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Synne Dyvik
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Humanitarianism, refugee hosting, feminism, militarism, conflict. Associate Professor of International Relations at University of Sussex. Co-ed of https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/gender-sexuality-and-global-politics
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June 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Even setting Trump's framing of South Africa aside here, it's important to note the questioner clearly states other refugees are facing "famine and war" and thus, of course, are facing imminent death.

At the end of the day, Trump appears to be letting in mostly — if not *only* — Afrikaners.
REPORTER: Why are you creating an expedited path into the country for Afrikaners but not others?

TRUMP: Because they're being killed. And we don't want to see people be killed ... it's a genocide that's taking place. Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.
May 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants

2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Don't miss Sanctuary in Oxford: Hope in Times of Crisis - a new exhibition at the University Church

Curated by Oxford's Sanctuary Community with Asylum Welcome & key partners, it celebrates the spirit of welcome that defines Oxford’s sanctuary movement

www.universitychurch.ox.ac.uk/events/sanct...
May 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Full story on five clergy and faith leaders who were arrested while praying in the Capitol Rotunda today, the second time in as many weeks religious leaders have been arrested while prayerfully challenging the GOP-led budget bill: religionnews.com/2025/05/05/s...
Shane Claiborne, four other faith activists arrested while protesting GOP budget bill
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'Stir the conscience of our nation. Let justice rise up on these very steps, let truth trouble the chambers of the Capitol,' Shane Claiborne said as he prayed.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Pure joy to be at the book launch of Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social brilliant book #Erased A history of international thought without men.
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Looking forward to talking #gender #power and #principles in #humanitarian action with the brilliant @megandaigle.bsky.social on the 7th of May @sussex.ac.uk @odi.global
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
BREAKING: Pope Francis Dies at 88. Here's How He Should Be Remembered
The late pontiff was a progressive pope who was outspoken on Trump, Gaza, the climate, and more.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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April 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
📢 Come work in the Department of International Relations at @sussex.ac.uk We particularly encourage those with expertise in Global Environmental Politics to apply. Apply here: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/b05183e2... @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

‼️ Deadline: 12 May 2025
Assistant Professor in International Relations Ref: 40325 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
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April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Sleep deprived Corey Booker is what America needed today. Not kidding.

Go Corey go!
April 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

#corybooker #persist #standwithcory
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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March 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
👇What she said
“We need to take a stand for the sector and for the right of universities[...]to create respectful and inclusive communities, which is put at risk by this judgement.”

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, shares a message following the Office for Students' report published today.
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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This Thursday (3 April), CAIT welcomes Jaakko Heiskanen (QMUL) to talk about his book "Ethnos of the Earth. International Order and the Emergence of Ethnicity", currently shortlisted for the @mybisa.bsky.social L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Award. Join us in C333 (2-4pm) if you are in Brighton.
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Global Studies at University of Sussex and @ids.ac.uk have gone and done it again. 9 years in a row as the first in the world for Development Studies. 👏🥇🌍
March 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Israel has cut off electricity to Gaza’s last functional desalination plant, forcing the plant—which served 500K people—to come to a halt.
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Written an awesome piece of international theory? Or know someone else who has? Nominations open for 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize for the best piece of innovative theoretical research in International Relations published in book form in 2024: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... #inttheory #IR
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February 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Exciting new BA Course launching at University of Sussex in #climatejustice 🌍 🌿 🌞 🎓 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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You first.
February 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#Foreignaid is not the solution to all #development and #humanitarian challenges, BUT slashing an already depressingly low #aidbudget to 0.2% is hugely damaging and very disappointing from a #Labour government.
February 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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A statement from our CEO Moazzam Malik on the news that the government is cutting the UK aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending:
February 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Really fascinating insights here. Recommend a listen for people interested in the consequences of the loss of #usaid funding and #alternatives to it.
🔊 The #USAID funding freeze highlights the worrying effects of aid dependency in #Haiti – one of its largest recipients. But in our new podcast, @obianyadike.bsky.social asks Isabelle Clérié: Is Haiti better off without aid?
Is Haiti better off without aid? | What’s Unsaid
A Haitian anthropologist and aid reform advocate believes the freeze on USAID funding could actually be a moment for optimism.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Who is resilience for? What is the usefulness of calling refugees resilient? Should we avoid the term together? I've attempted to think through these questions in my article with Ethnos, out now and open access 👇 (1/4)
Resilience for Whom? Resiliency Humanitarianism and Everyday Resistance in a Carceral Camp
This article pushes beyond critiques of resilience as a neoliberal object and descriptor, approaching the term as an analytical diagnostic of power to open new anthropological query around resilien...
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February 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📢Calling all prospective #MA students in #development #internationalrelations #geography #anthropology #migration #climatechange 🌍Global Studies🌍 at the University of Sussex🎓 is hosting a series of FREE #masterclasses on Tackling Urgent Global Challenges www.sussex.ac.uk/global/inter...
February 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM