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Gizem Akşit Ergen

@gzmakst.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher @nclpolitics.bsky.social |PhD, Political Science and International Relations | Migration and Refugees | Security and Securitization | Terrorism Studies Animal lover #adoptdontshop #satinalmasahiplen 🐾🐈‍⬛

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Gizem Akşit Ergen @gzmakst.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Grateful to have attended the 50th BISA conference in Belfast and presented part of my postdoc research on migration securitisation and far-right politics. Even happier to have also explored the beautiful and historic city of Belfast! #BISA2025 #MigrationPolitics #FarRightPolitics

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Centre for Britain and Europe @cbesurrey.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Day 2 runs until 5:30 with two panels discussing ‘Threats to Democracy, Human Rights and Liberty from Within and Without Europe’ and ‘The Consequences of Brexit and the Eurozone Crisis’. This is followed by a roundtable on ‘War and Security of Europe Today’. If you’re on campus, join us!💡

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Centre for Britain and Europe @cbesurrey.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Day 1 of our European Challenges Conference wrapped up successfully - a great keynote @exadaktylos.bsky.social, two insightful panels, and a fantastic meal in Guildford to end the evening. Looking forward to what today brings! @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @mayachew.bsky.social

Keynote by Theofanus Exadktylos (CBE/REDMOS)

Panel 1. Populism/ Chair: Maya Chew (Surrey/CBE)
- Matthias Dilling (Trinity College Dublin)/Felix Krawatzek (ZOiS Berlin) Responding to the far right: Discursive strategies in German state parliaments
- Ugo Guadino (Kingston) / Philippe Marlière (UCL) “Mainstreaming” the far right: A comparison between the French National Rally and Brothers of Italy
- Donatella Bonansinga (Southampton) / Radical right mainstreaming and the role of visual social media
- Christopher Burden (Aston) Populism as an embodied reactive performance
- Daniele Albertazzi (Surrey/CBE) Don’t fall for “far right”. On the inadequacy of a concept for the study of party families today

Panel 2. Securitisation and Migration/ Chair: Donatella Bonansinga (Southampton)

- Dimitris Skleparis et al. (Newcastle) Collective memories of historical victimisation and their role in contemporary securitisation of migration
- Gizem Aksit Ergen (Newcastle) Comparing far-right narratives on migration: A case study of Germany and France
- Leah Owen (Swansea) Investigating Frontex’s border securitisation in a warming climate
- Andrea Scalera (Glasgow) Externalisation and Security: The Italia-Albania protocol and the evolution of the Italian migration policy

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PSA Italian Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Programme for Wednesday: with @exadaktylos.bsky.social @matthiasdilling.bsky.social Krawatzek @ugaudino.bsky.social @phmarliere.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social Burden @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social Skleparis @gzmakst.bsky.social Owen Scalera Nezi

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