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16 Aug 2024
! My book the Ethics of State Responses to Refugees is officially released today !
Ever since volunteering in the Calais refugee camp witnessing horrendous conditions, barbed wire fences & the abuse of refugees by state authorities ...
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Last week I sat down to discuss my research on homelessness as part of the Philosophy of Homelessness conference at Paris Nanterre University.
If you’re interested in such things, you watch it here
youtube.com/watch?v=MXebYW9M…
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On my way to Aberdeen to present my project on Scotland-specific humanitarian visas for refugees, at the workshop on Asylum and Migration in Scotland.
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I wrote this piece for the American Philosophical Association @apa_blog on how a refugee centred methodology can help illuminate what an ethical refugee policy would be x
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It was a great pleasure to discuss my research on ethical responses to refugees on @TheDissenterYT podcast!
New episode (1251), with Dr. Bradley Hillier-Smith. We talk about his great book, The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees. #Philosophy #politics #ethics
YouTube: youtu.be/mwvTxjW81UY
Podcast: bit.ly/4nsqLMT
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The latest Reform proposal of mass detention and deportation is deeply horrifying. The threat to deprive the freedom of thousands of innocent people without trial, and to do so with such glee for political gain, ought to opposed by anyone who believes in freedom and human rights
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I wrote this piece for Public Ethics discussing whether the changes to the UK refugee protection system - where refugees will now only be given 30 months protection, periodically renewed, under constant threat of deportation - is justifiable
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My students made me a lovely card for our lest seminar for Timely Topics in Political Philosophy, which is very nice of them.
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Two weeks ago I gave a talk at The Refugees Studies Centre on Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees.
The talk is now available to listen to online x
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Dr Bradley H Smith retweeted
Mar 24
Powerful words from University of Pennsylvania students against their university's headlong rush to embrace of AI:
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Thrilled that my book has received this excellent review from Michael Blake in the Notre Dame Philosophical Review, with some really thought-provoking and fair critical comments.
ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-ethi…
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'Hillier-Smith’s book, in short, is an excellent contribution to an important debate; it is complex, morally persuasive, and original. Even those of its readers who are unconvinced by its conclusions are likely to find much of value in its arguments'.
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I'll be speaking at this event discussing the UK's responsibilities to refugees today.
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Campaign to oppose the recent proposals to halve the leave to remain for refugees, which will create serious uncertainty and anxiety for refugees as well as massively increase bureaucratic costs. Immoral and unworkable. refugee-council.yourmovement…
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Serious concerns that the latest military action against Iran will cause an immense displacement crisis. Iran already hosts 2 million refugees who may be displaced again as well as new Iranian refugees
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This week I will be giving a talk at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford on 'Grounding the Components of an Ethical Response to Refugees'
rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/groundin…
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On my way to Sicily to present my research on AI, Basic Income, and Migration at the Justice in the 21st Century conference.
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This book, by the great Sven Nyholm, is out next month, but you can see the TOC and Intro here right now!: hackettpublishing.com/the-et…
Great for those just starting out with the ethics of AI, and for early-level courses that include the subject. #AI
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I, along with other academics and practitioners in refugee advocacy, have been working on a policy document with proposals for a more ethical response to refugees. We will be circulating it to policy-makers. It's available here
against-inhumanity.org/campa…
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Dr Bradley H Smith retweeted
Jan 26
Children and women chanting “let us out” at the Dilley Concentration Center that Trump has set up in Texas, as they apparently wear color-coded jackets.
It’s like a scene from “The Handmaid’s Tale” or 1930s Germany.
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