Timothy Heffernan, Ph.D.
@theffernan.bsky.social
Anthropologist at Australian National University researching the nexus between crisis, recovery, kinship & social identity. Lover of good stories, better questions, and rethinking the status quo. He/him ⚡🧠 🏳️🌈
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The #anthropology of #ambiguity edited by Mahnaz Alimardanian and I, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
📚The Anthropology of Ambiguity, an edited collection
👀 Check out the introduction to the mini-series exploring the chapters of this book
Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
More info: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
👀 Check out the introduction to the mini-series exploring the chapters of this book
Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
More info: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
Introducing the mini-series "The Anthropology of Ambiguity"
YouTube video by Traces.Dreams
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August 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
📚The Anthropology of Ambiguity, an edited collection
👀 Check out the introduction to the mini-series exploring the chapters of this book
Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
More info: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
👀 Check out the introduction to the mini-series exploring the chapters of this book
Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
More info: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
Disasters are putting more people at risk of homelessness
22,261 Australians are displaced on ave. each year. Globally, 70% of internal displacement was from disasters
There is consensus in the homelessness & emergency management sectors that Australia needs a national policy response. Read here👇
22,261 Australians are displaced on ave. each year. Globally, 70% of internal displacement was from disasters
There is consensus in the homelessness & emergency management sectors that Australia needs a national policy response. Read here👇
July 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Disasters are putting more people at risk of homelessness
22,261 Australians are displaced on ave. each year. Globally, 70% of internal displacement was from disasters
There is consensus in the homelessness & emergency management sectors that Australia needs a national policy response. Read here👇
22,261 Australians are displaced on ave. each year. Globally, 70% of internal displacement was from disasters
There is consensus in the homelessness & emergency management sectors that Australia needs a national policy response. Read here👇
As disasters worsen, more Australians risk homelessness.
🔵Recovery can deepen housing insecurity—especially for renters & vulnerable groups.
🏘️We need a national taskforce to align housing, homelessness & disaster policy.
Read more:
🔵Recovery can deepen housing insecurity—especially for renters & vulnerable groups.
🏘️We need a national taskforce to align housing, homelessness & disaster policy.
Read more:
Cleaning up climate comments
As part of our approach to improving comments on The Conversation, we’re paying particular attention to comments on climate change. We know comments on this topic can often be derailed, deliberately o...
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As disasters worsen, more Australians risk homelessness.
🔵Recovery can deepen housing insecurity—especially for renters & vulnerable groups.
🏘️We need a national taskforce to align housing, homelessness & disaster policy.
Read more:
🔵Recovery can deepen housing insecurity—especially for renters & vulnerable groups.
🏘️We need a national taskforce to align housing, homelessness & disaster policy.
Read more:
Reposted by Timothy Heffernan, Ph.D.
🖇️There is an inextricable link between 🍂 climate change and 🏠 #homelessness. Climate #disasters are pushing renters and people living in precarious housing to to their limits.
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
www.redcross.org.au
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🖇️There is an inextricable link between 🍂 climate change and 🏠 #homelessness. Climate #disasters are pushing renters and people living in precarious housing to to their limits.
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
💡 New article on The Policymaker
After #disaster, housing recovery uses what’s available (cabins, motels, 🏕️ and gov lots). These stopgaps help in the short-term but also expose the extent of fragility in the housing system. What if instead we saw #housing as critical infrastructure post-disaster?
After #disaster, housing recovery uses what’s available (cabins, motels, 🏕️ and gov lots). These stopgaps help in the short-term but also expose the extent of fragility in the housing system. What if instead we saw #housing as critical infrastructure post-disaster?
A framework for future-focused housing to withstand disasters
After disasters, housing recovery uses what’s immediately available, such as transportable cabins, motels, campgrounds and government lots. These stopgaps help in the short-term but also expose the ex...
thepolicymaker.appi.org.au
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
🖇️There is an inextricable link between 🍂 climate change and 🏠 #homelessness. Climate #disasters are pushing renters and people living in precarious housing to to their limits.
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
www.redcross.org.au
June 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🖇️There is an inextricable link between 🍂 climate change and 🏠 #homelessness. Climate #disasters are pushing renters and people living in precarious housing to to their limits.
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
In this report, we explore this issue and set out reccommendations for gov and ngos
#Disaster resilient #housing
3M Aus 🏠 are at risk of flooding. Our research shows we need:
🏚️ Risk reduction thru land-use planning & building standards
💱 #Insurance reform to tackle $$ and underinsurance
✳️ Inclusion of vulnerable groups in #preparedness
👨👩👧👦 Support for community-centred recovery
3M Aus 🏠 are at risk of flooding. Our research shows we need:
🏚️ Risk reduction thru land-use planning & building standards
💱 #Insurance reform to tackle $$ and underinsurance
✳️ Inclusion of vulnerable groups in #preparedness
👨👩👧👦 Support for community-centred recovery
Enhancing housing recovery policy and practice for improving community resilience to future disasters | AHURI
From the AHURI Inquiry: Inquiry into housing policy and disasters: better co-ordinating actors, responses and data What this research is about This research explores the housing policies that can impr...
www.ahuri.edu.au
June 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#Disaster resilient #housing
3M Aus 🏠 are at risk of flooding. Our research shows we need:
🏚️ Risk reduction thru land-use planning & building standards
💱 #Insurance reform to tackle $$ and underinsurance
✳️ Inclusion of vulnerable groups in #preparedness
👨👩👧👦 Support for community-centred recovery
3M Aus 🏠 are at risk of flooding. Our research shows we need:
🏚️ Risk reduction thru land-use planning & building standards
💱 #Insurance reform to tackle $$ and underinsurance
✳️ Inclusion of vulnerable groups in #preparedness
👨👩👧👦 Support for community-centred recovery
At a time of rising authoritarianism, Steindl-Kopf’s work is vital, showing how citizens reclaim space & agency through protest & collective ambiguity.
📖 In The Anthropology of Ambiguity. Out now from @manchesterup.bsky.social. #Anthropology #Activism
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
📖 In The Anthropology of Ambiguity. Out now from @manchesterup.bsky.social. #Anthropology #Activism
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
June 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
At a time of rising authoritarianism, Steindl-Kopf’s work is vital, showing how citizens reclaim space & agency through protest & collective ambiguity.
📖 In The Anthropology of Ambiguity. Out now from @manchesterup.bsky.social. #Anthropology #Activism
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
📖 In The Anthropology of Ambiguity. Out now from @manchesterup.bsky.social. #Anthropology #Activism
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/
🚨As #disasters rise, #housing policy must adapt!
Our report shows how to build back better—not just replace
🏡🔥🌊 We need:
✔️ Stronger local gov (Resilience as core biz!)
✔️ Affordable insurance to future-proof 🏡
✔️ Smarter recovery funding for local economies
Time to rethink, rebuild & protect 👥👨👨👧👦
Our report shows how to build back better—not just replace
🏡🔥🌊 We need:
✔️ Stronger local gov (Resilience as core biz!)
✔️ Affordable insurance to future-proof 🏡
✔️ Smarter recovery funding for local economies
Time to rethink, rebuild & protect 👥👨👨👧👦
Enhancing housing recovery policy and practice for improving community resilience to future disasters | AHURI
From the AHURI Inquiry: Inquiry into housing policy and disasters: better co-ordinating actors, responses and data What this research is about This research explores the housing policies that can impr...
www.ahuri.edu.au
April 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🚨As #disasters rise, #housing policy must adapt!
Our report shows how to build back better—not just replace
🏡🔥🌊 We need:
✔️ Stronger local gov (Resilience as core biz!)
✔️ Affordable insurance to future-proof 🏡
✔️ Smarter recovery funding for local economies
Time to rethink, rebuild & protect 👥👨👨👧👦
Our report shows how to build back better—not just replace
🏡🔥🌊 We need:
✔️ Stronger local gov (Resilience as core biz!)
✔️ Affordable insurance to future-proof 🏡
✔️ Smarter recovery funding for local economies
Time to rethink, rebuild & protect 👥👨👨👧👦
Thank you to Intan Rosita et al. for their recent review of 📚The #Anthropology of #Ambiguity, published in the journal 'Reviews in Anthropology' 👀 Check it out for a thorough overview of the book.
@manchesterup.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
@manchesterup.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
February 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thank you to Intan Rosita et al. for their recent review of 📚The #Anthropology of #Ambiguity, published in the journal 'Reviews in Anthropology' 👀 Check it out for a thorough overview of the book.
@manchesterup.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
@manchesterup.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
#Iceland's new PM: Progressive politics & welfare is a way to combat far right. “I think that is an antidote to right extremism. Welfare-oriented centre right, centre left parties, wherever you want to situate this gov, brings politics back to the humane level” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister has a plan for a new kind of governance
Kristrún Frostadóttir, who entered politics just four years ago, speaks to the Observer about feminism, the far right and reopening talks on joining the EU
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#Iceland's new PM: Progressive politics & welfare is a way to combat far right. “I think that is an antidote to right extremism. Welfare-oriented centre right, centre left parties, wherever you want to situate this gov, brings politics back to the humane level” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Reposted by Timothy Heffernan, Ph.D.
It is that time of year again. The Whiteboard Soirée. Let's plan your research for 2025. Together. December 20. 10am Aotearoa / New Zealand time. Alternative time zones are available! Free. Via Zoom. Let's change the world. Details provided at the link. See you there! brabazon.net/2024/12/13/w...
Whiteboard Soirée 2024
Yes, it is that time of year again. A time to remember that you matter. You are so important. Your research is so important. Therefore, let's plan for a magnificent 2025. Together. Every year, we run ...
brabazon.net
December 13, 2024 at 10:16 PM
It is that time of year again. The Whiteboard Soirée. Let's plan your research for 2025. Together. December 20. 10am Aotearoa / New Zealand time. Alternative time zones are available! Free. Via Zoom. Let's change the world. Details provided at the link. See you there! brabazon.net/2024/12/13/w...
Just submitted our report "Enhancing #Housing Recovery Policy and Practice for Community Resilience to Future #Disasters." This 40K-word report reviews temporary housing & recovery policies in 4 Australian states after fires, floods & cyclones, highlighting successes, gaps & policy recs. Stay tuned!
November 26, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Just submitted our report "Enhancing #Housing Recovery Policy and Practice for Community Resilience to Future #Disasters." This 40K-word report reviews temporary housing & recovery policies in 4 Australian states after fires, floods & cyclones, highlighting successes, gaps & policy recs. Stay tuned!
The #anthropology of #ambiguity edited by Mahnaz Alimardanian and I, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
November 17, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The #anthropology of #ambiguity edited by Mahnaz Alimardanian and I, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
🔗https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173843/the-anthropology-of-ambiguity/
Introducing the ✨Disaster Recovery Almanac✨
What do you think is the most pressing issue in disaster recovery that we need to be paying attention to?
HowWeSurvive (UNSW Sydney) took this question to 12 people with first-hand experience of disaster recovery, and have published their responses
What do you think is the most pressing issue in disaster recovery that we need to be paying attention to?
HowWeSurvive (UNSW Sydney) took this question to 12 people with first-hand experience of disaster recovery, and have published their responses
November 17, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Introducing the ✨Disaster Recovery Almanac✨
What do you think is the most pressing issue in disaster recovery that we need to be paying attention to?
HowWeSurvive (UNSW Sydney) took this question to 12 people with first-hand experience of disaster recovery, and have published their responses
What do you think is the most pressing issue in disaster recovery that we need to be paying attention to?
HowWeSurvive (UNSW Sydney) took this question to 12 people with first-hand experience of disaster recovery, and have published their responses