆 17 April 2025 🕚 11.00am to 12.00pm EEST 📍 Porthania building @helsinki.fi center campus, P545 & Online More info👉🏼 lnkd.in/dfcnzqJR
JUST-BOUND project team (left to right): Ira Haltia, Dr Berfin Nur Osso, Asst Prof Dorothee Cambou, Sade Mäntylä, Dr Tero Kivinen
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
States manage refugees not only through physical borders, but also legal and social borders. In my doctoral thesis, I examined the EU's external borders from refugees' perspectives. I spoke with @anssibwalya.bsky.social for @helsinki.fi Yliopisto magazine. Read more👉 www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/p...
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
First ever conference as a doctor! Yesterday I arrived in Chicago to attend #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social on March 2-6. I will chair a session on the politics of migration and asylum & present my forthcoming article on the EU’s migration management crisis. Now exploring the city before the big event.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Our article “‘Now You See Me’: Refugees Looking Back at the EU’s Border Camp Watch in Lesvos” with @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social is now available on vol. 30(2) @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social! We explore refugees’ struggles against the visuality of border watchers in Lesvos. doi.org/10.1080/1465...
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‘Now You See Me’: Refugees Looking Back at the EU’s Border Camp Watch in Lesvos
In this article, we explore refugees’ countervisuality, an emancipatory protest against the visuality of border watchers. Focusing on the social media campaign ‘Now You See Me, Moria’, led by refug...
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
One week, one article from my doctoral thesis 4️⃣ How art and social media transformed refugee movements in Lesvos I explore how refugee-produced paintings and social media content in Lesvos reflect struggles vis-à-vis rising hostility and silencing & challenge these. www.fmreview.org/digital-disr...
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How art and social media transformed refugee movements in Lesvos - Forced Migration Review
From the social media movement ‘Now You See Me Moria’ to the Hope Art Project, refugees in Lesvos are using digital platforms to disrupt restrictive legislation, practices and discourses inflicted on ...
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
One week, one article from my doctoral thesis 4️⃣ How art and social media transformed refugee movements in Lesvos I explore how refugee-produced paintings and social media content in Lesvos reflect struggles vis-à-vis rising hostility and silencing & challenge these. www.fmreview.org/digital-disr...
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How art and social media transformed refugee movements in Lesvos - Forced Migration Review
From the social media movement ‘Now You See Me Moria’ to the Hope Art Project, refugees in Lesvos are using digital platforms to disrupt restrictive legislation, practices and discourses inflicted on ...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The NYT describing military occupation, the mass ethnic cleansing of two million people and the shredding of what’s left of international law :
“Trump proposes that the US takes over Gaza. All Palestinians there should be relocated”
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
As of January 28th, I’m officially a Doctor of Laws (with distinction) from @helsinki.fi.🥹🥹 Super chuffed to have completed this milestone after a very challenging journey. Now moving to the next phase as a postdoctoral researcher in the REBOUND project at Helsinki Law Faculty.
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a man in a top hat holds a dog on his shoulders
ALT: a man in a top hat holds a dog on his shoulders
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
One week, one article from my doctoral thesis: 3️⃣ Narratives of Agency: Understanding the Refugee Experience through Paintings at the EU’s External Borders I explore how refugee-produced paintings in Lesvos represent border experiences and struggles & become refugees’ voices. doi.org/10.18357/big...
My article appears open access in Borders in Globalization Review, vol.5 issue 2 (2024).
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
One week, one article from my doctoral thesis: 2️⃣ ‘Now You See Me’: Refugees Looking Back at the EU’s Border Camp Watch in Lesvos In this article authored w/ @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social, we explore how refugees challenge Greek authorities’ bordering in Lesvos on social media. doi.org/10.1080/1465...
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‘Now You See Me’: Refugees Looking Back at the EU’s Border Camp Watch in Lesvos
In this article, we explore refugees’ countervisuality, an emancipatory protest against the visuality of border watchers. Focusing on the social media campaign ‘Now You See Me, Moria’, led by refug...
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · 22/01/2025
Since July 2024, no asylum seeker residing in refugee camps in Greece has received the financial assistance stipulated by Greek legislation. Specifically, its last payments were made in October 2024, covering the months of May & June 2024.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
One week, one article from my doctoral thesis: 1️⃣ Unpacking the Safe Third Country Concept in the European Union, published in 2023 in IJRL In this article, I explore the EU STC concept as a bordering tool and its implications for refugees’ (in)ability to seek & enjoy asylum. doi.org/10.1093/ijrl...
The article is available as OPEN ACCESS.
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Berfin Nur Osso @bossoloji.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Last Friday, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on migration management and refugee struggles at the EU external borders! My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
With Professor JanmyrWith Professor Minkkinen, Professor Janmyr, and Dr Neuvonen
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