I had a fantastic time at the @eadi.bsky.social Research Communications Workshop last week in Berlin!

Over the two days we had some really productive conversations, and I was grateful to meet so many other comms professionals from across Europe.

📍: @isdcberlin.bsky.social

‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read

We’re absolutely delighted to share that Levenshulme Old Library is a finalist at this year's Manchester Culture Awards!

We're shortlisted in the 'best event' category for last year's Ghosts at the Old Library, our homegrown winter storytelling project.

Huge thanks to all involved.

Wish us luck!

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

Happy #bookshopday!
Support fine indie publishing by ordering directly from our bookshop

For UK readers, we've a limited supply of signed copies of Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, pawprint included 🐾

More signed copies of our other titles COMING SOON
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...

"Silence now risks normalizing the use of hunger as a political tool-not only in Ethiopia but in conflicts settings across the world. By naming and recording what happened in Tigray, we contribute to a body of memory that resists denial and insists on accountability."

Blog: bit.ly/48SMgkA

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In a new GDI blog, Edwin Rwigi and Anifat Ibrahim reflect on the moments of planned and unplanned waiting that characterise fieldwork, and how this 'waiting time' can be reframed and used as research material itself.

Read the piece here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/waiting-as-m...

How we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George Monbiot

Join the GDI Students for Palestine on Weds 30 April for an evening of Palestinian food, film, and discussion.

The evening will feature a screening of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land'.

For more info and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree....

Extraordinary joint statement from UN Under-Secretary-General and heads of UNICEF, WHO, WFP, IOM, UNRWA, UNOPS and OCHA:

"World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza"

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

A new blog written by GDI's Khalid Nadvi (@kmn-mcr.bsky.social) considers the effect of Trump's tariffs on global value chains, asking 'is this the end of globalisation?'

Read the blog here: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After the publication of his recent working paper analysing the US-China “AI Cold War”, we caught up with Richard Heeks (@cddmanchester.bsky.social) about the controversy surrounding DeepSeek.

Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Community reporters from the Social Homes for Manchester coalition have released a new short film following two women as they share their experiences navigating the housing system.

The film also covers the launch of a policy brief co-authored by GDI’s Isis Barei-Guyot in Nov 2024

📽️: bit.ly/4gjhRfi

Loved speaking with Edwin and putting together this video!

This series has been such a nice way of getting to know the people behind the work at @globaldevinst.bsky.social, and Edwin is a truly brilliant and fascinating person and researcher.

Check it out 👇

Heading to Parliament today with the Manchester Social Housing Comission, who are bringing five urgent demands to government concerning the failing housing system in MCR.

You can read their report in full here: www.socialhomes4mcr.org.uk/publications

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