Veronika Abdian
@averonika.bsky.social
Curious about the social world
Passionate about public advocacy
Passionate about public advocacy
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We are proud to announce a new joint PhD with BRAC University, Bangladesh, aimed at nurturing a new generation of scholars dedicated to transformative global development.
Pic: SOAS Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib with Chairperson of BRAC University's Board of Trustees Tamara Abed.
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Pic: SOAS Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib with Chairperson of BRAC University's Board of Trustees Tamara Abed.
👉 bit.ly/4jSyTmu
June 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We are proud to announce a new joint PhD with BRAC University, Bangladesh, aimed at nurturing a new generation of scholars dedicated to transformative global development.
Pic: SOAS Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib with Chairperson of BRAC University's Board of Trustees Tamara Abed.
👉 bit.ly/4jSyTmu
Pic: SOAS Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib with Chairperson of BRAC University's Board of Trustees Tamara Abed.
👉 bit.ly/4jSyTmu
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Is a university education still worth the investment?
We'll be discussing the future of higher education at LSE Festival next week with @zhamilya-m.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & David Willets @resfoundation.bsky.social
Free tickets (in person/online) 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
We'll be discussing the future of higher education at LSE Festival next week with @zhamilya-m.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & David Willets @resfoundation.bsky.social
Free tickets (in person/online) 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
Are universities still relevant?
1.30pm Thurs 19 Jun | Zhamilya Mukasheva, Aaron Reeves, Boris Walbaum, David Willetts | Free event at LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required
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June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Is a university education still worth the investment?
We'll be discussing the future of higher education at LSE Festival next week with @zhamilya-m.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & David Willets @resfoundation.bsky.social
Free tickets (in person/online) 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
We'll be discussing the future of higher education at LSE Festival next week with @zhamilya-m.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & David Willets @resfoundation.bsky.social
Free tickets (in person/online) 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
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Happy to announce our upcoming workshop that will take place on June 9th afternoon @ox.ac.uk.
We have three excellent speakers:
@natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine)
Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])
We have three excellent speakers:
@natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine)
Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])
May 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy to announce our upcoming workshop that will take place on June 9th afternoon @ox.ac.uk.
We have three excellent speakers:
@natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine)
Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])
We have three excellent speakers:
@natrinh.bsky.social (Oxford), Marianne Vital (Oxford) and Vladimir Avetian (Dauphine)
Please register by emailing @mikbavaro.bsky.social ([email protected])
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Coming up next week!
Join us for the launch of ‘Why the UK Racial Wealth Divide Matters: a call for action’, a new report written in collaboration with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social.
Together, the speakers will open up a vital conversation on how we build a fairer future.
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Join us for the launch of ‘Why the UK Racial Wealth Divide Matters: a call for action’, a new report written in collaboration with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social.
Together, the speakers will open up a vital conversation on how we build a fairer future.
🎟 buff.ly/mYr0F8s
June 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Coming up next week!
Join us for the launch of ‘Why the UK Racial Wealth Divide Matters: a call for action’, a new report written in collaboration with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social.
Together, the speakers will open up a vital conversation on how we build a fairer future.
🎟 buff.ly/mYr0F8s
Join us for the launch of ‘Why the UK Racial Wealth Divide Matters: a call for action’, a new report written in collaboration with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social.
Together, the speakers will open up a vital conversation on how we build a fairer future.
🎟 buff.ly/mYr0F8s
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🎟️ FREE tickets for #LSEFestival are now available to book!
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
👁️ Book here: buff.ly/rsxfmeS
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
👁️ Book here: buff.ly/rsxfmeS
May 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎟️ FREE tickets for #LSEFestival are now available to book!
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
👁️ Book here: buff.ly/rsxfmeS
LSE Festival is taking place from 16 to 21 June 2025, with global leaders, experts & innovators exploring the near and distant future, and what a better world could look like.
👁️ Book here: buff.ly/rsxfmeS
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Please check out this free @oxfamgb.bsky.social online course on Making Change Happen blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Please check out this free @oxfamgb.bsky.social online course on Making Change Happen blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
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We are pleased to announce that we are hosting a conference to mark 25 years of Human Rights at LSE. The conference will bring together thinkers across academic and activist spaces over two days this May.
Register to attend ⬇️
Register to attend ⬇️
25 Years of Human Rights at LSE Conference
Explore the programme for our conference celebrating 25 years of human rights at LSE.
www.lse.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are pleased to announce that we are hosting a conference to mark 25 years of Human Rights at LSE. The conference will bring together thinkers across academic and activist spaces over two days this May.
Register to attend ⬇️
Register to attend ⬇️
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The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈⬛
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈⬛
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"The next time somebody describes a woman’s mood, behaviour, symptom, or condition as 'hormonal' I strongly suggest you ask, “which hormone?” and 'which study demonstrated a causal link?'."
Debunking the myth of the "hormonal woman"
Debunking the myth of the "hormonal woman"
How poor menstrual health literacy disadvantages women - LSE Review of Books
Menstrual Myth Busting by Sally King interrogates the diagnostic label of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to expose sexist assumptions within medical research and practice. Introducing the book below,…
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March 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The next time somebody describes a woman’s mood, behaviour, symptom, or condition as 'hormonal' I strongly suggest you ask, “which hormone?” and 'which study demonstrated a causal link?'."
Debunking the myth of the "hormonal woman"
Debunking the myth of the "hormonal woman"
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New blog claxon! Today we launched the LSE's 'Activism, Influencing and Change' site and programme, which I'll be running with Tom Kirk (@globalpolicy.bsky.social). If that's of interest, please repost and head on over to blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... to read/subscribe/comment
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New blog claxon! Today we launched the LSE's 'Activism, Influencing and Change' site and programme, which I'll be running with Tom Kirk (@globalpolicy.bsky.social). If that's of interest, please repost and head on over to blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... to read/subscribe/comment
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In the UK, feelings of class antagonism and injustice run deep. But whereas the left struggles to address these feelings, the populist right has no such difficulty. @mikesavagelse.bsky.social asks: do we need to discuss a new politics of class? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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We need to talk more about class
The UK is a divided nation where feelings of class antagonism and injustice run deep. But whereas the left struggles to address these feelings, the populist right has no such difficulty. Ten years …
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February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In the UK, feelings of class antagonism and injustice run deep. But whereas the left struggles to address these feelings, the populist right has no such difficulty. @mikesavagelse.bsky.social asks: do we need to discuss a new politics of class? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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What are the risks of extreme wealth?
Join us on 6 March, 6.30pm for a panel discussion with Fernanda Balata, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @garyseconomics.bsky.social, @deschuttero.bsky.social and Tania Burchardt as they explore the viability of an extreme wealth line.
Register:
Join us on 6 March, 6.30pm for a panel discussion with Fernanda Balata, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @garyseconomics.bsky.social, @deschuttero.bsky.social and Tania Burchardt as they explore the viability of an extreme wealth line.
Register:
Where do we draw the line? Exploring an extreme wealth line
Public event at LSE | Ingrid Robeyns, Olivier De Schutter, Fernanda Balata, Gary Stevenson, Tania Burchardt | Thurs 6 March, 6.30 to 8.00pm
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February 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What are the risks of extreme wealth?
Join us on 6 March, 6.30pm for a panel discussion with Fernanda Balata, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @garyseconomics.bsky.social, @deschuttero.bsky.social and Tania Burchardt as they explore the viability of an extreme wealth line.
Register:
Join us on 6 March, 6.30pm for a panel discussion with Fernanda Balata, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @garyseconomics.bsky.social, @deschuttero.bsky.social and Tania Burchardt as they explore the viability of an extreme wealth line.
Register:
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How does venture capital shape work, innovation and inequality? Join us to hear @bshestakofsky.bsky.social discuss his new book with @rfelliott.bsky.social 👇
📆 Wednesday 12 March
⏰ 2.30pm to 4pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE
📆 Wednesday 12 March
⏰ 2.30pm to 4pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE
Behind the startup: how venture capital shapes work, innovation, and inequality
Attend this free book launch for Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality at LSE.
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February 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How does venture capital shape work, innovation and inequality? Join us to hear @bshestakofsky.bsky.social discuss his new book with @rfelliott.bsky.social 👇
📆 Wednesday 12 March
⏰ 2.30pm to 4pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE
📆 Wednesday 12 March
⏰ 2.30pm to 4pm
📍 OLD.3.24, LSE
Please support me by signing this important petition to tackle period poverty in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Fund increased access to menstrual products to address period poverty
The government should expand free menstrual product programs beyond schools and colleges to include community centres, food banks, and other public spaces. We believe menstruation has effectively beco...
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February 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please support me by signing this important petition to tackle period poverty in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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🗣️"New mothers are more likely to leave research careers entirely, new fathers to move into non-university research jobs"
#IDWGS
#IDWGS
What makes the child penalty in academia different?
Women are underrepresented in senior academic positions in economics. Ria Ivandić and Anne Sophie Lassen assess the impact of having children on men and women’s career trajector…
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February 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🗣️"New mothers are more likely to leave research careers entirely, new fathers to move into non-university research jobs"
#IDWGS
#IDWGS