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Stephen Thompson

@stephenthomo.bsky.social
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Research on development, geography, and inclusion. Fellow - Institute of Development Studies/University of Sussex

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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
New open access paper introduces the concept of "development brut," which challenges traditional notions of development by recognising the valuable contributions of those working outside the formal development industry. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #DevelopmentStudies #GlobalDev
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Our new paper on mobility experiences of people with disabilities in #Bangladesh is out! Using #ParticipatoryMethods we uncovered various factors influencing their inclusion/exclusion framed within a time #geography context. We invite you to read & share your thoughts!​ www.bezev.de/en/institute...
Photo of a group of Bangladeshi women in front of a red noticeboard with lots of pieces of paper pinned to it.
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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks again for your nice summary! I shared here :) www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/lots...
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Lots of proteins
Questions of activism, priests using wheelchairs, and more from the mailbag
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Exciting news - our blog on #ClimateChange and #DisabilityJustice has just been shared on the Sensing Climate website sensing-climate.com/news/climate...
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Climate justice and disability: a review — Sensing Climate
We’re delighted to share this guest news piece by researchers at the Institute of Development Studies about their recent literature review on climate justice and disability…
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Tomorrow Friday May 16 at 13 - 14 UK time/ 14 - 15 CET Please join us for this @justwaterfutures.bsky.social webinar on 'Do we need a Global Commission on the Economics of Water to Value Water?'
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 15/05/2025
On the 77th anniversary of the #Nakba, Gaza is facing famine and mass displacement. IDS researchers warn of a deliberate humanitarian collapse and call for urgent global action. 👇 ac.pulse.ly/iyefxkvygt
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IDS researchers denounce Gaza catastrophe and urge urgent global response - Institute of Development Studies
As Palestinians today mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from their homeland in 1948
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 15/05/2025
77 years since the Nakba, Gaza faces famine & siege. IDS researchers warns the crisis stems from the erosion of humanitarian law and urge political leaders to take action 👇 ac.pulse.ly/wuklyeqf1u
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IDS researchers denounce Gaza catastrophe and urge urgent global response - Institute of Development Studies
As Palestinians today mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from their homeland in 1948
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 15/05/2025
Disabled people are hit hardest by climate change but often left out from the policy making. This #GAAD, IDS researchers are calling for climate justice that centres lived experience. 👇 ac.pulse.ly/ea4ioay21q
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Climate justice and disability: Why including lived experience matters - Institute of Development Studies
Disability and climate justice are important development themes, yet research on their intersection is lacking. More evidence
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
For the #AHRC funded Disability Inclusive Development Networks project I've been working with a cohort of early career researchers involved in disability-inclusive arts and humanities research. This report details the journey so far: www.ids.ac.uk/publications... #ECR #SkillsDevelopment
A group of 11 people stood in a garden. They are smiling. There are trees in the background and green plants.
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New publication, please share The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS) link.springer.com/10.1057/s412... @ids.ac.uk @eadi.bsky.social
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The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies (DS) - The European Journal of Development Research
This think-piece makes a case for addressing the colonial roots of sustainability. It examines how enduring colonial mechanisms and biases have led to certain forms of value and valuing, problematic v...
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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Our friends at @dsaireland.bsky.social are seeking a part time comms officer. ⏰ Apply by 6 May! unijobs.ie/jobs/part-ti...
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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
💰 @ids.ac.uk compile their opinions and insights on the aid cuts and ask: What is the future of funding for international development? www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/opi...
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
One of my highlights of the #GDS2025 was meeting @desibility.bsky.social in person. His latest piece sums up the intensity of the Summit perfectly. For me the experience was a chaotic mixture of high level promise but grassroots concern about the future.
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Has anyone published in Cogent Arts and Humanities? Seems like a legit journal, but so far submission process has been questionable. Keen to hear if anyone else has experienced something similar. #AcademicSky #Humanities #Arts
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 02/04/2025
Ahead of the Global Disability Summit, @stephenthomo.bsky.social highlights recommendations for the inclusion of people with disabilities in future research. 👇 #GDS2025 #GlobalDisabilitySummit #CommitToChange www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/glo...
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Global Disability Summit - Learnings from the Disability Inclusive Development Networks - Institute of Development Studies
organisations of people with disabilities, understanding power dynamics, engage in policy influencing, ethics and feedback mechanisms.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/03/2025
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts.
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Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Members of the #InclusiveFutures consortium will be at the #GlobalDisabilitySummit. Follow the link to learn more: inclusivefutures.org/global-disab... #GDS2025
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Global Disability Summit 2025: Closing the gap between disability inclusion and development | Inclusive Futures
Inclusive Futures is attending the summit in Berlin on 2-3 April. Visit our booth or attend our panel event to connect with us and learn more about our programme insights.
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UCD Politics and International Relations @ucdpolitics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Graduate Taught Webinar for Offer Holders and Prospective Students for MA/MSc. Meet our staff and current students, and ask questions. Monday 7 April at 2pm GMT ▶️Register Here! ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you are interested in doing a #PhD at the number 1 ranked place in the world for #DevelopmentStudies, get in touch. I am currently open to supervising new candidates.
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Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We are accepting special issue proposals! We welcome proposals relating to any area of global and international studies as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. For more info, contact us or follow the link below 👇 1. globalsociety@kent.ac.uk 2. www.tandfonline.com/action/journ...
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News & offers from Global Society
Guidance for Special Issue proposals
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Listening to a fascinating talk at @ids.ac.uk by @stillsherises.bsky.social on her book 'African Feminist Praxis: Cartographies of Liberatory Worldmaking'. A great tonic for the current strange times. "The reality is that politics is always felt in the body..."
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive www.theguardian.com/global-devel... Article on Vicky Roy’s new book, "Everyone is Good at Something"
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‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive
After spending four years meeting people all over the country, Vicky Roy’s new book, Everyone is Good at Something, contains 100 inspirational life stories to raise awareness and combat taboos
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great article written by @lucymiller.bsky.social on providing eye care to #refugees from #Syria and #Gaza www.aop.org.uk/ot/news/2025... Proud to call Hammad Mansoor a friend. #Optometry #EyeHealth
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Providing eye care to refugees from Syria and Gaza
Locum optometrist, Hammad Mansoor, led a multidisciplinary group of clinicians to volunteer in Jordanian refugee camps in January
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My colleague Juliet Millican is editing a series on #HigherEducation & forced displacement www.cambridge.org/core/publica... You may want to contribute if you work on #HE with regards to: ▶️ Internal displacement ▶️ #Refugees/ #AsylumSeekers ▶️ Exiled institutions ▶️ Displaced, at-risk & exiled scholars
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Higher Education and Forced Displacement
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Very exciting online course on poverty-focused mixed methods research and evaluation 👇 www.ids.ac.uk/specialist-s... #Poverty
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Poverty-focused mixed methods research and evaluation online course - Institute of Development Studies
This course - taught by highly experienced professionals in Bangladesh, the UK, and Zambia - helps you understand, design and implement mixed methods research and evaluations amidst contexts of rapid ...
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
An important question 👇 Who is brave enough to speak truth to power? #AidCuts #FCDO #Starmer
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I have a lot of respect for Anneliese Dodds for this 👇
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Just saw that James Ferguson has died stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j... His work from the 1990s with Akhil Gupta on culture, power, place, and identity was hugely influential to me as a young geographer trying to figure out where I wanted to go with my career. Sad news. #Geography #Development.
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New blog on key trends for #Development over the next decade 👇
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Robben Island’s Hallelujah - the story of political prisoners and music in #SouthAfrica www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Extraordinary radio produced by @catherineboulle.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - Robben Island’s Hallelujah
The story of Handel's famous chorus performed on Robben Island.
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Really enjoyed the Headstrong Club talk last night by @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social on #diplomacy and #IR. Looking forward to reading the new book!
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Theodore Koulouris @theodorekoulouris.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Colleagues from our School of Business & Law are doing some research into the uses of AI in teaching & learning in higher education — if you’re a student or colleague, can you please help by completing this survey? More below brightonbusiness.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
@officialbha.bsky.social with an outstanding game, surely worthy of a headline? Not according to the BBC. Such is the fate of the Prem's smaller clubs. #BHAFC
Screenshot of bbc sport website, the top story is about chelsea losing but with no mention of Brighton
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Thomas Paine Legacy is a new org I'm proud to be a Director of. They are based in Lewes & committed to celebrating Paine’s legacy by using history to empower present and future citizens. Support them next week as they open Thomas' home, Bull House. thomaspainelegacy.org/home/visit-b...
Volunteers, one dressed as Thomas Paine stand outside a Tudor House with the sign Open Today
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Really enjoyed this Witness History episode on Dolores Ibárruri and her role with the anti-fascist forces during the Spanish civil war. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #NoPasaran
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Witness History - La Pasionaria: Heroine of the Spanish civil war - BBC Sounds
Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If you are looking to grow your network of people who work on #SustainableDevelopment and #Diplomacy, give @k4dd.ids.ac.uk a follow 👇 Their website is a treasure trove of #development focused reports, papers and various other evidence-related things.
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Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
So excited to be speaking about #TheEmpathyFix next week @ids.ac.uk 🤩📗 . IDS Members seminar, chaired by Stephen Devereux . If you're in or around #Brighton on Tuesday 11th, let me know! . #TheEmpathyFix #poverty #empathy #booktalk
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Environmental Change, Development Challenges – Revisited bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/id... Latest edition of the Bulletin edited by former IDS Director Melissa Leach and current IDS Fellow Ian Scoones
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IDS Bulletin
The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-reviewed journal exploring emerging international development topics.
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hi @orcid.org - I have a question about logging into a journal using my ORCID number. I can't seem to change my primary email. Is there anyone I can contact?
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/02/2025
Coventry University is in crisis: 👉 300 jobs at risk 👉 Severe cuts across faculties Yet the vice-chancellor: 👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary 👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇 bit.ly/4aL7iAN
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Remove Coventry University vice-chancellor from government role
Coventry University is facing an unprecedented jobs and debt crisis under the leadership of vice-chancellor John Latham. The institution is threatening to sack 300 staff and rehire some of them in its...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 30/01/2025
📅 On Feb. 4, join us for the launch @cgdev.org compendium, "The Future of Official Development Assistance: Incremental Improvements or Radical Reform." Ft ➡ Antón Leis García, Susanna Gable, Pierre Jacquet, & Masood Ahmed. RSVP! ⬇ bit.ly/3PUmbXQ
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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Schools plant the seeds of ableism in many ways. And in my experience physical education is one of the most powerful and least questioned." Lea Labaki comes back to Disability Debrief with an essay that will resonate with anyone that remembers PE lessons. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/stru...
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Physical education's lessons of exclusion and ableism
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Education provision for students with disabilities & additional learning needs in #PapuaNewGuinea www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... This promises to be an great seminar by Guy Le Fanu, Visiting Research Fellow. Tues 18 Feb 11am Uni of Sussex, Global Studies Resource Centre & on Zoom. #IE #Inclusion
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Education provision for students with disabilities and additional learning needs in Papua New Guinea
This seminar will discuss research carried out by a Papua New Guinean researcher, Mevelyn Kawane, a lecturer in special and inclusive education
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
As the new teaching term starts tomorrow, it feels appropriate to share this 👇 #AcademicSky
Photo of a small child (representing me) looking into an old cannon (representing work). The caption reads "a visual representation of how work is going".
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Just finished reading 'Between the World & Me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Strongly recommend it for anyone wanting to learn more about race & black/American/World history. As a father, the format of writing a letter to your children, trying to teach them & improve their lives, really hit home. #BookSky
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Congrats to all the IDS graduates! What a curious, bright and inspiring bunch. Looking forward to seeing what they do next. www.ids.ac.uk/news/celebra... The future of #DevelopmentStudies is in good hands...
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Celebrating the graduates of 2025! - Institute of Development Studies
Celebrating the Graduates of Winter 2025: IDS’s Impact on Global Development
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Development Geographies Research Group (RGS-IBG) @devgeogsrg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Deadline extended to 29th of January, 2025! 👍👀👌
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just read 'Where the deer and the antelope play' by @nickofferman.bsky.social. Is it too late to suggest he should be President of the US? A missed opportunity I feel.
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Stephen Thompson @stephenthomo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten... New blog by @phatcontroller.bsky.social on the harms that #AI can cause.
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Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use - Institute of Development Studies
The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy. The Foreign Secretary says he is planning to bring ‘AI into the heart of our ...
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