Peter William Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3074928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter William Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter William |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH P W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4726-7370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Digital futures and current frictions
Digital childhood today unfolds within a technocrisis: a condition in which pervasive digital infrastructures and algorithmic logics outpace the ethical, institutional, and social frameworks needed to govern them. Through a composite case study of an Irish primary school, in this article we examine the frictions that emerge as communities respond to the saturation of childhood by smartphone technologies. We argue that the governance of digital ch…
Exploring the ‘Blurred Boundary
Objectives: This study examines the convergence of smuggling and trafficking in persons along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) to Europe. We explore where and how these phenomena blur, impacting states’ obligations and policy decisions. Methods: We analyse 71 interviews with migrants who travelled on the CMR in 2018 and 2019, with a focus on 17 participants who experienced forced labour. Results: We find clear overlaps and crossovers between…
"The Points System is Dead. Long Live the Points System!" Why Immigration Policymakers in the UK Are Never Quite Happy with Their Points Systems
The UK’s ‘Australian-style’ points-based system (PBS), introduced in 2021, has been promoted by politicians as a strategy to ‘take back control’ of migration after leaving the European Union. However, the 2021 PBS is just the most recent of several initiatives since 2002 to introduce points into the UK’s labor migration policy. Points tests in various forms have been repeatedly introduced, modified, and removed in the UK’s immigration system. Thi…
Academic Celebrity
This article examines the institution of celebrity within academia. Academic celebrity has parallels with the celebrity seen in the wider world, though it is born of conditions unique to the fields of higher education and research and exhibits its own special characteristics. Whilst the scholarly prominence of academics can be based on more or less impersonal measures, especially citation statistics, academic celebrity, like popular celebrity, ha…
Academic Celebrity
This article examines the institution of celebrity within academia. Academic celebrity has parallels with the celebrity seen in the wider world, though it is born of conditions unique to the fields of higher education and research and exhibits its own special characteristics. Whilst the scholarly prominence of academics can be based on more or less impersonal measures, especially citation statistics, academic celebrity, like popular celebrity, ha…
"The Points System is Dead. Long Live the Points System!" Why Immigration Policymakers in the UK Are Never Quite Happy with Their Points Systems
The UK’s ‘Australian-style’ points-based system (PBS), introduced in 2021, has been promoted by politicians as a strategy to ‘take back control’ of migration after leaving the European Union. However, the 2021 PBS is just the most recent of several initiatives since 2002 to introduce points into the UK’s labor migration policy. Points tests in various forms have been repeatedly introduced, modified, and removed in the UK’s immigration system. Thi…
Academic Celebrity
This article examines the institution of celebrity within academia. Academic celebrity has parallels with the celebrity seen in the wider world, though it is born of conditions unique to the fields of higher education and research and exhibits its own special characteristics. Whilst the scholarly prominence of academics can be based on more or less impersonal measures, especially citation statistics, academic celebrity, like popular celebrity, ha…
"The Points System is Dead. Long Live the Points System!" Why Immigration Policymakers in the UK Are Never Quite Happy with Their Points Systems
The UK’s ‘Australian-style’ points-based system (PBS), introduced in 2021, has been promoted by politicians as a strategy to ‘take back control’ of migration after leaving the European Union. However, the 2021 PBS is just the most recent of several initiatives since 2002 to introduce points into the UK’s labor migration policy. Points tests in various forms have been repeatedly introduced, modified, and removed in the UK’s immigration system. Thi…
Exploring the ‘Blurred Boundary
Objectives: This study examines the convergence of smuggling and trafficking in persons along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) to Europe. We explore where and how these phenomena blur, impacting states’ obligations and policy decisions. Methods: We analyse 71 interviews with migrants who travelled on the CMR in 2018 and 2019, with a focus on 17 participants who experienced forced labour. Results: We find clear overlaps and crossovers between…
Digital futures and current frictions
Digital childhood today unfolds within a technocrisis: a condition in which pervasive digital infrastructures and algorithmic logics outpace the ethical, institutional, and social frameworks needed to govern them. Through a composite case study of an Irish primary school, in this article we examine the frictions that emerge as communities respond to the saturation of childhood by smartphone technologies. We argue that the governance of digital ch…
Sociology (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Appeal (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (1 works) · Criminology (1 works)