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Duncan Green is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and Professor in Practice in International Development at the London School… more

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Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Palestine recognition, al-Sharaa addresses UNGA, and collective climate failure: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
An Israeli attack in Doha, a US assassination, and how to pick the next UN chief: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
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Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Gaza “hell” threat, slow Afghan quake aid, and war fears in South Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
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"The humanitarian principles from 1965 have worked well enough but perhaps they are from a bygone age."

Hugo Slim on the history of #humanitarian #reset: major overhauls of the system often in response to changes in funding or political environment or major failures.

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Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth…
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Hugo Slim's latest post on 'Humanitarian resets' (the current one is his 8th!) is a fantastic read and classroom resource for anyone teaching on the evolution of the aid system. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Humanitarian Resets Past and Present – where have we come from and where shall we go? - Activism Influence and Change
Hugo Slim looks at the history of ‘humanitarian resets’ – major overhauls of the system, often in response to changes in funding or political environment, or major system failures. This is my eighth H...
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I know nothing about art and really must do something about it. #SupportPhilistineAction
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Just staggered out weeping from 'Consumed', peak Irish comic-tragedy at the Traverse. Fringe up and rolling!
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Me too. Arrive tomorrow for solid diet of miserablist theatre, music and weird miscellaneous. Not a comic in sight
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over
Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian anti-corruption lawyer, discusses a recent outbreak of internal politics in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s anti-corruption drama: a (temporary) victory, but the battle is far from over - Activism Influence and Change
Andrii Biletskyi, a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in anti-corruption, discusses a recent outbreak of internal political struggle in Ukraine. In the middle of an existential conflict with Russia, Presi...
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by Duncan Green

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Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism?
I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I would consult the activist hivemind. Over to you.

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Community Organizing – how does it differ from other forms of Activism? - Activism Influence and Change
I’m researching the field of Community Organizing (CO) for a new lecture in our LSE activism course this autumn, and really enjoying it. But I’m hitting a couple of conceptual roadblocks, so thought I...
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by Duncan Green

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Essential Reading:

A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/08... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
A tipping point in Gaza, the tsunami disaster that wasn’t, and a rival government in Sudan: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
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On 15 August it will be four years since the Taliban reclaimed power in #Afghanistan.

Hugo Slim argues #humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the Taliban’s persecution of women and girls and that it's time for them to speak out.

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Humanitarians and the Truth in Afghanistan - Activism Influence and Change
On August 15 it will be four years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. In this long-form essay, Hugo Slim argues that humanitarian agencies are suppressing the truth about the…
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by Duncan Green

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Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Rewriting the Rules of Climate Justice: How a student project ended up in a big victory at the ICJ - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green unpacks last week’s ICJ ruling on climate change obligations, using the ‘how change happens’ methodology he developed at Oxfam to look at how the agency of individuals (including some her...
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Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery. Really interesting example of work in tackling deeply rooted and negative social norms blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Building community engagement in PNG, part 2 — social change and tackling accusations of sorcery - Activism Influence and Change
This is the second post in a three-part series on the DevPolicy blog on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I...
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Solidarity is critical to building movements - no one can #MakeChangeHappen alone. Learn more about the power of working with others from #changemakers like Sabah Khan. Register for the course from @oxfaminternational.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social: bit.ly/OLCMakeChang...
A graphic with a large neon green speech bubble on a white background. Inside the bubble is a bold quote: “Solidarities are critical to any movement. One cannot work alone.” Below the bubble, the quote is attributed to Sabah Khan, Co-founder of Parcham. The Oxfam and The Open University logos appear in the bottom corners.
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British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
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"We fall, we rebuild, we dance again" – repression and resilience in queer Beirut.

If you want to understand the progress of #LGBTQIA+ liberation in #Lebanon’s capital, #nightlife is a great place to start, writes Ghiwa Abi Haidar.

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‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by…
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Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 activists and influencers from across Southeast Asia. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Making change in the health sector: a conversation with 30 Asian activists - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green reflects on a day spent helping health activists from across South East Asia develop their influencing skills. Are young people getting smarter? That was certainly my impression from a da...
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‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut. By Ghiwa Abi Haidar of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
‘We fall, we rebuild, we dance again’: repression and resilience in queer Beirut - Activism Influence and Change
If you want to understand the progress of LGBTQIA+ liberation in Lebanon’s capital, our nightlife is a great place to start, says Ghiwa Abi Haidar. In a blog for Pride month, first published by Oxfam,...
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First in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, who I've been working with as a 'critical friend'. Top job, highly recommended. blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...
Building community engagement in Papua New Guinea, part 1: opening up governance - Activism Influence and Change
This is the first post in a three-part series on the work of the Building Community Engagement in Papua New Guinea (BCEP) program, which seeks to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in...
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Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? Lauren Anderson reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the case for a more politically attuned repositioning of conflict prevention efforts.

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Aid cuts and advocacy: could conflict prevention offer a new direction? - Activism Influence and Change
In this post, Lauren Anderson, an advocacy and campaigns professional working in conflict and humanitarian response, reflects on the sector’s strategic impasse in the face of aid cuts — and makes the ...
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Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? Summary of fascinating week's discussions with development leaders at @soas-dld.bsky.social
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Where are we at on ‘policy space’ and making trade and investment rules work for developing countries? - Activism Influence and Change
I spent four days discussing ‘policy space’ for trade, industrial and investment policies last week. I haven’t really worked on it since the early 2000s, when I lived and breathed these topics in my a...
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"The Labour party came into being to further the interests of the least well-off. That mission now demands that the burden of taxation moves from income to wealth. " Phillip Collins on why we need a wealth tax www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
Hand-me-down economics
The accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a few has broken Britain’s social contract. Will Labour be bold enough to do the right thing?
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Ethical Storytelling can Help Us Fight Back after the Aid Cuts - Activism Influence and Change
As the international development sector faces tremendous pressures, many NGOs are in danger of neglecting ethical communications in pursuit of desperately needed fundraising. But as Jess Crombie argue...
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🚨⚠️ WE ARE HIRING!!! ⚠️🚨

🌍 @soasuni.bsky.social DLD Institute is looking for a Research and Communications Fellow📌

✨Join our vibrant academic community at SOAS! 🌏

🔗Apply here ⬇️
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How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? Latest post on a convo with Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and other faith-based advocates
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How can faith-based advocates ‘faith up’ their influencing? - Activism Influence and Change
Duncan Green reflects on a recent workshop with Islamic Relief and Christian Aid, aimed at helping their advocacy work become more deeply rooted in faith-based values and narratives. The training/faci...
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Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution. Check out the Hans Rosling style moving blobs on the stakeholder maps!
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Analysing the Fall of al-Bashir: Unpacking Sudan’s 2019 Revolution - Activism Influence and Change
This post from Love-Lis Liljeström, Hattie Macleod, Becky Oswalt and Javier Mijares-Cisneros explores Sudan’s 2019 Revolution using frameworks and analysis tools from our DV455: Advocacy, Campaigning ...
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Neil Old. Catches up with us all

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I wrote about the challenge of research impact for contemporary development studies on @duncangreenlse.bsky.social new Activism Influence and Change blog

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Research impact is for life, not just for REF funding - Activism Influence and Change
SOAS Professor Naomi Hossain reflects on the deep personal meaning of ‘research impact’ and the dissonance that arises from conventional efforts to measure it. She argues that real world events have m...
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