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Crystal A. Ennis

@crystalennis.bsky.social
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academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy 🇨🇦🇴🇲🇳🇱 www.crystalennis.com

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Vote for FDR; get Margaret Thatcher.
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Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Was happy to speak with Swissinfo about the important topic of corporate power in food systems! Featuring new data too from @etcgroup.bsky.social and insights from Taarini Chopra! www.swissinfo.ch/eng/agribusi...
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How a handful of big agriculture companies have taken over food production
Just a few companies, including Swiss ones, account for a disproportionate share of the market for agricultural inputs like seeds, machinery and chemicals.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“This bill explicitly gives government the power to end legal strikes when a minister decides that a strike is or could become contrary to the national interest — and the national interest is defined solely by the opinion of the minister,” warns top labour leader Bea Bruske. Holy shit. This is bad.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
My latest blog post is a detailed invitation to join a research network devoted to critical pedagogies of race and imperialism in law. In it, I outline who its organisers are, the reasons why we have set up the network,and what we hope to achieve in it. All welcome! folukeafrica.com/invitation-t...
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Invitation to join a Critical Research Network on Pedagogies of Race and Empire
For some time, several colleagues and I have been thinking of how to consolidate and build on the work that we have been doing individually in translating our anti-colonial and anti-racist research…
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free!
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What did solidarity practices look like in the 1970s? Check out: An Archive of Solidarity. @exeter.ac.uk Middle East collection houses material from the Gulf Committee in support of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman & the Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) www.historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-sol...
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An Archive of Solidarity
What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He added that “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...
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Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits
An Anthropic safety researcher said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could "kill all humans" after a former colleague quits over safety concerns.
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Unsurprising news re "a secret U.S. program to resettle Nazis and Nazi collaborators in Canada by evading proper security screenings" "The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (at U Alberta) maintains eight endowments in the names of Ukrainian SS veterans." ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Judge orders release of records on Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada
Documents from CIA program to settle Nazi war criminals in Canada ordered released by judge
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What do cheese 🧀, maple syrup 🍁 & the heating planet 🌍 tell us about global capitalism 💰? My short reflection for Developing Economics written during this summer's heatwave across Europe. H/T @eatingpolitics.bsky.social work developingeconomics.org/2026/09/04/p...
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Parmiagiano and Financialisation
Don’t threaten my parmesan! My olive oil! My coffee. My maple syrup. I love a good food commodity story line to highlight the climate disaster, delivered with a humourous punch. Many of us do…
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great piece!
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What do cheese 🧀, maple syrup 🍁 & the heating planet 🌍 tell us about global capitalism 💰? My short reflection for Developing Economics written during this summer's heatwave across Europe. H/T @eatingpolitics.bsky.social work developingeconomics.org/2026/09/04/p...
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Parmiagiano and Financialisation
Don’t threaten my parmesan! My olive oil! My coffee. My maple syrup. I love a good food commodity story line to highlight the climate disaster, delivered with a humourous punch. Many of us do…
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Has no one explained to Trump that ships have to go through Canada to get to the Atlantic from the Great Lakes? Has he learned nothing about maritime choke points in the past six months?
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You just know that Trump has no idea what hydronym means
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Two of my homes keep facing the brunt of Trump's ravings. This week, it's Ontario, Canada.
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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Very pleased to announce the programme for this year's @finandsoc.bsky.social conference. We'll be talking everything from prediction markets and offshore finance to acid capitalism and the assetization of horses. Come join us in Copenhagen if you can! financeandsocietynetwork.org/finandsoc-co...
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Tracey Wagner-Rizvi @twagnerrizvi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
People think this is a past issue but it’s very much current. To see the lengths Nestlé went to to silence a whistleblower in Pakistan after he & I published evidence of their wrongdoings, watch the film Tigers, directed by Oscar-winning director Danis Tanoviç, starring Emraan Hashmi & Mariam d’Abo
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
People who mourn the US’ role in the world are mourning an illusion. #Oman #Gulf #security www.newarab.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s threat to Oman signals more than the end of US diplomacy
Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Gulf region "is overdue for a new security arrangement that takes into account the lives and aspirations of its people." My thoughts on Trump's latest threat to bomb #Oman in @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s threat to Oman signals more than the end of US diplomacy
Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Gulf region "is overdue for a new security arrangement that takes into account the lives and aspirations of its people." My thoughts on Trump's latest threat to bomb #Oman in @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s threat to Oman signals more than the end of US diplomacy
Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump's threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington's long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face, writes Crystal A. Ennis:
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Trump’s threat to Oman signals more than the end of US diplomacy
Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.
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Asli Cansunar @aslicansunar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE), we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link below if you’d like to join.
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David A. Welch @davidawelch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Check out the symposium on African systems of thought and IR in the latest issue of @internatltheory.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... H/T @ttieku.bsky.social, Andrew Grant, Karolina Werner, and all the contributors! #GlobalIR
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Latest issue | International Theory | Cambridge Core
International Theory
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Wonderful to see our book out in the world! I had the pleasure of co-editing this wonderful #openaccess collection with @shrzd.bsky.social, Rethinking the Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Governance. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Rethinking the Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Governance
This open access book explores the political economy of migration in non-Western regions, offering global insights into migration governance and experience
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Next week deadline 👇
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Do you work on the Gulf & Arabian Peninsula, or know a graduate student who does? The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula (AGAPS) 2026 awards calls are now open! Deadline for the Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award & AGAPS Graduate Paper Prize is 15 July. agaps.org/calls-for-20... #menasky
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Calls for 2026 AGAPS awards now open (Dissertation, Graduate Paper & Travel).
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
US says Eid Mubarak Oman... x.com/i/status/205...
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Department of State on X: "PRESIDENT TRUMP: The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters. We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. https://t.co/hCs1tIhZGP" / X
PRESIDENT TRUMP: The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters. We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that. https://t.co/hCs1tIhZGP
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Very much looking forward to hearing about the research and experiences of our researchers / secondees as part of our EU-MSCA research consortium this afternoon. If you're interested in Non-Western Migration Regimes, please join us. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Migration in the Global South: Experiences from the field
As part of the 2025–2026 cohort of Leiden University of the MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective staff exchange program, secondees conducted migration-related research at partne...
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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Women of the world, I call on you to stand with us. We’ve been deprived of the most basic human existence. We’ve lost our homes, our freedom and our privacy. Our lives as we knew them have been destroyed” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Listen to the stories of Gaza's women to fully grasp the horrors Israel is inflicting on us | Olfat al-Kurd
I survived months of bombardment before escaping. The systematic dismantling of our home has harmed every aspect of women’s lives, says B’Tselem field researcher Olfat al-Kurd
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The paperback version of Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies is out! It's finally more affordable. And there's a discount 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join the Leiden Political Economy Group for our annual lecture in GPE this Friday @unileiden.bsky.social. This year we're delighted to welcome @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social speaking about platform capitalism. www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2026/...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join the Leiden Political Economy Group for our annual lecture in GPE this Friday @unileiden.bsky.social. This year we're delighted to welcome @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social speaking about platform capitalism. www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2026/...
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Niels van Doorn @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Very happy to announce that I’ve signed a contract with @mitpress.bsky.social for the publication of my forthcoming book The Platform Fix. 🥳 It will be part of their Labor & Technology series, edited by Winifred Poster. @labortechresearchnetwork.org
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NRC @nrc.nl · 10/04/2026
Zo’n 350 Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische gevangenissen worden gemarteld, seksueel misbruikt en uitgehongerd. Sinds 7 oktober 2023 is hun situatie enorm verslechterd. Een explosief rapport hierover van Save the Children werd aanvankelijk onder Israëlische druk niet gepubliceerd. buff.ly/KCqMV2l
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Palestijnse kinderen gemarteld in de Israëlische cel: rapport Save the Children wijst op onhoudbare situatie
Kindermishandeling: Zo’n 350 Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische gevangenissen worden gemarteld, seksueel misbruikt en uitgehongerd. Sinds 7 oktober 2023 is hun situatie enorm verslechterd. Een…
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Do you work at Leiden U & research migration outside the West? Please see our #CfA to participate in MARS: Non-Western Migration in Global Perspective - an EU-funded Marie Curie consortium for a secondment/research visit at one of our global partners: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/announcement...
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Call for interest: MARS staff exchange programme - Leiden University
MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective Are you working at Leiden University and researching migration regimes outside of the Global North? Are you interested in doing fieldwork or a research visit at one of our partner universities? Then you might want to join the Leiden team of…
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Looking forward to launching Limin Teh's fascinating account of Chinese miners in Japanese Manchuria tomorrow at Leiden University. Please join us to the discussion and celebration if you're in the vicinity! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Chinese Miners in Japanese Manchuria, 1905-1945
Histories Connected, L-PEG, and LIAS invite you to the launch of Limin Teh's Chinese Miners in Japanese Manchuria, 1905-1945. Dr. Teh will be in conversation with Dr. Görkem Akgöz (IISG), Prof. Catia ...
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Omar AlShehabi @omaralshehabi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I've published a new article Labour Importism: Its rise and reproduction in the Arab Gulf States www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Labour importism: its rise and reproduction in the Arab Gulf States
This article explores labour importism (LI) as a process of labour provisioning whose organising principle is the importation of temporary migrant workers. The analysis is developed around the Arab...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"The question of who speaks for the Gulf...is... not a matter of political representation. It is a question of which lives are legible enough to count as affected, and which populations are visible enough to warrant a story." @miraalhussein.bsky.social www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4724...
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The Gulf Between Us
I was seven when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The memories of a child are vague and grainy, and I cannot vouch for their fidelity, but three images have stayed with me with the sharpness of things tha...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
#CfA: deadline this week! Are you a PhD student or are you a supervisor of a PhD student working on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula? Apply to the AGAPS Graduate Student Workshop 2026! Fantastic opportunity!
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Call for AGAPS Graduate Student Workshop 2026
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking forward to speaking about my book #MillennialDreams this evening with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social in her Exeter CGS seminar series. Join us at 18:00 CET universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CGS Seminar - Crystal Ennis (Leiden). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CGS Seminar - Crystal Ennis (Leiden). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Today is the launch of the travelling exhibition, Picturing Scholasticide @unileiden.bsky.social. It raises awareness of Israel's destruction of Palestinian academic & intellectual life, & what can be done to support Palestinian scholars & institutions. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Picturing Scholasticide: Exhibition Launch
Picturing Scholasticide is a traveling exhibition initiated by staff and students of Leiden University to publicize the social and legal effects of Israel's effort to destroy Palestinian institutions ...
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Kayhan Valadbaygi @kayhanvaladbaygi.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The article draws on my book "Capitalism in Contemporary Iran", now available in paperback from @manchesterup.bsky.social and included in its January Sale through its website (40% off automatically applied at checkout until January 31; use JAN40 in North America).
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Kayhan Valadbaygi @kayhanvaladbaygi.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣 My new article on Iran’s latest unrest for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ira... Iran has witnessed another wave of unrest beginning on 28 December—the fourth major uprising since 2017. (1/5)
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Iran in Revolt | Kayhan Valadbaygi
Deep political-economic transformations are causing recurrent waves of unrest, with no long-term solution in sight.
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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
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Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hey #academicsky: friendly reminder that taking the exact ideas or sources, or the exact way someone puts together ideas or sources from someone else's work and framing them as your own is plagiarism. Ideas are what we theorists make in the lab, through long hours of work and years of honing.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Join us to celebrate and discuss @libertychee.bsky.social 's important new book this Friday! I'm very much looking forward to the event. #migration #polisky
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
So pleased to see that Crystal Ennis's (@crystalennis.bsky.social) book, MILLENIAL DREAMS IN OIL ECONOMIES: JOB SEEKING AND THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LABOUR IN OMAN is the winner of this year's AGAPS Book Award
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
It was brilliant speaking with my colleagues about our ten year journey, and debating what we consider the most critical political economy questions of today. (Will write more on this soon!)
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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Congratulations to @crystalennis.bsky.social for the well earned award for her brilliant book. I am thrilled that Making Space for the Gulf was also recognized by AGAPS
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Congratulations to @crystalennis.bsky.social - I indexed this book, and the reward is richly deserved!
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