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political scientist researching/teaching on #gender #politics #migration #protest #Asia #academia drsarahliu.com

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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Check out this amazing new pub by @fionahywong.bsky.social! This paper is based on her super extensive fieldwork: interviews of 65 participants of the 2019/2020 anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. So happy to see Fiona's research coming to fruition. 🥹 #ProudSupervisor
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thrilled to share that Jingbo Hua passed his @edinburghpir.bsky.social viva, analyzing how Chinese rural education NGOs negotiate with the authoritarian state. Jingyi Li and I are proud to be his supervisors. We are especially grateful for Hua Wang and @hanofdan.bsky.social for their examination.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 08/12/2025
Academics from across the UK higher education sector have warned that financial ties to Beijing have led to self-censorship. on.ft.com/4oDkblP
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
✨ A hard copy has arrived! 📘 Excited to share my contribution "A Feminist Critique" to the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Peaceful Assembly, edited by T. Abu El-Haj, M. Hamilton. @thomasprobert.com, and S. Srinvasan! @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"Do Government Positions Held by Women Matter? A Cross-National Examination of Female Ministers' Impacts on Women's Political Participation" by @drsarahliu.bsky.social & Lee Ann Banaszak www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025
Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Open access‼️ A bit personal for me, but here I am, writing for @tvgenderstudies.bsky.social about my experiences as a WoC with a PhD, navigating both the academia and the dating scene. www.aup-online.com/content/jour... @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Proud to be one of the the 200 amazing women/organizations to reject the far right’s racist lies. The far right exploits violence against women to fuel hate and division. Show your support for women's rights by rejecting racism and hatred. Sign here! actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo...
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Women against the Far Right Scotland
We reject the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division. Standing up for women’s rights ...
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
What an honor to have our article "Do Government Positions Held by Women Matter?" selected as an Editor's pick and a part of the new @politicsgenderj.bsky.social virtual issue! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
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Do Government Positions Held by Women Matter? A Cross-National Examination of Female Ministers' Impacts on Women's Political Participation | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Do Government Positions Held by Women Matter? A Cross-National Examination of Female Ministers' Impacts on Women's Political Participation - Volume 13 Issue 1
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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I make this argument in detail in the following paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Why citizenship tests are necessarily illiberal: a reply to Blake
In ‘Are Citizenship Tests Necessarily Illiberal?’, Michael Blake argues that difficult citizenship tests are not necessarily illiberal, so long as they test for the right things. In this paper, I a...
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Look what I got in the mail! 📪 The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya. Check out my chapter on gender equality! edin.ac/4gv13nG @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social @psawomenpol.bsky.social
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Aleks Lewicki @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
OUT NOW: 'Vigilant Whiteness: Racism, Transphobia and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics in Britain' - by @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social & Maddy Clark @identitiesjournal.bsky.social - a brief summary🧵(2-11) below: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A screenshot of the abstract displayed under the link in the post
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Sharleen Estampador, PhD (she/her) @sharestampador.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Powerful opening panel of feminist events led by E/SE #Asian scholars;urgent, intersectional, and deeply relevant in today’s climate of rising fascism & attacks on women’s rights. Discussions included @drsarahliu.bsky.social, Jiazhi Fengjiang. #feminism www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sil...
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Broken Silence-Event Registration
A week of feminist art, talks, and workshops exploring women’s voices, autonomy, and resistance. Join us to break the silence.
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Sharleen Estampador, PhD (she/her) @sharestampador.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Broken Silence-Event: 'A week of feminist art, talks, and workshops exploring women’s voices, autonomy, and resistance.' @drsarahliu.bsky.social will be speaking around 10:15 am Monday July 7th. I'll defo be there. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sil... #edinburgh #intersectionalfeminism #Asianvoicea
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Broken Silence-Event Registration
A week of feminist art, talks, and workshops exploring women’s voices, autonomy, and resistance. Join us to break the silence.
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A @uoe-sps.bsky.social, Staff Pride, BAME Network, & Queer.ED collab! Curtis Chin talks about growing up/ coming out as gay in a working-class immigrant community and first gen University student. ☕️🍵🍪 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything... @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social
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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, with Curtis Chin
Join author Curtis Chin for his story of what it was like growing up Asian in Detroit and coming out to his working class immigrant family.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right. It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A reminder that Hypatia publishes translations of important pieces of feminist philosophy from other languages into English, up to the usual word-limit of 10k. Can be a paper or a book chapter, and it's the would-be translator that makes the submission. Scroll down to 'Feminism in translation':
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submission guidelines - hypatia
Hypatia welcomes original papers on all topics in feminist philosophy. The Hypatia mission statement emphasizes a commitment to pluralism, diversity, and accessibility. We cannot consider manuscripts ...
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
My review of Judith Butler's latest book is out in Contemporary Sociology! "Who's Afraid of Gender" is a must read for all, especially those on the fence about the attacks on trans folks/allies. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. 2/3
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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
SPS Equality and Diversity Committee event: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, with Curtis Chin Thursday 29 May 3pm - 4:30pm LG.09, 40 George Square Book here: edin.ac/3R1z1Ee
Photo of book cover titled Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Headshot of the author Curtis Chin. Text reading: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Friends in Edinburgh, please join me at my book talk on 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social on 22 May at 11 am! Cannot wait to catch up with @kkcheuk.bsky.social @ninikerr.bsky.social @drsarahliu.bsky.social and thanks Dr Jiazhi Fengjiang @socanthedi.bsky.social for inviting me!
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The Asian Feminist @theasianfeminist.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Marriage and parenthood are increasingly associated with fear and anxiety among South Korea’s younger generation, according to an analysis released. www.koreaherald.com/article/1043...
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Marriage, childbirth evoke fear, not joy among young South Koreans, study finds
Amid birth rate crisis, new support plans unveiled, including 'fast-track' airport entry for large families, affordable housing Marriage and parenthood are increasingly associated with fear and anxiet...
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Angie Gutierrez @aegutierrez.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Very excited to share that our paper on Latino group identity is out! In this article @profdanielle.bsky.social and I discuss how for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. skin tone and racial identification impact feelings of group closeness to Latinos and Black linked fate. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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More than brown: how race and skin tone matter for Latino group identity
How can we more accurately measure racial identity among Latinos? Does Latinos’ self-described race and/or skin color influence feelings of closeness with racial rather than ethnic groups? This art...
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P&IR Edinburgh @edinburghpir.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Join us on March 20 for an insightful discussion on Transgender Equality! 📢 Event: Voices for Transgender Equality: Trans Rights Activism Under Trump 📍 Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute ⏰ Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 🎤 Speaker: @billard.bsky.social 🔗 Book your spot: edin.ac/3PPsewP
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Voices for Transgender Equality: Trans Rights Activism Under Trump
TJ Billard offers an insider’s view into transgender activism during the first two years of the first Trump administration.
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Tracey Raney @traceyraney.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
💥Excited to share my new publication co-authored w/ Cameron Anderson (UWO) and Mike McGregor (TMU) on gender and emotional reactions to sexual misconduct allegations against municipal councillors. The first 50 downloads are available for free: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VCUIM...
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Gender and Emotional Reactions to Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Councillors: An Experimental Study in a Low-information, Non-partisan Context
Public accounts of gender-based violence by elected officials have become increasingly common at all levels of government. Given that media and public attention to the problem are also on the rise,...
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Ashlee Christoffersen @drashleec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New article in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social with @drorlysiow.bsky.social. We analyze how intersectionality has been used in gender and politics research, and explore how can it be used in ways more closely aligned with Black feminist theory. #gendersky #polisky
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Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We dig deeper than usual into how exactly individuals react to hearing welfare benefits might go to minorities and immigrants. We find four really interesting things, two that give you reason for pessimism, one for optimism and on which you can decide on yourselves 🧵
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My small act of standing up for myself today was telling the man next to me on the metro to close his legs. 👊
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Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This is finally out. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Who is a Good Citizen? Evidence From a Conjoint Experiment in Three Democracies - Sara Wallace Goodman, 2025
What does it mean to be a good citizen, and who can fulfill the obligations of citizenship? There is widespread agreement on how individuals understand how to p...
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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Important piece by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social on gender research in political science’s ‘top’ 6 journals, 2017-2023. The findings for LGBTIQ research are particularly dire, coming in at only .55% (16 of 2,892 items); and less when considering full research articles.
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Still Marginalized? Gender and LGBTQIA+ Scholarship in Top Political Science Journals | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Still Marginalized? Gender and LGBTQIA+ Scholarship in Top Political Science Journals
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Academia in a time of genocide: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Academia in a time of genocide: scholasticidal tendencies and continuities
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
"We find that when passion is expressed by men, it’s often seen as a promising indicator of diligence and leadership capacity. Yet when women display the same passion, they face a different reaction — one that deems their passionate expressions as inappropriate." hbr.org/2024/12/rese...
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Research: Why Passionate Men Succeed, Even When They’re Mediocre
By identifying and developing promising employees early, high-potential programs aim to level the playing field and increase the representation of women in senior roles. But new research reveals an un...
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Dr Orly Siow @drorlysiow.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New article with @brownphdgirl.bsky.social Christopher J. Clarke, Anna M. Mahoney, Michael G. Strawbridge introducing our Critical Perspectives Series for @politicsgenderj.bsky.social on Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics - Volume 20 Issue 3
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Happy New Year! Our Cambridge Element is now available! In it, @hondercin.bsky.social, Jordan Randall, and I use data from the ANES @electionstudies.bsky.social to glean new insights into how the American public thinks about abortion rights. Free downloads til Jan 31st doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🕊️❤️‍🔥
No Explosions
Naomi Shihab Nye

To enjoy 
fireworks
you would have 
to have lived 
a different kind 
of life
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Neil Malhotra @nmalhotra.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
In case people are interested, we wrote the first study of preferences for H1-B visas in 2012. Tech workers are uniquely against H1-B visas over economic threat, but not broadly racist. Broad cultural concerns are actually there among non-tech workers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
What explains variation in individuals’ opposition to immigration? While scholars have consistently shown cultural concerns to be strong predictors of opposition, findings regarding the labor-market ...
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Nora Verlaine @noraverlaine.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…” www.nber.org/papers/w28494
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Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Sarah Liu @drsarahliu.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Check out this great handbook on feminist governance! (I may be biased as my chapter is included 😉)
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Dan Godshaw @dangodshaw.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
After some delays it’s great to see this published! We sketch out our concept of paradoxical representation by focusing on gendered racisms in the immigration politics of Sunak, Braverman, Badenoch, Patel. Thanks @drshardiabpalmer.bsky.social @mikebankole.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social
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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Hot off the press today: Women, Gender, and Rebel Governance during Civil Wars, by Meredith Maloof Loken Download for free for the next week!! 🥳🥳🥳 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Women, Gender, and Rebel Governance during Civil Wars
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Women, Gender, and Rebel Governance during Civil Wars
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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Drifting apart? ⬅️➡️ A gender gap was strongest among voters at either end of the political spectrum in the latest UK General Election, new analysis co-authored by our academic @profrosiecamp.bsky.social has found 🗳️ Read more 🔽 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gender-...
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Gender gap strongest at opposite ends of political spectrum in the 2024 General Election
The gender gap was strongest among voters at either end of the political spectrum in the latest UK General Election, new analysis has found.
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Sandra Håkansson @sandrahkansson.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Excited to share our new paper “Representation at Risk: Evaluating Levels and Consequences of Violence against Immigrant-Background Politicians”, accepted at APSR! Co-authored with @nazita.bsky.social. Available at: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 13/12/2024
#ERSNew🐣 🔓 In this new paper, @drsarahliu.bsky.social and @tsunglunone.bsky.social show that the Taiwan's COVID 19 only applies to native citizens as migrants' interests are rarely represented in legislative debates. Full article is available here: buff.ly/4g6Uwyo
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Gemma Dipoppa @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🚨 New @apsrjournal.bsky.social Paper! 🚨 In “When Migrants Mobilize against Labor Exploitation: Evidence from the Italian Farmlands,” I study how empowering undocumented migrants can reduce labor exploitation and even weaken organized crime. Thread : 🧵
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Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This conversation about ‘Medical misogyny’ and gynaecological pain is long overdue and an open secret among among most women I know 1/ www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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‘Medical misogyny’ condemns women to years of gynaecological pain, MPs told
Damning parliamentary report blames lack of education by healthcare workers and ‘pervasive stigma’ for poor care
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