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Rahmin Bender-Salazar

@rsbender.bsky.social
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Design thinking, degrowth, circular economy, social innovation, & systems thinking in management.

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EuroHealthNet @eurohealthnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🏖 It’s summer! Which means more days at the beach. 🦠 But climate change and heavy rainfall expose people to infectious diseases. 💡 Risk communication can support healthy choices alongside action on pollution. Read the @blueadapt.bsky.social policy brief: blueadapt.eu/news/policy-...
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New Policy Brief on improved communication for coastal water safety - BlueAdapt
Our new policy brief on ‘Enabling informed choices and healthy behaviours’ highlights how policymakers can help protect public health while ensuring people can continue to enjoy coastal environments s...
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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🎯 Our new Policy Brief explores how improved water safety communication can help people make informed decisions, reduce health risks, and enjoy coastal environments safely. 🔗 www.blueadapt.eu/policy-brief-2026
Image of a SUP paddler on the sea with the title Reducing health risks in coastal waters
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy to share the latest publication in @pedagogycultsoc.bsky.social about stories, digital narratives, systems thinking, information literacy, and wicked problems that I've been working on with @christianroth.bsky.social & Breanne Pitt. @uniofgalway.bsky.social
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Stories and systems: educational interactive storytelling to foster media literacy and systemic thinking
Christian Roth, Rahmin Bender-Salazar, Breanne Pitt

A full APA citation at the bottom and a QR code to download the paper
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Christian Roth @christianroth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Super happy to share our latest published research with you: it's about systemic thinking with interactive narrative systems. Check out our CLASS framework, which we mapped onto two games. @rsbender.bsky.social #systemicthinking #interactivenarrative #storytelling #narrativedesign #CLASS #learning
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Join us in Paris September 8-11 for the Circul'arts Station Conference as we explore the intersection of design, art, circularity, socio-ecological systems, learning, and urban futures. Circul'arts is a an action of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (EU COST).
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
At the @civicsoftech.bsky.social online conference Breanne Pitt, ‪‪@christianroth.bsky.social‬‬ & I will explore Interactive Digital Narratives IDNs (an emerging narrative form emcompassing interaction, digital media, learning & complexity), Systems Mapping and Thinking, and educational futures.
Poster for Civics of Technology 4th Online Annual Conference. 

Titled: Systems Thinking & Learning in Interactive Digital Narratives. 

Time: Friday August 1st 2025 at 12:05PM EST - 1:00PM EST. (18:05 CET - 19:00 CET) 

Speakers: Dr. Rahmin Bender-Salazar, Ms. Breanne Pitt, and Dr. Christian Roth.

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This presentation examines the diverse disciplinary foundations underpinning a transdisciplinary approach to integrating media literacy, IDNs, and systems mapping and thinking in educational settings. It introduces the concept of Systemic Learning IDNs: Interactive Digital Narrative experiences explicitly designed to support learners in exploring, understanding, and reflecting on complex systems and interdependencies.
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Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
We're less than one week away from our 2025 conference! Are you registered yet? Instructions on accessing the conference sessions will be sent to registrants on Wednesday, so make sure you're on the list! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference
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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Today, Ireland’s Just Transition Commission has launched its first report, urging Government to deliver a bold national strategy for climate action, one that ensures a fair, inclusive shift to climate neutrality, with benefits for all, especially the most vulnerable. www.justtransitioncommission.ie
Cover page of the Introductory Report of the Just Transition Commission of Ireland 2025
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/06/2025
PhDs reseachers in Ireland: ‘I want to be a normal adult, but I can’t because of my economic situation’
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PhDs reseachers in Ireland: ‘I want to be a normal adult, but I can’t because of my economic situation’
PhD researchers in Ireland say the payment they receive is simply not enough
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ifut.bsky.social @ifut.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
An excellent interview in the @irishtimes.com with @ifut.bsky.social activist @deirdreflynn.bsky.social on the corrosive effect of academic precarity. @conorreddy95.bsky.social tinyurl.com/IT182025
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Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’
Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career
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BERA @beranews.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Abstract submission closes 31st January! 🚨 For our BERA 2025 Annual Conference we make a welcome return to Brighton! 🗓️ 9-11 September 2025 📍University of Sussex #BERA2025 Find out more on how to submit an abstract: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Most edtech sold to schools is not supported by evidence. Now, a new edtech evidence industry promises to address this gap to support schools. For our new article, we studied how "edtech brokers" make evidence and how they are becoming "edtech knowledge governors" doi.org/10.1080/1476...
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Edtech brokers and evidence governance: knowledge intermediaries in the education technology market
New types of intermediary organisations are creating evidence to guide school practices and shape markets around education technologies. This article focuses on the practices through which edtech b...
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
www.globalfocusmagazine.com/a-relational...
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A Relational Approach to Impact: Reflections from a Lifetime ‘In the Field’
Laura Empson reflects on overcoming discouragement to engage practitioners in research, advocating for a relational approach to impact in business schools.
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data
Academic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell. That is extremely concerning, a growing group of Groningen researche...
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Sarah O'Brien @sarahobrien.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Starter packs on here are great but they can reiterate biases if we’re not careful. I’ve seen some that are very selective and reinforce exclusivity, a lack of diversity and aren’t as collaborative in their approaches as others have aimed to be.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 12/11/2024
hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
The 'New Irish' aren't so new - people of colour have lived here for centuries (via @thejournal.bsky.social) jrnl.ie/6486819
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The 'New Irish' aren't so new - people of colour have lived here for centuries
A new book explores the stories of people of colour who lived in Ireland and Britain from 1700 to 2000.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
Review of IMAGINATION in Science Magazine!📚 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Happy to share our @wef.bsky.social blog on social innovation education. We are seeking "to break innovation out of its traditional subject areas – business and engineering – to teach all kinds of students all kinds of skills to help them think up and implement these solutions."
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How social innovation education can help solve global issues
#Socialinnovation #education draws from different disciplines to create empowered #globalcitizens – here's how to make it work in the classroom and beyond.
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
"When approached in a reflective, collaborative, inclusive and learning mode, #systemsthinking and #systemsmapping can facilitate a collective understanding of complex problems & guide strategic decision-making by practitioners and change-makers..." via @wef.bsky.social
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Systems mapping can help us understand complex problems
Discover how systems mapping could be instrumental in helping us navigate major complex problems and how the agro-food sector could find it useful.
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
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What Is Psychological Safety at Work? How Leaders Can Build Psychologically Safe Workplaces
What is psychological safety at work? Learn how to assess and build psychological safety in the workplace to improve collaboration and culture.
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Rahmin Bender-Salazar @rsbender.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
Sharing the chapter co-written this year with Dr. Roisin Lyons for the Oxford University Press Education Encyclopedia titled "Social Innovation Pedagogies and Sustainable Models for Future Entrepreneurs, Intrpreneurs, and Citizens". Hoping to continue exploring these ideas in 2024. bit.ly/SIPRLRBS23
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Social Innovation Pedagogies and Sustainable Models for Future Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, and Cit...
Request PDF | Social Innovation Pedagogies and Sustainable Models for Future Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, and Citizens | The use of innovation to address our social or environmental needs is now crit...
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