James Souter

What do states owe #refugees they have created? My new book, out now, argues that asylum should act as a form of reparation for the unjust harms of displacement bit.ly/3qoizAn

CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN International Politics/(Un)Ethical Worlds: Morality, Power, Resistance and the Aesthetics of Politics in Dark Times. 20th-21st July 2026 │In-Person @StAndrewsIR Keynotes: @SeanMolloyIR @JSouter2 Call closes: 20th April 2026 forms.office.com/pages/response…

New opportunity at Leeds for a political theorist: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Looking forward to the launch event next month for my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees, hosted by the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs @_CEPPA The event is online and in person on 20th Nov 4pm, more details below :) events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/book-la…

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the untimely passing of Jonathan Dean – a dear colleague, friend, and cherished member of our community. We've collected some heartfelt tributes from his colleagues. psapopulism.org/blog/news/jona…

Some touching tributes from colleagues as everyone grapples with this awful loss.

Join us for an online book launch of a new edited collection, Revolutionary Hope in a Time of Crisis! 13 May, 4-6pm (UK time). With @lslothuus @SarahmQuesada @creoleprof @paulina_tamb and Brigitte Bargetz. Hosted by @CCPT_Leeds Book your ticket here: ticketsource.co.uk/revolutionary-…

📚 In our latest Book Review, Lea Augenstein offers us a look at recent works from Marcia Morgan, @JSouter2, & Ashwini Vasanthakumar, arguing that the 3 challenge coloniality about agency in migration studies well- but could go further. Read here ⤵️ doi.org/10.1177/030582…

For a taster of my book, Asylum as Reparation, the full introduction is now available through White Rose Research Online: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/182583/ @OpenResLeeds #wrro #refugees #asylum #displacement

My review of James Souter's new book, Asylum as Reparation, is now out in Global Justice. "Equality Between Refugees - James Souter, Asylum as Reparation: Refuge and Responsibility for the Harms of Displacement" theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn/…

@RefugeePolitics Hi Marcus @RefugeePolitics, that's a great example, thanks, and not one I've found discussed in work on displacement without migration or movement so far - will consider!

@JSouter2 Different case that came to my mind: People stay where they are, but borders/state systems change/move. Happened to me and 17 Mio. others born in East Germany :) And in many other cases. Sorry, cannot help with the literature you are looking for :(

I'm currently working on how displacement may occur without movement/migration, and one possible case I’m considering is that long-established residents may feel a loss of home due to large-scale immigration to their neighbourhoods, whether for prejudiced reasons or not...(1/3)

Arlie Russell Hochschild's 'Strangers in Their Own Land' about the American right is the closest I've found so far. Thanks in advance for any suggestions (3/3)

Anyone on here who works on migration know of any literature that addresses this, either directly or indirectly? I’m wondering if literature on the impacts of immigration on trust/social cohesion (which I could do with brushing up on) may be relevant (2/3)

One day until UCU members at @UniversityLeeds start *indefinite strike action* caused by senior management's mishandling of the dispute over pay, casualisation, workloads and equal pay. The vice chancellor could solve this at any time but is inexplicably choosing not to. 1️⃣⏰🚨🪧

@PattiTLenard @PoPpublicsphere @palmacpolitics Thank you, and likewise - I really appreciate that, and was very glad to read your insights on the book!

Good to see that a new review of my book, Asylum as Reparation, has just appeared in the latest issue of @PoPpublicsphere. Thanks to @PattiTLenard for the sympathetic and constructive response to its arguments! bit.ly/3Cgg2P0 @palmacpolitics

Chuffed to announce my latest paper 'Does a State's Right To Control Borders Justify Harming Refugees?' has now been published by the journal Moral Philosophy and Politics @MOPPJournal. @StAndrewsPhil Here's the link to the paper degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Please share & sign our petition asking University of Leeds to rescind their threat of further pay deductions at a rate of 100% pay for staff who do not deliver teaching missed on strike days i.e. additional deductions beyond strike deductions shorturl.at/bsLM3 #UCUstrike

(5/6) Next is @JSouter2's 'Asylum as reparation' (@Palgrave). Souter delivers a thoughtful and hopeful rethink for anyone disillusioned with the quagmire of states' obligations to refugees. @Se_Clark1's review here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

Nice to see #AsylumasReparation in @IAJournal_CH's #Top5Books list for January. Thanks to @Se_Clark1 for reviewing it for the journal!