Sign in

Marianna Karakoulaki

@mariannakarakoulaki.com
322 followers 340 following 31 posts

🧐PhD Researcher working on borders, migration, violence & death at Uni of Birmingham ✏️Journalist & Podcaster 📸 Documentary Photographer 🎸(post) Hardcore enthusiast 💡 Part of E-IR 👾https://mariannakarakoulaki.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 22/09/2026
Are you interested in migration and borders and want to be involved in academic conversations? Then join our @mybisa.bsky.social Working Group on Migration and Borders: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... And join BISA if you’re not a member already!
bisa.ac.uk
Migration and Borders
The Migration and Borders Working Group covers a wide range of topics including critical border studies, migration, governance, asylum and refugee protection, citizenship, mobility, regular and irregu...
100
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
E-International Relations @e-international.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Are you at @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026? So are we! You can find @kieranomeara.bsky.social and @mariannakarakoulaki.com in front of Meeting Room 1d. Come say hello and tell us what you’re working and what you loved so far at the conference!
021
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 05/05/2026
The latest episode of Thinking Borders is out now! In this episode we talk about her extensive work on borders and migration, activism, solidarity an so much more! Available at all podcasting platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/3wfz...
open.spotify.com
Thinking Borders - Vicki Squire
011
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 07/03/2026
For the second episode of Thinking Borders, I talked to Philosopher Thomas Nail about the philosophy of movement and his overall work! Have a listen and if you like it, subscribe and leave us a good comment: www.e-ir.info/2026/03/02/t...
e-ir.info
Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Thomas Nail
Professor Nail discusses the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border regimes and more.
001
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 07/03/2026
For the second episode of Thinking Borders, I talked to Philosopher Thomas Nail about the philosophy of movement and his overall work! Have a listen and if you like it, subscribe and leave us a good comment: www.e-ir.info/2026/03/02/t...
e-ir.info
Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Thomas Nail
Professor Nail discusses the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border regimes and more.
001
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 19/01/2026
Very happy to share the launch of my new podcast 'Thinking Borders' hosted by E-IR's Thinking Global Podcast. For the first episode, Shahram Khosravi discusses autoethnography, personal narratives, the ethics of writing about others, Iran, #border resistance and more. www.e-ir.info/2026/01/19/t...
e-ir.info
Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Shahram Khosravi
In the Thinking Borders series Professor Shahram Khosravi discusses autoethnography, personal narratives, the ethics of writing about others, Iran, border resistance and more.
032
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Good @nieuws.nos.nl , now also replace the X share button with a @bsky.app one over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
061
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 14/09/2025
"Many of the facile defenses of Kirk and his legacy are predicated on the idea that it’s acceptable to spread hateful ideas advocating for the persecution of perceived enemies as long you dress them up in a posture of debate." www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
020
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 30/07/2025
Europe is doubling down on cruelty. In my latest article for @aljazeera.com, I break down how Greece and the UK’s migration plans are racist, dehumanising, and doomed to fail. Deterrence doesn’t stop migration — it just spreads suffering. 👉 aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
aljazeera.com
Europe’s deadly border theatre is back
The UK and Greece are recycling racist border policies of the past decade and pretending they’ll work this time.
020
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🎙️ @E_IR X #BISA2025 podcasts 🎙️ With Kieran O’ Meara and @faloulah.bsky.social speaking to : @bleiker.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social @davidjwilcox.bsky.social @errichiello.bsky.social @jasonralph.bsky.social and many more! 🎉 🎧 listen now -
buff.ly
The Thinking Global Podcast Archives – E-International Relations
If you like discussion of heavy questions in a light-hearted atmosphere with the big names from the world of International Relations, join Kieran O’Meara and the E-International Relations podcast…
032
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🌟 July newsletter! 🌟 inc: - BISA 2025 prize winners announced! 🎉 - Early-Career @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social Politics Paper Prize - nominate now! 🌎 - @e-international.bsky.social x BISA: podcast episodes from #BISA2025 in Belfast 🎙️ read now - buff.ly/UY2SEp6 @faloulah.bsky.social @gnobisa.bsky.social
024
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Anyway I documented and analysed all of this in detail in my @versobooks.bsky.social book. Which is to say I've been thinking and working on the politics and impacts of this for more than a decade and I know what I'm talking about. www.versobooks.com/products/277...
versobooks.com
Humanitarian Borders
*Winner of the International Political Sociology book award for 2023*What does it mean when humanitarianism is the response to death, injury and suffering at the border? This book interrogates the pol...
052
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Labour government are desperate to spin the ‘we can do nothing it’s the criminal gangs’ argument because they think it absolves them of their racist inhumanity. It doesn’t. The gangs are a symptom of that racist inhumanity.
2185
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The fucking chutzpah of this woman. I watched her get emotional on a beach in Lesvos in 2015 as boats arrived. She knows exactly how it works. So what was it Yvette fake tears back in 2015 or did you sell your soul for power?
35311
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 11/07/2025
#Greece 's decision to suspend asylum claims for asylum seekers arriving from North Africa (central Mediterranean route) violates international law and should not be seen in isolation from the EU's migration policies. I spoke to Inside Story about this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDE... #RefugeesGR
youtube.com
Is suspending asylum requests right response to curb illegal immigration to Greece? | Inside Story
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
010
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#Newsnight I heard figures who appear capable of reading research claim no #IDcards & 'liberal' UK economy with a grey labour market pulls ppl to claim asylum. As someone who has focused for 20 years on evidencing labour market exploitation of asylum seekers, I must categorically refute these claims
14524
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Pavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) and the Capital & Class Midlands Groups is organising an annual workshop in the memory of Paula Schwevers with a brilliant panel. Their call for papers can be found here: csemidlands.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/c...
0101
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@e-international.bsky.social podcast @ #BISA2025 🎉 All 4 episodes of the E-IR podcasts recorded with us in Belfast have now been uploaded including interviews with @bleiker.bsky.social and @nickcaddick.bsky.social 🌟 🎧 Listen here - buff.ly/JvVrHsD @faloulah.bsky.social
buff.ly
034
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
@e-international.bsky.social podcast @ #BISA2025 🎉 The 4 E-IR podcasts recorded with us in Belfast have now been uploaded and you can listen to them all at the link down below - a huge thank you to the whole team 🌟 🎧 Listen here - buff.ly/JvVrHsD @faloulah.bsky.social @kieranomeara.bsky.social
buff.ly
E-IRxBISA Archives – E-International Relations
Roland Bleiker, the Keynote Speaker of the BISA Conference 2025, speaks about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and more.
013
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It has been a pleasure to talk to @faloulah.bsky.social from e-ir at the recent @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Thanks, Marianna.
095
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 25/06/2025
I've had the chance to interview @bleiker.bsky.social for @e-international.bsky.social's podcast during our #BISA2025 coverage. R. Bleiker's work on emotions and visual politics has changed IR in many ways; hearing him talk about it live was a privilege. 📻: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/24/e...
e-ir.info
E-IR x BISA: Roland Bleiker on Emotions, Visuality and International Politics
Roland Bleiker, the Keynote Speaker of the BISA Conference 2025, speaks about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and more.
123
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Kieran O’Meara @kieranomeara.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This week, join @faloulah.bsky.social and myself of @e-international.bsky.social‬ recording LIVE from the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Belfast. If you’re attending, come find us so we can record you and bring your research to our global listenership! #BISA2025
023
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 13/06/2025
We’ve teamed up with @mybisa.bsky.social to bring #BISA2025 to those who cannot join in Belfast! We’ll be live recording @e-internationa.bsky.social’s Thinking Global podcast directly from Belfast! If you’re there, find us at the exhibition all and come, talk to us about your research!
010
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording at #BISA2025 🎙️ Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions directly from #BISA2025! 🎉 Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/mHkyijl @bisasee.bsky.social @ipegbisa.bsky.social
012
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 11/06/2025
"[U]ndermining fascist rhetoric online can help us reclaim space, thwart discussions that are dominated by hate, and create loopholes in the logic of global capitalism." My later article for a new zine: provocat.org?page_id=195
100
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
E-International Relations @e-international.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New article – Donald Trump’s War on Global Development by Marianna Karakoulaki, Mia Hyun, Scarlet Vass, and Thomas Bobo
e-ir.info
Donald Trump’s War on Global Development
Trump’s policies highlight a far-right backwardness that impacts the global development world exponentially; whether those in power can sustain the impacts is to be seen.
022
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
E-International Relations @e-international.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📢 PhD/Masters students & ECRs in IR—submit to the 2025 E-IR Article Award! Win £1500 in books & get published. Deadline: 7 Sept. 🌍✍️ 🔗 www.e-ir.info/award/ #EIRArticleAward #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter #InternationalRelations
e-ir.info
The 2025 E-International Relations Article Award – E-International Relations
The prize for the 2025 Article Award is publication on E-International Relations and £1500 (GBP) in scholarly books and subscriptions, provided courtesy of our sponsors. Each year, E-International…
002
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 01/06/2025
#Trump's controversial policies, straight out of a far-right initiative, #Project2025 have impacted the global architecture of aid. Mia Hyun, Scarlet Vass, Thomas Bobo and I take dive deep into these changes for our latest article on @e-international.bsky.social 👉 www.e-ir.info/2025/05/31/d...
e-ir.info
Donald Trump’s War on Global Development
Trump’s policies highlight a far-right backwardness that impacts the global development world exponentially; whether those in power can sustain the impacts is to be seen.
001
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thinking Global, @e-international.bsky.social‬ podcast, is recording and broadcasting at #BISA2025 🎙️ Join @kieranomeara.bsky.social‬ ‪ @faloulah.bsky.social‬ & others to share your research, thoughts and impressions direct from the conference to a global audience! 🎉 Learn more! 👉 buff.ly/2dBfZ4R
buff.ly
E-International Relations at BISA 2025
E-International Relations will be attending the 2025 British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference in Belfast and recording for our podcast.
022
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
E-International Relations @e-international.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We’re excited to announce that we will be attending #BISA2025 @mybisa.bsky.social Conference in Belfast from 17–20 June! This will be first time E-IR will be in a face to face event represented by TWO of our Directors! Read more about our plans and get in touch! www.e-ir.info/2025/04/22/e...
e-ir.info
E-International Relations at BISA 2025
E-International Relations will be attending the 2025 British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference in Belfast and recording for our podcast.
0104
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 22/04/2025
Exciting times! I've been an E-IR editor since 2012 and a Director since 2014! This is the first time our team will join an in-person event! If you want to see some of us behind the world's largest open-access IR website, come, meet us at Belfast! #BISA2025
030
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
E-International Relations @e-international.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“Whether to use the feminist label for German foreign and development policy then becomes a question of political will.” Karoline Färber writes: www.e-ir.info/2025/04/21/o...
e-ir.info
Opinion – The Future of German Feminist Foreign and Development Policy
If Germany’s new coalition moves away from a distinctly feminist foreign policy approach, it would mean they will move away from a commitment to social transformation.
011
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Abdi Latif Dahir @lattif.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
When abused domestic workers in Saudi Arabia asked Kenya's embassy for help, officials responded with insults and demands for sex and money. Read the second part of our investigation into how diplomats and foreign ministry officials profit off the misery of stranded women.
nytimes.com
When Kenyan Maids Sought Help Overseas, Diplomats Demanded Sex (Gift Article)
Women say that embassy officials added a new level of indignity to the abuse they suffered while working abroad.
417788
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
'Black boundaries' Book Review of The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth, by Derron Wallace, Reviewed by Patricia A. Banks From #Identities' latest symposium: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
066
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 12/02/2025
The #LabourParty has lost its connection to the working class long ago, it's now lost its connection to decency too: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
100
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21/01/2025
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
752217728364
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 21/01/2025
The 1% have always been hand in hand with fascism, the only difference now is that they are reclaiming it under freedom of speech and American democracy.
010
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 11/12/2024
In an hour from now, I’ll be live on Al Jazeera at 18.15 GMT to discuss the decision of several European countries to put asylum applications by Syrians on hold after the fall of Assad’s regime. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/gCNeDWC...
youtube.com
YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
010
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 05/12/2024
Yesterday was my last day of teaching at Anglia Ruskin University for this academic term. I have to say it was a bittersweet end of the term. It was an exhausting term but I loved it. So here are some reflections:
110
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
Budget Motel Abyss @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This place is like when you show up to a huge party and immediately head to the kitchen and hang out with the 3 other people you know.
2254
Marianna Karakoulaki @mariannakarakoulaki.com · 21/08/2024
Hello world 👋
5220