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📚 Join us for an online book launch!

Pharmaceutical Knowledge Commons for the Most Neglected Populations in Global Health

🗓 Friday, Dec 5
⏰ 13:00–15:00 GMT
📍 Online (MS Teams)

Featuring author Dr Markus Fraundorfer and a panel of experts.

✅ Register here: tinyurl.com/8ru7e3sv
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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We are delighted to announce that the third lecture in this year's Inaugural Lecture Series will be given by Prof Alex Nicholson with 'Valuable legal education and aspiring human lawyers: a manifesto'.

📅 4 Dec
⏰ 5-6PM
📍 Liberty Building Moot Court

More info and tickets 👇
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"Valuable legal education and aspiring human lawyers: a manifesto" - A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Alex Nicholson – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds, Thu 4 Dec 2025 ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🌍Today is the first day of #COP30!

Explore these two blog posts written by our researchers for @priestleycentre.bsky.social ⬇️

COP30 in Belém: Leadership between two worlds: climate.leeds.ac.uk/cop30-in-bel...

A Global South Reading of COP30 by Simon Manda - climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou...
COP30 in Belém: Leadership between two worlds - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Professor Richard Beardsworth continues his analysis of expectations for COP30 in Belém, as he navigates leadership between two realms, one rules-based and co-operative, the other nationalist-populist...
climate.leeds.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Dr Tom Vaughan urges the UK to rethink its role as a “nuclear silo” for the US, warning that deepening nuclear integration undermines democracy and national sovereignty.

Read his article written for @theconversation.com here ⬇️

theconversation.com/talk-of-new-...
Talk of new atomic tests by Trump and Putin should make UK rethink its role as a nuclear silo for the US
The UK is being pulled into a new nuclear arms race.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢 Upcoming webinar: Neoliberalism and the moral economy of fraud

Dr Jörg Wiegratz is presenting at this @u4acrc.bsky.social webinar

📅 Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025
⏰ Time: 11.00–12.00 CET (Berlin / Oslo / Stockholm)

Register here: www.u4.no/events/neoli...
Neoliberalism and the moral economy of fraud
Conceptual and practical insights for integrity management, fraud prevention, and partnership governance.
www.u4.no
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📖New Book! - Moral Economies of Distribution and Redistribution in Africa: The Right and Wrong of Who Gets (and Gives) What and Why

Dr Jörg Wiegratz's co-edited book has just been published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social ⬇️

www.routledge.com/Moral-Econom...
Moral Economies of Distribution and Redistribution in Africa: The Right and Wrong of Who Gets (and Gives) What and Why
This book examines how moralities of distribution and redistribution operate and intertwine in everyday African economic life, enhancing current understandings of capitalism on the continent. Through ...
www.routledge.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Did you know that as part of the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) any social science Postdoctoral Researchers at the University of Leeds can attend WRDTP training events? For full details of this year's training programme, please visit wrdtp.ac.uk/training/ - please spread the word!
October 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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🚨 New MSc: AI Ethics & Society

🤖💻AI is reshaping our world - but who decides how it's used?

📲Tackle real-world challenges & develop expertise in ethical, responsible AI. Designed for thinkers, changemakers & tech-aware professionals.

Apply now for Oct 2026 start👉 bit.ly/3VTE8J5
#ethicalAI #MSc
October 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🎓 Apply now for ESRC White Rose DTP PhD studentships commencing Oct 26 @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026
Open to UK & international applicants.
Funding includes fees + stipend.
Specialist awards available.
👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM

#Funding #PhD #Studentships
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira has been involved in the creation of a pioneering map of the services that parliaments offer across the world on public engagement.

Explore the International Parliament Engagement Network's map: shorturl.at/Brx9k

Find out more about the project: shorturl.at/lG6S7
Mapping public engagement in parliaments across the world – IPEN
ipen-network.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our Head of School, Professor Richard Beardsworth, continues his analysis of expectations for #COP30 in Belém with an article published by Open Access Government:

www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/cop3...
COP30 in Belém: Leadership between two worlds
Professor Richard Beardsworth continues his analysis of expectations for COP30 in Belém, as he navigates leadership between two realms, one rules-based and co-operative, the other nationalist-populist...
www.openaccessgovernment.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
'Changing the Story', with Dr Katie Hodgkinson from POLIS as Co-I, won the Faculty's Research Impact and Engagement 24-25 ‘Emerging Societal Impact’ award 👏⬇️

Read more: researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-yo...

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zpN...
Embedding young people’s voices in global development | Research and innovation at Leeds
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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❓ How is the University involved in #COP30? Find out in our webinar!

University of Leeds staff and students are invited to hear from Leeds delegates about their plans and hopes, and share questions and messages for the team to take to COP.

Register now! climate.leeds.ac.uk/events/unive...
October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Check out this piece written by Dr Nick Robinson for @uk.theconversation.com discussing Sam Fender's music ⬇️
"His work critiques the failures of contemporary capitalism to provide dignity, respect, and cohesion"- Dr Nick Robinson, @polisatleeds.bsky.social

Read the analysis of Sam Fender's 2025 Mercury Prize-winning album, People Watching, on @uk.theconversation.com⬇️

theconversation.com/sam-fenders-...
Sam Fender’s music offers a vision of masculinity that is complex, conflicted and deeply human
Fender’s music exposes the increasing struggle of everyday life in the UK.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢

Professor Viktoria Spaiser contributes to a new report providing a temperature check on the status of dangerous Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.

#GTPR2025 #COP30
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR and Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group 🎉

For undergrads across the UK interested in IR, diplomacy, and foreign policy 🌟

Join our first meeting to find out more about the network 👉 https://ow.ly/4nNu50X8uR7
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Society of Latin American Studies returns to Leeds! Proposals are invited for the SLAS annual conference, which will take place on the 9th and 10th April 2026. For more information and to submit your proposal, check out the link below!

essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/new...
The Society of Latin American Studies returns to Leeds! Proposals invited
On 9 and 10 April, 2026, Leeds will be hosting the annual conference of the Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS), marking a return to the city for the first time since 2009.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@cdpleeds.bsky.social is hosting a special event with Dr Andy Mycock on 29th October (14:00-15:00)

'Will the kids be alright? Implementing 'Votes at 16’: Politics and Policy'
Venue: Baines Wing SR 3.06 and Online

To attend online, please sign up here:

www.eventbrite.com/e/cdp-dr-and...
CDP | Dr Andy Mycock - Will the kids be alright? Implementing 'Votes at 16'
Sign up via Eventbrite to receive a link to join the webinar
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October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Sign up below for tickets to Professor Viktoria Spaiser's inaugural lecture!

"Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat: Exploring Future Trajectories, Surveying the Past and the Present"

🗓️ Wed 15 Oct | 🕓 16:00–17:00
📍 Liberty Building, University of Leeds

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September 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Dr Roxana Barbulescu has co-led a new article which brings together over 60 scholars to warn against the dangers of linking biological invasion to human migration.

A powerful example of interdisciplinary collaboration 🤝

Read our press release: essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Stronger African voice needed on global health bodies", research by POLIS academic finds:

essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...
Stronger African voice needed on global health bodies, research finds
Worldwide efforts to fight AIDS, malaria and TB need drastic reform if they are to be effective, with more decision-making power for African nations, new research led by Leeds academic has shown.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Professor Adrian Gallagher appeared on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend to discuss the United Nations on its 80th anniversary. Listen to the show here: 📻

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sunday - UN at 80; Christian Nationalism; Religion and video games - BBC Sounds
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In a new article, Professor Garrett Brown and co-authors argue for 'greater decision-making influence [...] in global health institutions':

medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09...
At least one more governmental seat needed in Africa for stronger voice, better health, say experts
Health funders would likely have a better return on investment and a stronger position in the global funding crisis if Africans had greater decision-making influence and voting power in global health ...
medicalxpress.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Despite all the talk of being "two notes in the same chord", Professor Jason Ralph asks if the "mood music" has changed in the special relationship:

theconversation.com/trump-state-...
Trump state visit: behind talk of harmony there are notes of discord
Both sides insisted they operate in great harmony, but notes of discord will be obvious to the outside world.
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Professor Viktoria Spaiser will be giving her inaugural lecture, "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat", on Wednesday 15th October (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) at the University of Leeds🥳 👩‍🏫

Click the link below for tickets and further information:

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September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM