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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 7h

Having built my career on trying to get IR and global health to talk to each other, I am so up for joining @jocalynclark.bsky.social and the team @bmj.com as a guest editor of a new series on Global Health Geopolitics!

Read & share Call for Papers published in The BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 4d

Yep, Gates & Global Health, Epstein and Polio Mums...

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. And 'global health' just becomes a pass to absolve any wrong doing.

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 5d

Bill Gates' justification for meeting with Epstein
“The focus was always, he knew a lot of very rich people, and he was saying he could get them to give money to global health' is as gross as it is unsurprising.

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 7d

This Friday I'm talking research integrity and the making of Pili. Ten years on, Did I get it right?

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 11d

This is an incredible piece of work by @ellarosebee.bsky.social ⬇️

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Abortion Plot: A Lyrical Critique of the Prosecutions for Suspected ‘Illegal’ Abortion in England - Feminist Legal Studies

This poetic/critical piece offers an urgent reflection on nine criminal prosecutions for suspected ‘illegal’ abortion in England that occurred between 2012 and 2025. Drawing on published traces of the...

link.springer.com

Paul C(innamon) Kirby @paulcinnamon.bsky.social · 25d

30,000 jobs gone in three years. Before the national insurance increase and the international student levy hits.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spe...

Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs

Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet

www.timeshighereducation.com

Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · 28d

I am so excited to be part of this event on the Global Politics of Abortion with the fabulous Dr Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah of Ad’iyah Collective, Prof Sophie Harman & Dr Sydney Calkin

28th January. Be there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...

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Global Politics of Abortion

A conversation with leading experts on abortion and politics across the globe, followed by a reception.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 28d

I'll be talking all things Global Politics of Abortion - MAHA, far right, eugenics, women's health - with the brilliant Nayla Luz Vacarezza, Sarah from the Ad’iyah Collective, Joe Strong & Sydney Calkin - 28th Jan

Do register so we can don't run out of snacks www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-pol...

Global Politics of Abortion

A conversation with leading experts on abortion and politics across the globe, followed by a reception.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Dec 9

I've been saying this a lot this year. Instead of looking at what Trump is destroying in aid and global health, look at what is being built
www.state.gov/united-state...

United States and Kenya Sign Five-Year, $2.5 Billion Health Cooperation Framework - United States Department of State

The Governments of the United States and the Republic of Kenya today signed a five-year, $2.5 billion Health Cooperation Framework that outlines a comprehensive vision to save lives, strengthen Kenya’...

www.state.gov

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Dec 1

Feel downbeat this #WorldAIDSDay - 'sunset' for UNAIDS, other UN agency cuts, decades of progress & majority of international community no longer attuned to the lives, families, & friends of 630,000 people who died of AIDS last year

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Be brave: women and girls need to remain at the centre of the HIV response

2025 marks a turning point in the HIV response. Experts are suggesting a projected 24% decrease in HIV funding over the next year in the context of reductions to international aid by several governmen...

www.thelancet.com

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 26

After years of talking about this book I am sooo excited to have ordered Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu. Despite not being allowed to read any of it (I've tried), I know everyone is going to be talking about this in 2026.

Gift your future self & pre-order www.penguin.co.uk/books/448455...

Chasing Freedom

'Intimate and epic, Chasing Freedom will teach you more about the legacies of colonialism than a hundred op-eds or a dozen textbooks' SATHNAM SANGHERA, author of Empireland In my home country, they c...

www.penguin.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 24

L-R Me (Producer), Sikijua ('Zuhura'), Sesilia ('Cecilia'), Neema ('Pharmacist'), Bello (Pili), Leanne (Director)

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 24

Read about the politics of making Pili www.mqup.ca/Books/S/Seei...

Seeing Politics

Visual politics and the aesthetic turn in international relations have emphasized the power of the image in world politics. Postcolonial and decolonial feminist theory shows the urgent need to rethink...

www.mqup.ca

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 24

Watch Pili www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

Watch Pili | Prime Video

An HIV+ mother has a chance to turn her life around when she's offered a market stall, in Leanne Welham's extraordinary drama.

www.amazon.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 24

L-R Me (Producer), Sikijua ('Zuhura'), Sesilia ('Cecilia'), Neema ('Pharmacist'), Bello (Pili), Leanne (Director)

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Nov 24

10 years ago this week Leanne Welham, Ansity Noel & I met with 80ish women around Pwani to hear their stories, ask what they thought about making a film & would they act in it?

The result was Pili. A film that went on to win awards, a distribution deal, a BAFTA nomination, & £1000s to these women

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 23

Huge congratulations to Sunil Amrith for winning the @britishacademy.bsky.social Book Prize!!!

I'm enormously proud of Sick of It being shortlisted alongside such fab books, especially as I *think* it's the first International Relations book to make the shortlist, hope it becomes the 1st of many.

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 22

Absolute joy to discuss Sick of It at the British Academy Book Prize event last night, meet such lovely readers & shortlisted authors, & celebrate with my mates (Becky my pal since I was 12 who beats me at tennis every week & Simukai who has the most amazing book coming out next year!)

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 20

Most fun (& difficult!) task of the year! I was asked to recommend 3 books I read recently for the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk blog as part of the @britishacademy.bsky.social book prize. My recommendations (and those of the other nominees) ⬇️

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

British Academy Book Prize 2025 | Sophie Harman’s reading recommendations | London Review Bookshop

Today’s reading recommendations come from Sophie Harman, whose book Sick of It: The Global Fight for Women's Health is nominated for this year’s British Academy…

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · Oct 18

Today’s British Academy Book Prize reading recommendations come from Sophie Harman, whose book SICK OF IT explores the global battle for women's health

Find out more about her chosen books here: lrb.me/0926b1

@britishacademy.bsky.social

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 17

Want to learn more about the British Academy shortlist? Excellent overview of all the books around 45min mark
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Arts & Ideas - Finding my tribe - BBC Sounds

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss connections, divisions and creating new political parties

www.bbc.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 10

There was I worried I wouldn't have time to properly read America First Global Health Strategy before finishing my keynote for next week.... but its all BIG font and BIG pictures and some quite comedy (despite seriousness of issue) graphs

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 9

Is the far right's success in global health partly homegrown?
www.medico.de/en/crisis-of...

I'll be talking about this and more next week in Berlin ahead of the World Health Summit - come along if you're in town! www.medico.de/termin/2025-...

Global health - Crisis of legitimacy - medico international

The global right is launching an attack on global health. Its success in this endeavour is partly home-grown. Interview with Sophie Harman

www.medico.de

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 9

So looking forward to seeing you!

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · Oct 9

Via Medico International: www.medico.de/en/crisis-of... Spot on.

Global health - Crisis of legitimacy - medico international

The global right is launching an attack on global health. Its success in this endeavour is partly home-grown. Interview with Sophie Harman

www.medico.de

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Oct 6

Spanning a broad range of non-fiction subjects from the global politics of women’s health to Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church, this year's British Academy Book Prize shortlist leads readers across continents and pivotal moments in history.

Here's why non-fiction is important to our authors.

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 2

Thank you Shannon!

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 2

www.amazon.co.uk/Sick-Global-...

Sick of It: The Global Fight for Women's Health - Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize eBook : Harman, Sophie: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · Oct 2

Kindle has chosen Sick of It to be part of their 99p deal for October!

Given the first book I published back in 2010 was about £80 this is a much better deal. And cheaper than a whippy.

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