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Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
NEW ARTICLE & open access "A cog in a wheel? Journalism under pressure during coups d’état in Burkina Faso"
Some summer reading for those with time, inclination or even interest #radio #journalism #burkinafaso @RadioStudies @sheffjournalism @IGSD_Shef
doi.org/10.1177/175063522412…
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
It’s out!
After many years, lots of digging around in our trove of data, and collaborative /comparative analysis sessions in Jo’burg, Addis and the Uk - ‘Living the Urban Periphery’ has landed.
Thanks to @ManchesterUP and other contributing authors! Click below for details.
Out now and #openaccess in our Global Urban Transformations series:
'Living the urban periphery: Infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions'
by @pjmeth1, Sarah Charlton, @GoodfellowTom and Alison Todes
OPEN ACCESS - read/share/download for free: tinyurl.com/4fksbaet
With contributions from @DrJenAH, Yohana Eyob, @tatenda007, @HuangZhengli, Meseret Kassahun Desta, @dmasafo, @metadel_s & Sibongile Buthelezi
@USForg @UofGUrbStudies @theAAG @RGS_IBG @SCGRG_RGS @LSECities @sacpwits @SACitiesNetwork @urbanjodi @UTADO_Africa
@TheSocReview @sociologyjnl @UoYSociology
@britsoci @ESA_Sociology @TheSRAOrg
@ASAnews @AmericanAnthro @news4anthros
@culanth @UCLanthropology @uomsoss
@NapaAnthro @oxford_anthro @PopAnthro
@EuroAnth @EASAinfo @SocialAnthropo1
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Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
In Cape Town this week @UCT_SoIT HPI with colleagues from @GeJuSTA (South Africa, Uganda) exploring findings & planning papers,toolkit on gender-just #co-design in #digital #innovation, funded by @IDRC_CRDI w/ @Makerere @IGSD_Shef
IGSD Director @Dorotheakleine joined a panel on environmental impacts of #Digitalisation at #dataforpolicy2024 conf, invited by @ECDEatUNCTAD & @dataforpolicy. @UNCTAD drew on @IGSD_Shef supported #DigitalReset collective work digitalization-for-sustainab… in their forthcoming report
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
The show must go on! Today @ResFintech @UniofBradford co-hosted 8th annual gathering of #ICT4D researchers in the North of England. Insightful panel discussion @Iliaskapsis1 @julianwhitecap @fintechnorth and research sessions chaired by @abbottpamelay @dorotheakleine
#ICT4DNorth
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
Join our multilingual education expert @sabinelittle tomorrow for a fun storytelling workshop for all the family!
✨ Explore how traditional tales & home languages shape who we are
✨ Create your own stories & animations
Book now👉 bit.ly/3yXOEXE
#MigrationMatters
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Global Health Symposium organised by IGSD Health team & Brian Rice.
Insightful speed talks, focused presentations on partnerships and funding, interactive group work for collaboration across disciplines. Supported by @shefunihealth @IGSD with welcome note from @WHO #globalhealth
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
The Migration Matters festival starts this Saturday!
Celebrate diversity, multiculturalism & Sheffield's role as a city of sanctuary.
Book tickets & explore our academics' exceptional research👉bit.ly/3KECwNG
#MigrationMatters
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Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
Our @sheffielduni students are the best!
They're turning a #Sheffield wasteland into a community garden thanks to winning a national competition.
Led by student Sam Penrose, the project will bring a much-needed hub to relax and connect with neighbours.
bit.ly/3Xnv4ye
ALT Community Garden being built in Scraith Wood area of Sheffield
ALT Community members in the garden
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
The DSA are grateful to have attracted strong support for our important discussion on truly transformative research partnerships, convened by DSA Council member and a member of the DSA’s Decolonisation Study Group @BalchaEyob
Watch the recording here ⤵️
buff.ly/45pVIbL
Our IGSD Theme Global Health is hosting a Research Symposium today bringing together over 40 colleagues from different departments across @sheffielduni to tackle global challenges. Supported by @IGSD and @shefunihealth & International Partnerships
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
As we celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay, we draw attention to @VaneBailo's research into climate change mitigation, in the world's fastest-growing cities.
Learn about initiatives in places where #ClimateAction is urgent 👉 bit.ly/3Ravofu
@sheffielduni #FrontierResearch
Former IGSD Fellows launching their new book!
Virtual talk on our open access book Settler Ecologies [Kenya] happening 3 June 2024 📖🐾🌱
Register here for Zoom link birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gov…
Book free to download here utorontopress.com/9781487557…
@Charisenns @GlobalDevInst @PolEcoNet @Kenya_IMPACT @CanGeographers @RGS_IBG
IGSD Fellow Pamela Richardson and colleagues from @MakeItGrowZWE are cooking up some great videos!
🎥✨ Excited to recap our Training of Trainers video making session from Monday! We reviewed our videos and gave feedback and discussed using video for project communications, like advocacy and campaign videos. We are making great progress! 📹🚀 #VideoMaking #community
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
🎥✨ Excited to recap our Training of Trainers video making session from Monday! We reviewed our videos and gave feedback and discussed using video for project communications, like advocacy and campaign videos. We are making great progress! 📹🚀 #VideoMaking #community
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
Excellent, intense and interactive expert workshop on #digitalisation & #climate change @IIASAVienna. Thank you @iDODDLE_Oxford @2D4D_ERC for hosting. Presented digitalization-for-sustainab… report. Discussions and collaborations continue!
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
📢 Don't miss this @devcomms webinar on 30 May!
🔎 Decolonising Development Studies and the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations
devstud.org.uk/2024/04/30/ds…
Interdisciplinary innovation and creative problem-solving- @IGSD_Shef, @iForgeUoS, @sheffielduni Education for Sustainable Development workshop with students from Engineering, Urban Planning & Geography collaborating & sharing across cultures & disciplines #weareinternational
Global Sustainable Development Sheffield retweeted
Our workshop today with students from Geography, Engineering and Planning thinking through practical sustainable development interventions together, learning across cultures. Great collaboration between @IGSD_Shef @iForgeUoS and Education for SD at @sheffielduni, @sheffieldgeog
