A picture of a group of about 30 happy people (mainly, but not only, women) of different races, religions, and ages in a sunny garden, smiling at the camera and having a good time.

Belonging and Exclusion, in Life and in Law: Learning from Migrants in Cork

This post is based on a presentation at the LSAANZ conference on Rights, Relationality, Resilience, Reciprocity on 4 December 2025, which explored the possibilities of centring the concept of belonging in lawmaking places and processes. The presentation drew on a combination of work undertaken as part of the Home in Crisis project, as well as some of my previous reflections, and indeed, frustrations, about international … Continue reading Belonging and Exclusion, in Life and in Law: Learning from Migrants in Cork

From modest to ambitious interdisciplinarity 

A talk by Dina Lupin at the University of Southampton Faculty of Social Sciences Research Away Day Interdisciplinarity comes in many different forms and shapes but today, for the sake of making a point, I am going to divide all of it into two categories: modest interdisciplinarity, which is fine if modesty is your thing, and ambitious interdisciplinarity which I am going to argue is the … Continue reading From modest to ambitious interdisciplinarity 

Resistance, Writing, and Reclaiming the Law

A talk by Dina Lupin, presented at LitFest 2026: Acts of Resistance 13 March 2026 The thing that makes writing law a little bit different from other kinds of writing, is that most of us are not allowed to do it. Law-writing is reserved for a small number of authorised and authoritative authors – the judges, legislators, regulators, administrators and policy-makers who write the words … Continue reading Resistance, Writing, and Reclaiming the Law