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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 24d

it is a wonderful opportunity to treat the neighbours!! 😀

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 24d

this is mostly for people who are in Barcelona, but we are going to record the talks and hope to make them available later in the year

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 27d

IQS-Harvard Talks is a public lecture series featuring renowned Harvard scholars on topics related to human relations. Attendance is free, but registration is needed due to limited seating. The series kicks off w/ a talk by Prof Claudia Goldin, registr is now open. iqs.tfaforms.net/f/1st-lectur...

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 24d

hobbyist research......how do they actually define that? because research takes most of academics' leisure time......

Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 26d

Hobbyist researcher in action

Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921 (photography Ferdinand Schnutzer).

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 24d

mental health is a serious issue in our times

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 25d

Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.

"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · 27d

IQS-Harvard Talks is a public lecture series featuring renowned Harvard scholars on topics related to human relations. Attendance is free, but registration is needed due to limited seating. The series kicks off w/ a talk by Prof Claudia Goldin, registr is now open. iqs.tfaforms.net/f/1st-lectur...

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jul 18

final reminder
aporophobia.iqs.url.edu/en/node/453
This will be a different congress with reading groups and possibilities of collaboration for researchers doing work related to aporophobia and social policy

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jun 8

Can we really talk about any social policy concerning poverty or inequality without talking about how haves reject the have-nots?

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jun 4

This is going to be a totally different conference, with reading groups, virtual communities and the purpose of building a global network to fight against aporophobia (rejection of the poor) aporophobia.iqs.url.edu/es/node/453

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jun 7

passing through Paris on my way to Seoul, where I will be assessing a business school for AACSB

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jun 7

A proper discussion about toxic masculinity and political participation is necessary. Could this be a beginning? www.cnn.com/2025/06/07/u...

Democrats set out to study male voters with ‘Sam Project’ | CNN

Ilyse Hogue, co-founder of Speaking with American Men Project, argues that men support progressive policies but feel abandoned by the Democratic Party.

www.cnn.com

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Jun 4

This is going to be a totally different conference, with reading groups, virtual communities and the purpose of building a global network to fight against aporophobia (rejection of the poor) aporophobia.iqs.url.edu/es/node/453

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 21

most interesting!

Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · May 21

🎓 If you missed the chance to attend our event with Prof. David Bartram, Editor of Social Indicators Research — “What Makes Rigorous Quantitative Social Research?” —

🎥 The full recording is now available on YouTube!

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pE5...

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 21

politicians always repeat the same mantra. The truth of the matter is that the political establishment is more often than not....aporophobic!

Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · May 21

Last year, Keir Starmer said: "No child should grow up in poverty", but right now child poverty is at a devastating new high of 4.5 million and set to rise.

We’re amplifying the voices of some of these children, their parents and their support workers to MPs who have the power to change this.

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 21

today I cried in front of my tv, watching an old men crying, in Palestine, explaining that he does not eat for 3 days, just after a mother, holding her dead baby, blamed herself for not being able to feed him. But social media seems to be in a different world. Is it only me who finds it unbearable?

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 20

If the key issue in these debates about discontent is about ordinary people's perception about lacking control of their lives, it seems logical to use the capability approach to address this problem.

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 20

Last Friday we had the privilege of listening to @mariaabreu.bsky.social at @iqsbarcelona.bsky.social talking about "The geography of discontent: how to address the challenge of left-behind places". (cont)

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks @mariaabreu.bsky.social and @cakvenvold.bsky.social for the collaboration and to @regstud.bsky.social for the wonderful award

Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · May 19

The @regionalstudies.bsky.social Policy Debates Best Paper Award goes to @mariaabreu.bsky.social @calvjones.bsky.social and ‪@fcomim.bsky.social‬ for A capability-approach perspective on regional development doi.org/10.1080/0034...)

Watch @prt1969.bsky.social present the award bit.ly/43rbOkI

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 6

There is sth wrong with the way that they are displaying these data for Brazil. The main message seems simply silly

www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2025...

www1.folha.uol.com.br

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Human Development and Capability Association @hdca.bsky.social · May 5

📢 Just released: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 26, Issue 2!

This issue features articles, policy forums, book reviews, and comments—advancing debates on justice, agency, and development.

We’ll highlight each piece over the coming weeks.
#CapabilitiesApproach #HumanDevelopment

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · May 4

very interesting. A good challenge is to unpack the meaning of 'discontent'....

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Apr 29

Great article -

You help "left behind" areas by helping the nearest big city. Our problem is the relative economic weakness of our big cities outside London.

Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · Apr 29

BRIEFING | The myth of “left behind”

❓How should government respond to the political discontent signalled by the vote to leave the European Union and the more recent rise of Reform UK?

buff.ly/g8K7EDQ 👇

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · Apr 7

We're recruiting for an Assistant Professor at the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk. Come and join us!

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...

Assistant Professor in Public Policy - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Department/Location: Faculty of Human, Social, and Political ScienceSalary: £46,735-£59,139Reference: JB45516Closing date: 27 April 2025Apply via the University of Cambridge website: jobs.cam.ac.uk/jo...

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Apr 12

Very kind post of @hdca.bsky.social. Most grateful to my colleagues Mario Biggeri, Enrica Chiappero and Monica Martinez. Wonderful session!

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Calvin Jones @calvjones.bsky.social · Jan 27

@mariaabreu.bsky.social @fcomim.bsky.social future citations ahoy #PissaridesReview

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Sep 28

Registration is now open.https://aporophobia.iqs.url.edu/en/node/1007

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Sep 28

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Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Oct 15

most interesting

Heath Henderson @hendersonhl.bsky.social · Sep 29

If you work on poverty and development, check out our new paper on the accuracy of poverty maps produced with machine learning and remote-sensing data:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Poverty mapping in the age of machine learning

Recent years have witnessed considerable methodological advances in poverty mapping, much of which has focused on the application of modern machine-le…

www.sciencedirect.com

Flavio Comim @fcomim.bsky.social · Oct 15

scary and sad