Melisa Slep
@mtslep.bsky.social
Researching #abortion, #feminisms, public policies, et al 💚
PhDing @qmulsse.bsky.social #phdchat
PGR Rep for @lag-uk.bsky.social
Msc @lseid.bsky.social
Politóloga, @cpoliticauba.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social
She/Her/Ella
PhDing @qmulsse.bsky.social #phdchat
PGR Rep for @lag-uk.bsky.social
Msc @lseid.bsky.social
Politóloga, @cpoliticauba.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social
She/Her/Ella
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Because sharing is caring, below you'll find some calls for papers for this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference that have been circulated through the mailing lists I'm suscribed to. I'm leaving deadlines / contact info for each, in case you'd like to know more. #RGS2026
Ok, there are a lot more CFP that have been sent for #RGS2026 through @lag-uk.bsky.social @polgrg.bsky.social and @gfgrg.bsky.social mailing lists, so here they go... (cc @rgsibg.bsky.social)
Because sharing is caring, below you'll find some calls for papers for this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference that have been circulated through the mailing lists I'm suscribed to. I'm leaving deadlines / contact info for each, in case you'd like to know more. #RGS2026
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Ok, there are a lot more CFP that have been sent for #RGS2026 through @lag-uk.bsky.social @polgrg.bsky.social and @gfgrg.bsky.social mailing lists, so here they go... (cc @rgsibg.bsky.social)
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The World Health Organisation have released a call for submissions of grey literature relating to comprehensive sexual education materials that include abortion care, to map and complete a review. Deadline to submit it Feb 16th 👉 www.who.int/news-room/ar...
February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The World Health Organisation have released a call for submissions of grey literature relating to comprehensive sexual education materials that include abortion care, to map and complete a review. Deadline to submit it Feb 16th 👉 www.who.int/news-room/ar...
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We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography - Uppsala University
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
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No puedo creer que me haya perdido este momentazo bluskero crossover con el mejor meme de lo que viene del año
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 AM
No puedo creer que me haya perdido este momentazo bluskero crossover con el mejor meme de lo que viene del año
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I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions.
None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
Please share widely!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
The JCB is hiring two three-year research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions.
None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/
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This Wednesday!! Come along 😊
I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin
28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...
@qmulsse.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social
28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...
@qmulsse.bsky.social @profsophieharman.bsky.social
Global Politics of Abortion
A conversation with leading experts on abortion and politics across the globe, followed by a reception.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This Wednesday!! Come along 😊
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DevGRG is looking to sponsor sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026! Find out more info here: developmentgeographiesrg.org/devgrg-sessi... 👌
DevGRG Session Sponsorship at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026 – Development Geographies Research Group
developmentgeographiesrg.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
DevGRG is looking to sponsor sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026! Find out more info here: developmentgeographiesrg.org/devgrg-sessi... 👌
Because sharing is caring, below you'll find some calls for papers for this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference that have been circulated through the mailing lists I'm suscribed to. I'm leaving deadlines / contact info for each, in case you'd like to know more. #RGS2026
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Because sharing is caring, below you'll find some calls for papers for this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference that have been circulated through the mailing lists I'm suscribed to. I'm leaving deadlines / contact info for each, in case you'd like to know more. #RGS2026
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"Socorristas has supported more than 100,000 people across Argentina, each one through a process grounded in care, respect, and autonomy." 💚
New post 'How Socorristas En Red are transforming #abortion care in Argentina': saafund.org/how-socorris... #Repro #Reprosky
New post 'How Socorristas En Red are transforming #abortion care in Argentina': saafund.org/how-socorris... #Repro #Reprosky
How Socorristas en Red are transforming abortion care in Argentina - Safe Abortion Action Fund
The network has supported more than 100,000 people across Argentina, each one through a process grounded in care, respect, and autonomy.
saafund.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"Socorristas has supported more than 100,000 people across Argentina, each one through a process grounded in care, respect, and autonomy." 💚
New post 'How Socorristas En Red are transforming #abortion care in Argentina': saafund.org/how-socorris... #Repro #Reprosky
New post 'How Socorristas En Red are transforming #abortion care in Argentina': saafund.org/how-socorris... #Repro #Reprosky
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Join the Society's Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group for an upcoming event with Dr Eden Kinkaid (e. kinkaid (they/them)) as part of the GFGRG online seminar series:
🔊 'Transgender experience and the question of space'
📍 Online, 6 February
Book your place 👉 https://ow.ly/Ogwb50XTqHU
🔊 'Transgender experience and the question of space'
📍 Online, 6 February
Book your place 👉 https://ow.ly/Ogwb50XTqHU
Transgender experience and the question of space | Webinar
In this webinar, Dr Eden Kinkaid explores what theory of space emerges from transgender experience and develops a critical phenomenology of space.
ow.ly
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join the Society's Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group for an upcoming event with Dr Eden Kinkaid (e. kinkaid (they/them)) as part of the GFGRG online seminar series:
🔊 'Transgender experience and the question of space'
📍 Online, 6 February
Book your place 👉 https://ow.ly/Ogwb50XTqHU
🔊 'Transgender experience and the question of space'
📍 Online, 6 February
Book your place 👉 https://ow.ly/Ogwb50XTqHU
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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⏰ Reminder: Urban Urgencies funding call now open
There’s still time to apply for the Urban Urgencies grant from the Urban Studies Foundation — supporting rapid, collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC).
🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz
There’s still time to apply for the Urban Urgencies grant from the Urban Studies Foundation — supporting rapid, collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC).
🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
⏰ Reminder: Urban Urgencies funding call now open
There’s still time to apply for the Urban Urgencies grant from the Urban Studies Foundation — supporting rapid, collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC).
🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz
There’s still time to apply for the Urban Urgencies grant from the Urban Studies Foundation — supporting rapid, collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC).
🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
I spent all day worried about my cat behaving strangely (i.e. not being super vocal, refusing cuddles), thinking a bug he ate might have stung him or something. He’s now back to his usual self so I guess he was just being a cunt.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I spent all day worried about my cat behaving strangely (i.e. not being super vocal, refusing cuddles), thinking a bug he ate might have stung him or something. He’s now back to his usual self so I guess he was just being a cunt.
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La película “Belén” avanza en el camino a los Oscar
La película “Belén” avanza en el camino a los Oscar
El film argentino quedó entre los 15 preseleccionados para el Oscar Internacional. La Academia de Hollywood confirmó que sigue en competencia rumbo a las nominaciones. La definición llegará el 19 de enero.
www.pagina12.com.ar
January 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
La película “Belén” avanza en el camino a los Oscar
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New piece in Feminist Legal Studies - open access 🧚
This poetic/critical piece reflects on nine criminal prosecutions for suspected ‘illegal’ abortion in England that occurred between 2012 & 2025. This essay-meditation evokes the haunting, suffocation & cruelty imposed by the criminalisation of abortion.
Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
New piece in Feminist Legal Studies - open access 🧚
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🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
The Department of Political Science
web103.reachmee.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
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Attacks on trans people are part of a wider annexing and misuse of an agenda to defend the rights of women and girls, also being used to offset financial crises onto migrants while the real threat to us, imperialist, racial and patriarchal capitalism, is fed. (3/4)
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on trans people are part of a wider annexing and misuse of an agenda to defend the rights of women and girls, also being used to offset financial crises onto migrants while the real threat to us, imperialist, racial and patriarchal capitalism, is fed. (3/4)
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✍️ Do you have an idea you are eager to share?
🔎 A story or a perspective that can help us rethink democracy through the lens of gender?
🗣️ Join the conversation, challenge assumptions + share your voice with our 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy community.
👉 ecpr.eu/pitch-your-idea
🔎 A story or a perspective that can help us rethink democracy through the lens of gender?
🗣️ Join the conversation, challenge assumptions + share your voice with our 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy community.
👉 ecpr.eu/pitch-your-idea
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.32
✍️ To kickstart a new round of blogs in the series @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann and @francescafeo.bsky.social recap the discussion so far, explaining why we need to keep gender at the centre of research on the politics of our time.
👉 bit.ly/442vT1S
✍️ To kickstart a new round of blogs in the series @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann and @francescafeo.bsky.social recap the discussion so far, explaining why we need to keep gender at the centre of research on the politics of our time.
👉 bit.ly/442vT1S
🌈 Why gendering democracy matters now, more than ever
To kickstart a new round of blogs in the Gendering Democracy series, Paloma Caravantes, Laura Eigenmann and Francesca Feo recap the discussion so far, explaining why we need to keep gender at the cent...
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
✍️ Do you have an idea you are eager to share?
🔎 A story or a perspective that can help us rethink democracy through the lens of gender?
🗣️ Join the conversation, challenge assumptions + share your voice with our 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy community.
👉 ecpr.eu/pitch-your-idea
🔎 A story or a perspective that can help us rethink democracy through the lens of gender?
🗣️ Join the conversation, challenge assumptions + share your voice with our 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy community.
👉 ecpr.eu/pitch-your-idea
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PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
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The public problem has been given a name in Italy -as 'femicide'. Yet, far broader measures against gender-based violence and gender inequality are needed in the economic, institutional, and cultural-educational fields to advance towards its solution.
👉🏽 www.bbc.com/news/article...
#NoExcuse hashtag
👉🏽 www.bbc.com/news/article...
#NoExcuse hashtag
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The public problem has been given a name in Italy -as 'femicide'. Yet, far broader measures against gender-based violence and gender inequality are needed in the economic, institutional, and cultural-educational fields to advance towards its solution.
👉🏽 www.bbc.com/news/article...
#NoExcuse hashtag
👉🏽 www.bbc.com/news/article...
#NoExcuse hashtag
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SAAF grantee partner CLACAI shares a "a groundbreaking, globally unique monitoring project on access to reproductive health, conducted in 9 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay." 👇
saludreproductivavital.info/monitoreo/ #ReproSky
saludreproductivavital.info/monitoreo/ #ReproSky
Monitoreo Ciudadano - La Salud Reproductiva es Vital
En esta sección se presentan los resultados de un inédito monitoreo sobre acceso a la salud reproductiva único a nivel global, realizado en nueve países de América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, ...
saludreproductivavital.info
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
SAAF grantee partner CLACAI shares a "a groundbreaking, globally unique monitoring project on access to reproductive health, conducted in 9 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay." 👇
saludreproductivavital.info/monitoreo/ #ReproSky
saludreproductivavital.info/monitoreo/ #ReproSky
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All are invited to check the SLAS Blog and discover insightful posts on Latin American studies, research highlights, member perspectives, and updates from our community.
Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog
#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog
#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
All are invited to check the SLAS Blog and discover insightful posts on Latin American studies, research highlights, member perspectives, and updates from our community.
Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog
#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
Read the latest here: www.slasuk.org/blog
#SLAS #LatinAmericanStudies
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Please co-sign this open letter calling on @qmul.bsky.social to reinstate Angel and to change practices to stop any other student from being subjected to this kind of ordeal: c.org/kKdrfyLYy8
Sign the Petition
Stand with Ángel: urge Queen Mary University support a student left without funding
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Please co-sign this open letter calling on @qmul.bsky.social to reinstate Angel and to change practices to stop any other student from being subjected to this kind of ordeal: c.org/kKdrfyLYy8
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Join the Society's Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group & Space Sexualities and Queer Research Group for this upcoming event, 'A sense of the possible: trans geographies in dystopian times'.
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw
A sense of the possible: trans geographies in dystopian times
This webinar invites geographers to examine geography’s role and critical scholarship amid rising anti-trans reactionary politics.
ow.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join the Society's Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group & Space Sexualities and Queer Research Group for this upcoming event, 'A sense of the possible: trans geographies in dystopian times'.
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw