Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015 (2022)
Thesis
Khan, S. (2022). Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015. (Thesis). Keele University

Informed by the critique of Eurocentrism in the discipline of International Relations, this thesis investigates the relationship between knowledge production defined as expertise, the ‘global war on terror’, and coloniality. It conducts a critical su... Read More about Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015.

Complexities of Polish migrant's citizenship attributions in the context of Brexit and the Scottish Independence Referendums (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Complexities of Polish migrant's citizenship attributions in the context of Brexit and the Scottish Independence Referendums. Scottish Affairs, 386 - 402. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2020.0330

This article focuses on the experiences of Scotland's largest foreign-born minority group, namely Poles, in the run-up to the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014 and subsequently the UK's EU Referendum. Through exploring Polish migrant residents... Read More about Complexities of Polish migrant's citizenship attributions in the context of Brexit and the Scottish Independence Referendums.

Factors that affect the decisions made by skilled professionals to migrate to the UK: A qualitative study of Cypriot migrant and returning physicians. (2019)
Thesis
Konstantinou, K. (2019). Factors that affect the decisions made by skilled professionals to migrate to the UK: A qualitative study of Cypriot migrant and returning physicians. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414418

Background: Migration theorists have been slow to consider international mobility of physicians as well as the feminisation of medicine and physicians’ migration and identify the key characteristics for efficient physicians’ migration management. Thi... Read More about Factors that affect the decisions made by skilled professionals to migrate to the UK: A qualitative study of Cypriot migrant and returning physicians..

An acutely embarrassing affair: Whitehall and the Indian-South African dispute at the United Nations (1946) (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). An acutely embarrassing affair: Whitehall and the Indian-South African dispute at the United Nations (1946). Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 909-934. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2018.1519244

Before the Second World War it was a cardinal Commonwealth principle that intra-imperial disputes must be kept away from international fora. Yet in 1946 the not-yet-independent India complained to the United Nations about South African legislation di... Read More about An acutely embarrassing affair: Whitehall and the Indian-South African dispute at the United Nations (1946).

All you need is love and £18,600: class and the new UK family migration rules (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). All you need is love and £18,600: class and the new UK family migration rules. Critical Social Policy, 228-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018314563039

In July 2012 the Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition government introduced a new set of family migration rules. These rules set a sharp increase in the minimum income threshold for people sponsoring partners and children to join them in the UK. C... Read More about All you need is love and £18,600: class and the new UK family migration rules.

Open Hearing in a Closed Sea: migration policies and postcolonial strategies of resistance in the Mediterranean (2015)
Journal Article
Palladino, M., & Gjergji, I. (2015). Open Hearing in a Closed Sea: migration policies and postcolonial strategies of resistance in the Mediterranean. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 18(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2014.998255

In the early 2000s migration towards Italy, both as a destination and transit country, was on the rise and gained increasing importance on the political agenda. In this context, enhanced security measures of border control in the Mediterranean became... Read More about Open Hearing in a Closed Sea: migration policies and postcolonial strategies of resistance in the Mediterranean.

'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place.
Thesis
(2015). 'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place

Third Culture Kids are the children of people working outside their passport countries, and who are employed by international organisations as development experts, diplomats, missionaries, journalists, international NGO and humanitarian aid workers,... Read More about 'Third culture kids': migration narratives on belonging, identity and place..