The State of the UK's Oaks Webinar, Tuesday 17 March,2-3pm
Introducing panelist Kate Halstead, Climate Change Scientist, Forest Research. Kate's PhD investigated drivers of oak damage during Storm Arwen. She now specialises in wind risk and climate change research. Book now www.actionoak.org/news
Screenshot of the first page of a Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy article titled “Bottom-of-the-pyramid business model meets social assistance: Repurposing social protection in the Africa context” by Marion Ouma and Jimi O. Adesina, showing the abstract and keywords.
The blog post is based on an article by Marion Ouma and Jimi O. Adesina, published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Open Access).
doi.org/10.1017/ics....
Great discussion at today’s @skape-ed.bsky.social seminar!
A big thank you to Erik Baekkeskov for a thought-provoking presentation on how scientists use policymaking power when they gain it, and a rich conversation about scientific authority!
YK:n ilmastokokous alkaa ma Brasiliassa. Mistä kokouksessa oikein on kyse - ja mitä sillä on väliä?
Tämä selviää IG-livessä ti 11.1. klo 16.30. Jututan nuorten ilmastodelegaattia Antti Regeliniä, joka osallistuu kokoukseen Belémissä.
#ilmastoCOP30 #COP30
New post on Transforming Society with @drdavebeck.bsky.social and @VanessaBoon - our argument regarding the socio-economic duty and how it should be drawn upon in developing the child poverty strategy by the UK government. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/10/21/a...
Three key take-aways:
New on the SKAPE Blog:
Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective
By Clementine O’Connor and Hayley Bennett
Click here to read more: www.skape.ed.ac.uk/skape-lived-...
Hello Bluesky! The Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh (SKAPE) brings together academic researchers across a range of disciplines.
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The 25/26 SKAPE Seminar Series kicks off with:
Topic modelling UK science advisory committees during Covid-19
23 Oct, 1-2pm, VLR, Chrystal Macmillan Building / Online
More info and registration: edin.ac/46uJMGn
Absolutely - DTAS / COSS is in support of this - argyllbute24.co.uk/cowal-commun... @democraticfinance.bsky.social
"Edessä voi olla positiivinen keikahduspiste. Kun piste ylittyy, vihreän energian rakentamisen hyökyä ei voi enää pysäyttää."
Very happy to share the publication of our article in International Journal of River Basin Management: The river of dreams: reimagining river governance through ecocentric narratives www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
IIPP is hiring a Policy Fellow to lead our programme on the economics of ecological transition in the UK. Help us transform key economic tools—from the National Wealth Fund to Treasury evaluation methods—to enable public purpose-driven investment.
Apply now ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
The full 'Call for Papers' text
Workshop / Call for papers
Green Jobs: Exploring labour within shifting energy regimes
Lund University, June 3-5 2025
Deadlines:
- Abstract submission: 25 January
- Acceptance notification: early February
- Paper submission (5-7000 words): 23 May
We'll pay for your food and accommodation :).
Head into the weekend with: "The meaning of solar energy: Political imaginaries of solar energy in contemporary India" which is now out @natureandspace.bsky.social with Bérénice Girard and @shayanshokrgozar.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... - the latest ASSET research project output!
📢#WeAreHiring! I am looking for a #postdoc (2yr position) either in ecological modelling or experimental trait-based ecology to join us in Northern Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning group at @helsinkiuni.bsky.social
Thanks for reposting!
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Read the final report of the group of experts: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Hesari uutisoi selvityksestämme.
Lihan korvaminen kasvisperäisillä proteeineilla toisi satojentuhansien säästöt suomalaisille kunnille.
Ovatpahan muuten valinneet herkullisen kuvituskuvan tähän juttuun.
www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...
Highly recommend!
Community turns ancient oak into single-tree table in Devon woodland
though important to note convergence of over 100 countries, led by Rwanda, Mexico and Panama, on the need to reduce plastic production
Councillor launches foldaway bike hire
Details for hiring Brompton bikes
map showing sheriffhall location
ICYMI
🚲@bromptonbicycle.bsky.social folding bikes for hire at #Sheriffhall park&ride
HERE--> www.midlothian.gov.uk/news/article...
@plandillon.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social @edi.bike @da-anderson.bsky.social @sw20ed.bsky.social
along with colleagues at @cielorg.bsky.social @greenpeace.org.nz and others, we argue that power imbalances in treaty processes have privileged corporate perspectives and marginalised more critical rights-holders and civil society groups
preprint available here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"We need to act quickly and deliver a new approach to economic policy to avert this crisis."
Our latest #ScotlandLovesNature blog from RSPB Scotland's Dougie Peedle looks in depth at what should be done to avert nature loss from an economic focus:
www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/public-inves...
starting a daily ‘neoliberal technical fixes won’t save us’ update from the plastic treaty negations
(i) an AI platform developed in the global north that generates plastic credits through a track and trace app that monitors the daily lives of waste pickers
The Social Policy Association is now on BlueSky!
Follow us here for information on social policy initiatives and events in the UK and internationally.
The SPA executive plans to consult our members and decide on our future social media platforms early in the New Year.
This useful list is up to 80 people now, but room for plenty more. For avoidance of doubt I’m applying no entrance criteria beyond ‘doesn’t look like a bot.’ Do please recommend other folk as well as letting me know if you’d like to be added.
go.bsky.app/CDRvpoJ
Had a first go at creating a starter pack for social policy research. I’m new here and have surely missed lots so please say if you’d like added or removed!
Interested in social policy and have experience with digital comms? Check out this work opportunity with Cambridge University Press.
The position is an estimated 25 hours per month, freelance, and has no residency requirements.
Deadline to apply is 30th November: www.cambridge.org/core/societi...
