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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 11d

✨ @developmentuea.bsky.social's conference asked: what’s changed, what hasn’t, & what new challenges face gender & development today?
Selected papers will appear in The Handbook of Gender & Development: Critical Engagements with Gender & Social Justice.
Read more: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/09/g...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 14d

✍️ Join editors from Development In Practice for tips on getting published
📅 9 Oct, 10am (UK)

Get tips on
▪️ Pitching for a journal article
▪️ The peer review process
▪️ Common mistakes in journal submissions

👉 Find out more and register now: buff.ly/aXNAqtI

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 14d

Four key research areas drive our mission:

🌍 Accelerating social change
🌱 Achieving wellbeing
🥬 Boosting adaptation and resilience
♻️ Reaching net zero emissions

Stay informed about our #ClimateResearch projects and updates: tyndall.ac.uk/research ⬇️

Research Areas - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

Research Areas Archive - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

tyndall.ac.uk

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 24d

📰 Our UNESCO Chair Newsletter – Summer 2025 is live!

Edited by our partners at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, it features global updates on adult learning & social transformation 🌍

🔗 Read more: sway.cloud.microsoft/uI0acLa0uJVu...

NEWSLETTER - SUMMER 2025

ABOUT THE COVER

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · Sep 3

Robert Chambers inspired generations of activists and thinkers. You can now (re)discover his work for free thanks to Practical Action Publishing and @ids.ac.uk

Download at practical-action.org/t/cr/AQiuChC...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thinking of doing a PhD? SENSS funds student-led projects across 8 UK universities, including UEA. You design the research, find a supervisor, and can collaborate with partners.

Apply from October for a 2026 start - now’s the time to start planning: senss.ac.uk/senss-student-led-competition

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · Aug 28

📰 Our newsletter just went out - give it a quick check here:

✅ Featuring @diis.dk's "Syria in Transition", picks on Water and Marine Ecosystems, a webinar on civil society in shrinking public space and the usual picks, calls, vacancies and opinions from our community

mailchi.mp/eadi/nl2augu...

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · Aug 28

What happens when the world’s most powerful architect and funder of development cooperation seeks not only to withdraw, but to dismantle the very norms, institutions, and multilateral frameworks it once championed?

✍️ From our blog

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2317

Development in the Trump Era: What’s Next for Global Development Cooperation?

By Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reignited deep uncertainty about the trajectory …

www.developmentresearch.eu

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 27

New degree alert! 🌱

Curious about our new BSc #SustainableDevelopment?

It’s all about tackling the big issues—climate, inequality, sustainability—and shaping a better future.

Watch the video to find out what makes this course stand out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9oE...

This is Sustainable Development at UEA

YouTube video by UEA

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David Brown @browndee17.bsky.social · Aug 22

New paper now online in @natureandspace.bsky.social

'Towards a transformative approach to just rural transitions: Landscape restoration in the Scottish highlands'

W/ Adrian Martin, Janet Fisher & @mathildegingembre.bsky.social

@developmentuea.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2514...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 Job alert!

Our school is hiring a Teaching Fellow in Global Development.

🗓️ 6-month post starting Jan 2026
💰 £38,784–£46,049
🌍 Focus: Geography & Global Development
🧭 Includes UK field course on legacies of empire

Apply by 22 Sept 2025:
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/17...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 21

New FutureLearn course! 🌱

Environmental Justice for Global Nature Restoration - learn how #justice and #sustainability go hand-in-hand

Designed by DEV's Adrian Martin & Iokiñe Rodríguez

🔗 Enrol: www.futurelearn.com/courses/just...

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 19

📚 New blog alert!

Boys’ disengagement from #education is a growing crisis—and it’s time we addressed it.

Our consortium (UEA, @equimundo.bsky.social & @unesco.org) is tackling harmful #gender norms through the Lifting Barriers project.

Read more: www.gpekix.org/blog/dont-fo...

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌍 What does “development” mean for those left behind?
Join leading African scholars to rethink the future of development in Africa.
🗓 19 Aug | 10am SAST | 6pm AEST
🎙 Karuri-Sebina | Moloi | Gebremariam
🎤 Facilitator: Yirga Woldeyes
#DSAAwebinars
t.co/UaC80z0EcZ

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 15

🔍 Interested in #gender research that crosses boundaries?

Our Gender and Its Intersections group brings together scholars from across all faculties, from development and law to art, media, and health.

Driving inclusive, intersectional #feminist research.

🔗: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Gender and Its Intersections

University of East Anglia

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wildfires pose a worldwide danger. UEA and Willis have teamed up to combat escalating wildfire threats using advanced science and innovative tools.

🔍 Enhanced modeling
🏘️ Fire risk in cities
🌍 Insights driven by climate

🔗 tyndall.ac.uk/news/launch-...

#WildfireSafety #ClimateAction

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 12

What’s so special about studying Global Development at UEA?

Our approach is all about tackling poverty, inequality, climate change & wars, with critical thinking, interdisciplinarity, and a real desire for social change at the core.

Watch this video to know more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZK...

This is Global Development

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · Aug 12

One of our joint working groups with @devcomms.bsky.social has an interesting call for workshops out!

Apply by 20 September!

www.eadi.org/news-2/re-es...

‘(Re-)establishing Political Economy in Development Studies, 04-05 December 2025, Manchester

Convenors: Caroline Cornier (Manchester), Guido Maschhaupt (ISS-NL) and Pritish Behuria (Manchester) Political economy was arguably the central organizing...

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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · Aug 8

Be sure to join us for our next Open Day on September 6 to see the campus for yourself. You'll be able to:

✨ Meet our staff and students
🏫 Tour the campus
📚 Discover our courses

Book your place now: bit.ly/40Vx81e

#UKUniversity #ThisIsUEA #UniOpenDay

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just ONE DAY left to register to join us at our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference this September #Tyndall25UEA

Graphic card with Ed Hawkins' climate stripes image in the background, and text that details the Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference and the date and title of the conference.

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎓 Chevening Scholarships are open!

Study a fully funded MA at UEA’s School of Global Development.

👉 chevening.org | uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-global-development/postgraduate

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 6

Big congratulations to our colleague @martinscott2010.bsky.social! 🏆

His co-authored book is shortlisted for the 2025 MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards.

Winners will be announced at the MeCCSA Conference, 4–6 Sept at Edinburgh Napier.

Read more: www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Aug 5

We’re excited to invite you to Summit Photo, our brand new event bringing together world-renowned photographers, explorers and policy experts to ask how photography can address today's global challenges.

Taking place 26-28 September, book your tickets today 👉 rgs.org/events/upcom...

📷 Sue Flood

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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · Aug 4

New piece from international researchers led by DEV Rachel Carmenta published on Current Opinion Environmental Sustainability:

“Unveiling pervasive assumptions” challenges the idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss & offers new models for equitable #conservation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today's read 📖 On developing guiding principles for creating climate #adaptation targets to increase their robustness

Affiliate Member of the Tyndall Centre and Honorary Research Fellow Andrew Kythreotis and other authors in @plosclimate.org ➡️

The opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing local climate adaptation targets

Climate adaptation policies have been developed at global, national and local levels, however, significant implementation gaps persist. Adaptation targets – achieved through metrics to assess the…

journals.plos.org

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