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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

New publication alert! Happy to share this paper with Sarah Peck thinking about declining Overseas Development Assistance and its implications for geographical (and other) scholarship. Details ⬇️

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Global Volunteering Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Excited to announce our hybrid event on 5 Dec: Transformational & Impactful Volunteering – A Vision for IVY 2026. 📍14:00–15:30 ET at Idealist.org NYC + online Register to join in person - forms.office.com/e/MjgBeDWw9b Or via Zoom - us06web.zoom.us/.../register... #IVY2026 #Volunteering #SDGs

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

📣Welcome to Northumbria George Clarke 📣 We are thrilled to announce that renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Northumbria University. #NewNorthumbriaChancellor #GeorgeClarke

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George Clarke appointed new Chancellor of Northumbria University

The renowned architect, author and TV presenter George Clarke has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Northumbria University, Newcastle.

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Good to see Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social, Co-Director of our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social, in Cambodia at the International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference. It was a privilege to host last year's event at our Newcastle City Campus. #NUGlobalVolunteering #IVCO2025

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Global Volunteering Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

#IVCO2025 has officially commenced with Dr Bianca Fadel from @northumbriauni.bsky.social setting the scene - Respect, Kindness, Hope. Welcome to our speakers, delegates & new Bluesky community. #ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering

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Global Volunteering Forum @volunteeringforum.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Radical optimism for the volunteering vision working in challenging civil societies. Building trust, solidarity and active participation in the field. A conversation with #CIVICUS @fvolontaires.bsky.social #BanteaySrei @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social #IVCO2025 #VolunteeringStandards #VolunteerVoice

Volunteering in development and impact to civil society.

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Thanks @dhnnjyn.bsky.social for a great conversation about things that matter in a place that really matters. So important to be finding hopeful possibilities in people power and celebrating the changes that are possible as well as necessary. @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Job alert! Research Fellow to work on #voluntary labour in #humanitarian and #development contexts at Northumbria University Centre for Global Development. @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social Details ⬇️: work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_... #NUGlobalVolunteering #geosky

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It was fantastic to see you here at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Great to be able to return some of the hospitality you have shown me in Kolkata. I am looking forward to seeing what we do can do next! @nuglobaldev.bsky.social #NUGlobalVolunteering

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner for East and North East India, to our Newcastle City Campus where he met with our Dean of Research Culture, Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social and @nuglobaldev.bsky.social researchers. @andrew007uk.bsky.social

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

New open access paper out on the hidden economies of volunteering during the pandemic, and its relationships to precarity for young refugees in Uganda. Details below: #volunteering #geosky #Uganda #refugees #youth @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Great post here on academic practitioner collaborations - and why we shouldn't make assumptions about them.

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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

💥New: Considering how the idea of luck is mobilised by different groups and to different effect in academia, Jonatan Nästesjö argues luck can play a positive and negative role in maintaining status hierarchies in academia. #AcademicSky #AcademicCareers #Luck

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Why we should take care when ascribing luck to academic success

Considering how the idea of luck is mobilised by different groups and to different effect in academia, Jonatan Nästesjö argues luck can play a positive and negative role in maintaining status hiera…

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Great #geography post - Lecturer to Prof - at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to work with @cpom-uk.bsky.social on polar observations and modelling. Details and deadlines ⬇️

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Good thoughts on things (much much) more important than academic metrics. That we need to argue for focusing on what research achieves rather than its citations etc says something about how we urgently we need to reset what is valued. #researchculture

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

📢 @cmi.no are hiring! They are looking for a research assistant to contribute to research into labour dynamics in and around conservation projects/protected areas in India! 🇮🇳 www.cmi.no/news/3358-re...

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Vacancy - Research Assistant/Associate: Conservation labour in India

We are seeking a qualified candidate to contribute to research into the labor dynamics in and around conservation projects/protec...

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Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

@britishacademy.bsky.social call for international evidence-informed policymaking grants is open! Deadline for applications is 19 Feb 2025 at 17.00 UK Time Funding of £150,000 is available for grants of up to 12 months in duration. You can see more 👇 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/evid...

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Evidence-informed policymaking grants

This programme gives ODA-eligible early-career to senior researchers the opportunity to work with peers around the world to inform policymaking through quality evidence and research.

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Matt Baillie Smith @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

First post and need to start with thanks to @farhanasultana.com for posting great advice and links on how to land here and find some people, things and places! #geosky #geography @northumbriauni.bsky.social

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