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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 8d

@apvjustino.bsky.social is at Fragile Lives 2025 in Berlin!

Tomorrow, her keynote discusses the global erosion of trust—in institutions, in democracy, and interpersonally—and what this means for social cohesion and governance in fragile contexts.

Learn more: go.unu.edu/XxaSa

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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · Sep 7

New publication alert: "Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe", at Comparative Political Studies. With @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and @apvjustino.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe - Andrea Ruggeri, Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, 2025

Authoritarian and violent experiences affect the institutional settings of post-dictatorial regimes. However, we still lack a comprehensive knowledge on how loc...

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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · Aug 21

💭 A recent survey reveals declining faith in democracy among European youth. To earn back young people's trust, "[d]emocracy must prove it can deliver tangible results," writes @apvjustino.bsky.social, Deputy Director of @unu-wider.bsky.social.

Read more: go.unu.edu/fWQba

#UNUYouthMonth

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Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m honoured to have been appointed the next Director of UNU-WIDER starting May 2026.

WIDER has long been a beacon of rigorous, policy-relevant research on pressing global challenges. Leading this remarkable institution is both a privilege and a responsibility I take on with deep commitment.

UNU-WIDER : Professor Patricia Justino Appointed as Next Director of UNU-WIDER

Tokyo and Helsinki, 8 August 2025

www.wider.unu.edu

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Aug 4

📢 New Policy Brief: How to make aid work in fragile states
Aid in fragile contexts needs more than technical fixes. The brief calls for long-term, flexible support rooted in local legitimacy.

📄: go.unu.edu/pTvBB

#FragileAid @apvjustino.bsky.social @rgisselquist.bsky.social @anvaccaro.bsky.social‬

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abbey steele @abbeyst.bsky.social · Jul 15

Juan Masullo and I wrote a piece on the recent assassination attempt on Senator Uribe in Bogotá, its connections to the drug war, how it echoes the past, and why it is only the most visible form of how the drug war undermines democracy. 1/2

Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 15

"On June 7...Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot multiple times," write Juan Masullo and Abbey Steele. "The attempted assassination...has rocked Colombia, a country where such political violence feels all too familiar."

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How Drug Wars Destroy Democracy | Journal of Democracy

Colombia’s drug war has ravaged the country — leaving tens of thousands dead, disappeared, or displaced and entire communities broken. Democracy is among the casualties.

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Jun 14

That’s a wrap! 💬

The 2025 #WIDERDevConf brought bold ideas on how inclusive social protection can drive growth, trust & equity. From tax justice to climate resilience, one thing is clear: we can’t afford to go without it.

Catch the highlights 👉 go.unu.edu/n7DCj

Abhijit Banerjee on podium speaking, in the background there is a WIDER Annual Lecture banner.

Three people speaking to each other, two are facing away from camera, the third person is smiling.

Group of people listening on chairs as Ravi Kanbur speaks at the fireside chat.

Two women speaking in front of a publications table at the WIDER development conference.

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · May 23

📉 Global trust is in crisis

A new WIDER Working Paper by @apvjustino.bsky.social and Melissa Samarin reveals how declining trust in governments and between people is weakening the social fabric in countries around the world.

📄 Read the paper: go.unu.edu/LqJgS...

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Apr 26

The period 2020-2023 has been the most violent in 30 years. The current international financial architecture often neglects security needs in fragile countries.

@apvjustino.bsky.social calls for  tailored, long-term financial engagement that supports peacebuilding. go.unu.edu/zMGy5

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Apr 22

📢 Join us on 24 April at 12PM EDT for the launch of #UNDESA World Social Report 2025, co-produced for the first time with UNU-WIDER!

The event includes a presentation by UNU-WIDER Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social, key report findings, and audience Q&A.

Register here 👉 go.unu.edu/xDRmk

World Social Report 2025: A New Policy Consensus to Accelerate Social Progress

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Apr 12

🌍 Why does 40% of the world feel life is worse now than 50 years ago?

Insecurity and distrust are key issues. @apvjustino.bsky.social & Marta Roig discuss urgent insights from the UN DESA World Social Report 2025. 👉 Watch: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d #WorldSo#WorldSocialReportn#EveryoneIncluded

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Apr 4

Today, we celebrated our 40th anniversary with an Evening Exchange co-hosted with our long-term partner ZIPAR.

In a panel on Zambia’s debt and development challenges, @apvjustino.bsky.social underlined: “It cannot be a trade-off between fiscal reform and investing in people.”

go.unu.edu/kmJTu

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Tilman Brück @tilmanbrueck.bsky.social · Apr 4

Our keynote speakers will be Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social, Deputy Director of the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland, and Amber Peterman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Call for Papers: Fragile Lives 2025 HiCN Workshop – HiCN

30 September - 1 October 2025 Berlin, Germany Every year, Fragile Lives convenes international experts from academia, policy, and practice on the use of rigorou

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Apr 3

At a UN DESA event, our Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social joined global leaders, including António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss new evidence from the World Social Report 2025 and the future of social development: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d
#SocialSummit2025 #EveryoneIncluded

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Tanya Bandula-Irwin @tbandulairwin.bsky.social · Mar 30

Spent the last two days in deep conversation about tax and conflict with this brilliant group in Helsinki, @unu-wider.bsky.social. More on our meeting and work here! www.wider.unu.edu/event/tax-co...

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Mar 30

Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.

Tanya Bandula-Irwin @tbandulairwin.bsky.social · Mar 30

Spent the last two days in deep conversation about tax and conflict with this brilliant group in Helsinki, @unu-wider.bsky.social. More on our meeting and work here! www.wider.unu.edu/event/tax-co...

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Mar 26

The calls for reform of the international financial architecture are many and multifaceted

What better way to understand what is on the global financing for development agenda than to read Prof Jose Antonio Ocampo's latest book!

This book is open access go.unu.edu/7Yb7T

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Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social · Feb 26

'forcing the world’s poor to pay for Britain’s safety'. Brilliant and brutal Guardian editorial about UK's decision to redirect aid to defence. Must read. chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Starmer’s aid cuts: they won’t buy security, but they will undermine it | Editorial

Editorial: Labour’s ‘pragmatism’ isn’t neutral – it locks the party into fiscal caution, reinforcing stagnation and fuelling the very instability it seeks to avoid

www.theguardian.com

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UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre @unumerit.bsky.social · Feb 24

@bmartorano.bsky.social , @apvjustino.bsky.social , @maastrichtu.bsky.social , @ununiversity.bsky.social

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Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social · Feb 8

This is not just about the shutdown of USAID. When are governments going to realise that reductions in development aid are shortsighted policies that in the end will hurt is all?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown

The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global e...

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Feb 8

The experiment we are about to to live through is because two businessmen are convinced that what makes the USA great is its the private sector, not understanding there are no functioning markets without functioning public institutions.

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Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social · Feb 8

The eastern DRC war could reshape the region
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The eastern DRC war could reshape the region

Even as the conflict escalates, regional powers look to seize an economic opportunity.

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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · Feb 8

Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues:

- Develop new cancer treatments for kids
- Are curing sickle cell disease
- Build new tech to help premature babies survive
- Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose
- And more

#NIH #MedSky #research #science

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peterkwells @peterkwells.com · Feb 8

This is a good long read on the challenges around ONS & UK national stats

Wld emphasise this bit on how ONS are finding it harder than originally thought to get access to - & use - admin data across govt & have realised that census will still need an actual survey

www.ft.com/content/dd55...

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The problems with data collection are mirrored by problems within the ONS itself. An internal review of what went wrong with the labour market data, published in December, says the quality of its output has been undermined by a broader institutional malaise.

Under Diamond’s leadership, the overarching strategic goal has been to shift away from surveys, which have grown more expensive, to more comprehensive, timely administrative data held by HMRC, the Department for Work and Pensions and other parts of government.

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · Feb 7

Just to repeat, the White House has provided *no evidence* to back up the President’s claim of widespread fraud in USAID. The evidence it has presented points in precisely the other direction.

www.cgdev.org/blog/white-h...

The White House Demonstrates USAID’s Efficiency

The White House issued a press release three days ago apparently designed to justify the ongoing stop-work orders at USAID, alongside pulling agency staff out of the field and locking them out of thei...

www.cgdev.org

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