Arush Lal, PhD
@arushlal.bsky.social
💼 Advisor, Pandemics Programme - The Elders
📑 PhD - LSE Health Policy
Researching diplomacy, health security, and UHC. Advocating for health equity and resilience.
Views my own.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/health-policy/people/PhDs/Arush-Lal
📑 PhD - LSE Health Policy
Researching diplomacy, health security, and UHC. Advocating for health equity and resilience.
Views my own.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/health-policy/people/PhDs/Arush-Lal
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Arush Lal, PhD
@arushlal.bsky.social
· Mar 11
🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads.
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
Reposted by Arush Lal, PhD
As climate crisis accelerates, it’s the Global South that will be most impacted
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history'
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history'
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history' – video
Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banks
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As climate crisis accelerates, it’s the Global South that will be most impacted
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history'
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history'
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections!
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
August 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections!
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections!
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
August 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎓 I’m beyond grateful (and admittedly a little overwhelmed) to share that I’ve officially completed and defended my PhD — with no corrections!
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
📘 Full thesis: etheses.lse.ac.uk/4906/
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They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.
Reposted by Arush Lal, PhD
🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐁𝐢𝐠, 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥’
Read @arushlal.bsky.social 's latest op-ed in @thebulletin.org outlining how short-sighted and dangerous cutting funding to programmes like #Medicare will be to Americans.
Read the full article here 👉 bit.ly/409xctS
#PandemicPreparedness
Read @arushlal.bsky.social 's latest op-ed in @thebulletin.org outlining how short-sighted and dangerous cutting funding to programmes like #Medicare will be to Americans.
Read the full article here 👉 bit.ly/409xctS
#PandemicPreparedness
July 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐁𝐢𝐠, 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥’
Read @arushlal.bsky.social 's latest op-ed in @thebulletin.org outlining how short-sighted and dangerous cutting funding to programmes like #Medicare will be to Americans.
Read the full article here 👉 bit.ly/409xctS
#PandemicPreparedness
Read @arushlal.bsky.social 's latest op-ed in @thebulletin.org outlining how short-sighted and dangerous cutting funding to programmes like #Medicare will be to Americans.
Read the full article here 👉 bit.ly/409xctS
#PandemicPreparedness
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Deep sigh
Pepfar would focus on “creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies”
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
Pepfar would focus on “creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies”
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Deep sigh
Pepfar would focus on “creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies”
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
Pepfar would focus on “creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies”
@stephanienolen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...
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The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted.
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The ‘big, beautiful bill’ will make the US less prepared for pandemics
The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future pandemic...
thebulletin.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted.
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
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Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The 'big, beautiful bill' will make the US less prepared for pandemics.
Read the full story by @arushlal.bsky.social. ⬇️
Read the full story by @arushlal.bsky.social. ⬇️
Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The ‘big, beautiful bill’ will make the US less prepared for pandemics
The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future…
thebulletin.org
July 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The 'big, beautiful bill' will make the US less prepared for pandemics.
Read the full story by @arushlal.bsky.social. ⬇️
Read the full story by @arushlal.bsky.social. ⬇️
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“As infectious disease professionals, we must all continue to speak out and act up to hold our governments to account, advocating for restored protection of free speech, reinstatement of investments in science and healthcare, and a return to just and evidence-based policies, (1/4)
July 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“As infectious disease professionals, we must all continue to speak out and act up to hold our governments to account, advocating for restored protection of free speech, reinstatement of investments in science and healthcare, and a return to just and evidence-based policies, (1/4)
The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted.
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
Fewer clinics, unhealthier people, less warning: The ‘big, beautiful bill’ will make the US less prepared for pandemics
The so-called "big, beautiful bill" will lead to millions of fewer people having health coverage in the United States. It will make the country less prepared to detect and respond to a future pandemic...
thebulletin.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The recently passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is dangerous and shortsighted.
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
My latest op-ed in the @thebulletin.org outlines how — by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid — this legislation makes Americans more vulnerable to the next pandemic.
🔗: thebulletin.org/2025/07/fewe...
Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years. They remain one of our most powerful tools to prevent pandemics and protect communities.
At a time when global health institutions face growing threats, this legacy must be defended.
#VaccinesWork #GlobalHealthSecurity
At a time when global health institutions face growing threats, this legacy must be defended.
#VaccinesWork #GlobalHealthSecurity
Vaccines are vital to pandemic preparedness and saving lives. Disinformation and funding cuts to key global health initiatives threaten progress and deepen inequalities.
We must act now to restore trust and invest in equitable vaccine access for all.
We must act now to restore trust and invest in equitable vaccine access for all.
June 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years. They remain one of our most powerful tools to prevent pandemics and protect communities.
At a time when global health institutions face growing threats, this legacy must be defended.
#VaccinesWork #GlobalHealthSecurity
At a time when global health institutions face growing threats, this legacy must be defended.
#VaccinesWork #GlobalHealthSecurity
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After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis!
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
June 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis!
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis!
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
June 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
After years of thinking, writing, rewriting — and rewriting again — it feels surreal to share that I’ve submitted my PhD thesis!
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
Title: "Hybrid norms and the politics of integration: evolving linkages between global health security and universal health coverage" ⬇️
Excited to share I’ve joined The Elders as Advisor, Pandemics Programme.
I’ll be leading strategy and engagement on pandemic prevention and preparedness — connecting diplomacy to public health and helping shape a more equitable and resilient health security architecture.
@theelders.bsky.social
I’ll be leading strategy and engagement on pandemic prevention and preparedness — connecting diplomacy to public health and helping shape a more equitable and resilient health security architecture.
@theelders.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Excited to share I’ve joined The Elders as Advisor, Pandemics Programme.
I’ll be leading strategy and engagement on pandemic prevention and preparedness — connecting diplomacy to public health and helping shape a more equitable and resilient health security architecture.
@theelders.bsky.social
I’ll be leading strategy and engagement on pandemic prevention and preparedness — connecting diplomacy to public health and helping shape a more equitable and resilient health security architecture.
@theelders.bsky.social
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🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads.
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads.
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
Reposted by Arush Lal, PhD
⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.
🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.
🧵
💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.
🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.
🧵
March 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
⏰Next week is the final negotiating session for the #PandemicAccord at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.
🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.
🧵
💣Negotiators cannot afford to fail.
🤝 To strike a deal, countries no longer have the luxury of holding tight to narrow national self-interest.
🧵
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USAID terminates nearly all its remaining 900 employees
"Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees," according to two senior USAID officials, as the remnants of USAID are folded into State
"Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees," according to two senior USAID officials, as the remnants of USAID are folded into State
USAID terminates nearly all its remaining employees
The remaining USAID employees were given an end-of-employment date in an email sent out today.
www.npr.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
USAID terminates nearly all its remaining 900 employees
"Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees," according to two senior USAID officials, as the remnants of USAID are folded into State
"Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees," according to two senior USAID officials, as the remnants of USAID are folded into State
🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads.
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
March 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨Five years since COVID-19, global health diplomacy is at a crossroads.
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
How do we balance pandemic preparedness with health systems that actually improve access to care?
Our latest in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Globalization & Health dives into this urgent question.
🔗: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🧵⬇️
Reposted by Arush Lal, PhD
As pandemics, climate disasters, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts converge, and as #nationalism rises globally, how do we build #HealthSystems that are both crisis-ready and universally-accessible?
@arushlal.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseglobalhealth.bsky.social
@arushlal.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseglobalhealth.bsky.social
Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage
For the Global Health at LSE blog this week, doctoral candidate Arush Lal, Dr Clare Wenham and Dr Justin Parkhurst (all LSE Health Policy) provide an overview of their recent paper in International…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As pandemics, climate disasters, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts converge, and as #nationalism rises globally, how do we build #HealthSystems that are both crisis-ready and universally-accessible?
@arushlal.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseglobalhealth.bsky.social
@arushlal.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @lseglobalhealth.bsky.social
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We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
🧵⬇️
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
🧵⬇️
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We’re in an era of polycrisis — pandemics, climate disasters, economic shocks.
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
🧵⬇️
Rising nationalism and eroding multilateralism threaten progress.
How do we build health systems that are BOTH crisis-ready & universally accessible?
Our latest op-ed: blogs.lse.ac.uk/globalhealth...
🧵⬇️
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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
Musk claims DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials disagree.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.”
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social.
“There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.
Reposted by Arush Lal, PhD
📣 New blog post on Global Health at LSE by @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social's @arushlal.bsky.social, Dr Clare Wenham & Dr Justin Parkhurst!
'Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage'
Read it here: bit.ly/4h4ftcS
'Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage'
Read it here: bit.ly/4h4ftcS
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📣 New blog post on Global Health at LSE by @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social's @arushlal.bsky.social, Dr Clare Wenham & Dr Justin Parkhurst!
'Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage'
Read it here: bit.ly/4h4ftcS
'Evolving health norms amid overlapping crises: (re)constructing global health security and universal health coverage'
Read it here: bit.ly/4h4ftcS
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Large, global campaigning organizations have correctly lambasted recent (& still ongoing) cuts to #ODA & #humanitarian assistance.
Why are they near silent on the parallel strangling (of an already shrunk) #civicspace? 1/3
Why are they near silent on the parallel strangling (of an already shrunk) #civicspace? 1/3
February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Large, global campaigning organizations have correctly lambasted recent (& still ongoing) cuts to #ODA & #humanitarian assistance.
Why are they near silent on the parallel strangling (of an already shrunk) #civicspace? 1/3
Why are they near silent on the parallel strangling (of an already shrunk) #civicspace? 1/3