Kamila Fiałkowska

Oh looking forward to it! :)

We talked at the annual conference of Committee on Migration Research of Polish Academy of Science abt ongoing humanitarian crisis on Poland-Belarus border, especially after the suspension of right to asylum, introduced by the pro-european & liberal Civic Coalition. All quiet on the Eastern border.

But hey - if anyone’s looking for a keynote on Schrödinger’s migrant, I might just be your person ;)

Perks of being an interdisciplinary migration scholar?
- your inbox gifts you with an invitation to share your “expertise” at very weird conferences.
Do I work on migration, borders, and such? Yes.
Do I understand quantum entanglement? Only in the metaphorical sense ;)

#predatoryconferencing

--> we know this support is crucial. Barring it would hit the most vulnerable hardest.
It's NOT about privilege, as the president claims, but abt reparative justice. Talking about “overprivileged” refugees only shows how little one understands of refugee reality.

President vetoes law extending support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

Heading into holiday mode, but with unease abt what awaits after. The presidential veto on extending financial support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland leaves many in uncertainty. From fieldwork in collective accommodation centres in PL, -->

notesfrompoland.com/2025/08/25/p...

Kamila Fiałkowska @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social and Ivan Kozachenko from the Centre of Migration Research (CMR) took part in this year’s ICCEES XI World Congress, held from 21–25 July 2025 at University College London 1/3

So good to see everyone and many thanks for the discussion #ICCEES2025

The event announcement in the online programme

A slide from a power point presentation

If you're at #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social in London, pop into the roundtable on 'Hostile & Hospitable Environments in Eastern Europe' on Wednesday at 4.30 pm - with Karolina Follis, @kamilafialkowska.bsky.social Kasia Narkowicz, Roch Dunin-Wasowicz and yours truly:

🇬🇧 London’s calling! First UK visit post-Brexit 👀Where better to talk abt hostile environments than in the country that named it?
🗓️ Wed 23 July, 4.30–6pm
📍 UCL IOE, Room 417
Panel: Hostile & Hospitable Environments in Eastern Europe run by #KarolinaFollis
#ICCEES2025
Come say hi! 👉 www.iccees2025.org

Migration folks - this excellent book is now free on kindle as I just learned! And it is excellent companion to all those of you working on migration to rural areas! Spread the words :) @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Amazing! Thank u for letting us know!

Everytime we talk abt the hostilities and human rights violations on the PL-BY border it is challlenging to us, but immense gratitude to @badaczkinagranicy.bsky.social for making this together and supporting one another ✊

What an amazing panel we just had at @associationruta.bsky.social annual conference abt unequal citizenship within and outside of Ukraine! We talked abt Ukr Roma experiences as IDP & forced migrants in Poland, with our colleaques, co-workers and co-thinkers, very grateful for all contributions! 💙❤️💚

Finally, broader recognition is still due for the efforts and contributions of Romani civil society in defence of Ukraine and humanitarian relief. Hats off to all the amazing speakers, as well as to the great moderation and organisation @terezahendl.bsky.social 💪

Referring to limited and belated work on collecting testimonies of Romani survivors of WW2, it is also is part of the social responsibility of researchers in knowledge production not only abt but first and foremost FOR Roma communities! 💙❤️💚

Very moved by this great opening panel at annual @associationruta.bsky.social conference. Our colleaque within #rocit project, #TetianaStorozhko talked abt importance of collecting testimonies & documenting Romani experience of war and displacement.

We invite you for this online event, which is a cooperation between UNET@ZOiS and KIU: Ekaterina Bataeva, KIU sur place research fellow together with Daria Yashkina, UNET fellow, will talk about the situation of Ukrainian academics and universities under attack in frontline cities.

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

One would think that our universities would be a bit smarter than that, wouldn't you? And yet we thought it to be incredibly smart to give all our data to Microsoft...

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

From a reviewers’ life: It is quite amazing as it happened for the first time - I just reviewed a paper, and… it is good. I cannot think of any ways to improve it, suggest sth, it doesn’t lack methodologically, theoretically, it holds together. What a day! ;) #academicpublishing #reviewing

On World Refugee Day I am thinking of ppl we met during our fieldwork in PL & UKR - Ukrainian Roma. Their experience of refuge widely differes from that of other refugees from & within Ukraine, here are some reflections by our team from Poland: www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

With my modest contribution in a form of a book review - time to chill and read 📚📖 from a venue located really at the heart of the theme of this SI, how cool is that! #lowersilesia #niederschlesien #dolnyśląsk 💚

Thank u! 💚💪

Finally, this paper is both painful and powerful reflection on the experiences gathered by my co-workers and colleagues from the ROCIT (rocit.pl) project, both as activists and researchers. Especially today, it stands as a stark reminder of how dearly we need solidarities. Now more than ever.

Second, this bottom-up mobilisation affirms Polish Roma’s long-contested belonging to both the state and the nation. In doing so, it grants them the right to have claims - to voice concerns, call out racist and antigypsyist practices in refugee reception, and to demand change.

The erasure of minorities’ contributions from collective memory persists, effectively reinforcing long-standing stereotypes of Roma as passive or disengaged. Such narratives remain remarkably resilient, even when directly contradicted by evidence of active involvement and solidarity.

First, by engaging in nationwide refugee relief efforts, Polish Roma enact their citizenship. Yet their involvement risks being rendered invisible under the broad narrative of "Polish aid." This is precisely where the practical consequences of methodological nationalism become evident:

We then focused on the transnational and bottom-up mobilisation of Polish Roma in response to the unequal treatment of Ukrainian Roma - both as a claim to have rights and a right to have claims.

Ukrainian Roma are claiming their rights - including the right to mobility justice - simply by crossing the border, enacting their (Ukrainian) citizenship, and experiencing firsthand how the temporary protection framework for Ukrainian citizens is reluctantly extended to (Ukrainian) Roma.