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Free Thinking: Emigration

In this episode of Free Thinking, Michaela Benson joins Laurence Scott to discuss emigration stories. The episode also features Eliza Showell’s great niece Black Country poet Liz Berry, Leanne McCormick and Elaine Farrell presenters of the Bad Bridget podcast which tells the stories of crime poverty and survival experienced by the thousands of 19th-century Irish …

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Why some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global Britain- Open Decomcracy

Who do we think we are? alumni, Nando Sigona, and host, Michaela Benson​, recently co-authored a blog post explaining how Foreign policy determines why migrants from Hong Kong got a better deal than Syrians or Ukrainians. Read the blogpost Why some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global Britain. You can also listen …

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Podcasting the Sociological

Why does the world need a sociological podcast? Why now? And what does podcasting offer for a public and engaged sociology? These questions and more were explored in Podcasting the Sociological, the launch event for Uncommon Sense, the new podcast from The Sociological Review. The event, held on 10 May 2022, allowed viewers to find …

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