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New blog by @IdahKnowles: Open parliament - based on principles of transparency, access to information, & public participation - needs to be more than a promise, more than a checklist
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#Parliamentarians #30june #ParliamentarismDay

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁. Taking stock of USAID’s past efforts could inform future locally-led approaches by international donors. New article Jeff Hallock, @jonathanfox707.bsky.social, Nick Chen: bit.ly/3GNowTt

Full article: Farmer movement oversight of the Mexican Government’s scaled-up fertilizer program

Jonathan Fox & Carlos García Jiménez

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New Accountability Note! How can civil society network and an official state oversight body interface for a shared agenda of systemic education reform? Joy Aceron and Abrehet Gebremedhin share a case study from the Philippines bit.ly/4f3yVHm

With the correct link:
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📌 "Violence, Conflict & Changing Orders"
Half-day conference exploring:
✅ Evolving global conflict patterns
✅ Emerging ideas & methods
✅ The future of the field

🎤@possibilist.bsky.social, Jonathan Goodhand, Zoe Marriage & more

🗓11 June @ 2–5pm
📍BGLT, SOAS
Register: shorturl.at/RKX3E

A few reflections from @duncangreenlse.bsky.social on what leads to research impact - I like the bit about the importance of getting the right unit of analysis: blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

DC friends, my colleague Judy Gearhart is convening this discussion May 15 - lessons from new research on labor organizing in the seafood industry in Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Mexico - will be inspiring and interesting

🔔 Upcoming Webinar ⏰

The Future of Climate Activism with sociologist @fisherdanar.bsky.social, Drilled executive editor @amywestervelt.bsky.social, and John Paul Mejia of the @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social. Moderated by CCNow's very own @theresariley.bsky.social.

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Audit institutions are an essential part of anti-corruption mechanisms. Sowmya Kidambi shares experience from India at forum of partnerships for anti-corruption. Learn about history of participatory auditing in India from her earlier blog with @suchipan.bsky.social & Nikhil Dey
bit.ly/41mzjfn

"As researchers interested in health & social justice, our role is to mediate between ways of knowing & learning in communities, & how that can be translated into the language of academia, which influences public policy."
Walter Flores in the Connecting Citizens to Science Podcast
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They show just how brutal these cuts are likely to be relative to previous cuts. We will soon be spending less real aid as a share of our GNI than Thatcher. Shame on Labour @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social

Academic activity on #X continues to fall, and #Bluesky continues to eat into X’s share of #SocialMedia.

But UK universities are still reluctant to cut ties with X altogether.

@andytattersall.bsky.social asks why on ‪@lseimpactblog.bsky.social‬ 👇

Remember: There are many ways to finance spending more money, cutting the relatively small aid budget is symbolic and ideological, not driven by actual budgetary demands

🚨 10 Ethical Reasons NOT to use AI in your work: A short thread🧵

1. Stolen Data
2. Biased Data
3. Labour Exploitation
4. No Transparency
5. Biased Algorithms
6. Prone to Error and Lies
7. No Accountability
8. Dehumanising
9. Colonialism
10. Climate Impact

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...