Outputs (8)

Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa (2023)
Book
Soliman, F. (2023). Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa. Routledge

This book offers a zemiological approach for understanding border control practices, state power, and their social impact. Drawing on an ethnographic study on the borderisation of the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, it explores border harms from t... Read More about Social Harm at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa.

Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border (2023)
Book Chapter
Paynter, E., & Soliman, F. (2023). Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border. In A. Vila-Freyer, & I. Sirkeci (Eds.), Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (161-176). Transnational Press London

This chapter focuses on how Italy’s position as a key port of entry for migrants reaching Europe has influenced shifts in trends and policy, including external border governance, as well as asylum protocols and reception and detention policies. We si... Read More about Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border.

Ten years on: from Lampedusa to Pylos (2023)
Digital Artefact
Soliman, F. (2023). Ten years on: from Lampedusa to Pylos. [Blog post]

Teaching Criminology: the Human Element (2023)
Other
Soliman, F., Hafner, M., & McNeill, F. (2023). Teaching Criminology: the Human Element

As part of the SCCJR’s ‘Teaching Criminology’ series, the Centre is organizing a session which explores the ‘human element’ in teaching criminology.

The session bridges the gap between criminologists as researchers and criminologists as teachers... Read More about Teaching Criminology: the Human Element.

Global security and its social dimensions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adalja, A., Al-Rodhan, N., & Soliman, F. (2023, May). Global security and its social dimensions. Presented at Global Security Programme Roundtable, Online

This panel will interrogate the social dimensions of global security. It will discuss the lived experiences of individuals, the role of social sectors such as public health, and innovative ways of studying the social dimensions of global security.

Stolen Time: The Temporal Captivity of Migrants in the Italian Border Regime (2023)
Journal Article
Castelli, V., Paynter, E., Sbaffi, G., & Soliman, F. (in press). Stolen Time: The Temporal Captivity of Migrants in the Italian Border Regime. Modern Italy,

This paper explores the use of captivity in Italy’s response to recurrent “migration crises” at the southern border of the European Union.
It first considers the case of Lampedusa, where migrants are often warehoused awaiting deportation, despite r... Read More about Stolen Time: The Temporal Captivity of Migrants in the Italian Border Regime.

Preventing harm: A Zemiology of counter-terrorism (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soliman, F., & Dinesson, K. (2023, April). Preventing harm: A Zemiology of counter-terrorism

Over the past two decades, counterterrorism in the UK has been characterised by contentious legal and social developments. One such development has been a marked preventative turn in criminal law, exemplified by the bringing into permanence and expan... Read More about Preventing harm: A Zemiology of counter-terrorism.

Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa (2023)
Journal Article
Soliman, F. (2023). Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa. Critical Criminology, 31, 725-741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09692-x

In this paper I examine authorities’ management of migrant boats on the island of Lampedusa, Italy, as an example of environmental border harm. A danger to trawlers, sunken wrecks are also hazardous to the environment, with pollutants such as oil and... Read More about Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa.