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Rasmus Schjødt

@rasmusjs.bsky.social
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Programme Director at Research & Action for Income Security (RAISE). Interested in all things related to social protection.

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Rasmus Schjødt @rasmusjs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Check out the launch of our new working paper on what Uganda can learn from the development of social pensions in other countries in Southern and Eastern Africa.
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Rasmus Schjødt @rasmusjs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
RAISE is developing a course on Social Justice with our partner in Georgia. We are looking for a few good academic papers with a focus on the intersection between social justice and authoritarianism to translate into Georgian. Any recommendations?
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/04/2025
We former USAID officials warned that the illegal, reckless obliteration of our agency would cause people to die.
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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 16/04/2025
🌍 Universal Social Protection: A Precondition for Social Development🤝 The USP2030, in partnership with socialprotection.org is launching a global campaign to raise awareness and mobilize action for Universal Social Protection (USP) — a key driver of social justice, equality, and resilience. +
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“Social policies have changed the world. Their scope is in principle unlimited & they represent a field where new & radical thinking is always possible. We need both old & new concepts to continue the story of making human lives better without undermining our or others’ future viability.” OUT NOW ↓
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/04/2025
“I realize that this entire discussion seems like utter lunacy. War against … Denmark? But Trump insists that he must be taken seriously. Americans and their elected representatives, across the political spectrum, should oblige him,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:
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Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.
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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The ERC have given me 5 years to figure out what Europeans really think about democracy. If you would like to come and join me in the endeavour, then I am currently hiring a postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social. Deadline: 30 April | Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow in Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE)
We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within a new ERC-funded research group on Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE): Rethinking Conceptual, Ontologi...
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preamble respecter @preamblerespecter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 13/03/2025
International School Meals Day: #TBT to our #SPpodcast episode on school feeding programmes! ️▶ Hit play: bit.ly/SPpodcastEp29 Did you know that around 418 million children worldwide benefit from school meals? 🍽️🧵
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Because social-insurance contributions depend on wages, labor-intensive firms now shoulder a larger financing burden, which lets many profitable companies off the hook, note @floriangrant.bsky.social and Luca Pellerano.
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Future-Proofing Social Protection | by Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano - Project Syndicate
Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A worthwhile reflection. thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-te...
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I Used to Teach Students. Now I Catch ChatGPT Cheats | The Walrus
I once believed university was a shared intellectual pursuit. That faith has been obliterated
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
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Salar Asadolahi @salarasadolahi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This. The potential that two-party, first-past-the-post systems present for an extremist faction within a party to co-opt the party is a far greater threat than such factions potentially winning smaller numbers of seats on their own and being shutout by other party coalitions
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Ellen Stewart @profellenstu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Had a first go at creating a starter pack for social policy research. I’m new here and have surely missed lots so please say if you’d like added or removed!
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Manuel Alvariño @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just joined Bluesky? Here is an aspirational starter pack on social policy! I hope it is a useful nudge to connect the network: go.bsky.app/AvJWyV4
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12/02/2025
I'll also post this piece by Val Bunce and Sharon Wolchik The TL;DR is that it takes years of investment in mobilization (messaging isn't nearly enough!) by the opposition to overcome competitive authoritarianism. The Democratic Party needs to get a move on it. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes | World Politics | Cambridge Core
Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 62 Issue 1
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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We think of ruins as ancient, but the ruins of the welfare state in Egypt and Sudan are both more recent and more ubiquitous. Great special issue from one of my favorite journals. journals.openedition.org/esma/3297
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Introduction. Ruins of the Welfare State: Material Legacies of Soci...
A Stroll through the City of Arts in Giza In the Giza neighborhood of Cairo, scattered along the newly refurbished Khatam al-Mursalin Street, lies an impressive collection of buildings dedicated to...
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Sif Holst @sifholst.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
En af de særligt sårbare målgrupper der rammes af indefrysningen af USAID er mennesker med handicap. Der er brug for handling, støtte til at sikre en nødløsning her og nu og fremtidig inklusion af mennesker med handicap i humanitær bistand og støtte af handicaporganisationer
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Gunnel Axelsson Nycander @gunnelact.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Great episode on #socialsecurity and its potential to reduce #inequality in #SoutAfrica with friend and colleague Isobel Frye. podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/e...
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CAN SOUTH AFRICA TURN THE TIDE ON INEQUALITY?
Poddavsnitt · EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy · 2024-11-22 · 31 min
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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 02/02/2025
Do you want to work with #SocialProtection? Check out these #job #opportunities: 💼 Expert on CSO Engagement in the Social Protection Sector (Consultancy) 🏢https://bsky.app/profile/unicef.org 📍 Amman, Jordan 📆11 February 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4nkvpp5z +
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We are currently supporting global networks of informal workers organisations with a three year capacity development journey on #socialprotection 1st round was on the Financing and Economics of SP. Initially designed to be in-person, we have just digitised them www.wiego.org/wp-content/u...
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Financing Social Protection - Social Protection Capacity Development Journey
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Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Last week South Africa made history with a landmark court ruling to expand social security through the SRD grant. This case, brought by IEJ & #PayTheGrants, is set to benefit over half the population. A huge step forward for economic justice!🎉 For more info: iej.org.za/statement-hi...
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Magnus B Rasmussen @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Are you teaching, looking for a quick update on the latest research, or seeking inspiration for new studies on regime explanations (democracy and autocracy) and welfare state development in the Global South? The link below provides all you need!
This chapter summarizes our current knowledge of the relationship between political regimes and the development of welfare states in developing countries. It highlights the disconnect between high demand for welfare programmes in poor countries and the variation in welfare provision across different regimes. It reviews the standard model of political economy by which democracies are expected to adopt more universal redistributive policies than autocracies because of more extensive political participation by the poor. It shows that empirical evidence does not consistently support this model. The chapter then presents alternative theoretical frameworks to argue that the standard view often misrepresents politics of social protection in both democracies and autocracies. First, welfare programmes can serve autocracies by ensuring regime stability through targeted social insurance schemes or to control the population and ruin competing elites. Second, democracies can be 'safeguarded' against redistribution through anti-majoritarian institutions or when the median voter, for various reasons, does not favour redistribution.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Study confirms most parents are total squares
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Rasmus Schjødt @rasmusjs.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I like this quote. Apparently its by writer Thornton Wilder and the full version is: 'Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.' very true
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Christina Behrendt @cbehrendt.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Happy Sunday! Sharing our paper on enhancing the gender-responsiveness of social protection policies, with a strong emphasis a life-cycle approach to system-building. www.ilo.org/publications...
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Making social protection work for gender equality: What does it look like? How do we get there?
This paper outlines the perspective and approach of the ILO’s Universal Social Protection Department to enhancing the gender-responsiveness of social protection policies, anchored in international soc...
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Ugo Gentilini @ugentilini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
How can we protect #cashtransfers from #inflation? Our new report Keep the Pace shows: ▶ how 232 programs in 158 countries are indexing cash discretionarily or automatically ▶ 14 deep dives into evolving practices ▶ Policy choices in different contexts. documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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Charles Knox-Vydmanov @knoxvydmanov.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A wave of new social protection people joining overnight and this morning! Added to this starter pack go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Work requirements are a zombie idea that never dies trotted out even though they do not work either to better target resources, or to encourage labor force participation. They work to reduce take-up by eligible populations. They are the acceptable face of austerity. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
One study that really sticks with me is an evaluation of the state that most aggressively applied work requirements to Medicaid. In Arkansas, an astonishing 95% of those who were targeted by work requirements were eligible, but struggled with the administrative burdens in documenting their status with a new and confusing requirement.

But on the other hand…nothing. There is no other hand. There were no positive labor force effects. It is all downside. Half of those who lost coverage reported serious problems paying off medical debt, 56 percent delayed care due to cost, and 64 percent delayed taking medications because of cost.

Other states might do a better job implementing work requirements than Arkansas, but simulations suggest that the vast majority of people who would lose coverage because of Medicaid work requirements would be people who are eligible but who cannot overcome the administrative burdens.
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Florian Juergens-Grant @floriangrant.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
📲 Introducing WIEGO's Social Security Subsidy Cost Calculator This simple calculator helps estimate the costs of different social security subsidy options for informal and self-employed workers, as well as the impacts of those on workers' benefits. wiego.shinyapps.io/social_secur...
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