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Kyungmee Kim

@kyungmekim.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in political science @Swedish Defence University | Climate security| Water cooperation | Technology | Myanmar | 🇸🇪🇰🇷😺👧

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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy Seollal!!! May the year of horse be peaceful 🕊️
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
What is a Swedish teenager made of? It’s -3 C, she is without a jacket.. I am freezing… with a jacket 🥶
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New year, new publication! I’m delighted to share my article, “Rebel responses to disasters in conflict zones: a case study of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar,” published in Disasters, deepening our understanding of conflict-disaster relations. It’s open access doi.org/10.1111/disa...
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Rebel responses to disasters in conflict zones: a case study of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar
Populations in conflict-affected contexts face overlapping drivers of disaster risk. This article explores the intersection of disasters and armed conflict through an analysis of the role of non-stat...
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Recently my daughter has shared me some of her first feminist observations: After looking at Rembrandt status in Leiden, “Why are most famous people and status men?” Her school: “Why do girls always talk about which boys they love, but have boys never talked about that?” So proud ❤️
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I support the decision to support Ukraine, but this level of budget support comes with serious risks of corruption. We already know the risk of pouring too much money into a country. John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan spoke about this exact risk of corruption in Ukraine
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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Check it! Can the world quit coal? theconversation.com/can-the-worl...
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Can the world quit coal?
Nearly a third of all countries worldwide have pledged to phase out their unabated coal-burning power. But China and India are still adding coal plants – for now.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Now the PM has apologized to the Asian nations and instructed to share apologies through social media channels of Finnish embassies in Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing. This diplomatic apology seems to be driven by the strategic logic to protect the Finnish trade and economic interests in these countries
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 12/12/2025
new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI? i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
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You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I finally put up some seasons decor in the house. I know it’s late… still not managed to put up a tree 😭 but I like this particular corner that has become multicultural, with Korean vases, Sun Wukong/ monkey king from Cambodia, and Swedish Lucia singers
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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨 I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions. Link and more information in second post. Position Start: Fall 2026 Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Closing date for British Academy/Cara/Leverhulme Researchers at Risk applications is 14 January 2026. 'Grants are available to support research project activities for eligible researchers in all disciplines except medical and health sciences.' 1/2
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Researchers at Risk Research Support Open Grants - British Academy / Cara / Leverhulme
The Leverhulme Trust is providing funding of £1,000,000 over five years targeted at providing research support for researchers at risk. Grants are available to support research project activities for ...
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This says so much about academia…
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Exploring the intersection of water diplomacy & AI! Our latest study with @abeersahmad.bsky.social dives into expert insights on how AI is shaping water knowledge. Read the full article on Ambio on this groundbreaking topic! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AI #WaterManagement #Innovation
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Making water knowledge with Artificial Intelligence: A qualitative study of expert interviews on water diplomacy - Ambio
Water knowledge, understanding the current and future availability and needs of water, has been critical in negotiating international water disputes. Drawing from expert interviews, this article exami...
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New Security Beat @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Artificial intelligence is lauded for its potential to reshape how data and knowledge are introduced, shared, and used in transboundary water negotiations. In a new post on #NSB, Kyungmee Kim reveals the promises and perils of AI and water diplomacy: www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/11/shal...
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Shall We Ask ChatGPT About Water During Negotiation?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape how data and knowledge are produced, shared, and used in transboundary water negotiations, but it also risks entrenching political [...]
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Should be a good episode (releases Aug 1st) on @insightmyanmar.bsky.social with @kyungmekim.bsky.social talking how ethnic resistance, ecological protection & anti-authoritarianism overlap in Myanmar... against state-level extraction, corruption, violence & displacement. Should be good.
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Episode #371: The Resistance Will Not Be Dammed — Insight Myanmar
A climate-conflict researcher exposes how rivers spark resistance and how peace is shaped by pressure.
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Earth System Governance Project @esgproject.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Looking for your next job in #EarthSystemGovernance research? Look no further! A list filled with the latest #vacancies and opportunities can be found in our last newsletter 📧 mailchi.mp/earthsystemg... #PhD #Postdoc #Researcher
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June Newsletter
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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Check it out! Suspending the #Indus Waters Treaty: What it Means and Why it Matters - #India #Pakistan #Kashmir #Rivers #Water #Peace @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/06/susp...
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Suspending the Indus Waters Treaty: What it Means and Why it Matters
On April 23, 2025, India announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following an attack that killed more than 20 tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. While the region’s history [......
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Wow… this was a huge waste of time for everyone involved… any authors who are considering submitting, take note
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Two fundraisers for the Earthquake emergency in Myanmar that I am certain won't funnel aid through the Junta are: This one by Advance Myanmar: www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-eart... & This one by @betterburma.bsky.social & @insightmyanmar.bsky.social #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Donate to Emergency Relief for Myanmar: Help Earthquake Survivors, organized by Insight Myanmar
Emergency Relief for Myanmar: Help Earthquake Survivors Now … Insight Myanmar needs your support for Emergency Relief for Myanmar: Help Earthquake Survivors
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CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · 10/03/2025
NEW: The CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program premieres the first two episodes of Hidden Depths, a new six-part narrative podcast miniseries exploring the dynamics of water conflict and the possibilities for water cooperation. Dive into the episodes below 👇
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I’ve refrained from reading the news over the past few weeks, but realizing that avoiding it isn’t right to respond to the atrocious attacks on our democracy and the future of our children. I want to engage in constructive conversations that channel our collective anger and frustration, but how?
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UCLA Water Resources Group @uclawater.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“Those releases had absolutely zero to do with anything to do in Los Angeles,” @gregspierce.bsky.social commented to @gabriellecanon.bsky.social in new @theguardian.com story on Trump-ordered water releases. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Ridiculous blunder’: Trump wades into California’s water wars – and strikes some of his strongest supporters
Billions of gallons of irrigation water were wasted under Trump’s orders in what now appears to be a political stunt
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 04/02/2025
📣 Are you ready to shine a light on the #changemakers reshaping our world for the better? Nominations are open for the #RightLivelihood Award! Nominate by March 3 to help recognise the impact of those unsung heroes who dare to make a difference! ➡️ rightlivelihood.org/nominate
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I am excited to share that the Swedish Research Council has granted funding for our application “Frontline Defenders for Peace? Exploring the role of Environmental Human Rights Defenders in the era of environmental transformation”.
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Adrien Detges @adetges.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📑new paper by @kyungmekim.bsky.social on the potential of #AI for #climateSecurity with a discussion of potential pitfalls around data quality and availability, model and algorithmic biases, transparency and other challenges. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AI4good #AI4peace #data4peace
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The promise and peril of deploying artificial intelligence for climate security
“Climate security” or “climate, peace, and security” has become a prominent policy agenda promoting international peace and security. This comment dis…
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
School shootings are rare in #Sweden, so yesterday's news is a shock. The scene of shooting is an adult school, run by a municipality for adults. This school is not limited to but mostly attended by immigrants wishing to gain a high-school certificate for higher education or jobs. RIP
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New Publication! I explore the potential role AI plays in tackling climate-related security risks. As AI systems become key tools in addressing climate security, the article dives deep into both their possibilities and the ethical challenges they pose. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The promise and peril of deploying artificial intelligence for climate security
“Climate security” or “climate, peace, and security” has become a prominent policy agenda promoting international peace and security. This comment dis…
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
There is a prevalent fear that climate change will lead to mass migration from MENA to Europe, framing it as a security threat. In this piece, I highlight both the fears and the facts within the narrative, while pointing out the critical issues at stake. #climate manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
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De-Securitizing Climate Migration in the Middle East and North Africa - Manara Magazine
Global warming and the climate crisis affect all regions of the world, but the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is particularly vulnerable.
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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Appreciate @kyungmekim.bsky.social leaning into the complexity of climate & migration in the Middle East & North Africa rather than oversimplification so common on this issue & in such short formats manaramagazine.org/2025/01/de-s...
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De-Securitizing Climate Migration in the Middle East and North Africa - Manara Magazine
Global warming and the climate crisis affect all regions of the world, but the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is particularly vulnerable.
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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 29/01/2025
Press Release 📣 Singapore-listed Interra Resources supplying #Myanmar junta with two million barrels of oil, worth US$150M+, fuelling war crimes. Interra Resources must cease supplying oil to the military junta 📰 Press Release bit.ly/3PV0GWJ 👉🏽 Feature bit.ly/4hbECDu
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Jana Krause @janakrause.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My depart is hiring 2-4 (!!) Associate Profs, with tenure & promotion track. Open call - but we're particularly looking for a profile in IR, security studies, conflict - and qualitative methods + fieldwork. Great place - happy to answer questions! Deadline soon ⤵️ www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo
Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
£1.6 trillion to clean up pollution from PFAS manufactured by some of the wealthiest companies in the world, used in thousands of everyday products, now linked to serious health harms. Who foots that bill? Our article in today's @guardian, Out now: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe
Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Woke up this morning like a zombie next to my 2-year-old, who fussed about her hair and blanket all night long. Monday morning coffee at my desk tastes extra good on a morning like this #academicmom
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Today, I visited the Mesdag Panorama, a 360-degree painting of Scheveningen—now a popular holiday destination, but once a bustling fishing village. It's quite an ingenious way to capture the panoramic view of the sea.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I just finished Han Kang’s Human Acts, a beautifully written story of trauma, violence, humanness, and inhumanity during the Gwangju Uprising. Each page was painful to turn, and I found myself pausing multiple times. Highly recommend it.
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UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A new article by Isabel Bramsen from Lund University and Isak Svensson from our department explores the designs and dynamics of past, present, and potential mediation and negotiation efforts to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The article is available open access 👉 brill.com/view/journal...
Foreground contains text 'New Research: Peace Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War: When, Who, and How?' The background is a picture of the department in winter.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I love watching professionally organized fireworks from a distance but don’t get the appeal of people setting off their own. It’s a serious business—just in the Netherlands, 118 million euros worth of fireworks were purchased w/ serious safety risks www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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German officials call for clampdown on illegal ‘firework bombs’ after five deaths
Explosives brought in from Poland and the Czech Republic are combined with household items for a bigger bang
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Most “conflict minerals” are commodities traded for financial gain, but Myanmar’s amber from Kachin State is purchased by scientists for data collection. While this may seem like a different case, it’s still highly problematic for many reasons. @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social has reported on this, e.g.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I'll definitely check these out! I haven't done 'proper' fieldwork since my first child was born. Now, I'm planning one for next spring, and I’m worried about whether I can pull it off. Or I should just accept that I will be less focused and given less time #academicsky
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
When you share your research topic with a senior academic and they respond with a sympathetic 'aha' and a lot of nodding, it's probably because they worked on it before... and it didn't quite work out #academicsky
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Nini Gegidze @ninigegidze.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Watching live right now – Georgians dancing the “Khorumi” war dance with incredible pride, lifting the flags of both Georgia and Europe.🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Cutting water access to Palestinians is genocide
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Are you a scholar at risk and interested in teaching an online course on #Myanmar? It's open for Master's degree holders who are politically persecuted and displaced. offuniversity.org/news/call-fo...
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Call for Course Proposals on Myanmar - Off University
Off University is inviting proposals for an online course on Myanmar taught by scholars at risk.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
After Martial Law was declared, the commander of the Special Forces passively resisted Yoon's order by delaying operations at the parliament. This highlights the power of passive resistance in critical moments. If he chose to dissent, he could have been replaced by a loyalist who would take orders.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
174 #Myanmar civil society organizations support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing. See the letter: progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2024/12/09/c...
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Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing - Progressive Voice Myanmar
On the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, we, 174 Myanmar civil society organizations, have the honor to addres...
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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Ragheed al-Tatari, a Syrian airforce pilot who refused orders to bomb civilians in Hama, sent to Syria’s notorious Sednaya Military Prison.
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Kyungmee Kim @kyungmekim.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
In your 20s: 'Dr. [Name] has 15 years of experience in the field of...' Wow, so experienced! 😲 In your 30s: 'I have 15 years of experience in XXX'... OMG, am I old?? 🤨
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New Security Beat @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
💫 Apply today! Applications for the Agents of Change Youth Fellowship close December 15. Learn more about this opportunity for emerging leaders from the MENA region seeking meaningful careers at the intersection of climate change and security ⬇️ buff.ly/3z6GREr
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Charlie Thame @charliethame.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Next Wednesday in Bangkok! "Revolutionary Countryside: Life on the Land after Myanmar's Military Coup" 🟢 Speaker: Dr. Jenny Hedström (Assoc. Prof. in War Studies Swedish Defence University) 📌 Registration: forms.office.com/r/3PyJcHN5wt
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