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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub

@soumayamajdoub.bsky.social
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Critical Demographer | Political Ecologist | Neo-Khaldunian Scholar Socio-ecological Transformation ~ Just Transitions ~ Critical Futures www.soumayamajdoub.me

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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#Ceuta
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Fascinating about possible bias in peer review.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I welcome this initiative, but it is striking that Diverse Knowledge Systems are still framed as an add-on rather than a foundational starting point...
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
On Sunday Switzerland votes on capping its population at 10 million. Called, without irony, the Sustainability Initiative. My essay in the Green European Journal's summer edition traces this (il)logic it: Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation and the Politics of Population Anxiety. Link in comments
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Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation And The Politics Of Population Anxiety
The way societies measure and imagine populations profoundly shapes which futures become politically possible.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
As a scholar from the Global South, Raul was frequently frustrated by how often his work would not be cited, despite having very clearly influenced the scholarship of others. This is a very common problem.

The one thing I encourage all scholars to do in his memory, is to read and engage with scholars from the Global South and engage with their findings and their thinking in your own work. Cite them!

Cite them because they have influenced your thinking and your research. Cite them even when you are told that it is more important to cite “more influential” people.

Teach their work, too. Make sure future generations know that important work is being done by scholars in the Global South.

You cannot do either of those things if you do not read their work. Seek it out. Read journals that are published in other countries (and other languages). Follow them on social media. Go to their talks at conferences.

Allow yourself to learn from them.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Zeer belangrijk draadje 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A Tale of Two Cities: what Geneva and Santa Marta are quietly doing to the multilateral system open.substack.com/pub/soumayam...
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A Tale of Two Cities: what Geneva and Santa Marta are quietly doing to the multilateral system
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Dickens could just as well have been writing about April 2026.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I just found out that the amazing journalist @ahmedeldin.bsky.social has been detained in Kuwait since 03/03 facing a secret security court without trial for having covered the war on Iran! Journalism is not a crime! Demand his release now!
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Why AI cannot imagine white climate refugees
Climate migration is often misunderstood. What if AI were to expose our blind spots? It’s time for new narratives and genuine solidarity.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
In case you thought "at least this horrific war is getting us out of fossil fuels", here is what it's been doing to stock market shares: Fossil fuels +25% since new year. Renewables flat. Relative profitability is what ultimately matters for a transition. @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What a paragraph. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 07/03/2026
I think we should allow Trump to choose Iran’s next leader as long as the rest of us can choose America’s. Because it’s clearly far too important a job to be left in the hands of Americans.
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Emma River-Roberts @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"It’s hard to come up with any other explanation for the way the ruling class go into panic mode the moment there's any sign of mass mobilisation, and especially mass direct action, and usually try to distract attention by starting some kind of war." - David Graeber
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We remain remarkably, dangerously ignorant of such histories, treating every event as if it came out of the blue. Again and again our governments wade in, with their bombs and missiles and special forces, and congratulate themselves on their strategic brilliance, only to create further crisis.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is a classic example of Imperial Blowback. Foreign powers, seeking to shape the world to their demands, destabilise and overthrow popular governments, with results that - sometimes many decades later - come back to bite them in the nethers.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is what fuelled the revolutionary movement that overthrew him in 1979. Many of the revolutionaries cited the 1953 coup as their primary motivation. They wanted their country back. Instead they got another brutal, undemocratic regime, presided over by the ayatollahs.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Mosaddegh was a very popular prime minister, and his nationalisation policy was widely supported. But the loss of Britain's loot could not be tolerated. The US and UK reinstated the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, whose only means of sustaining his deeply unpopular regime was extreme cruelty and repression.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
In 1953, at Churchill's instigation, and with his assistance, the CIA launched two coups against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the 2nd of which succeeded. Why? Because he rightly sought to nationalise Iran's oil supplies, which the UK was taking: seizing Iran's wealth.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Question Time - 2026: 05/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel are Stephen Doughty, James Cleverly, Shashank Joshi, George Monbiot and Annabel Denham.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
headshot of Judith Butler centered in a Judith Butler apology form:

"The media convinced me their work was unreadable.

I don't know shit about critical theory

I only looked at analytic philosophy.

My agenda blinded me.

I was jealous of Gender Studies' joie de vivre

I am sorry for my behaviour and I will hereby respect Judith Butler."
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Who profits from an energy crisis in the wake of the war on Iran? The 1%. Thanks @nytimes.com @hclairebrown.bsky.social for covering our research. Link to coverage: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c... Link to our article:www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We are - worldwide - terrorized by the Axis of Evil and their imperialist agenda. All my support to the beautiful people of Iran.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
For all of us in Europe looking for a postdoc or professor position…good luck I guess?
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wie spreekt er voor de Aarde? In mijn nieuwe essay in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social stel ik de vraag hoe diplomatie eruitziet als we ook rivieren, bossen, ecosystemen en toekomstige generaties vertegenwoordigen. #CuerpoTerritorio #PlanetaryDiplomacy #Anthropocene www.sampol.be/2026/01/wie-...
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Wie spreekt er voor de Aarde?
Wat als echte vrede pas mogelijk wordt wanneer rivieren, bossen en toekomstige generaties eindelijk mee aan tafel zitten?
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Amazing how the fear of people on the move is bigger than the fear of the immediate consequences of climate change…
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It’s now time to exclude Israel from the UN. Articles 5 & 6 could be evoked. Even if it's vetoed by the Security Council, the General Assembly can vote to remove Israel. Such flagrant violations of international law & UN principles must stop. #UN #Israel #unrwa www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem
Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Not a surprise that things are not going well - wealth inequality is skyrocketing - 46 Swedes own more than what ca 80% of the Swedish population have.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Colonists afraid of colonial warfare.
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Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
De nieuwe SamPol is uit! Vandaag in de bus bij de abonnee en vanaf nu ook in elke boekhandel. Wat vind je in ons volledig vernieuwde magazine? En nog veel meer lees je op www.sampol.be/latest Neem nu je abonnement, al vanaf 40€ per jaar: www.sampol.be/abonneer
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Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Op woensdag 14 januari verschijnt SamPol New Style, ons totaal vernieuwd magazine. 💳 www.sampol.be/abonneer
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Armoede Maakt Moedeloos (AMM) @armoede.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Hulp kan bv. via cadeaubon.be waar ook wat mogelijkheden zijn voor voeding. Woon je in België maar kan je niet helpen, deel dit dan even met je Belgische volgers? Hartelijk dank, en een fijne dag aan allen! Wij gaan intussen door met het beantwoorden van pb’s. 🙏 2/2
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Armoede Maakt Moedeloos (AMM) @armoede.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
We zamelen nog steeds supermarktbonnen in! Maar voor alle zieke mensen zijn zijn boodschappen aan huis ook heel handig. Neem gerust contact op via pb indien je die voor iemand wenst te bestellen. Laat ons dit weekend de Belgen niet vergeten, daar zijn er minder opties maar 1/2
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a man in a superhero costume is ready to help
ALT: a man in a superhero costume is ready to help
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Totaal IRRELEVANT @vrtnws.be!!!! Waarom nemen jullie kritiekloos het narratief over van een autoritaire en misdadige overheid?
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ICE-agent die vrouw doodschoot, raakte eerder zwaargewond bij incident met veroordeelde pedoseksueel | VRT NWS: nieuws
De ICE-agent die Renee Nicole Good doodschoot in Minneapolis, is ondertussen geïdentificeerd als Jonathan Ross. Hij diende al bij de Nationale Garde in Indiana, was een 'machine gunner' in Irak en hee...
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New year, signed and sealed! Abortion rights under pressure, ageing societies in panic, tech bros dreaming of artificial wombs: my new book on how the politics of reproduction is being rewritten in real time. Dives into fertility crisis rhetoric, demography and racialised politics. Stay tuned!
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Another year, another regime change engineered by a state that calls itself democratic while exporting terror abroad. Just imagine how much quieter, fairer and more alive this world could be without the USA.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Palestine on my mind.
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Important paper exploring how power, pedagogy, and praxis shape inequitable climate knowledge, governance, and policy🌎 📖: Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality. By Farhana Sultana rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality
The material dimensions of loss and damage from climate change are compounded by systemic knowledge-based loss and epistemic injustice from the marginalisation and exclusion of critical voices and kn...
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Soul of Our Souls…1y Rest in Peace, dear Khaled Nabhan. #FreePalestine
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It’s Friday. May I be blunt? F*ck this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
For those in the back… 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
PhD defended! My thesis asks why, in 2025, we still explain housing crises, border regimes and climate breakdown through “overpopulation” – even when the evidence points to extraction, speculation and colonial histories instead.
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
RFK Jr. why don’t you take some notes?
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Dr. Soumaya Majdoub @soumayamajdoub.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
You dear Frau Ursula, have lost all respect, credibility and authority. Now we kindly ask you to remain quiet and let leaders do the talking (and thinking for that matter).
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