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Official account for the School of Social Sciences at Birkbeck University of London: @BBKCriminology @bbkgeography @ICPRtweet @bbkpolitics @bbkpsychosocial
Bloomsbury, London
Joined May 2012
BIRKBECK SOCIAL SCIENCES FESTIVAL begins tomorrow. Check out our amazing event line-up here: https://t.co/WEXI2AAhDA
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Join us for an event on 17th September on "Authoritarian Legacies and Popular Support for State Violence - Philippine Case Study". This is a joint event between ICPR and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies @ICwS_SAS @drmaisato. More info here
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A joint event by the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and School of Advanced Study
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Here’s our article, from the end of July. It’s a reflection on Diane Abbott’s revisiting the question of antisemitism and/as racism.
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Politicians need to find better of ways of thinking about racism—and of acting against it
🎆 @prospect_uk’s birthday means paywall til Sunday. 🎆 Here’s some great pieces on antisemitism, including by David Edgar, @daverich1, @joglanville1, @rachshabi, & @KeithKahnHarris, plus a recent thing by @BrendanMcGeever, David Feldman and me. https://t.co/kp3IECURSl
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Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research is excited to be carrying out an evaluation of this important anti-phone theft campaign. @ICPRtweet (@SocSciBBK @BirkbeckUoL)
🚨 MIND THE GRAB 🚨 A phone is stolen in London every 7.5 minutes. Every 15 minutes in Westminster alone. We want to be part of the solution. So, we’ve launched a campaign to help.
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🌿 Sustainability isn’t a niche skill anymore, it’s a top 10 future workforce skill. Dr Pam Yeow and Dr Becky Bryant unpack the WEF’s 2025 report & why environmental stewardship is now essential across sectors. 👉 Read more: https://t.co/AXyOdtqr3n
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Race Forum & MA Culture Diaspora Ethnicity Public Lecture: ‘Reframing the Windrush Scandal Through Oral Histories and Community Memory’ Dr Juanita Cox, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London 8 July 18:00 https://t.co/LvMjeEAjGZ
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So pleased that Piero - one of my PhD students- has published this brilliant paper in @IJURResearch based on his fantastic thesis on #housing and social mixing @EastVillageLDN
Thrilled to share my new article in IJURR! It explores corporate landlords’ place-production practices and how they inform middle-class place belonging in East Village—one of London 2012’s most iconic regeneration sites and a key example of 5th-wave gentrification.
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Collaborate in writing a manifesto for non-extractivist research, Birkbeck tomorrow afternoon (part of our 2025 Social Sciences festival) https://t.co/ZfufYbHBBE
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Article on current challenges and solutions for #wildlife #Conservation in S Africa, with my thoughts on protected areas, and doubts about them paying their way.
dailymaverick.co.za
South African landowners are donning the unlikely armour of biodiversity protection to fend off the encroaching menace of open-cast mining, showing that survival instincts can lead to a greener...
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TOMORROW
📣 Excited to be hosting this talk by the brilliant @carolinehossein on Black Women's Solidarity Economies Combating Racism and Sexism: Why Organizing Matters More Than Ever @SocSciBBK Next Weds 11 June 2025 18.00-19.30 Don't miss it! Book here https://t.co/vaSaR89UXG
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Dr Sofia Buncy, Director of the Muslim Women in Prison Project talks about the invisibility of Muslim women prisoners and their experiences of the criminal justice system
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Gill Hunter talks about ICPR's Lived Experience of the Law project, more info on which can be found here https://t.co/dZbLmpoQVG
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This evening ICPR colleagues are presenting at the fifth event of the Social Sciences Festival 2025: “Co-produced Research in the Justice System: Questions, Challenges and Opportunities”.
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I'll be speaking along side some great discussants on the intersections between food, identity and sustainability at the Social Science Festival at @SocSciBBK this Thursday, 5th June, 6-7pm. Come down for a nourishing conversation! 🌱🌾🍄 https://t.co/WxspIIIcgS
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Social Sciences Festival 2025
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@IOE_London 4 June 6 pm HOW DO WE CHAMPION AID, REPARATIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A NEW WORLD? Patricia Daley (@oxfordgeography) @SophiaPrice5 (@SocSciBBK) Jasmine Bhatia @Karen_wells_bbk (@bisr_birkbeck) @benworthy1 (@bbkpolitics) @KalpanaWilson (@bbkgeography) https://t.co/5c4Kic5Le3
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Social Sciences Festival 2025
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3 June 6 pm Feminist Scholars’ Experiences in Decolonising the Academy: Race, Class, and Identity in Narrative. Heidi Safia Mirza, @IOE_London, Jan Etienne, many more! https://t.co/1FHwcqgPBd
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Seminar and Book launch for Social Sciences Week
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What are tariffs... and why do countries fight over them? 🌍 In our latest #BirkbeckExplains video, Professor of Economics, Sue Konzelmann talks about what #tariffs are, their history, and their political, economic and social impact. 👇 https://t.co/XEsZQ0CAhL
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What happens to gender rights in a time of global pushback? Join Dr. Gabriela Alvarez Minte (UNFPA) as she explores the challenges and hopes for multilateralism in advancing gender equality. 📍Birkbeck, Uni of London 🗓️ 6 June | 🕕 6–7:30pm 🔗 https://t.co/zqogHrm01Y
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Very happy to have my book included in the Meet the author session at the 2025 Biennial SLA conference at @UChicago this week! #linguistics #anthropology @BloomsburyAcad @birkbeck_arts
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Our event on migration, social reproduction and mothering will now be held on 9 OCTOBER. The EventBrite page is still live for the new date. Meanwhile, if you can make it to London for 19 or 20 June, we hope to see you at your conference!
And our in-person conference will be held at @SocSciBBK on 19-20 June. New speakers being added but line-up includes legends Bridget Anderson, Zrinka Bralo, Ann Phoenix, Penny Rabiger, @ZoeBantleman and @nandosigona. https://t.co/lmyfvdOyOo
@migrantsorg @RunnymedeTrust
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