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Prof. Lee Bosher

@leebosher.bsky.social
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Professor of Risk at the University of Leicester, dad, Coventry City fan and non-league football supporter. #NoNaturalDisasters

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#ClimateAction can make life better for everyone. Barcelona's network of protected bike and roll lanes allows Carlos to leave his car at home and roll where he is going faster. Less fossil fuels. Less expensive. More trees. More fun! #wheelchair #urbantruth
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
An important campaign has been launched to address the possibility that the EM-DAT database might cease to exist. Please read and sign the open letter and support efforts to preserve this important database. You can add your name to the open letter here: openletter.earth/the-worlds-c...
Screenshot of EM-DAT open letter
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
“Although we cannot ignore the practical gains that English as a lingua franca brings for research, we can’t turn a blind eye to the fact that this hegemony creates serious problems for everyone, native speakers included.” ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1903
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Power Dynamics are Everywhere, and Language is no Exception
We can talk in English, but can we talk about English? By Basile Boulay (part 3 of 3) Facilitating publication in English for non-native speakers is important: as we saw in the previous post (1st p…
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Using the word *crackdown* about international students is a pretty strong indicator of how far gone the UK is. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Affluent Areas Benefit More from Flood Solutions Funding scienmag.com/affluent-are... #NbS #England #Flooding #NFM #IMD
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Affluent Areas Benefit More from Flood Solutions Funding
Market-based instruments (MBIs) have emerged as a novel approach in the fight against flooding, harnessing economic principles to fund nature-based solutions (NbS). As climate change exacerbates flood
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This! All day every day.
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Excellent new paper led by Dr Bart Hill in Nature Comms “Market-based instruments to fund nature-based solutions for flood risk management can disproportionately benefit affluent areas” #NbS #NFM #equity #IMD #England (free to download) 👇🏼 rdcu.be/eCWd9
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Ken Mist 🇨🇦 @kenmist.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Hero And Heroine Strawbs 1974 - A&M Saddened to hear of the passing of David Cousins today at the age of the 85. One of the most distinctive voices in prog rock. #vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Charnwood Forest: Bid to win Unesco status for historic landscape
Charnwood Forest has been put forward to be considered as a Unesco Global Geopark.
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Dr. Julian Lozos @seismogenic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
⚒️🧪🌋🇮🇸 The fissure slowly extended to the north over the past hours. It is 2.4 km long now, and also extends further north than any of the previous fissures. This new map shows a smaller lava cover area than has been the case in the earlier stages of previous eruptions. www.vedur.is/um-vi/fretti...
A map of the southern central Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Bright red lines mark the currently active eruptive fissures. Darker red lines show guard walls meant to keep lava away from infrastructure. Lava flows from this current eruption are shaded purple; the flows are mostly moving eastward, away from roads and infrastructure. Darker gray shading shows all of the lava that has erupted out of the Sundhnúksgígar fissure in the 9 eruptions since December 2023.
To the east, shaded in lighter gray, are the lava flows from the three Fagradalsfjall eruptions in 2021-2023.
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 09/07/2025
AGU is deeply disappointed in SCOTUS decision to overrule the order blocking the dismantling of fed agencies until we could make our case about the President’s unlawful actions.  The harm this will cause is shocking. However, we will continue to fight for the rule of law.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The disaster denialism continues.
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Quorn Football Club @quornfc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
There are still plenty of opportunities to catch Quorn in preseason action as we host Hinckley AFC, Anstey Nomads, Corby Town & OJM CFC. There are also visits to Shepshed Dynamo and Alfreton Town to come. #WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪ #TheReds🟥 #TheStottoStadium🏟
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Carsington Water triathlon cancelled due to water levels 😬 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Carsington Water triathlon cancelled due to water levels
Organisers say they are "dropping quickly", leaving thick mud and weeds along the shorelines.
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
While clearing out some old boxes, I found these mementos of the fun and rewarding academic journey that I’ve travelled since 2001. #BusinessCard #academiclife
Six business cards covering jobs at the universities of Middlesex and Loughborough since 2001.
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D*o.t_s>k°y @dottsky.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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Jessica Simor KC @jmpsimor.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The U.K. cannot continue to pretend it can make a “deal” with these people.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 28/03/2025
BREAKING: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has hit Myanmar, shaking parts of Thailand and Vietnam.
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Quake Hits Myanmar, Shaking Buildings in Thailand, Vietnam
A strong earthquake struck close to Mandalay in Myanmar, shaking buildings in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam.
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BNO News @bnonews.com · 28/03/2025
BREAKING: USGS upgrades magnitude of Myanmar earthquake to 7.7
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Stephen Hicks @seismo-steve.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Oooof. A massive earthquake at shallow depth pretty much right beneath Mandalay - Myanmar’s second largest city - that has a population of 1.6 million people. This country has gone through so much terrible upheaval over recent years - today’s earthquake could well be catastrophic
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Brilliant afternoon at QuornAFC as they secured a 3-0 win and became league Champions. 🍾 To make a special day even better, Phil Annets was handing out signed copies of his excellent book about the FA cup 👏🏼 Decent, but quite damp, attendance of 476 What an amazing day 😃
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janhaverkamp.bsky.social @janhaverkamp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
It is 14 years ago that an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan causing devastation taking thousands of victims. It also triggered the #Fukushima #nuclear disaster. We will never forget, like all other nuclear catastrophes. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation - Greenpeace International
The arrival of the Rainbow Warrior marks 40 years since Greenpeace crew evacuated over 300 people from the Rongelap atoll to Mejatto island, after toxic nuclear fallout from the Castle Bravo test rendered their ancestral lands uninhabitable.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 11/03/2025
Former students of a school in Miyagi Prefecture where 84 children and staff lost their lives in the tsunami triggered by the March 11, 2011, earthquake are working to turn the site into a community hub.
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Former students work to turn tsunami-hit elementary school into social hub
One former student felt the school has become increasingly defined solely by the tragedy.
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Trump sabotages climate change fix: the methane fee would have led to emissions reductions of 1.2 million tons of methane over the next 10 years, roughly equivalent to removing 8 million gas-powered cars from the road for one year. Trump ended it. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...
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A Straightforward Climate Fix Hits Another Setback
Cutting down emissions of planet-warming methane from oil and gas production was supposed to be relatively simple. It hasn’t worked that way.
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
OTD in 1946, 33 people died at Burnden Park during a FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. The subsequent official report by Moelwyn Hughes recommended more rigorous control of crowd sizes. #NeverForget
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“Scientists, stay in your lane!” goes the refrain. Well, we won’t - and Kit Yates eloquently lays out why we absolutely shouldn’t. Science IS political.
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Major incident declared over large #sinkhole, in Godstone, Surrey (affected road shaded in red). This area was formerly a sandpit so it would be interesting to hear what specialist ground works were undertaken in this area, specifically for the relatively new buildings? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Disastrous markets: three New Jersey counties — Cape May, Hudson, and Atlantic — were among the top 100 counties with the highest nonrenewal percentage for insurance from 2018 to 2023 (with a minimum of 10,000 policies) www.yahoo.com/news/report-...
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New report uncovers concerning insurance trend that could soon impact countless American homeowners: 'They're doing it because they have no choice'
“New Jersey isn’t there yet, but it could go in that direction.”
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Quorn Football Club @quornfc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
REPORT: Quorn 3-0 Corby Town. Noble scored a brace for the second game in a row and Goodson struck a goal of the season contender to round it off. A solid performance also saw a 14th cleansheet for the Reds. www.quornfc.co.uk/news/report-... #WeAreQuorn #QuornFC #TheMethodists⛪️ #TheReds🟥#100Years
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
SAVE THE DATE - 20 Feb If anyone in London wants to see our award-winning film Songs Of The Sufi there will be a screening at the @agakhanfoundation.bsky.social Aga Khan Centre near King’s Cross on 20 Feb. Save the date and watch this space for booking details youtu.be/YKLNlxkibeg?...
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Songs of the Sufi | Trailer
YouTube video by Songs of the Sufi
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A great performance resulted in a solid 3-0 victory for top of the table Quorn (against 2nd place Corby) moving them 19pts clear at the top of the NorthernPremLge Midlands Div. Bumper crowd of 502. Great value for money 👏🏼🍺🥧🍔🍟
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JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Listen to the Disaster Studies Accord song by Barefoot Bob and continue the advocacy: www.radixonline.org/news-and-eve... @kschmutina.bsky.social @kzcanete.bsky.social @wesinjapan.bsky.social @drrdynamics.bsky.social @leebosher.bsky.social @ajfaas.bsky.social @victormarchezini.bsky.social
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News & Events — RADIX: Radical Interpretations of Disasters
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Land Use Framework consultation government is launching is necessary and important. We urgently need to make strategic national decisions about what should go where: to restore ecosystems, stop urban flooding and better plan development.
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Conference info: ​11th i-Rec international conference on “(in)formalities: Understanding different forms of agency in disaster risk reduction, climate action, and reconstruction”. May 27-29th 2025, Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Please come and join us if you can…
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i-Rec 2025 | i-Rec 2025 Conference in Santiago de Chile
i-Rec 2025 Conference in Santiago de Chile. The 11th i-Rec conference (workshop, student competition and fieldwork) explores processes, actors, initiatives, and decisions in three main areas: disaster...
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Monika Al-Mufti @mrsgrabbag.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
☺️Delighted to 'officially' celebrate BlueSkyReilience's debut on LinkedIn. If #resilience and #preparedness interest you, like and follow me. I look forward to many engaging and capacity building conversations. Personal preparedness matters. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/.../monikaal....
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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
UK: a revised 2025 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR) has been released... cc @hasisd.bsky.social @selyst2023.bsky.social @mtthwhgn.bsky.social @hindshelen.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...
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National Risk Register 2025
The National Risk Register outlines the most serious risks facing the United Kingdom
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Helen Hinds @hindshelen.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
What makes The Cloud possible? Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful (h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏) #Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler
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The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
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JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Power, Prestige & Forgotten Values: A Disaster Studies Manifesto: www.radixonline.org/manifesto-ac... @kschmutina.bsky.social @leebosher.bsky.social @forino.bsky.social @victormarchezini.bsky.social @drrdynamics.bsky.social @eraju.bsky.social
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Manifesto/Accord — RADIX: Radical Interpretations of Disasters
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Good morning from Loughborough railway station #sunrise #EMR
Sun rising over the railway tracks heading towards Leicester
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!! Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
We had a lovely day in Nottingham last week but we were dismayed to see so many examples of (anti-homeless) ‘Hostile architecture’ between the train station on the city centre. More info about hostile architecture here… www.shp.org.uk/homelessness...
Street bench with arm rests added to prevent use by homeless sleepersStreet bench with arm rests added to prevent use by homeless sleepers
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JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Check out the latest issue of DPM: www.emerald.com/insight/publ...
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Disaster Prevention and Management: Vol. 33 Iss. 6 | Emerald Insight
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JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
EN IMAGES - A Mayotte, les ravages de Chido sous le regard de David Lemor www.liberation.fr/culture/phot...
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EN IMAGES - A Mayotte, les ravages de Chido sous le regard de David Lemor
Le photographe, face à la dévastation du territoire causé par le passage du cyclone le 14 décembre n’a pas eu d’autre réflexe que celui de documenter la catastrophe. Retrouvez une sélection pour «Libé...
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Disasterdave7 @disasterdave7.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Disasters are reversing global development at unprecedented rates: GAR 2023 youtu.be/BYuLo-NqxaA?... #disaster
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Disasters are reversing global development at unprecedented rates: GAR 2023
YouTube video by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Boxing Day football with the kids, watching @quornfc.bsky.social win 4-1 against Shepshed Dynamo. 👏🏼
View of pitch from corner flagKids sat at table eating chipsSelfie outside the ground’s entrance
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Prof. Lee Bosher @leebosher.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas everyone, especially my amazing kids ❤️❤️❤️
Photo my three children
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Pitching In Northern Premier League @thenpl.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Several Pitching In NPL Clubs help prepare British University Students to be Future FA and Club Leaders in new Pilot Scheme
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British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and The FA Emerging Club Leaders Pilot
NPL Clubs Ashton United, Boldmere St Micheals, Consett, Darlaston Town, FC United of Manchester and Trafford are taking part in The FA Emerging Club Leaders Pilot scheme across the Trident Leagues.
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