Lukas Schmid
@lukasschmid.bsky.social
Political theorist working on migration (governance) and citizenship. Currently a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Pompeu Fabra University, conducting a project on externalization & digitization of migration control.
https://lukas-schmid.com/
https://lukas-schmid.com/
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I’m so angry I wrote an article:
In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...
In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...
Warning from Germany: It’s Socialism or Barbarism
Fascism is at the door, and liberals are ushering it in. Only the left offers hope.
tribunemag.co.uk
September 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I’m so angry I wrote an article:
In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...
In Germany, fascist majorities are a real possibility again, but the centrist merger of a revived Red Scare with open racism shows that mainstream media & politics are unable or unwilling to comprehend the seriousness of the crisis
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/germ...
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Future utilitarians living in a solar punk utopia having anguished debates about the credit owed to President Trump for supercharging green transition.
24-hour Hormuz traffic rolling over sharply ... now at just 3.
- Schwab
- Schwab
July 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Future utilitarians living in a solar punk utopia having anguished debates about the credit owed to President Trump for supercharging green transition.
I made a new website, for whoever is interested in that sort of thing: lukas-schmid.com/index.html
Lukas Schmid — Political Theory
I'm a political theorist working on migration, citizenship, and the legitimacy of state authority. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
lukas-schmid.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I made a new website, for whoever is interested in that sort of thing: lukas-schmid.com/index.html
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Ad for my old postdoc. Happy to chat to whoever’s interested in applying!
Our research group "Transformations of Citizenship" @goetheuni.bsky.social is advertising two full-time postdoctoral positions:
Postdoctoral Researcher
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de/gu-frankfurt...
Postdoctoral Fellowship
citizenship.uni-frankfurt.de/2026/09/03/j...
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de/gu-frankfurt...
Postdoctoral Fellowship
citizenship.uni-frankfurt.de/2026/09/03/j...
Deadline: 30 September 2026
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de
September 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Ad for my old postdoc. Happy to chat to whoever’s interested in applying!
Ad for my old postdoc. Happy to chat to whoever’s interested in applying!
Our research group "Transformations of Citizenship" @goetheuni.bsky.social is advertising two full-time postdoctoral positions:
Postdoctoral Researcher
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de/gu-frankfurt...
Postdoctoral Fellowship
citizenship.uni-frankfurt.de/2026/09/03/j...
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de/gu-frankfurt...
Postdoctoral Fellowship
citizenship.uni-frankfurt.de/2026/09/03/j...
Deadline: 30 September 2026
karriere.uni-frankfurt.de
September 3, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Ad for my old postdoc. Happy to chat to whoever’s interested in applying!
Today I get to start as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Pompeu Fabra University @politiquesupf.bsky.social, working on normative questions surrounding the externalization and digitization of migration controls. Excited to get going. More soon!
September 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Today I get to start as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Pompeu Fabra University @politiquesupf.bsky.social, working on normative questions surrounding the externalization and digitization of migration controls. Excited to get going. More soon!
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we are simply not prepared for how profoundly the global warming brought on by our carbon emissions inaction will utterly transform our world and our lives
New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post.
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
August 27, 2026 at 8:42 PM
we are simply not prepared for how profoundly the global warming brought on by our carbon emissions inaction will utterly transform our world and our lives
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I think it's key to understanding their worldview that they imagine a world not *without* immigrants, but one in which immigrants' inferiority is permanently asserted and they become a subservient caste. All these people worship the Gulf States.
What is the right-wing vision for a world where immigrants have been deported and public services cut? Care and other services would dry up. The return of living in squalor for those beyond working age? The workhouse? The pauper’s grave?
August 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I think it's key to understanding their worldview that they imagine a world not *without* immigrants, but one in which immigrants' inferiority is permanently asserted and they become a subservient caste. All these people worship the Gulf States.
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A succinct verdict on the persecution of the poor young academic who just died by suicide. Plagiarism is common. Persecution of the kind he endured is uncommon, aka selectively applied. The reason why he was targeted seems as clear as it is ugly.
The only conversation worth having is how Black people are overpoliced & over-punished & held to different standards in all aspects of life. That there is an outrage when Black people transgress that isn’t there when their non-Black counterparts do.
August 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
A succinct verdict on the persecution of the poor young academic who just died by suicide. Plagiarism is common. Persecution of the kind he endured is uncommon, aka selectively applied. The reason why he was targeted seems as clear as it is ugly.
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Isabella is rightly worried: Since the Linke would lead this government and is committed to expropriating institutional landlords, and since the SPD is still the same old SPD, chances are the SPD is going do what it always does when the vibes in Berlin get a little too revolutionary.
The SPD needs to urgently relearn anti-fascist economics.
The only hope for Germany to get a progressive government again at a time when the extreme right is #1 in the national polls is a coalition of the Left, the Social Democrats and the Greens (red-red-green). 🧵
The only hope for Germany to get a progressive government again at a time when the extreme right is #1 in the national polls is a coalition of the Left, the Social Democrats and the Greens (red-red-green). 🧵
August 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Isabella is rightly worried: Since the Linke would lead this government and is committed to expropriating institutional landlords, and since the SPD is still the same old SPD, chances are the SPD is going do what it always does when the vibes in Berlin get a little too revolutionary.
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Die Koalition will einen Rentenfonds nach 🇸🇪 Vorbild, in den 2% des Lohns fließen.
Wie schon bei Lindners Aktienrente (remember him?) greift die progressive Kritik an diesem Element der #rentenreform viel zu kurz.
Internationale Evidenz zeigt: Kapitaldeckung = Finanzialisierungsmaschine. 🧵
Wie schon bei Lindners Aktienrente (remember him?) greift die progressive Kritik an diesem Element der #rentenreform viel zu kurz.
Internationale Evidenz zeigt: Kapitaldeckung = Finanzialisierungsmaschine. 🧵
June 24, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Die Koalition will einen Rentenfonds nach 🇸🇪 Vorbild, in den 2% des Lohns fließen.
Wie schon bei Lindners Aktienrente (remember him?) greift die progressive Kritik an diesem Element der #rentenreform viel zu kurz.
Internationale Evidenz zeigt: Kapitaldeckung = Finanzialisierungsmaschine. 🧵
Wie schon bei Lindners Aktienrente (remember him?) greift die progressive Kritik an diesem Element der #rentenreform viel zu kurz.
Internationale Evidenz zeigt: Kapitaldeckung = Finanzialisierungsmaschine. 🧵
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📢 Postdoc alert!
The University for Continuing Education Krems is hiring a coordinating Postdoctoral Researcher for an ERC project on migrant solidarity.
5-year full-time position, starting Nov 2026.
Deadline to apply: 27 August
The University for Continuing Education Krems is hiring a coordinating Postdoctoral Researcher for an ERC project on migrant solidarity.
5-year full-time position, starting Nov 2026.
Deadline to apply: 27 August
Offene Stellen in Wissenschaft & Verwaltung
Hier finden Sie alle aktuellen Stellenausschreibungen der Universität für Weiterbildung Krems.
www.donau-uni.ac.at
June 24, 2026 at 8:09 AM
📢 Postdoc alert!
The University for Continuing Education Krems is hiring a coordinating Postdoctoral Researcher for an ERC project on migrant solidarity.
5-year full-time position, starting Nov 2026.
Deadline to apply: 27 August
The University for Continuing Education Krems is hiring a coordinating Postdoctoral Researcher for an ERC project on migrant solidarity.
5-year full-time position, starting Nov 2026.
Deadline to apply: 27 August
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Happy and excited to say I've just signed a contract with OUP @academic.oup.com for my first book, tentatively titled "Illegitimate Borders: Liberal Democracy and the Restriction of Movement." I reckon it will come out some time in 2028!
June 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Happy and excited to say I've just signed a contract with OUP @academic.oup.com for my first book, tentatively titled "Illegitimate Borders: Liberal Democracy and the Restriction of Movement." I reckon it will come out some time in 2028!
Happy and excited to say I've just signed a contract with OUP @academic.oup.com for my first book, tentatively titled "Illegitimate Borders: Liberal Democracy and the Restriction of Movement." I reckon it will come out some time in 2028!
June 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Happy and excited to say I've just signed a contract with OUP @academic.oup.com for my first book, tentatively titled "Illegitimate Borders: Liberal Democracy and the Restriction of Movement." I reckon it will come out some time in 2028!
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Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft hat den Anthropologen Ghassan Hage entlassen, weil er Israels Völkermod scharf kritisierte.
Stattdessen darf Hedwig Richter—die den Massenmord gerechtfertigt hat (für den sei eigentlich Hamas Schuld)—auf der Jahresversammlung über Demokratie "diskutieren".
Stattdessen darf Hedwig Richter—die den Massenmord gerechtfertigt hat (für den sei eigentlich Hamas Schuld)—auf der Jahresversammlung über Demokratie "diskutieren".
Vom 16. bis 17. Juni sind wir in #Frankfurt zu Gast: Während unserer Jahresversammlung wird das #Startup Ovo Labs den Max-Planck-Gründungspreis des Stifterverbandes erhalten. Hedwig Richter und Steffen Mau diskutieren die Zukunft der #Demokratie.
@hedwigrichter.bsky.social @steffenmau.bsky.social
@hedwigrichter.bsky.social @steffenmau.bsky.social
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft trifft sich zur Jahresversammlung in Frankfurt a. M.
Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft tagt in Frankfurt a.M.: Highlights sind die Verleihung des Max-Planck-Gründungspreises des Stifterverbandes sowie die Festversammlung mit einem Expertengespräch zur Zukunft...
www.mpg.de
June 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft hat den Anthropologen Ghassan Hage entlassen, weil er Israels Völkermod scharf kritisierte.
Stattdessen darf Hedwig Richter—die den Massenmord gerechtfertigt hat (für den sei eigentlich Hamas Schuld)—auf der Jahresversammlung über Demokratie "diskutieren".
Stattdessen darf Hedwig Richter—die den Massenmord gerechtfertigt hat (für den sei eigentlich Hamas Schuld)—auf der Jahresversammlung über Demokratie "diskutieren".
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In our introductory article, we trace how the transformations of the polycrisis have generated deep political conflict over whether to prioritize the inclusiveness or the robustness of democratic citizenship; we argue that this antagonism is neither desirable nor inevitable.
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
June 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
In our introductory article, we trace how the transformations of the polycrisis have generated deep political conflict over whether to prioritize the inclusiveness or the robustness of democratic citizenship; we argue that this antagonism is neither desirable nor inevitable.
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
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How can we bolster the moral value and political function of democratic citizenship in times of polycrisis? Can we make it more robust and more inclusive, or are these irreconcilable goals?
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
www.tandfonline.com
June 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
How can we bolster the moral value and political function of democratic citizenship in times of polycrisis? Can we make it more robust and more inclusive, or are these irreconcilable goals?
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
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Job! Postdoc in refugee studies! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Reseacher within DEMCAMP
Description of the workplace The Department of Philosophy is divided into Practical Philosophy, Theoretical Philosophy, and Cognitive Science and is part of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theol
lu.varbi.com
June 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Job! Postdoc in refugee studies! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
In our introductory article, we trace how the transformations of the polycrisis have generated deep political conflict over whether to prioritize the inclusiveness or the robustness of democratic citizenship; we argue that this antagonism is neither desirable nor inevitable.
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
June 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
In our introductory article, we trace how the transformations of the polycrisis have generated deep political conflict over whether to prioritize the inclusiveness or the robustness of democratic citizenship; we argue that this antagonism is neither desirable nor inevitable.
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
doi.org/10.1080/1654...
How can we bolster the moral value and political function of democratic citizenship in times of polycrisis? Can we make it more robust and more inclusive, or are these irreconcilable goals?
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
www.tandfonline.com
June 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
How can we bolster the moral value and political function of democratic citizenship in times of polycrisis? Can we make it more robust and more inclusive, or are these irreconcilable goals?
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
Our new Ethics & Global Politics special issue tries to find answers.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/zegp20/1...
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#JobPost 📣
The Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Border Studies. This is a four-year position based in Joensuu, starting 1 September 2026. No Finnish required.
Deadline: 30 June
Read more: uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
The Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Border Studies. This is a four-year position based in Joensuu, starting 1 September 2026. No Finnish required.
Deadline: 30 June
Read more: uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Border Studies
The Karelian Institute of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies invites applications for one Postdoctoral Researcher position in Critical Border Studies on the Joensuu Campus. The positi
uef.varbi.com
June 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM
#JobPost 📣
The Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Border Studies. This is a four-year position based in Joensuu, starting 1 September 2026. No Finnish required.
Deadline: 30 June
Read more: uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
The Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Critical Border Studies. This is a four-year position based in Joensuu, starting 1 September 2026. No Finnish required.
Deadline: 30 June
Read more: uef.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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#OtD 29 May 1830 Paris Communard, anarchist Louise Michel was born. After the Commune, she was deported to the prison colony of New Caledonia, where she supported an uprising of the Indigenous people, and later returned a national hero stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1011...
May 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 29 May 1830 Paris Communard, anarchist Louise Michel was born. After the Commune, she was deported to the prison colony of New Caledonia, where she supported an uprising of the Indigenous people, and later returned a national hero stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1011...
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🚨Job alert🚨
Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Deadline: 24.06.26
Happy to answer questions via email.
Please share widely!
www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Deadline: 24.06.26
Happy to answer questions via email.
Please share widely!
www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Associate - Professorship for Political Theory and History of Ideas 26/ES02
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.uni-greifswald.de
May 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Deadline: 24.06.26
Happy to answer questions via email.
Please share widely!
www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Deadline: 24.06.26
Happy to answer questions via email.
Please share widely!
www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
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🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨
Postdoc-Stelle: Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (100%, 3+2 Jahre) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Bewerbungsfrist: 24.06.26
Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden.
Gerne teilen!
www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...
Postdoc-Stelle: Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (100%, 3+2 Jahre) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Bewerbungsfrist: 24.06.26
Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden.
Gerne teilen!
www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte 26/ES02
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.uni-greifswald.de
May 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨
Postdoc-Stelle: Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (100%, 3+2 Jahre) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Bewerbungsfrist: 24.06.26
Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden.
Gerne teilen!
www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...
Postdoc-Stelle: Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (100%, 3+2 Jahre) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Bewerbungsfrist: 24.06.26
Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden.
Gerne teilen!
www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...
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Just noticed my book on the UK’s outsourced immigration detainee escorting system & how it’s run like a logistics system is 50% off @princetonupress.bsky.social, only £15: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Supply Chain Justice
How the UK’s immigration detention and deportation system turns people into monetized, measurable units on a supply chain
press.princeton.edu
May 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Just noticed my book on the UK’s outsourced immigration detainee escorting system & how it’s run like a logistics system is 50% off @princetonupress.bsky.social, only £15: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...