Marianna Karakoulaki
@mariannakarakoulaki.com
🧐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
✏️Journalist & Podcaster
📸 Documentary Photographer
🎸(post) Hardcore enthusiast
💡 Part of E-IR
👾https://mariannakarakoulaki.com
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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.
www.e-ir.info
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...
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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!
June 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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!
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...
Thinking Borders - Vicki Squire
open.spotify.com
May 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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...
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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...
Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Thomas Nail
Professor Nail discusses the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border regimes and more.
www.e-ir.info
March 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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...
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...
Thinking Global Podcast – Thinking Borders: Thomas Nail
Professor Nail discusses the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border regimes and more.
www.e-ir.info
March 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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...
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...
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.
www.e-ir.info
January 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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...
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Good @nieuws.nos.nl , now also replace the X share button with a @bsky.app one
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Good @nieuws.nos.nl , now also replace the X share button with a @bsky.app one
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
"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...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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
www.thenation.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"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...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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/opinions/202...
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.
aljazeera.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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/opinions/202...
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🎙️ @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 -
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 -
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…
buff.ly
July 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎙️ @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 -
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 -
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🌟 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
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
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🌟 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
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
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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...
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...
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...
www.versobooks.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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...
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...
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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.
It doesn’t.
The gangs are a symptom of that racist inhumanity.
July 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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.
It doesn’t.
The gangs are a symptom of that racist inhumanity.
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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?
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?
Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, says that providing a safe route won't stop people getting on a boat
If refugees have a safe route why will they need to get on a boat? #GMB
If refugees have a safe route why will they need to get on a boat? #GMB
July 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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?
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?
#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
Is suspending asylum requests right response to curb illegal immigration to Greece? | Inside Story
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#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
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#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
Difficult to understand obsession - on part of both French and UK media - with "illegal working" as a "pull factor."
No systematic data/stats (AFAIK) but both anecdote and HO releases suggest small boat arrivals only a small % of those found working illegally.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
No systematic data/stats (AFAIK) but both anecdote and HO releases suggest small boat arrivals only a small % of those found working illegally.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Why is it still so easy for illegal migrants to work in Britain?
President Macron has a point — failure to enforce existing rules over hiring and a booming gig economy offer opportunities not available elsewhere in Europe
www.thetimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#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
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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...
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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...
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@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
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
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@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
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
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@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
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
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.
buff.ly
June 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@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
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
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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.
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...
📻: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/24/e...
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.
www.e-ir.info
June 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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.
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...
📻: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/24/e...
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.
www.e-ir.info
June 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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...
📻: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/24/e...
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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
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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
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!
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
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
June 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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!
Reposted by Marianna Karakoulaki
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
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
June 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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
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
"[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
My later article for a new zine: provocat.org?page_id=195
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"[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
My later article for a new zine: provocat.org?page_id=195
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New article – Donald Trump’s War on Global Development by Marianna Karakoulaki, Mia Hyun, Scarlet Vass, and Thomas Bobo
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.
www.e-ir.info
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New article – Donald Trump’s War on Global Development by Marianna Karakoulaki, Mia Hyun, Scarlet Vass, and Thomas Bobo