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Mimi Sheller

@mimisheller.bsky.social
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Mobility Justice. Caribbean Studies. Climate Mobilities. Social Theory. Urban Infrastructuring. Mobile Commons. NOAA-CAP Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network ccan-upr.org Dean of The Global School @WPI www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/Msheller

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️ Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Out today: Reclaiming the Road offers a compelling vision for the future of America's public spaces. 🎧: Author David L. Prytherch talks with @mimisheller.bsky.social and @norton.bsky.social about designing more just public streets. share.transistor.fm/s/0e507210
Cover of Reclaiming the Road: Mobility Justice beyond Complete Streets by David L. Prytherch. Set against a photo of bike lane, the title text is made to appear as a blue traffic caution sign with white silhouettes of people and objects below.Three headshots up top; cover of Reclaiming the Road: Mobility Justice beyond Complete Streets by David L. Prytherch at left; quote "We spend a lot of our lives on the streets, You can't help wonder why roadways are so auto-dominated and hostile to non-drivers." —David L. Prytherch, Miami University in Ohio.
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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wonderful to have Professor @mimisheller.bsky.social, here to present her work on Movement in an Age of Extremes in the Department of Geography, and co-sponsored by @cperguom.bsky.social & MUI. Thanks for an engaging discussion on critical issues on mobilities in the present conjuncture.
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Mobile Media & Communication @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🚀 Hello #MobileComm community, we’ve landed on Bluesky! ✨Mobile Media & Communication now posts here. Follow us for journal updates, featured articles, and calls for papers. 📱 Follow along and stay connected with the latest in mobile communication research. 🔗Journal: journals.sagepub.com/home/mmc
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Mobile Media & Communication: Sage Journals
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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New paper: Data mobilities: rethinking the movement and circulation of digital data by @robkitchin.bsky.social, @juliettedavret.bsky.social, Carla Kayanan & Sam Mutter in Mobilities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Data mobilities: rethinking the movement and circulation of digital data
The mobility of data has been variously described as data: flows, streams, journeys, threads, transfers, exchanges, and circulation. In each case, data mobility is conceived as a movement from here...
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Noel Cass @nofixedclass.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
One of our Leeds participant households enjoyed their e-cargo bikes so much, they now have 3, and are promoting the benefits in the national Cycling magazine! Proud researcher moment... 😁🚴‍♀️
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sidsareen @sidsareen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It's fun to be at the winter seminar in human geography, an annual highlight that convenes disciplinary kin. This year it is chaired by Per Gunnar Røe and day one starts with a keynote talk by @mimisheller.bsky.social on the theme of mobility justice (the politics of movement in an age of extremes).
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The gutting of global health? Programs around the world left in the lurch www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
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Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers
The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.
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Keliente.4915 @call-me-ali.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
@fednews.bsky.social Check out this project to collect and record the stories of illegally fired federal employees www.oah.org/2025/03/04/f...
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OAH | Federal Employees Oral History ProjectOAH | Federal Employees Oral History Project
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Wu: If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our city safe.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“A constitutional crisis in the service of cruelty” - freeze on USAID health programs will increase child deaths from #malaria #polio #TB #Ebola and #Malnutrition www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Despicable cancellation of an important #Caribbean #Canadian artist’s show that would have opened at Art Museum of the Americas in March #AndilGosine hyperallergic.com/992860/art-m...
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Art Museum of the Americas Cancels Second Show Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
Andil Gosine’s exhibition used visual art to explore connections between the environment, sexuality, and sexual justice.
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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2025 Study section tracking
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Very good reporting here on this awful story: direct language, full context, multiple perspectives. Many other journalists should be taking notes.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A Woonerf in the Netherlands. Through motor traffic is redirected to main roads. Greenery & street furniture (including a small playground) is strategically placed to ensure motor traffic keeps to slow speeds, with paving used & roadway raised at junctions, where collisions are most likely to occur
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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
D.C. pedestrian deaths tied to [DRIVERS'] 'reckless' behavior rising (The problem is with the headline for the jump, NOT with the long, detailed article by John D. Harden, @rachelweiner.bsky.social, and Jasmine Hilton in the Washington Post Metro section print edition.)
Washington Post print edition jump headline that says "DC pedestrian deaths tied to 'reckless' behavior rising".
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Another tragedy in the battle over cycling www.bbc.com/news/article... #cycling #Paris #PaulVarry #mobility #justice
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Paris: Paul Varry dreamed of a cycling revolution. Then an SUV crushed him
Paul Varry's death has triggered a debate in Paris over the dramatic expansion of cycle infrastructure.
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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
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American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...
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Juanita Cox @juanitacox.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This unique triple-stranded exhibition focuses on the decolonisation of the Caribbean, the long history of the 'Windrush' Scandal & transnational activism (e.g., CLR James, Claudia Jones and Billy Strachan). The exhibition runs until end March. Not to be missed! www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...
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In the Grip of Change: the Caribbean and its British Diaspora
Coming soon - opening on 29 October 2024
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
LA STUDENT STRIKE DAY 5 - RIGHT NOW: Pasadena High School has just joined the dozens of other schools all over LA that have staged walkouts throughout this week. This is the 6th straight day of anti-ICE, immigrations rights protests in LA.
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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The big food delivery corporations set terms forcing their drivers to put speed (/profits) before safety & already collect all the data showing where dangerous driving is happening. These common sense regs for liability insurance & aggregate data sharing will keep everyone on our roads safer.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About ‘Women in Leadership’ From Its Websites: Report gizmodo.com/nasa-ordered...
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NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About 'Women in Leadership' From Its Websites: Report
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In 1980, a bipartisan Congress passed the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act of 1980, which authorized the National Science Foundation “to promote the full use of human resources in science and technology through a comprehensive & continuing program to increase substantially
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It's an absolute travesty that these websites, which we all paid for, are being dumped in the trash.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yeah got this today: “This is a reminder to confirm receipt of this notice of suspension and certify that all-related activities have ceased under your USAID awards and no further costs will be incurred under your award in relation to DEIA related activities.” Deadline tomorrow to comply.
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Simon Bunchuay-Peth @simonbunchuaypeth.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
📄This paper reflects the prevalent relational spatial perspective in #migrationStudies, proposing a timeplace perspective that emphasizes how places are shaped by both transient flows and enduring connections or #moorings how @mimisheller.bsky.social and @timcresswell.bsky.social call it.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
And so the deportation regime begins. A slippery slope of expedited removals. Including people here legally. Only @aclu.org stands in the way unless we all stand against tyranny www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
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Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily
A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
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Patrick Rérat @patrickrerat.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📣 Call for abstracts, 7th Swiss #Mobility Conference Sept 2025, Lausanne - Socio-ecological transitions - Public policy - Norms, values and practices - Rhythms and timescales of mobility - Infrastructure - Theoretical debates - Methodological innovations 📆 March 9th, www.unil.ch/igd/mobility...
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Interesting exhibit at the Pusey Library on #maps How maps (and cyclists) paved way for roads by Sy Boles news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...? “maps don’t just document roads: In a way, they led to the development of roads themselves.“ Cycling led the way toward roads.
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How maps and cyclists paved way for roads — Harvard Gazette
Historical maps on display at Harvard's Pusey Library offer an off-the-grid look at the evolution of human navigation.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A new day dawns
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Bordeaux is the latest city to increase parking costs for huge cars, following Montreal, Cologne, and Paris. Parking fees will be 30% higher for ICE vehicles >1,600 kg (3,527 lb) and EV/hybrids >1,900 kg (4,189 lb).
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Bordeaux augmente le tarif de stationnement des SUV de 30 %
L’écologiste Pierre Hurmic, maire de la ville, justifie cette mesure par « l’impact écologique plus fort » des véhicules lourds, qui polluent davantage et dégradent les voiries.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
My #Tourism #Geographies podcast on Tourism at the End of the World. Thanks @JamieGillen for a great conversation! shows.acast.com/63264f1da8cf...?
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Tourism at the end of the world: places to play as kinopolitical constellations | Tourism Geographies Podcast
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We, at @tsuoxford.bsky.social, are excited to host Dr Daniel Agbiboa from @harvard.edu for our first seminar of the Public Seminar Series 2025 on 23rd January. The session will be chaired by @valenmontoya.bsky.social. Please join in! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-...
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Transport Aliveness and Social Imagination in an African Megacity
Dr Daniel Agbiboa, Harvard University kicks off the TSU Seminar Series for 2025
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INFUZE @infuzeleeds.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Two, 4 year, full-time Research Fellow posts at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Mobility Data Science: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Research Fellow in Agent-based Modelling: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share! #ResearchFellow #DataScience #AgentBasedModelling
We are hiring!
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
My next follower will be number 1000! Who wants to claim the spot?
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“Americans did not choose car dependency. We didn’t vote for it, and it was not the winner in a free market competition. The real answer is complex, but a single turning point reveals an essential part of the story.” www.planetizen.com/features/132...
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The 100-Year Road to Car Dependency in the US
October 8, 2024, marks the centennial of the publication of what would soon become the Los Angeles Traffic Ordinance — a landmark on the road toward our car-dominated status quo.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
What he said (by climate scientist Peter Kalmus) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
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Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
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🌹ᴀʟᴀɴ ᴇ ʜɪʟʟ🌹 @alanehill.com · 09/01/2025
Jimmy Carter and Rivendell #bikeped #bikewalk
Jimmy Carter and Rivendell bicycle

#bikeped #bikewalk
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Applications under review now for this #Caribbean #Climate #Adaptation #postdoc #research @WPI #USVI. Apply soon!
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 07/01/2025
The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations
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The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations
As the US president-elect prepares to deliver on his promise of mass deportations, it is urgent to examine the situation in the DR, the most significant case of ongoing forced returns in the Americas.
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 07/01/2025
Rare and exciting opportunity to submit a paper for consideration to an Active Travel Studies Journal special issue on 'Disability and Cycling'. Submissions are warmly welcomed in academic and non-traditional formats. Deadline: 31/01/2025
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Green Economic Populism - good policy ideas from @aldasky.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...
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Opinion | Biden Left Us With a ‘Prius Economy.’ It’s Time for Something Different.
Climate impacts are fueling the cost-of-living crisis, especially for the poor and working class.
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Applications under review now for this #Caribbean #Climate #Adaptation #postdoc #research @WPI #USVI. Apply soon!
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
New chapters out for new year! Handbook of Gender and Mobilities, with @paolacastaneda.bsky.social + Aryana Soliz. Mobile commoning in Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics. Conclusion with Andreas Neef in De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice
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WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities @wrirosscities.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
In 🇧🇷 Brazil, "#CompleteStreets" isn't just a design concept; it's a life-saving transformation. Learn how improved infrastructure like #bike lanes and broader #sidewalks are fostering safer, more inclusive urban spaces. 🌳🚸 bit.ly/3Dnxq86
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Mimi Sheller @mimisheller.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
New chapters out for new year! Handbook of Gender and Mobilities, with @paolacastaneda.bsky.social + Aryana Soliz. Mobile commoning in Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics. Conclusion with Andreas Neef in De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice
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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Here's a video of my recent book talk at the @BUonCities Urban Salon, with comments from @mimisheller.bsky.social and Marcus Walton. Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São Paulo & Johannesburg youtu.be/piZl48sD_R0?... via @YouTube
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Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São Paulo & Johannesburg
YouTube video by Boston University Initiative on Cities
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chengyien @chengyien.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Do you research topics at the nexus of education, mobility & migration, and has something important to say about 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🌈 ✨ Zachary Howlett, Kris Lee Hyesoo & myself are organising workshop on 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 at NUS Asia Research Institute, 24-25 April 2025. Check our CfP 👉🏼
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