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Rosaleen Cunningham

@roscomms.bsky.social
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Research communications. Interested in international development, migration, humanitarian & media research. Comms at @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social at the University of Oxford but views mine or of someone more articulate. Very Irish.

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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Me:"you may find an adult with ADHD who needs no extra support... they have curated their environments to mitigate their difficulties.. They have a job that prioritises creativity and changing tasks. The areas that require extended focus are things the individual is deeply interested in"
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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Do you support someone aged 16+ who suffers from a severe mental illness and wondered how to boost your wellbeing? Mark #CarersWeek2026 by helping us to find out: tinyurl.com/CaregiverSMI... @psalkovskis.bsky.social
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
If you're a @medsci.ox.ac.uk researcher or comms/ impact colleague, come hear moi and colleague Naomi Gibson discuss how best to share your research with policymakers. There will be cake, possibly home-made, depending on domestic goddess vibes the evening before.
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Nuffield Dept. of Women's & Reproductive Health @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New data reveals: ▪️ 104 child deaths linked to temporary accommodation (2019–2025) ▪️ 76 of these children were under the age of one Download the report 👇 www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/news/104 #ChildHealth #HealthInequality  @ta-appg.bsky.social    @npeu-ctu.bsky.social
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New data links 104 child deaths in England to temporary accommodation
New data reveals that 104 children in England have died between April 2019 and 3rd December 2024 with temporary accommodation identified as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill health or death.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
UK universities need ‘significant reset’ as populist era looms www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
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UK universities need ‘significant reset’ as populist era looms
Sector will face heightened questions about role and purpose unless it engages with new political forces, report warns
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
'Universities must build bridges with populist parties and take steps to restore their legitimacy among the general public or face being recast as “convenient enemies” by the next Westminster government, according to a new report.' 1/2
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UK universities need ‘significant reset’ as populist era looms
Sector will face heightened questions about role and purpose unless it engages with new political forces, report warns
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
'“Questions about universities’ role, purpose and value for money are resurfacing, alongside renewed scrutiny of the student experience and graduate outcomes. In short, the sector’s storytelling is about to face its toughest audience yet,” it says.' 2/2
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Preparing for populism - HEPI
Prepare for populism: Universities need to rebuild their legitimacy with all major parties and the public as they head into a tougher political era. In Preparing for Populism (HEPI Debate Paper 44), P...
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
"....In reality, the ‘truth’ around a policy problem can be uncertain. It will be contested in good faith by experts and in bad faith by lobbyists, in high stakes contexts..." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Fascinating to hear what's happening at home at the research-to-policy interface. #FOMO
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Calling all @ox.ac.uk folk interested in knowing more about policy outputs, come join me at this hands-on workshop next week!
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Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Are you an @ox.ac.uk researcher or staff? Interested in exploring and informing the policy world? Want your research to have more policy impact? Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Of interest @torchoxford.bsky.social ? @socsci.ox.ac.uk @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ?
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Excellent piece by @jamesrball.com for @prospectmagazine.co.uk arguing for better data for policy making. We should all be extremely concerned by the many examples collected here. A must-read for fans of Bad Data. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...
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Why the data driving government could be wrong
Government decisions are led by statistics—on the economy, employment, housing and more. But what if the numbers are unreliable?
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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Most of us are in a wobbly position when it comes to our understanding of immigration numbers. How would things go if we didn’t make these half-remembered statistics so central to how we form and articulate opinions? georginasturge.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...
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How to make conversations about immigration less painful
Let's get one thing straight at the very least
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International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) @ingsa.org · 01/09/2025
Have you ever written an evidence-based Policy Brief? communicatingscienceforpolicy.org wants to make examples of formal written communication easily accessible online, enabling us to learn from one another. P𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 bit.ly/4mJHUk7 (Re-use the same link for multiple submissions.)
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International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) @ingsa.org · 21/08/2025
Hybrid workshop: 'Communicating Science for Policy in a Populist Age' lead by our good friend Karen Akerlof @georgemasonu.bsky.social Looks like a great and important agenda! Sept 8th In person: www.eventbrite.com/e/communicat... Online: www.eventbrite.com/e/online-wor... #scipol #scienceadvice
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Really looking forward to this. Of interest @migobs.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ?
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Nice sentiment, though a lack of evidence isn't the issue here with this particularly policy-making.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I've signed up to "How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises" by Jules Pretty, University of Essex, organised by @biodivoxford.bsky.social 7 November bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Shoutout to @jamesrball.com whose excellent Prospect essay on the Dead Internet Theory I referenced: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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Is anyone out there?
Dead Internet Theory says that you’re the only human left online. It started out as a conspiratorial joke, but it is edging ever closer to reality
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
On the 'enshittification' of LinkedIn ....
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Note to self...
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Earworm. #Officemusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWHZ...
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“Cool About It” - boygenius
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Come join me and much more articulate colleagues talk about communicating with policy folk. I will bring cake. Lemon drizzle or chocolate?
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
NEW: Mo Salah is a star, a saint and a symbol of inclusion. But the fragile myth of the “good immigrant” can’t combat the rise of the far right, writes Tam Hussein for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/mo...
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Mo Salah and the Myth of the Good Immigrant
His presence brought hope, inclusion and pride to Liverpool — but no individual can live up to the demands of a divided nation
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Good to see so many Oxford names here. www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
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OPEN LETTER: 150+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Really looking forward to this book talk next week: 'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-eve...
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Book talk: 'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
" in an era where media saturation and digital interconnectedness have often seemingly blurred borders, the greatest power now lies in the refusal to allow access to real spaces of influence...Borders, once the spaces between nations, are now the frontlines of silencing."
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Now this is a cool job!
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Hurray for my old alma mater (though I was out in the north Antrim field that is the Coleraine campus, now pitched as "coastal living"!)
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky
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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Please do share with @ox.ac.uk colleagues. Awards up to £5,000 enabling researchers and public policy professionals to kick-start short (3 month) projects to deepen collaboration & share evidence and support its use in policy making.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
So proud.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Emerging proposals for Worcester Street Car Park and the ice rink mean that Oxford residents could have more boats and bikes in their lives. In this 🚨Clarion exclusive 🚨 we take a look at the future of Oxford. oxfordclarion.uk/bikes-and-bo...
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Bikes and boats - the future of Oxford city centre?
Oxford's Worcester Street Car Park is proposed to be converted back to a canal basin – featuring a marina with residential moorings, an upscale retail and leisure area, and a children's playground and...
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Does HE politicise today's students? Come along to the launch of a new ESRC-funded project on students and politics Online, 3 June, 2-4pm with @robfordmancs.bsky.social @janmcarthur.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...
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Does higher education politicise today’s students? | Centre for Global Higher Education
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Coyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Werifesteria
Old English
(v.) to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
beside myself with excitement because of this new Ireland series..
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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
And for those that might be interested, UPEN will be retiring its 'X' account, and be coming to Bluesky soon. Until then, you can still access our updates on Linkedin, or via our newsletter: www.linkedin.com/company/poli...
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LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn
Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.
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Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
'I am convinced beyond any doubt that, in spite of all the challenges we face, there remains within the Irish people a profound and unyielding commitment to seeing beyond the self, to seeing the other as a friend, the principles of generosity, decency and care for one another'
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"Fellowship is Life" I really do like the work of the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social. Read more about them here (including why they are anonymous- not only because,yes, 'even' local journalists experience abuse and harassment); oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...
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We are all the Clarion
Occasionally we are asked “Who is behind the Oxford Clarion?” At our core is a small writing team who work for free – we have no funding from anyone. Among them are people with backgrounds in journal...
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The accompanying cartoon has particular resonance ...
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Neil McCulloch @neilmcculloch.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Do read my latest blog on the implications Trump for climate action worldwide. thepolicypractice.com/implications...
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The implications of Trump for climate action - latest blog from TPP Director Neil McCulloch
Trump’s rapid reversal of Biden’s climate agenda has shocked many. In one week, he dismantled decades of environmental progress by lifting oil and gas restrictions, scrapping decarbonization targets, ...
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Laure-Hélène Piron @lhpiron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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thepolicypractice.bsky.social @thepolicypractice.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
How does Trump’s rapid rollback of Biden’s climate policies—from lifting oil and gas restrictions to pulling out of the Paris Agreement—reshape the global fight against climate change? New blog from TPP Director Neil McCulloch - read here: thepolicypractice.com/implications...
thepolicypractice.com
The implications of Trump for climate action - latest blog from TPP Director Neil McCulloch
Trump’s rapid reversal of Biden’s climate agenda has shocked many. In one week, he dismantled decades of environmental progress by lifting oil and gas restrictions, scrapping decarbonization targets, ...
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Knowledge brokers have been conceptualized .. as individuals who form relationships between researchers & policymakers to facilitate knowledge exchange. ..This does not fully capture the diversity of roles and activities that knowledge brokers perform.." transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-inv...
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The invisible work of knowledge brokers
Critically important for building capacity for knowledge exchange, it's vital we recognise and understand their contributions
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"The public sphere is where policy decisions are debated and ultimately legitimised. This must be a reciprocal process — .. “communicating with your ears” — rather than just deploying a bigger megaphone. Great piece by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/bf6e...
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How to provide evidence in turbulent times
Hostility to researchers’ analysis is undermining reasoned policymaking
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC One - Question Time, 2025, 13/02/2025
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Northwich in Cheshire.
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Rosaleen Cunningham @roscomms.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Do you feel you need to do something other than doom-scrolling? #Resist somehow? But how? In @hrw’s Daily Brief today, @astroehlein offers some tips: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
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Three Tips for New Resisters (and One for Old Hands) : Daily Brief
Has your country shifted dramatically away from democracy and toward authoritarian rule? Do you feel you need to do something other than doom-scrolling? #Resist somehow? But how? In @hrw’s Daily Brief...
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