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New Zealand Sociology as a mirror of sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Terruhn, J., Uekusa, S., Friedlander, A., Ran, J., & Trotter-Simons, B.-E. (2025, December 3-5). New Zealand Sociology as a mirror of sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand [Presentation / Talk]. A Sociology of Beauty and Joy - SAANZ Conference 2025, Wellington, New Zealand. https://saanz2025.sched.com/about

In 2026, New Zealand Sociology marks its 40th anniversary. This milestone is reason for celebrating the journal but also presents an opportunity to more closely examine the publications that have graced its print and electronic pages since its beginn... Read More about New Zealand Sociology as a mirror of sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand.

No Choice but to Move: Climate Displacement and Eroding Livelihoods in Mongolia (2025)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K. (2025). No Choice but to Move: Climate Displacement and Eroding Livelihoods in Mongolia. Forced Migration Review, 76, 21-26.

As climate change reshapes Mongolia’s environment, herders are being pushed to cities – not by sudden disaster, but through slow erosion of options. Their stories challenge dominant ideas of choice, agency, and what counts as ‘displacement’.

Relationality, Vulnerability, and Inclination: Rethinking Masculinities in Young Adult Literature (2025)
Journal Article
Zabrzewska, A. (2025). Relationality, Vulnerability, and Inclination: Rethinking Masculinities in Young Adult Literature. Children's Literature in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-025-09638-7

The article proposes a theoretical framework centered on the philosophically informed concepts of relationality, vulnerability, and inclination to advance the study of child and teenage masculinities at the intersection of gender and sexuality. By ch... Read More about Relationality, Vulnerability, and Inclination: Rethinking Masculinities in Young Adult Literature.

Prospects, dilemmas, and constraints of global leadership in social work education and frontline practice: perspectives from international social workers (2025)
Book Chapter
Walker, J., Ran, G. J., Nhapi, T. G., & Khanal, D. (2025). Prospects, dilemmas, and constraints of global leadership in social work education and frontline practice: perspectives from international social workers. In R. Miller, C. Mangan, H. Dickinson, & C. Jackson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Leadership in Social Work and Social Care (pp. 281-294). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035314508.00033

Conceptualising Vulnerability in Forced Displacement: The Role of Human Rights‐Based Approaches in Mitigating Trafficking Risks—Findings From Poland and Romania (2025)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., & Komenda, H. (2025). Conceptualising Vulnerability in Forced Displacement: The Role of Human Rights‐Based Approaches in Mitigating Trafficking Risks—Findings From Poland and Romania. International Migration, 63(5), e70081. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70081

This article examines the vulnerability of Ukrainian refugees to trafficking, abuse, and exploitation in Poland and Romania following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Drawing on survey data from the International Organization for Migration... Read More about Conceptualising Vulnerability in Forced Displacement: The Role of Human Rights‐Based Approaches in Mitigating Trafficking Risks—Findings From Poland and Romania.

Policing as Social Control: Police officer perspectives on the policing of queer people in Kenya (2025)
Journal Article
Wairuri, K. (2025). Policing as Social Control: Police officer perspectives on the policing of queer people in Kenya. Policing and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2025.2548236

Police officer perspectives on the policing of marginalised, criminalised and stigmatised groups in Kenya has received limited scholarly attention. Based on interviews and focus group discussions with 33 police officers in Kenya’s two largest cities,... Read More about Policing as Social Control: Police officer perspectives on the policing of queer people in Kenya.

Vulnerability to trafficking in persons in the context of the war in Ukraine. Findings from Moldova (2025)
Report
Sharapov, K. (2025). Vulnerability to trafficking in persons in the context of the war in Ukraine. Findings from Moldova. International Organization for Migration. https://moldova.iom.int/resources/vulnerability-trafficking-persons-context-war-ukraine-findings-moldova

This report presents the findings of a research study assessing the vulnerability of Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Moldova to exploitation, abuse, and violence, including human trafficking. Commissioned in the context of the ongoing displacem... Read More about Vulnerability to trafficking in persons in the context of the war in Ukraine. Findings from Moldova.

Asian!MacAsian! Podcast (2025)
Digital Artefact
Ran, J., & Echo Wan, Z. (2025, August 10). Asian!MacAsian! Podcast [Podcast]. https://open.spotify.com/show/7nCMgEOFNwDKMf48RND1Fs

Supported by 2023/24 Public Engagement Funds from Edinburgh Napier University, Asian!MacAsian! podcast has been created to address the issue of Scottish Asian’s under-representation in public media outlets. We launched this podcast programme in the h... Read More about Asian!MacAsian! Podcast.

The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Kulpa, R., & Zabrzewska, A. (2025, August 1). The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show [Performance]. The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh, UK. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15425101

This Fringe 2025 show will feature Dr Roberto Kulpa & Dr Adrianna Zabrzewska (Edinburgh Napier University), who discuss why people who reject gender equalities turn to homophobic, transphobic, and anti-feminist fearmongers. The show also features Dr... Read More about The Provocateurs: Gender Fears / Haunted Mouths Show.

The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland (2025)
Digital Artefact
Zabrzewska, A., & Kulpa, R. (2025, July 28). The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland. The Loop. ECPR's Political Science Blog. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16539107

Adrianna Zabrzewska and Roberto Kulpa show that, despite populism's hostile political climate, limited funding, and tensions within the community, the pursuit of a liveable and joyful life for LGBTIQ+ individuals and cishet women in Poland is an unfo... Read More about The impact of ‘anti-gender’ politics and queer, feminist resilience in Poland.

Screening of 'I'm Still Here' research documentary (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Guma, T. (2025, June 23). Screening of 'I'm Still Here' research documentary. Displaced Arts: Creative Practices and Geographies of Asylum Symposium at University of Edinburgh.

Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe (2025)
Digital Artefact
Titley, G., Filep, E., & Kulpa, R. (2025, June 16). Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15672762

Les questions de genre jouent un rôle central dans la structuration de la nouvelle internationale réactionnaire et dans sa (résistible) ascension, en Europe et au-delà. Mais si d’autres chercheur·euses se sont déjà penché·es sur les menaces qui pèsen... Read More about Cartographier les mouvements « anti-genre » à travers l'Europe.

Wpływ polityki "antygenderowej" na życie codzienne i działalność aktywistyczną w Polsce i Europie (2025)
Digital Artefact
Zabrzewska, A., & Kulpa, R. (2025, May 9). Wpływ polityki "antygenderowej" na życie codzienne i działalność aktywistyczną w Polsce i Europie. Portal organizacji pozarządowych. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15386442

Badania europejskiego projektu RESIST dokumentują efekty systemowej dyskryminacji osób wspierających dążenia feministyczne i LGBTIQ+.
Europejski projekt badawczy RESISTotwiera się w nowej karcie udokumentował wpływ polityki „antygenderowej” (skierow... Read More about Wpływ polityki "antygenderowej" na życie codzienne i działalność aktywistyczną w Polsce i Europie.

Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce (2025)
Report
Kulpa, R., & Kania, T. (2025). Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14334267

Zmieniający się krajobraz społeczno-kulturowy Polski był przez lata areną intensywnego politycznego zaangażowania w zagadnienia płci i seksualności. Kwestie te stały się polem bitwy dla całego spektrum zróżnicowanych poglądów i interesów grupowych. N... Read More about Raport z projektu RESIST. Skutki i opór wobec mobilizacji "antygenderowych" w Europie. Raport o Polsce.

Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies (2025)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2025). Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies. Go West! Conceptual Explorations of “the West” in the History of Education (pp. 181-203). De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111408989-011

A simple question: What is Europe? is often focal for numerous disciplines such as area studies, cultural geography, history, postcolonial studies, and recently also gender & sexuality studies. Although richly diverse, perhaps one common thread among... Read More about Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies.