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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 9d

Good point! Resourcing broader participation is key but also, some event formats are skewed to only recognising some people as 'experts'. It's a bit old, but we have explored this a bit in relation to Indian NGO activists' participation in global civic spaces: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Disconnections and exclusions: professionalization, cosmopolitanism and (global?) civil society

In this article, we address the ways in which theories and practices of cosmopolitanism and professionalization intersect in the sphere of global civil society. We emphasize the experiences of grassr...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 20d

Great to see Janet Clark of @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social sharing findings from her collab PhD with @volunteeringforum.bsky.social at #IVCO2025 in Cambodia.

#NUGlobalVolunteering
#Volunteeringresearch
#Research
#globaldev

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · 21d

Good to see Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social, Co-Director of our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social, in Cambodia at the International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference.

It was a privilege to host last year's event at our Newcastle City Campus.

#NUGlobalVolunteering #IVCO2025

International Forum for Volunteering in Development - Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 23d

Radical optimism for the volunteering vision working in challenging civil societies. Building trust, solidarity and active participation in the field.

A conversation with #CIVICUS @fvolontaires.bsky.social #BanteaySrei @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social

#IVCO2025 #VolunteeringStandards #VolunteerVoice

Volunteering in development and impact to civil society.

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International Forum for Volunteering in Development - Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 21d

Day 3 #IVCO2025 delegates exploring the different ways of approaching volunteer measurement with @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

#volunteerimpact #volunteeringstandards #volunteermeasurement #volunteeringforum

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International Forum for Volunteering in Development - Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 23d

#IVCO2025 has officially commenced with Dr Bianca Fadel from @northumbriauni.bsky.social setting the scene - Respect, Kindness, Hope. Welcome to our speakers, delegates & new Bluesky community.

#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering

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International Forum for Volunteering in Development - Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 23d

Radical optimism for the volunteering vision working in challenging civil societies. Building trust, solidarity and active participation in the field.

A conversation with #CIVICUS @fvolontaires.bsky.social #BanteaySrei @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social

#IVCO2025 #VolunteeringStandards #VolunteerVoice

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Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · Aug 18

New paper in @spaceandpolity.bsky.social with
@mattbailliesmith.bsky.social on Immigration and the contested politics of volunteering as 'good behaviour' - open access below @lborouniversity.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Immigration and the contested politics of volunteering as ‘good behaviour’

Following the release of the UK Government’s recent White Paper on Immigration (2025), this provocation critically reflects on the role of points-based contributions, voluntary service and ‘good ch...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Aug 18

New paper in @spaceandpolity.bsky.social with @sarah-mills.bsky.social on volunteering and points for citizenship following UK Immigration White paper, exploring idea's legacy, workability and consequences. Details ⬇️
@northumbriauni.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks @dhnnjyn.bsky.social for a great conversation about things that matter in a place that really matters. So important to be finding hopeful possibilities in people power and celebrating the changes that are possible as well as necessary.
@nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Am super excited to be speaking at the first event in the newly reopened Redhills Durham Miners Hall, home of the Pitman's Parliament. What a place to be talking about people power!

Thank you @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social for inviting me.

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · May 16

Job alert! Research Fellow to work on #voluntary labour in #humanitarian and #development contexts at Northumbria University Centre for Global Development. @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social Details ⬇️:
work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...
#NUGlobalVolunteering #geosky

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Apr 30

Why #aid cuts have been made easy by sustained failures to build constituencies for #development - piece with @globaldevinst.bsky.social's Prof Nicola Banks and Dr Helen Underhill in Alliance Magazine: www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/buildin...

#geography #geosky @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

Building new constituencies amidst destruction: the missing piece in shifting power agendas - Alliance magazine

The progress of the past few years in advancing discussion and understanding of decolonisation, localisation, and locally-led development movement is now threatened by international aid cuts and attac...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Apr 3

It was fantastic to see you here at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Great to be able to return some of the hospitality you have shown me in Kolkata. I am looking forward to seeing what we do can do next! @nuglobaldev.bsky.social #NUGlobalVolunteering

Dr Andrew Fleming @andrew007uk.bsky.social · Apr 2

An wonderful few hours @northumbriauni.bsky.social in the care of @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social - someone who has visited me multiple times in Kolkata since my appointment there. Today I made the case for a North East to North East connect to those I met & met some excellent research students.

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · Apr 3

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner for East and North East India, to our Newcastle City Campus where he met with our Dean of Research Culture, Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social and @nuglobaldev.bsky.social researchers.

@andrew007uk.bsky.social

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Apr 1

New open access paper out on the hidden economies of volunteering during the pandemic, and its relationships to precarity for young refugees in Uganda. Details below:

#volunteering #geosky #Uganda #refugees #youth @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · Apr 1

New paper out in 'Social and Cultural Geography' - "Reconceptualising volunteering, crisis and precarity: the experiences of refugee youth in Uganda during COVID-19" - with @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social Bianca Fadel @nuglobaldev.bsky.social Moses Okech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reconceptualising volunteering, crisis and precarity: the experiences of refugee youth in Uganda during COVID-19

This paper provides new knowledge on, and reconceptualises our understanding of, the relationship between volunteering, crisis and precarity. This paper critically examines how COVID-19’s impact on...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Mar 31

Exciting #PhD opportunity with @reemtalhouk.bsky.social and me: AI and the future of voluntary labour in humanitarian and development contexts. Deadline 30th April. Details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Please share!

#NUGlobalVolunteering @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

AI & the Future of Humanitarian and Global Development Volunteer Labour… | Reem Talhouk

Join Matt Baillie Smith and myself to undergo a PhD exploring how AI is going to impact the future of volunteer labour in Humanitarian and Global Development…

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Mar 14

Great post here on academic practitioner collaborations - and why we shouldn't make assumptions about them.

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Mar 14

👀ICYMI: "In short, intrinsic motivation and intentionality are key."

✍️Armine Ishkanian (@lseinequalities.bsky.social & @afsee-lse.bsky.social) on what makes academic practitioner collaborations work.

Academic practitioner collaborations can tackle persistent knowledge inequalities- Impact of Social Sciences

Why do academics engage in practitioner collaborations and how does this shape their research and its wider impact?

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Martin Drewry @martindrewry.bsky.social · Feb 26

Tell Keir Starmer to bring in a wealth tax to fund public spending, rather than punish the poorest people in the world

https:// act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4319

Prime Minister: Don’t Cut Aid, Tax Wealth

The prime minister has announced a brutal 40% cut to the UK aid budget, in the wake of Donald Trump’s calls for increased military spending. It's a wrong-headed move that represents a retreat from

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Feb 14

Great to have signed this new agreement with @ifrc.org to work together to promote #research, #learning and #practice around #volunteering in #humanitarian contexts. #NUGlobalVolunteering @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · Feb 14

Researchers from @nuglobaldev.bsky.social and practitioners from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have signed a new agreement promoting collaborative research and practice on volunteering in humanitarian contexts over the next five years.

🌍Discover more:

Northumbria and IFRC strengthen collaboration to advance research on volunteering

Volunteers play critical roles in responding to the multiple humanitarian crises facing the world, including disasters linked to conflict and climate change. But there are often gaps in protection and...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Jan 7

Great to start 2025 sharing and celebrating a new paper on #volunteering and #disastermanagement in #Tanzania from fab @nuglobaldev.bsky.social collaborator Dr Egidius Kamanyi, at Uni of Dar Es Salaam.
tjpsd.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tj...

Volunteering in Disaster Management for Development in Africa: Reflections from Bukoba District, Tanzania | Tanzania Journal for Population studies and Development

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Dec 12

💥New: Considering how the idea of luck is mobilised by different groups and to different effect in academia, Jonatan Nästesjö argues luck can play a positive and negative role in maintaining status hierarchies in academia.

#AcademicSky #AcademicCareers #Luck

Why we should take care when ascribing luck to academic success

Considering how the idea of luck is mobilised by different groups and to different effect in academia, Jonatan Nästesjö argues luck can play a positive and negative role in maintaining status hiera…

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Dec 9

Great #geography post - Lecturer to Prof - at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to work with @cpom-uk.bsky.social on polar observations and modelling. Details and deadlines ⬇️

Andy Shepherd @andyshepherd.bsky.social · Dec 9

We are hiring a faculty post in the range Lecturer to Professor ! If you are interested to join us @northumbriauni.bsky.social to work with @cpom-uk.bsky.social on our program of polar observations and modelling please do get in touch😊

Closing date 13 Jan:

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Dec 5

International Volunteer Day #IVD2025 [email protected] @nuglobaldev.bsky.social will be working with @unv.org as lead partner for the delivery of the next State of the World's Volunteerism report. www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/northumbr...
#NUGlobalVolunteering #GlobalDev #Volunteering

Researchers selected to work with United Nations on flagship report

Northumbria University has been selected as the lead research partner to work with United Nations Volunteers (UNV) on producing the next State of the World’s...

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · Nov 29

Good thoughts on things (much much) more important than academic metrics. That we need to argue for focusing on what research achieves rather than its citations etc says something about how we urgently we need to reset what is valued. #researchculture

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Nov 28

💥New: Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?

👨‍💻Dan K Pearson #AcademicSky #Metrics #ResearchImpact

Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?

Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢 @cmi.no are hiring!

They are looking for a research assistant to contribute to research into labour dynamics in and around conservation projects/protected areas in India! 🇮🇳
www.cmi.no/news/3358-re...

Vacancy - Research Assistant/Associate: Conservation labour in India

We are seeking a qualified candidate to contribute to research into the labor dynamics in and around conservation projects/protec...

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Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social · Nov 19

@britishacademy.bsky.social call for international evidence-informed policymaking grants is open!

Deadline for applications is 19 Feb 2025 at 17.00 UK Time

Funding of £150,000 is available for grants of up to 12 months in duration. You can see more 👇

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/evid...

Evidence-informed policymaking grants

This programme gives ODA-eligible early-career to senior researchers the opportunity to work with peers around the world to inform policymaking through quality evidence and research.

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