dr. gianluca grimalda
@ggrimalda.bsky.social
Researcher in social psychology; Dot-connector; Slow-Traveller; Environmentalist; Runner; Pianist. Born at 325.7ppm.My book:https://www.feltrinellieditore.it/opera/a-fuoco/
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After 6 months of fieldwork in Bougainville, I'm ready to embark on leg 1 of my #NoFly journey to Germany. Travelling by ship,train,coach over 27,000km, I'll emit ~535kg of CO2, 10 times less than flying. This decision cost me my job, but I still think it was the right thing to do. 1/
Pleased to have been shortlisted for the 2025 Travel Award by #NomadMania in the category "Most Purposeful Traveller"-whose journeys are driven by meaning, intention, and a mission greater than themselves. Voting is OPEN until Thu 👉 nomadmania.com/award...
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pleased to have been shortlisted for the 2025 Travel Award by #NomadMania in the category "Most Purposeful Traveller"-whose journeys are driven by meaning, intention, and a mission greater than themselves. Voting is OPEN until Thu 👉 nomadmania.com/award...
Happy to match supporters' donations to @xrglobal.bsky.social & @scientistrebellion.bsky.social for €6,600 in total to campaign @ COP30 (XR)+legal protection (SR). Video of my motivations+reflection on COP30 👉https://youtube.com/shorts/Lbh3w8xBX3w?feature=share
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Happy to match supporters' donations to @xrglobal.bsky.social & @scientistrebellion.bsky.social for €6,600 in total to campaign @ COP30 (XR)+legal protection (SR). Video of my motivations+reflection on COP30 👉https://youtube.com/shorts/Lbh3w8xBX3w?feature=share
After more than 10 years from fieldwork, it’s a great joy to have finally published in Management Science the article “No gifts returned: Surprise Bonuses Reduce Productivity in a Natural Field Experiment: Long read on Substack: gianlu777.substack.c...
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Do workers follow norms of reciprocity in the labour market?
After more than 10 years since data collection, my research has been published in Management Science
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October 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
After more than 10 years from fieldwork, it’s a great joy to have finally published in Management Science the article “No gifts returned: Surprise Bonuses Reduce Productivity in a Natural Field Experiment: Long read on Substack: gianlu777.substack.c...
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I wish in a few years we could see the same mobilisation for the fight against climate change as what is now happening for Palestine. In a not too distant future, people living in Gaza are certain to have to leave their land because of sea level rise, unless we stop emissions.
October 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I wish in a few years we could see the same mobilisation for the fight against climate change as what is now happening for Palestine. In a not too distant future, people living in Gaza are certain to have to leave their land because of sea level rise, unless we stop emissions.
I wish in a few years we could see the same mobilisation for the fight against climate change as what is now happening for Palestine. In a not too distant future, people living in Gaza are certain to have to leave their land because of sea level rise, unless we stop emissions.
October 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I wish in a few years we could see the same mobilisation for the fight against climate change as what is now happening for Palestine. In a not too distant future, people living in Gaza are certain to have to leave their land because of sea level rise, unless we stop emissions.
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I asked @ggrimalda.bsky.social if the villages he visits in Papua New Guinea have refrigeration, while I was thinking through a similar question recently. They generally do not. They catch fish and eat them the same day. About a billion people live at that level.
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The pleasures of slow travel and learning about the future, with Dr. Gianluca Grimalda
YouTube video by City Atlas
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September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked @ggrimalda.bsky.social if the villages he visits in Papua New Guinea have refrigeration, while I was thinking through a similar question recently. They generally do not. They catch fish and eat them the same day. About a billion people live at that level.
youtu.be/NaD378Rh_ck
youtu.be/NaD378Rh_ck
I've set off to Bougainville,PNG, for another #NoFly journey. I want to complete my research there. Travelling the ~25,000km distance from Italy by🚢,🚅,&🚌,I'll emit ~10 times less than✈️ (computations to come).Here the long read on my motivations: gianlu777.substack.c... 1/🧵
September 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I've set off to Bougainville,PNG, for another #NoFly journey. I want to complete my research there. Travelling the ~25,000km distance from Italy by🚢,🚅,&🚌,I'll emit ~10 times less than✈️ (computations to come).Here the long read on my motivations: gianlu777.substack.c... 1/🧵
Ready for presentation # 16 of my book A Fuoco/Zooming in Soleto, Lecce, on my way to Papua New Guinea no-fly.
Happy to talk about my past no-fly travel while the new travel is beginning.
Happy to talk about my past no-fly travel while the new travel is beginning.
August 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ready for presentation # 16 of my book A Fuoco/Zooming in Soleto, Lecce, on my way to Papua New Guinea no-fly.
Happy to talk about my past no-fly travel while the new travel is beginning.
Happy to talk about my past no-fly travel while the new travel is beginning.
Day 0 of my new #NoFly journey from Italy to Papua New Guinea. Just collected my visa to Russia. I'll cut my CO2 emissions by ~10 & will travel with the hidden majority of the world,those who remain stuck to the ground. I'll complete my research on social cohesion+adaptation to climate change.
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Day 0 of my new #NoFly journey from Italy to Papua New Guinea. Just collected my visa to Russia. I'll cut my CO2 emissions by ~10 & will travel with the hidden majority of the world,those who remain stuck to the ground. I'll complete my research on social cohesion+adaptation to climate change.
In Italy, we call them ‘water bombs’. They are sudden, intense downpours. Last night, 74 mm of rain fell in Rimini, Romagna, in just a few hours. That is equivalent to about one and a half months of rainfall. The wind was blowing at 120 km/h. Video cr: @UnaGiorno
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August 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
In Italy, we call them ‘water bombs’. They are sudden, intense downpours. Last night, 74 mm of rain fell in Rimini, Romagna, in just a few hours. That is equivalent to about one and a half months of rainfall. The wind was blowing at 120 km/h. Video cr: @UnaGiorno
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‘The world is burning, so I embraced civil disobedience.’
Thanks @MargheritaNasi for the in-depth interview in the series ‘I was 20 years old’ for @lemonde.fr.
I talk about my journey from being a kid in the suburbs of Milan to university... www.lemonde.fr/campu...
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Thanks @MargheritaNasi for the in-depth interview in the series ‘I was 20 years old’ for @lemonde.fr.
I talk about my journey from being a kid in the suburbs of Milan to university... www.lemonde.fr/campu...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
‘The world is burning, so I embraced civil disobedience.’
Thanks @MargheritaNasi for the in-depth interview in the series ‘I was 20 years old’ for @lemonde.fr.
I talk about my journey from being a kid in the suburbs of Milan to university... www.lemonde.fr/campu...
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Thanks @MargheritaNasi for the in-depth interview in the series ‘I was 20 years old’ for @lemonde.fr.
I talk about my journey from being a kid in the suburbs of Milan to university... www.lemonde.fr/campu...
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Has Russia conquered the US?
The presidency that putin dreams for Ukraine is like the current US presidency: subdued, obedient, remissive.
Press conferences are dictators' monologues and putin is let serenading about Alaska being Russian soil.
Extraordinary.
#TrumpPutinSummit
The presidency that putin dreams for Ukraine is like the current US presidency: subdued, obedient, remissive.
Press conferences are dictators' monologues and putin is let serenading about Alaska being Russian soil.
Extraordinary.
#TrumpPutinSummit
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Has Russia conquered the US?
The presidency that putin dreams for Ukraine is like the current US presidency: subdued, obedient, remissive.
Press conferences are dictators' monologues and putin is let serenading about Alaska being Russian soil.
Extraordinary.
#TrumpPutinSummit
The presidency that putin dreams for Ukraine is like the current US presidency: subdued, obedient, remissive.
Press conferences are dictators' monologues and putin is let serenading about Alaska being Russian soil.
Extraordinary.
#TrumpPutinSummit
In the scorching heat of this summer fourth heatwave in Milan, I walked around @Feltrinelli_ bookshops. I was glad to see my book "A fuoco/Zooming" is still proposed in the "New reads" section after more than 2 months since publication. It's a sign the book is going well.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In the scorching heat of this summer fourth heatwave in Milan, I walked around @Feltrinelli_ bookshops. I was glad to see my book "A fuoco/Zooming" is still proposed in the "New reads" section after more than 2 months since publication. It's a sign the book is going well.
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‘Struck,’ reads the post in which the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announces the killing of @aljazeera.com journalist Anas al-Sharif. As if Anas were a character in a video game and his killing permitted the access to the next stage in a "Candy Crush saga". RIP🧵
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August 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
‘Struck,’ reads the post in which the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announces the killing of @aljazeera.com journalist Anas al-Sharif. As if Anas were a character in a video game and his killing permitted the access to the next stage in a "Candy Crush saga". RIP🧵
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I am convinced that non-violent civil resistance is the best way to end the massacre in Gaza, and the brave guys by #StandingTogether @OmdimBeyachad yesterday showed that this may really be the way.
That's the vision of the future I want! I am with you!
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That's the vision of the future I want! I am with you!
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August 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I am convinced that non-violent civil resistance is the best way to end the massacre in Gaza, and the brave guys by #StandingTogether @OmdimBeyachad yesterday showed that this may really be the way.
That's the vision of the future I want! I am with you!
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That's the vision of the future I want! I am with you!
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Well done guys!
The best way to end the massacre in Gaza is through non-violent civil disobedience!
I am with you! 🙏👏
The best way to end the massacre in Gaza is through non-violent civil disobedience!
I am with you! 🙏👏
Watch: We disrupted the live broadcast of Big Brother Israel last night to call for an end to the annihilation in Gaza and abandonment of the hostages because we can’t continue with routine right now! There can’t be business as usual! (1/2)
August 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Well done guys!
The best way to end the massacre in Gaza is through non-violent civil disobedience!
I am with you! 🙏👏
The best way to end the massacre in Gaza is through non-violent civil disobedience!
I am with you! 🙏👏
“I’ve never spoken to an Arab. I’ve only seen Palestinians from checkpoints monitors. I was in Gaza until 2 weeks ago. In Gaza you turn off your mind and do your job. Or you freak out. But then, you come across Palestinians. And you realize they are just like you.
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August 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“I’ve never spoken to an Arab. I’ve only seen Palestinians from checkpoints monitors. I was in Gaza until 2 weeks ago. In Gaza you turn off your mind and do your job. Or you freak out. But then, you come across Palestinians. And you realize they are just like you.
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Apparently breathing in this air is equivalent to smoking 77 cigarettes per day😳
Wildfire smoke was so bad in Fort Mac over the weekend that visibility was only a few hundred feet. PM2.5 was at 1700µg/m³ ☠️☠️☠️
August 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Apparently breathing in this air is equivalent to smoking 77 cigarettes per day😳
‘Inside "A Fuoco" there are several books. There's the story of my return from Papua to Europe without taking a plane. But there are also stories from the global periphery." 🙏@m_bongioanni for the extensive interview published (in IT) in @lifegate! 👉www.lifegate.it/gian...
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Se il mondo brucia è ora di disobbedire. Intervista a Gianluca Grimalda, licenziato per non aver voluto volare - LifeGate
Gianluca Grimalda, ricercatore esperto di cooperazione e cambiamenti climatici, è stato licenziato per essersi rifiutato di volare. Il suo racconto nel libro “A Fuoco”.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
‘Inside "A Fuoco" there are several books. There's the story of my return from Papua to Europe without taking a plane. But there are also stories from the global periphery." 🙏@m_bongioanni for the extensive interview published (in IT) in @lifegate! 👉www.lifegate.it/gian...
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A sudden flashflood hit Dharali village in India. This is not an emergency, it's not a new normal, it's something that will get worse until we stop our toxic dependence from fossil fuels & stop meat-consumption-led deforestation.
Credit to @weathermonitors for video.
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Credit to @weathermonitors for video.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A sudden flashflood hit Dharali village in India. This is not an emergency, it's not a new normal, it's something that will get worse until we stop our toxic dependence from fossil fuels & stop meat-consumption-led deforestation.
Credit to @weathermonitors for video.
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Credit to @weathermonitors for video.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu is reportedly planning offensive to fully occupy Gaza, which would be disastrous. According to a 30 July poll by Yossi Tatika, the majority of Israeli citizens *oppose* this plan.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Israeli PM Netanyahu is reportedly planning offensive to fully occupy Gaza, which would be disastrous. According to a 30 July poll by Yossi Tatika, the majority of Israeli citizens *oppose* this plan.
www.timesofisrael.co...
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www.timesofisrael.co...
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Devastating footage of a flash flood destroying a village in Uttarakhand, northern India, today. Such events will become increasingly severe and more frequent as global temperatures rise. Posted by Channel 4 on IG.
August 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Devastating footage of a flash flood destroying a village in Uttarakhand, northern India, today. Such events will become increasingly severe and more frequent as global temperatures rise. Posted by Channel 4 on IG.
On 20 June, I was invited in the Italian TV program @CoffeeBreakLa7 with @andrea_pancani @La7tv to talk about my book and comment on the day's news. Here's the extract of my interventions: youtu.be/sePdE-TwATw (in Italian with subtitles in any language). Topics in a🧵
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August 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
On 20 June, I was invited in the Italian TV program @CoffeeBreakLa7 with @andrea_pancani @La7tv to talk about my book and comment on the day's news. Here's the extract of my interventions: youtu.be/sePdE-TwATw (in Italian with subtitles in any language). Topics in a🧵
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Clear signs Tr#mp has dementia: www.theguardian.com/...
‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity
Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored
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August 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Clear signs Tr#mp has dementia: www.theguardian.com/...
One of the justifications given by the Israeli government for the siege of Gaza is that Gazans are responsible for Hamas' actions because they voted them into power in 2006 and because they actively support them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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August 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
One of the justifications given by the Israeli government for the siege of Gaza is that Gazans are responsible for Hamas' actions because they voted them into power in 2006 and because they actively support them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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