Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialDevelopment Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 11/08/2026📣 @globaldevinst.bsky.social have a taster course. Global Development in a Divided World, with Charis Enns from @manchester.ac.uk. Try this university course before you apply - 100% free! buff.ly/M3qJqTk 043
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialAVDB @avfchistory.bsky.social · 04/04/2026On 4 April 1981 Villa won 4-2 at Leicester, went top of the First Division and were six points clear with six to play. Ron Saunders' machine was running. Nothing was going to stop it. 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 #avfc buff.ly/IznBXpG 041
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29/10/2025In their 2025 report on #ClimateChange, @thelancet.com finds that millions of people are already dying every year from the causes & effects of climate change. In the past decade, an average 546,000 people have died per year from increased heat alone — roughly one person every minute. 37941
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialGlobal Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 18/09/2025With Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam operational, debates over the future of the Nile are entering a new phase In his open-access book, @tomlavers.bsky.social reveals how dam building has shaped Ethiopia’s international standing and unpacks the promises and perils of megaprojects - bit.ly/3Vk2yeB 036
tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · 10/09/2025blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/dams-power-a...blog.gdi.manchester.ac.ukDams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance - Global Development Institute Blogby Dr Tom Lavers, Reader in Politics, Global Development Institute More than 13 years after Ethiopia’s former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi laid its foundation stone, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam... 010
tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025As #Ethiopia finally gets ready to inaugurate the #GERD, read about the history of Ethiopian dam building and the story of the GERD in this open access book (download link below) or a shorter thread below. 041
tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · 07/08/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe WilliamsThe figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams 010
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialNicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025🇨🇳 China installed 464 GW of solar capacity in the 12 months to June☀️ That's more than the total EU solar capacity as of 2024 (338 GW) and DOUBLE the total US solar capacity (229 GW). ...in just 12 months 619473
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialAVDB @avfchistory.bsky.social · 02/06/2025www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa-... #avfcavfchistory.co.ukVilla and PSR 2024-25 | Aston Villa DatabaseA page dedicated to Aston Villa's 2024-25 compliance with Profit and Sustainability Rules including an overview of the 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 accounting periods and forecast for 2024-25 2102
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialDevelopment Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · 27/05/2025📣 REMINDER: @globaldevinst.bsky.social are hiring a permanent lecturer in the politics of development (open to subfield and regional specialisation) ⏰ Deadline is TOMORROW 28 May www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... 034
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialGlobal Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 13/05/2025There is still time to apply to join us as our new Lecturer in Politics and Development 👇 We are looking for candidates who can make significant contributions to research and research-informed teaching at GDI. Link: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job... Deadline: 28/05/2025 045
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialGlobal Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 06/05/2025GDI is seeking to appoint a new Lecturer in Politics and Development to further enhance our teaching and research. We would particularly welcome applications from academics with expertise on the politics of gender in the global South. For more information and to apply: bit.ly/3YyAUwm 053
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialA Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There’ll be no activity on this account for a couple of weeks. So I’ll leave you with my favourite Thunderbastard of all time, courtesy of Cheito Ramirez in 2004. Imagine getting the ball that far out and thinking: “I fancy my chances from here…” 917517
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialA Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 04/04/202533 years ago at White Hart Lane: Is that a peak Diego Maradona - or fleet-footed Aston Villa winger Tony Daley? 1504
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialBrett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025What sort of owner might KKR be? The following (from Our Lives in their Portfolios) is what happened when KKR took over the municipal water network of Bayonne New Jersey.....ft.comThames Water selects KKR as preferred bidderPrivate equity interest comes as UK’s largest water utility is fighting to avoid renationalisation 33626
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialCatie Hausman @catiehausman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025"The world has never truly undergone an energy transition... Instead, the world has experienced a series of energy additions, where new fuels build atop the old, rising like a skyscraper under construction for more than 200 years." media.rff.org/documents/RF...media.rff.org 1124
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialWoldegiorgis G. Teklay @woldetigray.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The TPLF Office view Getachew Reda’s faction’s actions as an intraparty coup within the TPLF, comparing it to what Abiy Ahmed and his OroMara coalition did to the EPRDF in 2017–2018. From their perspective, what they are doing now is a counter-intraparty coup. 1/2 www.linkedin.com/pulse/tigray...linkedin.comTigray’s Power Struggle: From the Pretoria Agreement to the Current Crisis-Events’ FlowAfter exactly two years of a genocidal war, the TPLF and the Federal Government signed a ceasefire agreement in Pretoria in November 2022. As part of the agreement, both parties agreed to establish an... 121
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialBiruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The impacts of #USAID cuts in #Ethiopia: - 85% (!) of CSOs have paused operations - Food assistance for 1 million people & clean water supply to IDPs in Tigray suspended - Termination of 5,000 workers focused on HIV & malaria prevention, vaccinations etc. www.thereporterethiopia.com/44011/thereporterethiopia.comUSAID Funding Freeze Leave Over 85pct Of Ethiopian Nonprofits CrippledGov’t suspends work permits for foreign NGO staff 13623
tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now global.oup.com/academic/pro... @terrefebiruk.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @oupacademic.bsky.social 135
tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025#Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis. New book available open access from bit.ly/3KKOLbX @globaldevinst.bsky.social. For those interested, a long summary thread below ⬇️bit.lyEthiopia’s ‘Developmental State’Cambridge Core - African Studies - Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’ 130
Reposted by @tomlavers.bsky.socialKen Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025On American aid cuts/disruptions: www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-a...africanistperspective.comOn American aid cuts/disruptionsWhen the music stops, those who’ve outsourced their ambitions get exposed 32519
