Based on Don DeLillo’s The Word for Snow and shot on 16mm – in both black and white and colour – Mare’s Nest is a mysterious, poetic and thought-provoking film from Ben Rivers. Moon travels throu...

Erdem Avsar reflects on the value of gatherings and restorative storytelling in academia.

This book is a groundbreaking introduction to restorative intercultural practices. It explores how Indigenous people and refugees can lead the development of research methods in the social sciences. F...

This is a critical-meditative conversation between artist-researchers Avşar and Akıncı. Reflecting on ‘queer walking’ in two cities, Istanbul and Glasgow, it takes walking as an ever-shifting and e...

Backlash against climate policy is rare, but it is growing as policies become more present in everyday life, and resistance is becoming more confrontational. In the UK, this includes property destr...

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

This form is to collect signatures from academics at UK universities in support of an urgent open letter addressed to the UK government. The letter highlights the critical and ongoing barriers faced b...

A student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her…

"Meloni should take a stand with the facts against those who have slaughtered 20,000 children, rather than limiting herself to saying 'I do not agree,'" said one critic of Italy's right-wing prime min...

Keynote presented at the BERA Conference, 10 September 2025, University of Sussex, by Alison Phipps, Khawla Badwan and Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes.

Research network exploring social justice and inequality in Mediterranean urban contexts.

IN the 30 years of working with refugees worldwide I’ve never once looked back. Whilst there are many things I’d love to change in the system I…

OUT NOW! So Fi Zine #17 is a special issue created with sociologists and other academic kin at the University of Glasgow in 2025 – full of new sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. Thi…

Storying the Future: Queer Storytelling and Unsettling TImes Date: Wednesday 10th September, 2025 Location: University of Sheffield, UK Organisers: Dr Ames Clark and Dr Eleanor Wilkinson, School of...