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Dave Humphreys

@dkhumphreys.bsky.social
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Professor, Dept of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford. Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan (2023-25).

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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
prize fellowships are out: two three-year postdoc positions in sociology, time and resources to carry out independent research projects with minimal distraction. Deadline 21 September. Details: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Dr Meaghan Thumath @meaghanthumath.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sobering news from WHO today that the #Ebola epidemic is now killing one person every 30 minutes. We need to urgently scale up the response and global solidarity before this virus gets even further ahead of us. #DRC www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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B.C. nurse helps families in Ebola-stricken Congo bury loved-ones with dignity
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has seen more than 1,500 people die from the Ebola virus during what African health officials are calling the fastest-growing outbreak they've ever seen. The lat...
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 25/06/2026
DeSmog is turning 20! 🎂 Join DeSmog on July 8th – along with special guests @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social and Jim Hoggan – as we look back on two decades of climate accountability wins and reflect on how we can usher in the end of climate obstruction. RSVP: buff.ly/ujMMGga
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Reform UK politicians pit the ruling elite against "ordinary people”. But do their policy proposals actually serve working class communities? And what is the class background of their own party elite? @vladimirbortun.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social explore #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Does Reform UK serve the interests of the working class?
Reform UK politicians contrast the ruling elite with "ordinary people”. But do their policy proposals serve - or fail - working class communities?
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🧡 New (open access) research alert: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... “We can endure suffering but not meaninglessness”: Identity, meaning-making, and community in online firearm violence survivor networks
Survivor networks: language & legitimacy, pathways (and limits) to civic engagement, visibility & performance of survivorship, emotional & practical lifelines
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Michelle Kelly-Irving @mkellyirving.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Often come back to a talk by @jlynch13.bsky.social on how social policy is a mechanism for “containing inequality”… How much, for whom, under which conditions. Our tolerance for inequality reflects something about society, values, ethics.
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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I’m over the moon to share that yesterday I completed my DPhil @dspi-oxford.bsky.social 🎉 There are so many thank yous, but firstly to my amazing and unbelievably supportive supervisors @gwshorter.bsky.social @bchrisinger.bsky.social @dkhumphreys.bsky.social 1/4
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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨 Proud supervisor alert 🚨 One my 1st PhD students just passed his viva! Give @ben-scher.bsky.social a follow for rigorous qualitative + participant-centered #HarmReduction research. s/o to amazing co-sup team @gwshorter.bsky.social @dkhumphreys.bsky.social @dspi-oxford.bsky.social 🛟 #academicsky
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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Very excited to share our new paper in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social 🎉 In this paper we look at experiences of people who use drugs in public and semi public drug consumption environments and the need for OPCs in England.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🇺🇸 Non-MAGA Americans - listen up! At the Bylines Network (UK), we've a new project to amplify non-MAGA American voices at a time when US media are not adequately capturing the chaos, fear & disruption in people's lives. But we're collecting the stories. This is citizen journalism. Take a look. 👇
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Bylines from America - Bylines Network
Given the state of US lately, Bylines Network feels it is time to extend our platform for unheard voices from America
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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
If you are in the Oxford area and interested in drug policy, come catch @gwshorter.bsky.social who will be giving a guest lecture on the evidence-base surrounding overdose prevention centres 🎉 🗓️ Thursday 1st of May ⏰ 6pm-7pm 📍Wolfson College www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/event/from-s...
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From Street to Safety: Exploring the How and Why of Overdose Prevention Centres - Wolfson College
Dr. Gillian Shorter is a leading researcher in drug policy, whose work has significantly advanced the empirical and policy understanding of overdose prevention centres (OPCs). Her contributions includ...
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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The DOJ has cancelled millions of dollars in grants for gun violence prevention, victim advocacy, and addiction support. This will hurt local governments and grass-roots organizations doing life-saving work. The assault on public safety continues. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence and addiction prevention, victim advocacy
In an email to staff, the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs said the canceled grants don’t align with Trump administration priorities.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Excited to share my first #PhD paper, now published in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social 📝 #scopingreview #gunviolence Read more: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https://a...
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
📢 New Research in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social Read more: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https://a... #GunViolence #PublicHealth #TheLancet @dspi-oxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Hi to all of the new faces on here 👋🏼 We are accepting new participants for our research study! Please share widely 🧡 #gunviolence #survivorship #GVP #AcademicSky #SocSky
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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
To staff at CDC and everyone working in public health: we’re with you.
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Ben Bradford @benbradford.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is really important work IMO - great to have been involved.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
To start off Black History Month, resharing this exploration of early 20th-century Black physicians. These medical pioneers overcame great odds to enter the field of medicine, including barriers erected by established medical societies, universities, state and local governments. 🛟 🩺 HistMed
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US County-Level Variation in Availability and Prevalence of Black Physicians in 1906
This cross-sectional study examines state- and county-level patterns related to the training and availability of Black physicians using data from the first edition of the American Medical Directory.
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Still recruiting for our study on the ripples of #gunviolence! Are you 18+? Have you experienced firearm violence in the U.S.? Click here to learn more: forms.office.com/e/7HphbRnfQJ
Survivor-Led Research Study
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
The Ripples of Firearm Violence
Ethics Approval Reference: R94701/RE001
This research aims to explore the physical, psychological, and social impacts of firearm violence on survivors, their families and communities with shared identities.

It involves two components: an online demographic questionnaire and a conversation about your experience(s) with firearm violence via Microsoft
Teams.

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Anyone 18+ who has directly or indirectly experienced firearm violence in the U.S.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We need good journalists more than ever. Here are some great ones working in the climate space. Follow them. Amplify them. Support them if you can.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🔴 NEW 🔴 A US climate denial group with close ties to Donald Trump has been working with far-right politicians to undermine EU green reforms. 📝 My @desmog.bsky.social story with the Guardian 👇🏻
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Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties
Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies
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Michelle Kelly-Irving @mkellyirving.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Trump stops health agencies from communication on health & vital statistics www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
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Jenna Panter @jennapanter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
We are looking for a data scientist to help us process and combine GPS and PA data, could it be you or someone you know? Deadline 18 Feb www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49988/
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Data Scientist (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Data Scientist (Fixed Term) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
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International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 21/01/2025
BREAKING: We’re only two days into the Trump-Vance Administration, and they have seemingly disbanded the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention already—making it clear this Administration works for the gun lobby, not the American people.
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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar @mattansb.msbstats.info · 06/01/2025
Hey #StatsSky, what are you favorite papers to cite when you need to justify something that is obvious (I once had a reviewer ask we justify the use of logistic regression on a binary outcome) or when you need to push-back on silly reviewer requests (e.g., asking for p-values in table 1)?
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 01/01/2025
🟢 31 Reasons to read DeSmog in 2025 #1: Hazel Healy, Editor-in-Chief Subscribe to read stories from @hazelhealy.bsky.social! loom.ly/0yZWfJ8 #climatejustice
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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A few papers I think worth reading. Mostly open access. Causal inference is hard: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Causal inference on human behaviour - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Review, Drew Bailey et al. present an accessible, non-technical overview of key challenges for causal inference in studies of human behaviour as well as methodological solutions to these chall...
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Sophie Yates @sophieyates.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We reflect on the force that was Gemma Carey and how she brought us together with Power to Persuade www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/the-pow...
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The power to persuade: a tribute to Professor Gemma Carey — Power to Persuade
Professor Gemma Carey passed away in November 2024 after a long illness . Alongside her distinguished academic career , she co-founded Power to Persuade in 2011 and was its co-director until...
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Colin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This figure, borrowed from Public Health Scotland, is an interesting comparison of the alcohol-specific deaths situation in Scotland and England - looking at the ratio between the two. It highlights how big the gap was in the early 2000s, but also how it's fallen since Minimum Unit Pricing in 2018
A line chart showing the ratio of alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland to England from 2001-2023. In 2002, Scotland had more then 3 times as many deaths. This fell to just below double in 2012, then plateaued at that level until 2019, after the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland, when it began to fall again. Deaths are now around 50% higher in Scotland.
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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Excited to share our new paper describing DCRs as ‘inclusion health interventions’! Thank you to @bchrisinger.bsky.social @dkhumphreys.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social for their guidance on this piece. Link: harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our research team, led by Dr. Jessica Hamilton at Rutgers, is recruiting NJ teens for an ongoing longitudinal study to learn more about social media use, mental health, and gun violence exposure. $200+ compensation available. See flyer below for full details. Please share widely!
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 30/11/2024
Three years ago today, four students were killed and seven were injured at Oxford High School in Michigan. Local leaders worked the next two years to pass historic gun safety reform. They must continue to honor the lives lost with action. #mileg
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Linking theory with research, choosing a theoretical framework and developing alternative explanations www.raulpacheco.org/2020/12/link... In this post I discuss the importance of establishing theoretical expectations, alternative explanations and linking theory with empirics. #RPVSky
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Linking theory with research, choosing a theoretical framework and developing alternative explanations
I taught Research Design this past fall and one of the key challenges I see
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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Final reminder that we're growing our team at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center (@njgvrc.bsky.social)! We're looking to hire 3 postdoctoral fellows to start in Summer 2025. We begin reviewing applications 12/1 - more information in the doc and QR code! acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?...
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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I am so tired
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The mad, mad world of British Higher Education. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Research-led teaching means UK universities ‘going broke’ - Research Professional News
King’s vice-chancellor warns current system “cannot continue” unless research time is protected
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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Today is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. Did you know that most #firearm deaths in the U.S. are by #suicide? Thinking of the many lives taken, families forever changed, and communities experiencing the ripples of suicide today. 🧡
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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
What are the big debates in quantitative sociology methods right now? Stuff that we really are still debating the answer to? Lots of debates in causal inference, I know, and definitely in the Age-Period-Cohort area too. Anything in sampling methodology? Measurement?
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Feels like working in the British coal industry in 1982. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens
As a new academic year dawns, international competition, government policies and inflationary pressures could be pushing some universities to the brink of bankruptcy.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
cc'ing the tenure and promotion committee #academicsky
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Dave Humphreys @dkhumphreys.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A reminder that in 2023 Matt #Gaetz introduced the National Stand Your Ground Act (2023), a bill that codifies a “Stand Your Ground” law at the federal level, eliminating any duty to retreat when threatened with violence... 1/2
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Feeling like we are going to need all of the effective health and science communication we can muster for the next while.. LET'S GO!!!! go.bsky.app/DV3dLBw #episky
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Colin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Some good tips here on giving good conference presentations, most of which I'd strongly endorse. I'm not entirely convinced about the point about fewer slides being unambiguously better though. www.addiction-ssa.org/career-resou...
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Conference presentations 101
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