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Dr Dayo Eseonu

@deseonu.bsky.social
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Mum| loved by God | Learner | Interested in racial equity and policymaking. I use creative and participatory methods to co-create knowledge with racially minoritised young people to influence policymaking. Lecturer in Politics and Policy, Lancaster Uni, UK

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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Sharing the story of route to and within academia hopefully demonstrates that there is no single route.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It was such a pleasure to have this conversation. Watch 👇🏾
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
My co-editor, Kofi LeNiles and I are inviting scholars, practitioners, community members and activists to engage with this call for contributors as we reflect on the purpose of Black education and what it does for Black children. Deadline is 31st January. Submit here: tinyurl.com/HandbookBlac...
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I am quite candid about my experience of navigating my PhD experience. Listen to myself, our fantastic host Leonie and the other amazing guest on the episode, Burcin.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I felt every single sentence of this video!
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/07/2025
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza. Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k
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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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INSPIRE @horizon-inspire.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
INSPIRE panel at #IPSA2025 — thanks to our presenters and discussant ‪@kathaesa.bsky.social‬, lively exchange on Intersectionality & Participatory Deliberative Democracy with plenty of fresh angles. Thanks to everyone who contributed! We’ll keep you posted! #InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Naoimh McMahon will deliver a talk on 'Rethinking the thinking on inequalities' for the Racial Equity in Policy Network on July 23rd at 12.30pm. Her work sets out what might be keeping inequalities in place and, importantly, provides ideas on how to disrupt institutionalised ways of thinking
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In light of attacks against CRT both here in the UK and the US, this was a really engaging read! www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/critica...
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"Critical Race Theory, Science and Pseudoscience": A Conversation with Victor Ray and Sam Hoadley-Brill
Critical race theory (CRT) is based on the premises of pervasive racial inequality and a social constructionist (i.e. anti-essentialist) conception of race. It challenges the idea that the superficial...
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Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place @livuniheseltine.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
New in Innovations in Public Policy from @deseonu.bsky.social on anti-racist institutionalism. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in.... With racial equity largely silent from the devolution debate so far, how can English regional institutions use their power to reduce racial inequalities?
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Anti-racist institutionalism - Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place - University of Liverpool
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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TKC 2025 - Day 6 - Amazing Grace by Matt Redman and Friends
YouTube video by Thy Kingdom Come
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I look forward to listening to this.
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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#Petition in solidarity with staff at #Newcastle University, who are being put through some twisted 'academic hunger games' to keep their jobs against the threat of draconian compulsory redundancies. More info and petition: chng.it/754BbStwZp
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End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I completely missed that Inua Ellams wrote an episode for Doctor Who. I just watched the episode and my goodness, my fave episode ever! It’s so beautiful, so nuanced, so true! Anyone read a more articulate review, please send my way! Read his process here. www.okayafrica.com/inua-ellams-...
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How Inua Ellams Brought African Folklore and Poetry into the ‘Doctor Who’ Universe | OkayAfrica
A long-time fan of the time-travelling hero, the acclaimed poet and playwright brought the character to Africa with emotional depth and moxie.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Absolutely insane headline. This is what genocide looks like. This is what our ruling classes have decided will be normal.
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INSPIRE @horizon-inspire.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Register now for INSPIRE's webinar on the 29th of May at 13:00 GMT. Visit tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... to secure your spot. #InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
What a fantastic piece, a call to action in the face of increasing authoritarian measures…”when working within the system becomes working for the system”!
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Great first day @PolStudiesAssoc conference, lots of great conversations within and outside of panels. Ended the day with a panel from @PSA_Race inc a paper on institutional racism, similar thoughts to my article on anti-racist institutionalism (doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…) #PSA25
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
What a fantastic offering to us by @folukeifejola.bsky.social, rich insightful reflections and collation of resources to navigate and think through what decolonisation is. It’s one of the best I have come across. Thank you so much.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The Racial Equity in Policy Network will be holding its quarterly meeting on the 31st of March at 12noon, as an online brown bag lunch event. I will be curating a space for policymakers to reflect on the current political climate. Register at: www.trybooking.com/uk/EQEX
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Brown Bag Lunch event: At the crossroads of racial equity
The Racial Equity in Policy Network is holding an online brown bag lunch event to create space for policymakers to reflect on their position in the...
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is such a great video highlighting the coloniality of power, knowledge and being. It really brings together the work of learning and unlearning I continue to undertake…
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It was a pleasure to be in conversation with this fantastic group of people and to share some of our practices with those who attended the teaching cafe.
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Katy Rubin @katyrubin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Wonderful day in Birmingham with these two 🔥 facilitators: rehearsal for @horizon-inspire.bsky.social Legislative Theatre proj. w/West Midlands Combined Authority, on equity in employment opportunities! RSVP for the event on 24 March at @unibirmingham.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/InspireLT
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Happening next week Tuesday! I have enjoyed the planning conversations & look forward to sharing our insights with you. I am also keen to hear others experiences so if you want to know more about engaging with racially diverse groups whether you are teaching or practicing public participation!
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
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Mohammed R. Mhawish @mohamhawish.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“I found her ring in the rubble, blackened, but I could still see our names engraved inside. I held it so tight it cut my palm. I didn’t feel it. All I felt was her absence.” I talked with twenty people in Gaza after the ceasefire, who shared raw, heart-wrenching stories of grief, loss, and hope.
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Snapshots: I spoke with 20 people in Gaza after the ceasefire. My heart broke 20 times
In the aftermath of war, Gaza's people are picking up the pieces—of their homes, their families, and their lives. These 20 snapshots show what survival looks like and what it costs.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This is a really interesting article. I can see connections with Nasar Meer’s book on the cruel optimism of racial justice.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It’s great to be part of this project!
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Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I have been appalled & disgusted by the silence of academic colleauges on the genocide in Gaza (but not surprised). So I expect little from them. For everyone else who cares about knowledge, humanity & truth, this is an powerful film on the scholasticide perpetrated by Israel youtu.be/G5MmIDc1LXE
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Our Universities Live On: Testimonials of Hope from Gaza
YouTube video by Fobzu (Friends of Birzeit University)
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Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A fascinating book by Matt Ryan on why citizen participation succeeds or fails. The big question for political action, beyond the scope of this research is: what do we do when politicians' commitment is absent? @adrianbua.bsky.social @sbussu.bsky.social @ricardgoma.bsky.social @brunoleipold.com
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
In 467 days, Israel has killed 46,788 Palestinians in Gaza (excluding thousands more whose deaths remain unreported, missing, or buried under the rubble) and injured 110,453 individuals.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A massive thank you to Prof @jowolff.bsky.social for accepting my invitation to come to Lancaster to talk about your co-authored book. My brain is buzzing with so many ideas on what this means for what I do. Available open access here: academic.oup.com/book/55798
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Looking for a more radical reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham City Jail? The Review of Democracy and I got you covered: revdem.ceu.edu/2023/04/16/n...
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No Justin, No Martin, No Peace | Review of Democracy
Representative Pearson is part of this tradition of American political protest – a tradition that conservative conceptions of civility and peaceful protest mischaracterize and aim to delegitimize; a t...
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A crucial read from @truthout.org: "With these choices, corporate media outlets make a rightward societal shift appear inevitable. Movement media’s role is to resist that tendency, and offer an alternative. We have a responsibility to remind people of what we have lost, and what we could still win."
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A Call to Media Organizations: Don’t Back Down in the Face of Trump’s Threats
Trump’s attacks on press freedom aren’t separate from his attacks on oppressed communities. We must resist them all.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I am currently reading this and honestly! It’s helping me articulate why I am so passionate about ‘imagination’ when working with young people on issues of racial inequalities.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15/01/2025
Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It has been great to sit on the board, learning lots about the democracy sector and sharing my expertise on making democratic processes more inclusive. If you want to find out more, message me.
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Uma Kumaran MP @umakumaran.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Foreign influence and industrial pumping of disinformation on a scale we’ve not previously seen. He’s tweeted re UK politics over 200x in the last 9 days. He’s the richest man in the world and owns one of the world’s biggest social ‘media’ platforms. We must fight back www.ft.com/content/dd4b...
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Musk examines how to oust Starmer as UK prime minister before next election
Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
In our final Digest piece for the year, we feature a conversation between @katyrubin.bsky.social & Stuart Dunne with our very own @Sonia Bussu 🤩 On engaging young people in #participatory processes 🎧 www.publicdeliberation.net/building-mea...
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Almost 4 years after finishing my PhD, I can now share one of the key conceptual contributions from my PhD. I argue for the need for a new strand of new institutionalist theory, anti-racist institutionalism.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This is great! One to share with my students on my lecture series: politics of race, racism and anti-racism.
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Abdalhadi Alijla @abdalhadi.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Some people expect Palestinians, including me, to be sane and act or behave normally. Do you think we don’t want to be normal? Who on earth could endure the genocide of their family, relatives, friends, and city—and remain unaffected? Who? How dare you ask or expect this.
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Dr Dayo Eseonu @deseonu.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
In 2025, praying and hoping that oppressors will experience defeat from Sudan to Congo to Palestine to Ukraine and everywhere there is a struggle for freedom.
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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Billionnaires stole your living. Not immigrants. Not minorities. Not people who follow a different religion. Billionnaires. Noone needs a billion to live. Billionnaires could easily give you the money you lack and not notice the loss. They do not. They never will.
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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
If all you want for Christmas is a new job, then I have just the thing. Come work with me on the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project. Join a great dept at Southampton, and an international team researching the European wave of climate assemblies. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow, Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i)
We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety...
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Djamé 🟥 @zehavoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Fucking hell... Seriously, there's no going back from this. If it were not from Haaretz, nobody would believe it. Worse part? Nobody fucking cares. archive.ph/NVG4p#select...
A recently discharged Division 252 officer describes the arbitrary nature of this boundary: "For the division, the kill zone extends as far as a sniper can see." But the issue goes beyond geography. "We're killing civilians there who are then counted as terrorists," he says. "The IDF spokesperson's announcements about casualty numbers have turned this into a competition between units. If Division 99 kills 150 [people], the next unit aims for 200."

These accounts of indiscriminate killing and the routine classification of civilian casualties as terrorists emerged repeatedly in Haaretz's conversations with recent Gaza veterans.
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