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rémy-paulin twahirwa

rémy-paulin twahirwa

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3212-2243

  • Aston Triangle

    B4 7ET Birmingham

    United Kingdom

Personal profile

Biography

I am a sociologist, writer and community organiser with a PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE), specialising in immigration detention, borders, and the racialised governance of mobility. 

My research examines confinement, legal personhood, and the expansion of the carceral state, with particular attention to the afterlives of empire and coloniality in contemporary border regimes. Since September 2025, I have co-convened the British Sociological Association (BSA) Race and Ethnicity Study Group.

My work has been published across academic and public-facing platforms, including LSE Review of Books, Society + Space, Liberté, and Border Criminologies. I currently serve as Managing and Reviews Editor at The Philosopher.

I'm currently completing my first manuscript, On Ghostly Lives, which is based on my doctoral research. 

I also organise screenings with the Haringey Community Cinema.

More about their work can be found at: https://ghostlylivesaproject.wordpress.com/. You can follow them on Bleusky: @ rpaulint.bsky.social.

Research Interests

  • Critical Migration Studies / Forced Displacement 
  • Black Studies
  • Postcolonial Theory
  • Decolonial Theory 
  • Anticolonial Thought 
  • Carceral Geography
  • Abolition

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • British Sociological Association (co-convenor of BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group) 

Research Projects/Collaborations

Visiting Appointments

  • Visiting Fellow, LSE Sociology (September 2025 - September 2026) 
  • Visiting Researcher, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (May 2024 - August 2024) 

Scholarship and Fellowship

  • 2020 - 2024 SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship 
  • 2020 - 2023 Pierre Eliott-Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship  

Professional/editorial offices

  • Managing Editor - The Philosopher (September 2025 - Now) 
  • Book Review Editor - The Philosopher (September 2025 - Now)

Teaching Activity

  • Introduction to Sociological Thought (LSE Sociology)
  • Gender, Culture and Policy (LSE Gender)

Qualifications

  • Phd in Sociology, London School of Economics (UK), 2025
  • MA in Political Science, UQÀM (Canada), 2017
  • BA in International Relations and Modern Languages, Laval University (Canada), 2012

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, On Ghostly Lives: Life, Death and the British Immigration Detention Estate, London School of Economics and Political Science

2020 → 2025

Award Date: 25 Aug 2025

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    External positions

    Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science

    20 Sept 2025 → 20 Sept 2026

    Keywords

    • HM Sociology
    • Migration
    • Race
    • Carceral Geography
    • Black Studies
    • Postcolonialism
    • Anti-colonial Thought
    • Decolonial Theory

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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