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Selin Sivis

@selinsivis.bsky.social
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Research Fellow, University of Sussex | Interdisciplinary Researcher on Migration, Inequality and Work

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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📣Hot off the press 📣 Are Refugee Workers ‘Peers’, ‘Competitors’, or Both? Socioeconomic Justifications of Boundary Work Through the Lens of Native Employees - Siviş - 2026 - Sociology Compass - Wiley Online Library compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Are Refugee Workers ‘Peers’, ‘Competitors’, or Both? Socioeconomic Justifications of Boundary Work Through the Lens of Native Employees
This article addresses under-explored aspects of boundary-drawing, focusing on how dominant groups draw and reproduce boundaries in informal workplace settings. Based a on micro-level study in Adana,...
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
📣 Hot off the press! My article, “Are Refugees Workers ‘Peers’, ‘Competitors’, or Both? Socioeconomic Justifications of Boundary Work Through the Lens of Native Employees”, in #SociologyCompass is out! The full #openacces article is available at the following link.
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
📢 Young Professionals with Migrant Parents - We want to hear from you! Please help us circulate our call within your networks! @lauramorosanu.bsky.social #LeverhulmeTrust #UniversityofSussex #secondgeneration #migrantparents #workplacerecognition #youngprofessionals #workplaceinteractions #UK
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
📢📢📢 Young Professionals with Migrant Parents - Want to Hear from You! We're looking for participants! Interested? See details below.👇 @lauramorosanu.bsky.social #ResearchStudy #ShareYourStory #WorkplaceInclusion #YouthVoices #SecondGeneration #MigrantOriginYouthUK #UniversityofSussex
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📢 New publiction alert! I'm excited to share our latest research article, coauthored with colleagues from @bristoluni.bsky.social @arc-west.bsky.social:"Exploring experiences of reasonble adjustments in cancer care among patients with disabilites and their carers." @sussexfss.bsky.social #openaccess
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Exploring experiences of reasonable adjustments in cancer care among patients with disabilities and their carers: A focus group study in South West England
The UK Equality Act 2010 mandates equal access to healthcare for people with disabilities. For those with disabilities who have also been diagnosed wi…
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Excited to share that I’ll be co-presenting at the 9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference next week at the ILO in Geneva! Together with Gizem Karslı, we’ll talk about our paper: "Precarious Work, Precarious Futures: Trade Unions, Refugee Labour, and the Politics of Return." #RDW2025
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9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference
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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
In last month's white paper, the government said it will introduce changes to make it harder to obtain permanent residence in the UK. Our new commentary looks at how many people could be covered by the changes and their potential impact on migrants. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
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Changes to settlement: what do they mean? - Migration Observatory
This commentary examines the potential impacts of the recent Immigration White Paper.
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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Oxford Sociology is looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on our MSc - leading on the qualitative methods and political & civil conflict papers, as well as supervising dissertations. Apply by 30 May ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025
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PSA Race, Migration, & Intersectionality @psa-race.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
5th panel: Unmasking 'mainstream' politics--Tues @ 15:30 with @franamery.bsky.social, @aurelmondon.bsky.social, @mikebankole.bsky.social and @selinsivis.bsky.social. Themes:
PANEL 5: UNMASKING ‘MAINSTREAM’ POLITICS
TUESDAY, 15:30, LOB102
Chair: Mike Bankole
THE REACTIONARY POLITICS OF MENSTRUATION
Dr. Fran	 Amery, University of Bath, United Kingdom, Mid career
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THE FANTASY OF THE WHITE WORKING CLASS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REACTIONARY PEOPLE
Dr Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath, United Kingdom, Mid career
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THE PARADOX OF PROGRESS: ASSESSING THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY’S RESPONSE TO BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THE PRO-PALESTINE MOVEMENT
Dr. Michael Bankole, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom, ECR
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HOST COUNTRY CITIZENSHIP REGIMES, TRANSATIONAL POLITICAL MOBILISATION, AND THE EMIGRANT VOTE IN TURKISH ELECTIONS 2023
Dr. Selin Sivis, Dr. Marius Mahrl, University of Bristol, University of Leeds
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Thrilled to see the impact of our research project! Exciting results and meaningful insights—more to come! 📢📊 #Research #Impact
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
📢Publication Alert📢Excited to announce our new paper published in Migration Studies @OxfordJournal, co-authored with @h2020mirror team: @VerenaKBrandle @jamoeberl.bsky.social, H. Boomgaarden, S. Wyatt, K. Braun, I. Metwally. #openaccess #migration #aspirations academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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‘Europe was a dream for me. This dream came true but remains unfulfilled at the same time’: Navigating life aspirations among forced migrants in Austria and Italy
Abstract. In this article, we analyse the interplay between forced migrants’ retrospective expectations and their current experiences in the host country,
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
📢New Publication! Thrilled to witness the progress of our @h2020mirror project with colleagues in Birmingham & Vienna @jamoeberl.bsky.social Check out: Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’
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Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’
This paper investigates the under-explored question of how migrants in so-called ‘transit countries’ make sense of migration aspirations. Drawing from recent scholarship on migration-related ambiva...
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
Can a community music group improve #MentalHealth for asylum seekers and refugees in #Bristol? Music has a remarkable power to uplift spirits and foster a sense of belonging. Excited to be part of this project! Project tinyurl.com/4cfdpc6h Dovetail Orchestra dovetailorchestra.org.uk
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Dovetail Orchestra: Can a community music group improve mental health for asylum seekers and refugees in Bristol? - ARC West
The Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports 108 million people were forcibly displaced by the end of 2022. As of November 2022, the UK was home to: 231,597 refugees 127,421 people...
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Dr. Neli Demireva @demirevaneli.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
An interesting short-term Fellowship in Urban Studies at the University of Antwerp with facilities and expenses covered. Open to scholars of all levels: jobs.apeng.uantwerpen.be/psc/apeng/?c...
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Just received my copy of the Integration of Refugees in the Education and Labour Markets, edited by Marta Pachocka, Karolina Sobczak-Szelc and Justyna Szalańska. Happy to see my contribution with a chapter on the gaps between the formulation and implementation of labour market integration policies
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
A very important piece of work on the UK Government's new plan to cut net migration
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'Just the rich can do it': our research shows how immigration income requirements devastate families
The new proposals will be devastating to any British citizen who falls in love with a foreign partner.
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Marius Mehrl @mehrl.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
New paper with Abel Escribà Folch, studying the logic of autocrats' recruiting foreign legionnaires, out in Democratization. Legionnaire recruitment is associated with increased personalization and decreases the risk of coup attempts and mass protests. Available open access!
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The dictator’s legionnaires: foreign recruitment, coups, and uprisings
Several countries recruit foreign nationals into their armed forces. This is despite the norm of citizen armies and the strong idea that individuals join the military to defend their home country w...
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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
Unfortunately, securing a permanent position at a well-known university is not sufficient reason for Home Office to bring one's child to the UK... ‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter
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‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old ...
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
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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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Selin Sivis @selinsivis.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Fresh off the press! Thrilled to see that this joint manuscript is finally out! Through an interdisciplinary lens, we have investigated the link between protracted displacement and housing systems in intermediary cities with a specific focus on the case of Syrians in Torbalı, Izmir, Türkiye.
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Protracted displacement and housing systems in intermediary cities: the case of Syrians in Torbalı,...
This article investigates the dynamics of complex housing systems within the context of large-scale protracted displacement in Turkey/Türkiye. It presents new empirical findings from a qualitative .....
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