Valesca Lima
@valescal.bsky.social
Assistant professor | Research on Housing, Governance & Citizen Participation
PI: @shineprojectie.bsky.social
Editor International Journal of Housing Policy
PI: @shineprojectie.bsky.social
Editor International Journal of Housing Policy
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“We don’t want them to grow on that fear. It is not right.” >>
Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
‘Aggression in the air’: Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
As gardaí investigate numerous alleged assaults, many of the estimated 25,000 people here with Bangladeshi roots worry as they go about their day-to-day lives
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“We don’t want them to grow on that fear. It is not right.” >>
Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
'The idea that X (Twitter) is some kind of counterpoint to consensus or a place for any kind of useful discourse or a spot to hang out in which is to be challenged healthily, is a complete nonsense' via @unamullally.bsky.social
That's why we are leavin X en masse
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
That's why we are leavin X en masse
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X
The presence of media outlets on X does not have a diluting effect on the concentration of misinformation on the platform. If it did, then we wouldn’t be where we are
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'The idea that X (Twitter) is some kind of counterpoint to consensus or a place for any kind of useful discourse or a spot to hang out in which is to be challenged healthily, is a complete nonsense' via @unamullally.bsky.social
That's why we are leavin X en masse
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
That's why we are leavin X en masse
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
When the Headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” Gets It Wrong:
Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is.
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msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is.
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msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
When the Headline Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is
When I saw the headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” in The New York Times, my heart sank.
msmagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When the Headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” Gets It Wrong:
Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is.
👇👇👇
msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is.
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msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!'
>> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!'
>> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!'
>> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!'
>> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’
The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said.
jrnl.ie/6862570
The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said.
jrnl.ie/6862570
Gardaí investigating alleged arson believe fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’
Firefighters rescued five people, including a baby, from the top floor of the building on Friday.
jrnl.ie
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’
The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said.
jrnl.ie/6862570
The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said.
jrnl.ie/6862570
I took part in this interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social and it was great to speak the new research on challenges of residential licensees in Ireland
The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I took part in this interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social and it was great to speak the new research on challenges of residential licensees in Ireland
The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
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On the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
On the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's activist Maria Corina Machado, 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Venezuela opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
www.rte.ie
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's activist Maria Corina Machado, 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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Call for the 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies @fluchtforschung.bsky.social : "Eroding Solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection, and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order", September 28 – 30, 2026 | University of Hildesheim | Germany
www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...
www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...
University of Hildesheim | Zentrum für Bildungsintegration | 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies
www.uni-hildesheim.de
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Call for the 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies @fluchtforschung.bsky.social : "Eroding Solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection, and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order", September 28 – 30, 2026 | University of Hildesheim | Germany
www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...
www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...
Today I launched with Threshold Charity a new report on Ireland’s Residential Licence Sector — a hidden part of the rental market
🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections
🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice
🟠 No deposit protection
Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections
🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice
🟠 No deposit protection
Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
threshold.ie
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today I launched with Threshold Charity a new report on Ireland’s Residential Licence Sector — a hidden part of the rental market
🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections
🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice
🟠 No deposit protection
Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections
🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice
🟠 No deposit protection
Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
Extreme deregulation of the energy sector means electricity companies can increase prices as much as they want. Ireland’s free-market approach to energy companies is clearly not working: prices are going up and not down and there’s no real competition
www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...
www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...
As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation
“We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.
www.dublininquirer.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Extreme deregulation of the energy sector means electricity companies can increase prices as much as they want. Ireland’s free-market approach to energy companies is clearly not working: prices are going up and not down and there’s no real competition
www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...
www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...
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📢 The International Review of Public Policy is now on Bluesky!
A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow.
🌏All our issues are available online in open access:
bit.ly/3VS9iQW
We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!
A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow.
🌏All our issues are available online in open access:
bit.ly/3VS9iQW
We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!
International Review of Public Policy
The International Review of Public Policy is dedicated to advance knowledge about public policy in different sectors, countries and regions of the world. – International Review of Public Policy se ...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📢 The International Review of Public Policy is now on Bluesky!
A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow.
🌏All our issues are available online in open access:
bit.ly/3VS9iQW
We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!
A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow.
🌏All our issues are available online in open access:
bit.ly/3VS9iQW
We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!
UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, becoming the latest in a growing group of experts, scholars, states and NGOs to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing the crime of crimes
jrnl.ie/6818101
jrnl.ie/6818101
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN investigation finds
Israel has rejected the finding and called for the commission of inquiry to be abolished.
jrnl.ie
September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, becoming the latest in a growing group of experts, scholars, states and NGOs to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing the crime of crimes
jrnl.ie/6818101
jrnl.ie/6818101
'Somewhere along the way, the real human needs of home, family, and community, and the government imperatives of sustainable development and value for money have been lost to the unreal demands of real estate'
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why new apartment standards won't mean housing more people
Half of the households in Ireland have children, yet there is no plan for where, and how, the next generations will live
www.rte.ie
September 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
'Somewhere along the way, the real human needs of home, family, and community, and the government imperatives of sustainable development and value for money have been lost to the unreal demands of real estate'
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Brilliant news: Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup. Sentence to be decide by the STF soon
“Grande dia! 👍”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Grande dia! 👍”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot - BBC News
The right-wing former leader could be sentenced to decades in prison after he was convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court.
www.bbc.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Brilliant news: Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup. Sentence to be decide by the STF soon
“Grande dia! 👍”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Grande dia! 👍”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you have a platform, use it to speak for those whose voices are not heard.
Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted.
It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion
#GaryLineker
Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted.
It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion
#GaryLineker
Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"
"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."
"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"
September 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you have a platform, use it to speak for those whose voices are not heard.
Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted.
It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion
#GaryLineker
Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted.
It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion
#GaryLineker
Every year I see several of my students making HUGE efforts to attend lecture and university events, commuting long distance at least 4 days a week. It is so unfair to anyone in this situation
The student housing needs to be addressed properly
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
The student housing needs to be addressed properly
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Student accommodation crisis: ‘My commute takes two hours if there are no train delays’
Two-thirds of those surveyed, aged 18-24, believe they would be better off in other countries
www.irishtimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Every year I see several of my students making HUGE efforts to attend lecture and university events, commuting long distance at least 4 days a week. It is so unfair to anyone in this situation
The student housing needs to be addressed properly
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
The student housing needs to be addressed properly
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
Constraints in the construction labour market significantly impact Ireland’s ability to meet housing demand targets. Policymakers can ease these through targeted measures aimed at increasing the construction workforce and adding to the existing housing stock
www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...
Research Matters | Capacity constraints and Ireland's housing supply
Research Matters | Capacity constraints and Ireland's housing supply
www.oireachtas.ie
August 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Constraints in the construction labour market significantly impact Ireland’s ability to meet housing demand targets. Policymakers can ease these through targeted measures aimed at increasing the construction workforce and adding to the existing housing stock
www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...
No one likes to live in arrangements like this, but vulnerable tenants are often unaware of their rights and lack of options so they are easily coerced into stressful and precarious situations.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
#housing #Ireland #eviction
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
#housing #Ireland #eviction
‘I felt treated like a dog’: The Dublin landlord behind evictions, fines, short contracts
Tenants have complained about Leevin Ireland, the property company offering ‘a place to call home’ for international students and professionals
www.irishtimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
No one likes to live in arrangements like this, but vulnerable tenants are often unaware of their rights and lack of options so they are easily coerced into stressful and precarious situations.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
#housing #Ireland #eviction
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
#housing #Ireland #eviction
"The destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy"
@irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
@irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
Views of the public are partly shaped by members of the media here who call for the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza
www.irishtimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy"
@irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
@irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social.
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
Milei’s Argentina and the unmaking of diplomacy
Consuelo Thiers argues that Javier Milei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling its diplomatic institutions. As ideology replaces expertise, and institutional norms…
buff.ly
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social.
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
Why are bosses turning against remote work?
Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office
The Explainer - @thejournal.ie
👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office
The Explainer - @thejournal.ie
👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
Why are bosses turning against remote work?
Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News
www.thejournal.ie
August 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Why are bosses turning against remote work?
Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office
The Explainer - @thejournal.ie
👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office
The Explainer - @thejournal.ie
👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
The UN Statistics Division published the annual 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report
- According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services
👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...
- According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services
👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...
High-Level Dialogue on Adequate Housing for All (HLPF 2025 Side Event)
The High-level Dialogue on Adequate Housing, Side Event of the Ministerial Segment of the HLPF is co-hosted by the President of ECOSOC and the Executive Director of UN-Habitat.
webtv.un.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The UN Statistics Division published the annual 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report
- According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services
👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...
- According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services
👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...