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Felix Bender

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Political Philosopher at Northumbria University. felixbender.com

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
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The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
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Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ukraine is in need of manpower in its war with Russia, but does it have the right to conscript its citizens? What are the philosophical arguments for it and do they hold? I argue that there is no obligation to die for the state: felixbender724201.substack.com/p/the-obliga...
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The Obligation to Die: Ukraine and whether Military Conscription can be Defended
Ukraine is in desperate need of manpower in its war with Russia, but does it have the right to conscript its citizens? What are the philosophical arguments for conscription and do they hold? This arti...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
What's the problem with small boats arriving in the UK? Loads of articles consider legal or political arguments, but few address the philosophical ones underpining this debate. Do any of them hold? Find out here: open.substack.com/pub/felixben...
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What's the issue with small boats arriving in the UK? Philosophical arguments
Every other day, a few small boats carrying asylum seekers arrive at the shores of the UK.
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I've written my first substack post on the value of university education. If you're interested, read it here. I'm new to substack, so please have mercy: felixbender724201.substack.com/p/why-study
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Why study?
The value of a university education
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Should rejected asylum seekers have a right to stay? Read the discussion between Leila Hadj Abdou, Eszter Kollar and myself to find out. Here is the original piece: comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10..... Here is my response: migrationpolicycentre.eu/wp-content/u...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
My paper on climate change refugees now has now appeared in the current issue of the European Journal of Political Theory. You may read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Lukas Schmid @lukasschmid.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
For your summer reading: In a new piece on the ethics of migration policy dilemmas, we explain why a 'myth busting' approach to migration policy is insufficient and sometimes misleading. All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Very excited for this conference on Refuge and Displacement at the University of Oxford later this month and only slightly intimidated on being the only other person in a panel with David Miller. If anyone feels like attending, here is a link: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/refug...
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Refuge and displacement
Forced displacement and refugee protection are among the most pressing moral and political challenges of our time. This workshop aims to explore how normative and empirical approaches can meaningfully...
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Gloria Zuccarelli @gloriazuccarelli.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New publication!🚨Here, we critically examine the governance of humanitarian protection, showing how both gender-blind and gender-sensitive regimes often reinforce—rather than reduce—the vulnerabilities faced by forcibly displaced women. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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Eilidh Beaton @eilidhbeaton.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📣 Delighted to share that my paper "Methodological Nationalism is Not the (best articulation of the) Problem" is forthcoming in Philosophy! 🎉 (1/8)

 A preprint is available here: philpapers.org/rec/BEAMNI
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Eilidh Beaton, Methodological Nationalism is Not the (best articulation of the) Problem - PhilPapers
Political philosophy has long been criticised for its state-centricity. A recent version of this objection asserts that the discipline perpetuates a problematic methodological nationalism. Critics arg...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today marks something of a milestone for me. 100 citations! What an achievement (though undoubtedly partially through self-citation).
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Philipp Sonderegger @phs.wien · 30/12/2024
Rainer Bauböck Essay Award. Go for it!
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Another utter externalisation failure www.politico.eu/article/gior...
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Meloni’s Albanian migrant detention centers are now ghost towns
The much-touted solution to Europe’s migration crisis houses only Italian police — who have taken to adopting stray dogs and sunbathing.
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
VOLUME 22 ISSUE 4 IS NOW OUT!! buff.ly/2KtaS5j buff.ly/3BRKBxG Incl. work by @briantylercohen.bsky.social @tompepinsky.com @felixbender.bsky.social @nilskupzok.bsky.social k.bsky.social @francescayton.bsky.social jongreen.bsky.social ..
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Talk about a good end to the year: My paper "Morality in the Refugee Regime?" has been published today in Perspectives on Politics' last issue of the year. Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Morality in the Refugee Regime? Arguing for More (Political) Realism in Admitting Refugees | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Morality in the Refugee Regime? Arguing for More (Political) Realism in Admitting Refugees - Volume 22 Issue 4
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Julia Winkler @juliawinkler.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Künftig also Staatsbürgerschaft "auf Probe" - Menschen, die dt. Staatsbürgerschaft erhalten, müssen noch einmal 10 Jahre lang Angst haben, dass ihnen diese wieder entzogen wird. Was ist das bitte anderes als ein Instrument zur Unterordnung migrantisierter Menschen?! www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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Einbürgerung: Ampel will schriftliches Bekenntnis zu Deutschlands Verantwortung für NS-Unrecht ver...
Die Gespräche in der Ampelkoalition zur Reform des Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts waren vor einer Woche noch gescheitert. Jetzt gibt es eine Lösung – auch beim Thema Antisemitismus.
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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
JOB in our department! Assistant Professor in Political Science - Specialization in Political Economy of Finance Tenure track, University of Amsterdam vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Assi...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Does anyone know of a good (!) AI detection software? I tried a few and get wildly different results (results range from 0% AI written, to over 90% for the same text). Which detection software / website do you use, or are they all useless?
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
I cannot stress enough how big this decision is. Al Kateb v Godwin allowed the Australian government to imprison people indefinitely even where they had committed no crime.
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Niklas Luhmann's death. The "Welt" published five short pieces on a remarkable life and career (if you read German): www.welt.de/kultur/artic...
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Pessimus Prime @pessimusprime.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board? Me: I am a Dr Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Two political theory jobs in Melbourne Australia, one junior (lecturer) equivalent to asst prof and one senior (associate) equivalent to associate/full prof. Polisky PolTheory t.co/vufOxeZYOL
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Details : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Social and Political Sciences (Multiple Positions) : The Univ...
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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Two weeks left to submit your proposal for the Migration Politics Residential Fellowship! If you have a great idea for a research paper, submit your proposal - and come spend a week with us in Amsterdam or Glasgow to turn that great idea into a great paper. migrationpolitics.org/call-for-pap...
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Call for papers: 2024 author fellowship in residence
The editorial team of the journal Migration Politics warmly welcome paper proposals for our authors’ fellowship in residence programme. We are seeking submissions from scholars conducting innovative...
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Ok, this is a cool initiative. One can publish here, the reviewer comments are publicly available, as are the responses, all the versions of a paper AND the reviewer names. Is this the future? Philosophers, would you consider submitting here? open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
good questions: Horror movie or your PhD program? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cri...
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Fits my experience.
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Whoever thinks that the solution to any purported problems about migration is "larger scale deportation" has not understood neither the issue at hand, nor the possible solutions to that supposed problem...
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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
We at @goodauth.bsky.social are excited to share this call for the Good Authority fellows program. Deadline is January 15. Application is brief. Please share! (And yes, in my mind, I'm calling it goodfellas.) goodauthority.org/news/good-au...
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Announcing the Good Authority fellows program
Apply by Jan. 15, 2024 for the Good Authority fellowship and be a regular contributor to our blog on politics and political science.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
“Plumbing and philosophy are both activities that arise because elaborate cultures like ours have, beneath their surface, a fairly complex system which is usually unnoticed.” Mary Midgley
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
All you need to know about the speaker of the house in the us and it's candidates...
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 12/10/2023
Clarity of writing very often reflects clarity of thought. When you see inscrutable text, particularly in your own field, there’s a good chance the authors didn’t truly understand it either
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
If you like something, don’t just like it, retweet it. Otherwise nobody sees it. Easiest way to find people is go through other’s followers lists. Also, I have spent the last two weeks trying to introduce everybody I know from before on my timeline, so you might find people there.
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daniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Die Migrationsgesellschaft verteidigen und unsere geteilte Welt neu erfinden. Berliner Erklärung zur Verteidigung der Migrationsgesellschaft: transformingsolidarities.net/de/news/berl...
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Transforming Solidarities
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Freshers' flu and covid are going around again. What are universities doing to protect students and staff? Have any unis reacted so far?
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Substack seems to get more and more popular amongst academics. Do any of you have recommendations for substacks to follow? I'd prefer non-paid ones :-)
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Felix Bender @felixbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Hi friends, who do I follow on here? Send me your suggestions!
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