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Virginia De Biasio

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Research Associate DERISK (Climate Change) at King’s College London @kingspoltheory.bsky.social PhD from Uni York

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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves: More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the A...
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‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves
‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves: More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the A...
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Media 🇮🇹 @mediasit.skyfleet.blue · 05/05/2026
Il coraggio di proteggere Venezia
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Il coraggio di proteggere Venezia
La sopravvivenza della città è messa a rischio da una marea marina e da una marea umana. È necessario porre un limite al turismo. Bisogna tracciare un…
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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Paper alert: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Our researcher, Pablo Fernandez Velasco, together with Virginia De Biasio, connects the experience of ecological grief to place attachment and incommensurable losses.
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Place, Climate Change and the Experience of Loss
When places deteriorate due to climate change, people's connections to them (attachment) are also affected. The loss of the life possibilities sustained by places as a result of climate change is at ....
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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
#BookReview Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds. A. Jurkevics, 2025. Oxford, Oxford University Press. x +284 pp, £99 (hb) | Virginia De Biasio Read full text here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/WVJPJU... #philsky #philosophy
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Virginia De Biasio @virginiadebiasio.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
If you are interested in people’s relationships with places, the effects of climate change, and ecological grief @pfvelasco.bsky.social and I have just published this piece: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Place, Climate Change and the Experience of Loss
When places deteriorate due to climate change, people's connections to them (attachment) are also affected. The loss of the life possibilities sustained by places as a result of climate change is at ...
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🧵 This International Women's Day we're celebrating recently published articles by female authors in the journal's "Most Read" and "Most Cited" lists. Check these out, and the works of many more female authors, at the journal's webpage. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WomenInPolitics #IWD2026 1/4👇🧵
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/03/2026
Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests
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Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests
Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with research suggesting ocean levels are far higher than previously understood. The finding could significantly affect assessments of the future impacts of global heating and the effects on coastal settlements. Continue reading...
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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding: Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can n...
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South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding: Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can n...
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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
excited to have a research note for DERISK, co-authored with my two amazing post-docs Virginia De Biasio and Robert Reamer. In the note, we outline some of the threats posed by systemic risks to democracy and discuss a potential pathway forward. Check it out here: www.derisk.org.uk/working-papers
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Working Papers | DeRisk
DERISK explores how systemic risks are transforming governance in western democratic societies…
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Virginia De Biasio @virginiadebiasio.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk
Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds
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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@virginiadebiasio.bsky.social presenting some of her work as part of DERISK at the Hamburg systemic risk conference, showing that theorists can indeed do excellent poster presentations
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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?: As the natural wonder faces mounting ecological threats, traditional owners and environmental lawyers are calling for a radical new approach While patrolling the Great Barrier Reef, Gary Single...
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‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?
‘If the reef had a voice, it would sing’: could legal personhood help the Great Barrier Reef?: As the natural wonder faces mounting ecological threats, traditional owners and environmental lawyers are calling for a radical new approach While patrolling the Great Barrier Reef, Gary Single...
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Hong Do @hongdp.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Our article is out! We argue that formal citizenship isn’t enough when citizens with a perceived immigration background are still treated as guests in their own home. Read it here: doi.org/10.1515/mopp...
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‘Not a Guest in My Country’: Immigration Background, Social Hierarchies, and the Fundamental Interest in ‘Being at Home’
The prevailing belief, both within the immigration literature and in current political debate, is that the cornerstone of resolving immigration issues is the attainment of citizenship. In contrast, th...
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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones: Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years More than 100,000 new homes will be built on the highest-risk flood zones in England in the next ...
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More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones: Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years More than 100,000 new homes will be built on the highest-risk flood zones in England in the next ...
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Not Just "Sinking Islands"! Virginia De Biasio discusses the importance of climate adaptation for the population of #Kiribati & defends a community-based approach to adaptation in #SIDS - buff.ly/4gstxxa @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #climatechange
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Very pleased that the 2nd academic publication by my recent PhD student Virginia De Biasio has now seen the light of day: "Not Just ‘Sinking Islands’: Climate Change and Adaptation in Small Island Developing States", 'online early' from @polstudies.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Massive congratulations and very excited to be working with Virginia in my ERC project
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Delighted that my brilliant PhD student Virginia De Biasio has today published her first academic article! Virginia De Biasio, "When Does Attachment to Natural Resources Count?", @crispp.bsky.social, online early: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Congratulations, Virginia!
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