Franco Zappettini

Very pleased to receive confirmation of acceptance for migration panel convened with @sofialampro.bsky.social and @samtbennett.bsky.social as well as resilience panel convened with D Kitis and M Kranert both with great contributions from colleagues. Looking forward to seeing you all in Valladolid.

Great teamwork! Pleased to see this finally through!

Great to have @samtbennett.bsky.social contribution!

Thanks to all contributors

The rhetoric of externalizing migration policies: The cases of British and Italian sovereignty by proxy - Franco Zappettini, 2025 This paper conducts a Critical Discursive Analysis of the institutional rhetoric employed by the British and Italian Prime Ministers to legitimize their respect...

Thank you Michal. I've referred to your flipsiding concept in my latest article journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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President Trump calling the Epstein case 'pretty boring staff' should upset any decent conscience.

I would hope checks and balances of a sensible democratic state should prevent this madness. Even if this was a bravado it still this shows how ideologically illiberal Trump is.

Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.

This is outrageous and scary. Solidarity with @harvard.edu and all students.
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Another quality issue of Cadaad. Thanks to contributors and the whole editorial team. We remind authors that the journal welcomes new quality manuscripts that fit the scope of our publication.

Starmer unveils 'tighter' migration policy, saying numbers will fall New measures include tougher English-language rules and migrants having to spend 10 years in the UK before being able to apply for citizenship.

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You'd be forgiven for thinking this was a speech given by Farage or any conservative PMs.

Looking forward to this event and catching up with colleagues including @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social

We can debate Trump's decision on tariffs but please let's not normalise another one of his lies. These are NOT reciprocal. The EU is NOT imposing 39% tariffs on American imports.

Really pleased to join @cadaad-journal.bsky.social and looking forward to working with @dimitrisrf.bsky.social @stavrosling.bsky.social and the whole team.

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

BBC News - Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
www.bbc.com/news/article... you couldn't make this one up!

Benefit system unfair and indefensible, says PM Some Labour MPs urge ministers to tackle the

BBC News - Benefit system unfair and indefensible, says PM - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... is there anything this government has said which hasn't come straight out of the conservative book?

Critical Discourse Studies (@critdiscstuds.bsky.social) Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change. https://www.tandfonline.com/jour...

My contribution to the special issue on hate speech by @dimitrisrf.bsky.social and @stavrosling.bsky.social has just been published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@jlanpol.bsky.social is seeking reviews of these publications. Please contact me if interested. taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
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