Apply Now! Our 12th Flexible Grants for Small Groups competition aims to provide flexible support for a period of (up to) one year for the activities of a small research group. Deadline 13th March 2026.
More Info: isrf.org/competitions/fg12
How do housing policies meant to "integrate" #Roma communities push them to the margins?
Beatriz Aragon examines infrastructural violence & #antigypsism in #Madrid's informal settlements.
#HousingJustice
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Apply Now! Our 8th Mid-Career Fellowship competition aims to support independent-minded researchers to explore & present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems.
More Info: isrf.org/competitions/mcf8
For more information on competition terms & conditions, and eligibility, please visit isrf.org/competitions/isf11
Apply Now! Our 11th Independent Scholar competition aims to support #IndependentScholars to explore and present original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real world social problems.
More info: isrf.org/competitions/isf11
Join us on 9th December at @ucl, or watch online - registration at eventbrite.co.uk/e/isrf-book…
This book launch event is co-hosted with the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. @UCL_SPRC
Book Launch: 'Neoliberalism and Race', by @LSCornelissen
Tuesday 9th December 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person & online.
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Book Launch: 'Threads of Labour: Tapestry of an Ex-Industrial Community', by Lisa Taylor
Thursday 20th November 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person (Leeds Venue TBC) & online.
isrf.org/events/threads-of-l…
An ‘Independent Scholar’ is understood as someone pursuing research outside of an academic role, whether or not currently in employment, who is engaged in intellectual work of a nature & standard comparable to that of a professional academic scholar.
isrf.org/competitions/isf11
Just Launched: Independent Scholar Fellowship competition (ISF11)
Deadline: 5pm GMT (6pm CET), Friday 31st October 2025
Supporting #IndependentScholars to explore & present original research ideas which tackle real world social problems.
isrf.org/competitions/isf11
Bordering Social Reproduction | 25th September 2025
An in-person & online #BookLaunch and conversation with Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'.
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Apply Now! Our 11th Independent Scholar competition supports #IndependentScholars to explore & present original research ideas which take new approaches & suggest new solutions to real world social problems.
#SocialScience #Humanities #Arts
More Info: isrf.org/competitions/isf11
This month: a Director's Note from @cnewf reflecting on the ideas of @koheisaito0131 and @abenanav. Also included: upcoming ISRF events, latest blog posts, and Fellows news. #Newsletter #August2025 #ISRF
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Eleventh Flexible Grants for Small Groups Competition - Awards Announcement
In October, the ISRF launched its 11th Flexible Grants for Small Groups call. Having received a number of strong proposals, a selection panel nominated 17 projects for award.
isrf.org/blog/eleventh-flexi…
On Refugees: Polish Imaginaries and Practices
@artur_kula discusses the way themes of national belonging fit into Polish #PublicMemory and bear on current political discourse surrounding #immigration.
isrf.org/blog/on-refugees
Exploring the Contradictions of Planning in Post-War Britain
Yasminah Beebeejaun explores the linkages between Britain's #Colonial#Legacy and post-war #UrbanPlanning, focussing on themes of #race, #migration, and de facto #segregation.
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This month our lecture series on #colonialism and #decolonisation is concluding. Also in the May #newsletter: a monthly Director's Note, upcoming ISRF events, Fellows news, and our latest blog posts.
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This Thursday at @blocqmul, ISRF Director of Research @cnewf will introduce & host a screening of 'Like Lockdown Never Happened', a documentary directed by @AmosMukombero which accompanies @JoyWhite2's book of the same name.
isrf.org/events/like-lockdow…