Chris Jordan
@chrisjords.bsky.social
Comms & impact at Manchester's Global Development Institute ... but also dollop of mountain biking and dad jokes. Happiest in a hammock.
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Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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June 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Members of the Development Studies Association - @devcomms.bsky.social - have called on the UK government take further action on Gaza.
One of these calls comes from Prof Sam Hickey, Head of GDI at The University of Manchester - @officialuom.bsky.social.
Read all statements here: bit.ly/3HjXxP7
One of these calls comes from Prof Sam Hickey, Head of GDI at The University of Manchester - @officialuom.bsky.social.
Read all statements here: bit.ly/3HjXxP7
May 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Members of the Development Studies Association - @devcomms.bsky.social - have called on the UK government take further action on Gaza.
One of these calls comes from Prof Sam Hickey, Head of GDI at The University of Manchester - @officialuom.bsky.social.
Read all statements here: bit.ly/3HjXxP7
One of these calls comes from Prof Sam Hickey, Head of GDI at The University of Manchester - @officialuom.bsky.social.
Read all statements here: bit.ly/3HjXxP7
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Tourists canceling trips to the US.
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Tourists canceling trips to the US.
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Who wins and who loses from this process?
@kmn-mcr.bsky.social considers the widespread impact of these tariff changes: "The prospect of a global recession is a real concern"
🔗: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...
@kmn-mcr.bsky.social considers the widespread impact of these tariff changes: "The prospect of a global recession is a real concern"
🔗: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...
April 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Who wins and who loses from this process?
@kmn-mcr.bsky.social considers the widespread impact of these tariff changes: "The prospect of a global recession is a real concern"
🔗: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...
@kmn-mcr.bsky.social considers the widespread impact of these tariff changes: "The prospect of a global recession is a real concern"
🔗: blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/trumps-tarif...
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🚨 New research alert! 🚨
Our multi-country study reveals gendered inequalities in #Africa's platform economy. Women face lower pay, greater precarity & sectoral exclusion—despite higher education. Time for policy action!
Read more 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GigEconomy #GenderEquality
Our multi-country study reveals gendered inequalities in #Africa's platform economy. Women face lower pay, greater precarity & sectoral exclusion—despite higher education. Time for policy action!
Read more 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GigEconomy #GenderEquality
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March 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 New research alert! 🚨
Our multi-country study reveals gendered inequalities in #Africa's platform economy. Women face lower pay, greater precarity & sectoral exclusion—despite higher education. Time for policy action!
Read more 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GigEconomy #GenderEquality
Our multi-country study reveals gendered inequalities in #Africa's platform economy. Women face lower pay, greater precarity & sectoral exclusion—despite higher education. Time for policy action!
Read more 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GigEconomy #GenderEquality
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NEW | Action research spotlight: Healthy school meals in Nairobi
In this episode, Veronica Mwangi from the University of Nairobi joins @chrisjords.bsky.social to talk about an ACRC action research initiative to improve access to healthy and nutritious school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
In this episode, Veronica Mwangi from the University of Nairobi joins @chrisjords.bsky.social to talk about an ACRC action research initiative to improve access to healthy and nutritious school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
March 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
NEW | Action research spotlight: Healthy school meals in Nairobi
In this episode, Veronica Mwangi from the University of Nairobi joins @chrisjords.bsky.social to talk about an ACRC action research initiative to improve access to healthy and nutritious school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
In this episode, Veronica Mwangi from the University of Nairobi joins @chrisjords.bsky.social to talk about an ACRC action research initiative to improve access to healthy and nutritious school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
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We created a starter pack of our institutional members who are on BlueSky.
If we missed you, let us know.
go.bsky.app/RnUd4qr
If we missed you, let us know.
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March 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We created a starter pack of our institutional members who are on BlueSky.
If we missed you, let us know.
go.bsky.app/RnUd4qr
If we missed you, let us know.
go.bsky.app/RnUd4qr
Some pretty momentous news from GDI and @africancities.bsky.social today about the consistently amazing Diana Mitlin...
Are you passionate about understanding and advancing inclusive urban reform?
We’re currently looking to hire either a new Professor – or a Professor of Practice – in Urban Development to join us at GDI: bit.ly/4kPvHcT
Find out more in this thread…
We’re currently looking to hire either a new Professor – or a Professor of Practice – in Urban Development to join us at GDI: bit.ly/4kPvHcT
Find out more in this thread…
March 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some pretty momentous news from GDI and @africancities.bsky.social today about the consistently amazing Diana Mitlin...
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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We are pleased to share with you a new blog post written by the GDI Students for Palestine group.
The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.
Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn
The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.
Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn
Palestine and Global Development - Global Development Institute Blog
At The University of Manchester, GDI Students for Palestine is a collective of voices united by shared values of justice, equality, and solidarity.
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are pleased to share with you a new blog post written by the GDI Students for Palestine group.
The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.
Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn
The group questions what conflicts like Gaza mean for the study and practice of global development, as well as the role of universities like Manchester.
Read the piece in full here: bit.ly/3QJFNyn
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What next for our broken aid system?
When scholars and practitioners are debating the effectiveness and equity of aid delivery, could dramatic changes in the aid sector serve as a catalyst for reform?
Join us to discuss in a webinar partnered with @globaldevinst.bsky.social
bit.ly/whatnextaid
When scholars and practitioners are debating the effectiveness and equity of aid delivery, could dramatic changes in the aid sector serve as a catalyst for reform?
Join us to discuss in a webinar partnered with @globaldevinst.bsky.social
bit.ly/whatnextaid
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What next for our broken aid system?
When scholars and practitioners are debating the effectiveness and equity of aid delivery, could dramatic changes in the aid sector serve as a catalyst for reform?
Join us to discuss in a webinar partnered with @globaldevinst.bsky.social
bit.ly/whatnextaid
When scholars and practitioners are debating the effectiveness and equity of aid delivery, could dramatic changes in the aid sector serve as a catalyst for reform?
Join us to discuss in a webinar partnered with @globaldevinst.bsky.social
bit.ly/whatnextaid
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Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!
March 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!
Some fascinating findings - and charts - in this new paper on what Wikipedia tells us about digital divides....
February 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Some fascinating findings - and charts - in this new paper on what Wikipedia tells us about digital divides....
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Are we in a second Cold War? @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @steverolf.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social argue that the current conflict focuses on controlling global economic networks rather than ideology or territory. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
February 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Are we in a second Cold War? @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @steverolf.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social argue that the current conflict focuses on controlling global economic networks rather than ideology or territory. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
Phew.... @globaldevinst.bsky.social is leaving twitter. Better late than never?
We held a straw poll amongst academics yesterday, with c.80% voting to leave.
We held a straw poll amongst academics yesterday, with c.80% voting to leave.
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Phew.... @globaldevinst.bsky.social is leaving twitter. Better late than never?
We held a straw poll amongst academics yesterday, with c.80% voting to leave.
We held a straw poll amongst academics yesterday, with c.80% voting to leave.
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Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by ex...
www.manchester.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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If you’d asked AI to write a piece of Russian propaganda in the style of Donald Trump, this is what you’d get. Well done America, you’ve elected a Russian asset as your President.
February 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you’d asked AI to write a piece of Russian propaganda in the style of Donald Trump, this is what you’d get. Well done America, you’ve elected a Russian asset as your President.
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NEW | Nairobi: City report
Nairobi is central to the Kenyan economy, as a key political battleground and a hub for business networks and national and transnational trade.
Yet it faces an increasingly complex set of socioeconomic, health and spatial inequalities.
Nairobi is central to the Kenyan economy, as a key political battleground and a hub for business networks and national and transnational trade.
Yet it faces an increasingly complex set of socioeconomic, health and spatial inequalities.
February 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
NEW | Nairobi: City report
Nairobi is central to the Kenyan economy, as a key political battleground and a hub for business networks and national and transnational trade.
Yet it faces an increasingly complex set of socioeconomic, health and spatial inequalities.
Nairobi is central to the Kenyan economy, as a key political battleground and a hub for business networks and national and transnational trade.
Yet it faces an increasingly complex set of socioeconomic, health and spatial inequalities.
This is a great essay by @sethschindler.bsky.social & co. charting the decline of neoliberalism and the rise of 'state-capitalist geopolitics'.
Geopolitical rivalry has returned with a vengeance.
What are the defining characteristics of the “Second Cold War” and how does it differ from the first Cold War? www.tni.org/en/article/t...
What are the defining characteristics of the “Second Cold War” and how does it differ from the first Cold War? www.tni.org/en/article/t...
The new frontline | Transnational Institute
Current geopolitical competition has deepened into a Second Cold War between US and China, but this is no longer a fight over territory but rather control of global networks – with increased state-led...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is a great essay by @sethschindler.bsky.social & co. charting the decline of neoliberalism and the rise of 'state-capitalist geopolitics'.
I'm looking forward to this today ...and I'm sure it will be of interest to all @africancities.bsky.social researchers too.
This Friday 31st, Maria Rusca, Marcellus Mbah and Alice Sverdlik will host a webinar discussing a recent paper that develops the plural climate storylines framework to complement existing physical climate storylines.
Read the paper here: bit.ly/40pzTqk
Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/40PI4hl
Read the paper here: bit.ly/40pzTqk
Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/40PI4hl
January 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm looking forward to this today ...and I'm sure it will be of interest to all @africancities.bsky.social researchers too.
Improved collection of mining taxes in Zambia boosted revenue collection by over $60m in a couple of years. Annual mining corporate income tax increased by 10%.
Would this have happened without @taxjusticenet.bsky.social campaigning in Zambia and beyond? 🤔
www.igfmining.org/impactstory/...
Would this have happened without @taxjusticenet.bsky.social campaigning in Zambia and beyond? 🤔
www.igfmining.org/impactstory/...
Boosting Zambia’s Mining Revenue Through Tax Audits, Transfer Pricing Legislation and License Valuation - Intergovernmental Forum
Our deep dive technical assistance program in Zambia focused on mining taxation and revenue collection.
www.igfmining.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Improved collection of mining taxes in Zambia boosted revenue collection by over $60m in a couple of years. Annual mining corporate income tax increased by 10%.
Would this have happened without @taxjusticenet.bsky.social campaigning in Zambia and beyond? 🤔
www.igfmining.org/impactstory/...
Would this have happened without @taxjusticenet.bsky.social campaigning in Zambia and beyond? 🤔
www.igfmining.org/impactstory/...
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After the publication of his recent working paper analysing the US-China “AI Cold War”, we caught up with Richard Heeks (@cddmanchester.bsky.social) about the controversy surrounding DeepSeek.
Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
January 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
After the publication of his recent working paper analysing the US-China “AI Cold War”, we caught up with Richard Heeks (@cddmanchester.bsky.social) about the controversy surrounding DeepSeek.
Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Read Richard's take below, and find the full working paper here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
January 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A tiny 2% wealth tax, on 20k people would raise £24 billion per year to spend on the things that urgently need fixing in our country.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
We need some tax justice - the more money you have the less tax you pay and vice versa - that’s absurd.
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Migrants send or bring back over three times the amount of money provided by global foreign aid.
Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.
Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.
January 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Migrants send or bring back over three times the amount of money provided by global foreign aid.
Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.
Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.
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Today is your last chance to apply to join us as our new Research for Transformation Lab manager 💼
- 17.5 hrs per week (part-time)
- University of Manchester, hybrid
- £36,924 - £45,163 pro rata per annum, depending on experience
Learn more here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- 17.5 hrs per week (part-time)
- University of Manchester, hybrid
- £36,924 - £45,163 pro rata per annum, depending on experience
Learn more here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
GDI Research for Transformation Lab Manager (part time):Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Today is your last chance to apply to join us as our new Research for Transformation Lab manager 💼
- 17.5 hrs per week (part-time)
- University of Manchester, hybrid
- £36,924 - £45,163 pro rata per annum, depending on experience
Learn more here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- 17.5 hrs per week (part-time)
- University of Manchester, hybrid
- £36,924 - £45,163 pro rata per annum, depending on experience
Learn more here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...