Flora Cornish
@floracornish.bsky.social
Doing Methodology at LSE. Posting own views. Pacing with Long COVID. Qual & participatory methods. Community leadership in health/disaster. Disempower the powerful. Respect community agency. Love Grenfell💚 Stop genocide
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Flora Cornish
@floracornish.bsky.social
· Apr 24
The erasure of infection-associated chronic conditions: Critical interpretive synthesis of literature on healthcare for long COVID and related conditions in Brazil
Evidence is emerging that long COVID is at least as prevalent in the Global South as the Global North, but literature on long COVID healthcare in the Global South is in its infancy. Brazil is seein...
www.tandfonline.com
New paper published this week!
Long COVID barely registers in health systems in the Global South.
Our review finds an erasure of infection-associated chronic conditions in Brazil, calls for a global step-change @patientled.bsky.social @elaveling.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Long COVID barely registers in health systems in the Global South.
Our review finds an erasure of infection-associated chronic conditions in Brazil, calls for a global step-change @patientled.bsky.social @elaveling.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"AI is epistemological death"
Helps me understand my horror at the emptiness.
Helps me understand my horror at the emptiness.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"AI is epistemological death"
Helps me understand my horror at the emptiness.
Helps me understand my horror at the emptiness.
Elitism has really eaten away at Global North academics' critical thinking.
My brilliant Latin American colleagues challenge global health assumptions, drawing on their rich tradition in the social determination of health.
Meanwhile elite institutions bleat about journal rank and USA publishers
My brilliant Latin American colleagues challenge global health assumptions, drawing on their rich tradition in the social determination of health.
Meanwhile elite institutions bleat about journal rank and USA publishers
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Elitism has really eaten away at Global North academics' critical thinking.
My brilliant Latin American colleagues challenge global health assumptions, drawing on their rich tradition in the social determination of health.
Meanwhile elite institutions bleat about journal rank and USA publishers
My brilliant Latin American colleagues challenge global health assumptions, drawing on their rich tradition in the social determination of health.
Meanwhile elite institutions bleat about journal rank and USA publishers
Spent a relaxing Sunday afternoon at Badge Cafe at Rich Mix, yesterday. On a theme of mushrooms and utopia-making, how could I resist! A real space of care, beauty and joy 🍄❤️🍂
Its on every Sunday so anyone can drop in for an inclusive, fun, crafty time.
richmix.org.uk/events/badge...
Its on every Sunday so anyone can drop in for an inclusive, fun, crafty time.
richmix.org.uk/events/badge...
Badge Cafe - Rich Mix
Join Badge Cafe to make fun, easy badges reusing old pics, books and mags. A great way to relax, create and connect!
richmix.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Spent a relaxing Sunday afternoon at Badge Cafe at Rich Mix, yesterday. On a theme of mushrooms and utopia-making, how could I resist! A real space of care, beauty and joy 🍄❤️🍂
Its on every Sunday so anyone can drop in for an inclusive, fun, crafty time.
richmix.org.uk/events/badge...
Its on every Sunday so anyone can drop in for an inclusive, fun, crafty time.
richmix.org.uk/events/badge...
Reposted by Flora Cornish
If anyone is looking for Christmas cards, my partner has made some based on his sister, Sally's, art designs to raise money for the Adrenal Cortical Cancer Support charity (@amenduk.bsky.social). All proceeds go to the charity.
sallyz-art.square.site
sallyz-art.square.site
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If anyone is looking for Christmas cards, my partner has made some based on his sister, Sally's, art designs to raise money for the Adrenal Cortical Cancer Support charity (@amenduk.bsky.social). All proceeds go to the charity.
sallyz-art.square.site
sallyz-art.square.site
I am so angry about this - also about my own sense of futile anger.
My bio says "disempower the powerful". I do think that stopping the accumulation of power is one good principle.
Returning to my day's work editing a sp issue on everyday activism which is all about redistributing power ✊️
My bio says "disempower the powerful". I do think that stopping the accumulation of power is one good principle.
Returning to my day's work editing a sp issue on everyday activism which is all about redistributing power ✊️
Horror stories of sexual harassment from Oxford University
'Prof Hewstone turned up unannounced & dropped his trousers ... touched women inappropriately ... made comments about relationships with students'
Oxford will do nothing, betcha
Brutal from Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
'Prof Hewstone turned up unannounced & dropped his trousers ... touched women inappropriately ... made comments about relationships with students'
Oxford will do nothing, betcha
Brutal from Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am so angry about this - also about my own sense of futile anger.
My bio says "disempower the powerful". I do think that stopping the accumulation of power is one good principle.
Returning to my day's work editing a sp issue on everyday activism which is all about redistributing power ✊️
My bio says "disempower the powerful". I do think that stopping the accumulation of power is one good principle.
Returning to my day's work editing a sp issue on everyday activism which is all about redistributing power ✊️
As an academic on the borders of British social psychology, I knew that Miles Hewstone's power and authority in the establishment has been basically unquestionable.
Institutions have a lot to answer for in allowing such impunity.
What a disgrace.
Celebrity academia can go fuck itself
Institutions have a lot to answer for in allowing such impunity.
What a disgrace.
Celebrity academia can go fuck itself
Horror stories of sexual harassment from Oxford University
'Prof Hewstone turned up unannounced & dropped his trousers ... touched women inappropriately ... made comments about relationships with students'
Oxford will do nothing, betcha
Brutal from Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
'Prof Hewstone turned up unannounced & dropped his trousers ... touched women inappropriately ... made comments about relationships with students'
Oxford will do nothing, betcha
Brutal from Bloomberg
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As an academic on the borders of British social psychology, I knew that Miles Hewstone's power and authority in the establishment has been basically unquestionable.
Institutions have a lot to answer for in allowing such impunity.
What a disgrace.
Celebrity academia can go fuck itself
Institutions have a lot to answer for in allowing such impunity.
What a disgrace.
Celebrity academia can go fuck itself
Potential PhD students interested in inclusive arts, disability, access, this is an amazing opportunity! ❤️
Our CRICA PhD programme rethinks how inclusion is created, practiced, and experienced in the arts, and prepares new scholars to make the creative sector and academia more accessible.
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
Attend our Virtual Graduate Open Day to find out more 💻 buff.ly/JiKSJko
📅 21 Nov | 3pm
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Potential PhD students interested in inclusive arts, disability, access, this is an amazing opportunity! ❤️
Reposted by Flora Cornish
This made me cry, you should read it
llps.substack.com/p/alice-wong.... what is remembered lives. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me wrote our assess off on our Crips for eSims memory song for our beloved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . #AliceForever
Alice Wong was Crips for eSims for Gaza, and Everything to Us
by Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
llps.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This made me cry, you should read it
At Genesis cinema for The Palestine Exception - film about the treatment of US pro-Palestine protestors.
Its part of the London Palestine Film Festival 2025, lots of amazing films are on till 28 Nov
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Its part of the London Palestine Film Festival 2025, lots of amazing films are on till 28 Nov
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
At Genesis cinema for The Palestine Exception - film about the treatment of US pro-Palestine protestors.
Its part of the London Palestine Film Festival 2025, lots of amazing films are on till 28 Nov
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Its part of the London Palestine Film Festival 2025, lots of amazing films are on till 28 Nov
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Reposted by Flora Cornish
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
It is bleak to witness a Labour government descending into dipshit cruel racism.
The detailed comments by government minister Alex Norris perpetuate the most racist caricatures... "If someone comes over with a bag full of gold rings." Nasty, grubby racism like something you'd find in Der Stürmer.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It is bleak to witness a Labour government descending into dipshit cruel racism.
It is literally not! What is tearing the country apart is politicians stoking xenophobia and racism like this.
Get on with economic and social policy making so people can have some hope in their lives for gods sake
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Get on with economic and social policy making so people can have some hope in their lives for gods sake
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It is literally not! What is tearing the country apart is politicians stoking xenophobia and racism like this.
Get on with economic and social policy making so people can have some hope in their lives for gods sake
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Get on with economic and social policy making so people can have some hope in their lives for gods sake
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is such a cruel policy.
The first research I ever did was with child returnees, forced to "return" from Zambia to Malawi, a country they had never visited,, their parents' property long ago grabbed by others.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The first research I ever did was with child returnees, forced to "return" from Zambia to Malawi, a country they had never visited,, their parents' property long ago grabbed by others.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is such a cruel policy.
The first research I ever did was with child returnees, forced to "return" from Zambia to Malawi, a country they had never visited,, their parents' property long ago grabbed by others.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The first research I ever did was with child returnees, forced to "return" from Zambia to Malawi, a country they had never visited,, their parents' property long ago grabbed by others.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I love this! Reclaiming joy in academia. I've been thinking about this a lot and am trying to practice it. 🌞📖🌻🍰🦉❤️
Random musings on joy in academia (from my personal point of view) - i.e. is it possible, what is it worth, does it matter?
open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...
The Question of Joy
And some thoughts on academia
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I love this! Reclaiming joy in academia. I've been thinking about this a lot and am trying to practice it. 🌞📖🌻🍰🦉❤️
Reposted by Flora Cornish
NEW PAPER: A patient-engaged study reveals significant gaps in Brazil's universal health system (SUS) for people with #LongCovid. Co-authored by @patientled.bsky.social researchers, the study followed patients up to 2 years after COVID hospitalization.
🧵 1/11
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November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW PAPER: A patient-engaged study reveals significant gaps in Brazil's universal health system (SUS) for people with #LongCovid. Co-authored by @patientled.bsky.social researchers, the study followed patients up to 2 years after COVID hospitalization.
🧵 1/11
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Fantastic London-based PhD opportunity for those with interests in disability inclusive arts.
Bring your own proposal, ideally contact a potential supervisor before applying, deadline 10 December
#phdsky
Bring your own proposal, ideally contact a potential supervisor before applying, deadline 10 December
#phdsky
Are you looking to pursue a fully-funded PhD programme in Sociology, exploring inclusive cultural practices and their impact on societal and economic changes?
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
Apply to join us in 2026! Applications close Wednesday, 10 December 2025.
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA)
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA) is a new MPhil/PhD programme created by both LSE and the University of Roehampton together with non-academic partners from the per...
www.lse.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fantastic London-based PhD opportunity for those with interests in disability inclusive arts.
Bring your own proposal, ideally contact a potential supervisor before applying, deadline 10 December
#phdsky
Bring your own proposal, ideally contact a potential supervisor before applying, deadline 10 December
#phdsky
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‼️New Publication‼️ Precarity and Pills in a Pandemic: online #abortion care-seeking in Poland.
How did COVID-19 shape abortion care-seeking in Poland?
The pandemic deepened existing precarities and structural violence, reshaping abortion decision-making.
1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
How did COVID-19 shape abortion care-seeking in Poland?
The pandemic deepened existing precarities and structural violence, reshaping abortion decision-making.
1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
‼️New Publication‼️ Precarity and Pills in a Pandemic: online #abortion care-seeking in Poland.
How did COVID-19 shape abortion care-seeking in Poland?
The pandemic deepened existing precarities and structural violence, reshaping abortion decision-making.
1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
How did COVID-19 shape abortion care-seeking in Poland?
The pandemic deepened existing precarities and structural violence, reshaping abortion decision-making.
1/
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
NICE for Europeans, and shows how neoliberal UK discourse is. BBC R4 was calling him "radical left wing" - like, we have great bus services in London. And some help with childcare, though a lot more would be a lot better.
‚Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’‘
Radical, extreme left, socialist??
No, ‚normal‘.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Radical, extreme left, socialist??
No, ‚normal‘.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NICE for Europeans, and shows how neoliberal UK discourse is. BBC R4 was calling him "radical left wing" - like, we have great bus services in London. And some help with childcare, though a lot more would be a lot better.
Reposted by Flora Cornish
THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
London Nov 14-28
Some amazing films and director talks coming up in the London Palestine film festival
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Some amazing films and director talks coming up in the London Palestine film festival
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
London Palestine Film Festival
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
London Nov 14-28
Some amazing films and director talks coming up in the London Palestine film festival
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Some amazing films and director talks coming up in the London Palestine film festival
www.palestinefilm.org.uk
Good luck to Anita, but BBC reporting here that there is no international definition or agreed common symptoms is just wrong and perpetuates doubt and myths.
There is a WHO definition, and widely agreed pattern of common symptoms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is a WHO definition, and widely agreed pattern of common symptoms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I have long Covid, but some say it isn't real'
Anita Widdowson says she battles with her symptoms every day, and is unable to work or study.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Good luck to Anita, but BBC reporting here that there is no international definition or agreed common symptoms is just wrong and perpetuates doubt and myths.
There is a WHO definition, and widely agreed pattern of common symptoms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is a WHO definition, and widely agreed pattern of common symptoms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Flora Cornish
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Super interesting reflection on the dominance of the IMRaD form. In the world of LLM-generated text I've been mulling on the role of writing and reading as transformative practices. Writing itself can perform advancements in thinking (not just convey new facts).
🗃️"these pressures to produce efficient and risk averse research compliment a standardised and unsurprising style of writing fostered by IMRaD."
#AcWri #PhDchat
#AcWri #PhDchat
If we want better academic writing, we should rethink IMRaD - Impact of Social Sciences
The IMRaD format may make research writing more efficient, but does this come at the cost of clarity and novelty?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Super interesting reflection on the dominance of the IMRaD form. In the world of LLM-generated text I've been mulling on the role of writing and reading as transformative practices. Writing itself can perform advancements in thinking (not just convey new facts).
Reposted by Flora Cornish
Job alert!
The LSE's International Relations dept is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. This is for academics whose primary responsibility is education. Apply by 30 Nov 2025.
Salary min. £68,087 pa incl London allowance.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE's International Relations dept is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. This is for academics whose primary responsibility is education. Apply by 30 Nov 2025.
Salary min. £68,087 pa incl London allowance.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy
Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Job alert!
The LSE's International Relations dept is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. This is for academics whose primary responsibility is education. Apply by 30 Nov 2025.
Salary min. £68,087 pa incl London allowance.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE's International Relations dept is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. This is for academics whose primary responsibility is education. Apply by 30 Nov 2025.
Salary min. £68,087 pa incl London allowance.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Reposted by Flora Cornish
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...