Maria Abreu

@mariaabreu.bsky.social

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Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie. .. more

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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 19h

I can hear them from Ely in the bottom left hand corner.

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 22h

Exactly, it's all about the framing.

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V For Viennetta @joebaldwin.me.uk · 1d

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: M&S' £12 "BIG TIN" of chocolates is exactly how you remember Quality Street was as a child, i.e. it's actually a big fucking tin full to the brim of chocolate and not a half-filled plastic tub of sadness

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe that’s the answer!

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 1d

Some are still in print, but others are hard to find. I’ve spent years tracking down the more obscure ones in second hand bookshops.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Julie Cupples, Maria Abreu

Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 1d

It would have been hard to believe, when I moved to the UK over 15 yrs ago to start my PhD at Edinburgh, that successive Conservative and Labour governments would actively undermine one of the UK's most successful and strategic sectors and run it to the ground. Unbelievable, really. And here we are

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 1d

I love the Nero Wolfe books, they are my absolute favourites. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett is also very good, set in the same period and with a similar style.

George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 1d

i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 2d

I really don’t understand why they are doing this. The Venezuelan government is close to both Russia and China?

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 2d

There are reports in Venezuela of GPS and phone signals being jammed. There is a lot of confusion, but it does feel like something is about to happen 😞

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 2d

The dog has had enough of the rain and is refusing to budge.

Cocker spaniel sitting on a front porch, pulling back on an extended lead, refusing to move. He is wearing a harness with a light on, it is getting dark, and everything looks wet.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Lesley A. Hall, Tom Griffin , and 1 more Jonathan Portes, Lesley A. Hall, Tom Griffin, Maria Abreu

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 5d

Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly not any more, too many skilled people has left. It would take years to repair the damage.

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 4d

This is the first thing I cover in my first-year public policy course. It is hard to explain to students why the government isn't even attempting to answer this question.

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Maria Abreu

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4d

The potential benefits of migration are not identical everywhere.

This remarkable new resource from @niskanencenter.bsky.social maps the US counties where the economic benefits of immigration might be highest —>

www.niskanencenter.org/mapping-amer...

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 4d

This is almost exactly what we do in Cambridge admissions interviews (for undergraduates).

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4d

The Supreme Court meets today to consider the President's wish to suspend part of our Constitution: the 14th Amendment securing citizenship for US natives.

I joined with 95 other social scientists to document the costs of this act for the United States.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reposted by Maria Abreu

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

Two more #Oxford events today:
- Climate Breakdown & Political Division: Navigating Polarisation
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
- Screening of The Invisible Doctrine at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Q&A with Eliane Glaser: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Hope to see you at one or both.

Oriel Environment Group Michaelmas 2025 — In Conversation with George Monbiot - Alumni Oriel

Climate Breakdown and Political Division: Navigating Polarisation with George Monbiot Join Professor Jan Rosenow (Jackson Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College) for a discussion with acclaimed investi...

www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Margot C. Finn , and 2 more Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Margot C. Finn, Maria Abreu, Renaud Morieux

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 4d

Mahmood/government should say explain *objective* of increasing time to settlement for 15 years for care workers who arrived 2022-24

Is it

A) to get them to leave? Why?
B) to save money? Then why not just restrict benefits?
C) to "encourage integration"? How? Will do opposite.

James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social · 5d

15 years for people in medium skilled jobs and care workers too. I believe this goes down to 10 years if they earn over £50,270. Someone in a high skilled job earning over that qualifies in 5 years.

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Mat Osman @matosman.bsky.social · 4d

In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 4d

I find that my students increasingly take notes on tables, often handwritten notes with a digital pen, which can then be turned into digital text. Maybe the best of both worlds?

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 5d

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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 5d

But going in the other direction.

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 5d

I’m also trying to get to my 11am lecture!

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Dan Brockington, Maria Abreu

Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 5d

70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute

Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, would love to see this. When / where is the exhibition?

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you

Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 6d

Is this the Social Mobility Policy Committee? I’m very interested!

Reposted by Steve Peers, Alison Phipps, Maria Abreu , and 1 more Steve Peers, Alison Phipps, Maria Abreu, Michael Larkin

Sonia L @sonial77.bsky.social · 6d

The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.

I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.

Headline: "Home Office to deport refugees already granted asylum in the UK"

Quote copied from the article (which is paywalled):

"Under the new rules, if a refugee is already in the country and has been granted five years of leave to stay, the Home Office will not shorten their current leave.

However, at the end of the five years, the government will review if their country is safe, and return the migrant if it is.

If their country is not deemed safe, the migrant will not receive automatic lifetime settlement but will move to the Home Office’s new model.

They will get 30 months more leave to remain before their next review, with lifetime settlement only available 20 years after their arrival."

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Café Fútbol @cafefutbol.bsky.social · 6d

¿Pero cómo no vamos a amar el fútbol?

Anda, poneos los goles del Escocia v Dinamarca de anoche y disfrutad con la emoción de jugadores, técnicos, aficionados y los narradores escoceses. Lo vais a agradecer.

SCOTLAND 4-2 DENMARK | Scotland Qualify for 2026 World Cup! | World Cup Qualifier Highlights

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