Chris Bunn
@chris-bunn.bsky.social
Prof of Applied Sociology | Health | Gambling | Malawi | Tanzania | Football | Norwich City fan | Husband | Father to 3 | Dad Rocker | VMO
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A reminder to everyone that our colleague here, Dr Adnan Hossain, is organising this two day workshop on Transgender People in Politics in the Global South next week. Details below - please circulate and share.
Transgender people in politics in the Global South
Transgender people in politics in the Global South: Political participation, activism and leadership. 30th June - 1st July 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A reminder to everyone that our colleague here, Dr Adnan Hossain, is organising this two day workshop on Transgender People in Politics in the Global South next week. Details below - please circulate and share.
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A new blog from 'Transforming Society, by our own Janos Mark Szakolczai, exploring the meaning of crime in the 'polished, titanium cage' of a world saturated by digital technologies. Janos' book 'Onlife Criminology' is forthcoming with Bristol University Press - further details to follow soon.
The hidden harms of the Onlife: How digital life is changing what we call crime - Transforming Society
Janos Mark Szakolczai, author of 'Onlife Criminology' shows how the Onlife blurs digital and physical boundaries, creating a hyperconnected world where surveillance, control, and resistance define eve...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A new blog from 'Transforming Society, by our own Janos Mark Szakolczai, exploring the meaning of crime in the 'polished, titanium cage' of a world saturated by digital technologies. Janos' book 'Onlife Criminology' is forthcoming with Bristol University Press - further details to follow soon.
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New funding opportunity! @afsguk.bsky.social has announced postgraduate research support grants to support PhD students and those who hold postdoctoral positions to offset the costs of conducting research that directly or indirectly informs efforts to address gambling-related harm. afsg.org/funding
March 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New funding opportunity! @afsguk.bsky.social has announced postgraduate research support grants to support PhD students and those who hold postdoctoral positions to offset the costs of conducting research that directly or indirectly informs efforts to address gambling-related harm. afsg.org/funding
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Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Senior Research Associate (RA2300) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2300) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences and the National Centre for Atmospheric...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Looking for a climate postdoc position?
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.
Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
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Dr Daria Ukhova has been undertaking research into gambling harms among women, and wider lessons for gender and health.
Her article has now been published by Critical Gambling Studies.
criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cg...
Her article has now been published by Critical Gambling Studies.
criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cg...
criticalgamblingstudies.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dr Daria Ukhova has been undertaking research into gambling harms among women, and wider lessons for gender and health.
Her article has now been published by Critical Gambling Studies.
criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cg...
Her article has now been published by Critical Gambling Studies.
criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cg...
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More lessons for the the NHS, Wes Streeting & the government. 👇
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, eg cancer surgeries".
“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures”
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, eg cancer surgeries".
“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures”
“Private surgical facilities in Alberta are starving the public system of staff and funding to perform priority procedures, according to a new report that concludes the province has yet to increase surgical capacity or reduce wait times as pledged.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta public health system losing staff, funding as province increases spending on private facilities
Analysis shows provincial spending on private surgical facilities increased nearly three-fold in 2023-24 from 2019-20, while spending in public facilities increased marginally
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
More lessons for the the NHS, Wes Streeting & the government. 👇
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, eg cancer surgeries".
“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures”
"the average cost of outsourced procedures nearly doubled, while wait times jumped for priority procedures, eg cancer surgeries".
“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures”
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Great blog.
A timely read from @markwong.bsky.social on the Centre's blog this week, ahead of today's #SpringStatement, and a great thread from Mark here highlighting the key points 👇
📝UK Government going full steam ahead with AI but left the people behind
Read in full 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
📝UK Government going full steam ahead with AI but left the people behind
Read in full 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
March 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Great blog.