Briony Jones
@justpolitics-blog.bsky.social
I am an academic, writer and commentator, passionate about peace and justice issues close to home and further away. For me, justice is about connections. Justpolitics is a way of sharing my ideas and inviting you into conversation.
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
Join us next week for this exciting online event on the civic university and its role in peace dialogue and education! So happy to be part of Coventry Peace Week. 10-11 (UK) on 10 November. Sign up here: warwick.ac.uk/research/spo...
Civic University in Peace Dialogue and Education
warwick.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Join us next week for this exciting online event on the civic university and its role in peace dialogue and education! So happy to be part of Coventry Peace Week. 10-11 (UK) on 10 November. Sign up here: warwick.ac.uk/research/spo...
Very happy to be once again at Geneva Peace Week - if you are in Geneva come along! Link to register below.... Thanks to @unrisd.org @wicidwarwick.bsky.social
🕊️ How can civil society shape peace at the #WSSD2025?
📍Join us at #GenevaPeaceWeek for
Time to Speak! Civil Society Voices for Peace
🗓️ 16 Oct | 🕚 11:00 CET | Graduate Institute Geneva
🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/XgoI50X8ZEJ
#GPW25
📍Join us at #GenevaPeaceWeek for
Time to Speak! Civil Society Voices for Peace
🗓️ 16 Oct | 🕚 11:00 CET | Graduate Institute Geneva
🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/XgoI50X8ZEJ
#GPW25
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Very happy to be once again at Geneva Peace Week - if you are in Geneva come along! Link to register below.... Thanks to @unrisd.org @wicidwarwick.bsky.social
If, like me, you never seem to finish that list you might like my new blog on the joys of the unfinished.....
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www.justpolitics.blog/post/permiss...
Permission Not To Finish: On The Joys of The Incomplete
I am currently reading Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, another wonderful recommendation from the writing group I’ve joined at work. One of the things I like most about this book is that ea...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If, like me, you never seem to finish that list you might like my new blog on the joys of the unfinished.....
www.justpolitics.blog/post/permiss...
www.justpolitics.blog/post/permiss...
Interested in social development, peacebuilding and youth perspectives? Then this is the paper for you! Happy to share my latest co-authored publication with @unrisd.org and supported by @wicidwarwick.bsky.social and @warwickpais.bsky.social and @warwickirsl.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Interested in social development, peacebuilding and youth perspectives? Then this is the paper for you! Happy to share my latest co-authored publication with @unrisd.org and supported by @wicidwarwick.bsky.social and @warwickpais.bsky.social and @warwickirsl.bsky.social
Thanks to @unrisd.org and @gvagrad.bsky.social for hosting this event - I cannot wait to contribute to this discussion on injury, trauma and repair in the peace sector
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thanks to @unrisd.org and @gvagrad.bsky.social for hosting this event - I cannot wait to contribute to this discussion on injury, trauma and repair in the peace sector
It's that time of year again...school and work beckon and I've been reflecting on rest and nourishment...let me know what you think!
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The Exhausting Search for Rest
I am coming towards the end of the summer holiday and as I reconnect with friends and colleagues the inevitable question arises – did I have a good break? Am I feeling rested? Yes, I say, and it is tr...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It's that time of year again...school and work beckon and I've been reflecting on rest and nourishment...let me know what you think!
www.justpolitics.blog/post/the-exh...
www.justpolitics.blog/post/the-exh...
Happy to share my latest blog post....see what you think and feel free to share! www.justpolitics.blog/post/languag...
Language, Humility, and Communication
Many of us are familiar with the ‘Brit abroad’ trope of a frustrated tourist speaking ever more loudly in English, seemingly unaware that volume is not the same as communication. This trope plays out ...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy to share my latest blog post....see what you think and feel free to share! www.justpolitics.blog/post/languag...
What a joy to be part of this year's DSA, co-chairing a panel on academic activism with the amazing @mouzkhalil.bsky.social
🎉 That's a wrap #DSA2025 at @cdsbath.bsky.social
🗣️ 650 delegates: 232 online and 418 on campus at @uniofbath.bsky.social
📚 425 papers, 73 panels, 3 keynotes.
🤝84 delegates funded to take part
🌍 One community tackling the challenges of the future.
🗣️ 650 delegates: 232 online and 418 on campus at @uniofbath.bsky.social
📚 425 papers, 73 panels, 3 keynotes.
🤝84 delegates funded to take part
🌍 One community tackling the challenges of the future.
June 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What a joy to be part of this year's DSA, co-chairing a panel on academic activism with the amazing @mouzkhalil.bsky.social
Brilliant as always, the UNRISD Annual Report 2024 makes a strong case for critical thinking and progressive action around social development! @unrisd.org thank you for your work
📣UNRISD Annual Report 2024 is out!
This year, we:
🌍 Informed the road to the #WSSD2
⚖️Championed care economies + just transition solutions
🌱Boosted SSE & sustainability metrics
💬Elevated global South voices within global policy forums
Read now: www.unrisd.org/annual-repor...
This year, we:
🌍 Informed the road to the #WSSD2
⚖️Championed care economies + just transition solutions
🌱Boosted SSE & sustainability metrics
💬Elevated global South voices within global policy forums
Read now: www.unrisd.org/annual-repor...
June 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Brilliant as always, the UNRISD Annual Report 2024 makes a strong case for critical thinking and progressive action around social development! @unrisd.org thank you for your work
Sharing my latest policy brief with thanks to @unrisd.org
📢 New #WICIDPolicyBrief 'Peace as Social Development: Preparing for the Second World Summit on Social Development' by Briony Jones @justpolitics-blog.bsky.social. Please check out the brief here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sharing my latest policy brief with thanks to @unrisd.org
A concerning colonial attitude by the UK government, implying that expertise is only located in the 'aid givers'. Collaboration, solidarity, responsibility, and most of all humility are key @wicidwarwick.bsky.social @mouzkhalil.bsky.social @shahnaz76.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
Britain’s new aid vision: less cash, more spin. The cost will be counted in lives, says the Guardian, quoting development researchers
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May 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A concerning colonial attitude by the UK government, implying that expertise is only located in the 'aid givers'. Collaboration, solidarity, responsibility, and most of all humility are key @wicidwarwick.bsky.social @mouzkhalil.bsky.social @shahnaz76.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
Excited to be exploring journalism thanks to the support of @karimacherif.bsky.social and @unrisd.org - it's easy when the work is so inspiring!
www.unrisd.org/en/activitie... news item publication for UNRISD on their flagship event, by my amazing colleague @justpolitics-blog.bsky.social
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May 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Excited to be exploring journalism thanks to the support of @karimacherif.bsky.social and @unrisd.org - it's easy when the work is so inspiring!
Happy to share my latest blog post - all about finding peace in troubled times...Let me know if it resonates with you!
www.justpolitics.blog/post/reading...
www.justpolitics.blog/post/reading...
Reading, Retreat, Repeat
The gift of travel is hard to beat. It can’t be returned or left to gather dust on a mantlepiece. It is an invitation to a new experience, to a new place. You can imagine my joy then when I received t...
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May 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy to share my latest blog post - all about finding peace in troubled times...Let me know if it resonates with you!
www.justpolitics.blog/post/reading...
www.justpolitics.blog/post/reading...
Universities as a Public Good - a response to the UK Immigration White Paper. Check out this post I co-authored with my amazing colleagues at @wicidwarwick.bsky.social to hear what we have to say about it.....and tell us what you think!
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Protecting Universities as a Public Good: A Response to the Immigration White Paper
Blog Written by Professor Briony Jones, Dr Shahnaz Akhter and Dr Mouzayian Khalil,Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID)Link opens in a new window, University ...
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May 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Universities as a Public Good - a response to the UK Immigration White Paper. Check out this post I co-authored with my amazing colleagues at @wicidwarwick.bsky.social to hear what we have to say about it.....and tell us what you think!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...
'Foresight for Flourishing' is the topic of this year's annual lecture of @wicidwarwick.bsky.social @mouzkhalil.bsky.social Can't wait to find out what it's all about......
May 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
'Foresight for Flourishing' is the topic of this year's annual lecture of @wicidwarwick.bsky.social @mouzkhalil.bsky.social Can't wait to find out what it's all about......
Now out in issue 30(3): You Already Know Enough: Certainty and Ignorance in Data-Driven Humanitarianism by Briony Jones and Vicki Squire @justpolitics-blog.bsky.social
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May 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Check out my latest blog post - it's about talk, it's about action, it's about funding cuts....as always the personal meets political for me!
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All Talk and Not Much Action?
A few months ago, my son’s school had a bring your child to work day. I happened to be working from home, so we merely walked upstairs with the necessary drinks and snacks to begin our day together. I...
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April 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Check out my latest blog post - it's about talk, it's about action, it's about funding cuts....as always the personal meets political for me!
www.justpolitics.blog/post/all-tal...
www.justpolitics.blog/post/all-tal...
Yet another inspiring event from UNRISD
Opening statements: a powerful call for strong commitment to human rights, sustainable development and multilateralism by 🇫🇮Amb. Heidi Schroderus-Fox
🇨🇱Amb. Claudia Fuentes Julio
🇨🇳Amb. Shen Jian
🇬🇲Amb. Muhammadou M.O. Kah
The path beyond 2030 must be collective.
🇨🇱Amb. Claudia Fuentes Julio
🇨🇳Amb. Shen Jian
🇬🇲Amb. Muhammadou M.O. Kah
The path beyond 2030 must be collective.
April 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yet another inspiring event from UNRISD
Come and work with an inspiring team at UNRISD!
We're hiring!
-Consultant – Scoping Study for Knowledge Centre for Equality
🗓by 20 April
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-Research Internships
• May–July: by 21 April
• July–September: by 30 May
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-Social Media Intern
🗓by 14 April
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-Consultant – Scoping Study for Knowledge Centre for Equality
🗓by 20 April
shorturl.at/edMhS
-Research Internships
• May–July: by 21 April
• July–September: by 30 May
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-Social Media Intern
🗓by 14 April
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March 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come and work with an inspiring team at UNRISD!
Having fun with @unrisd.org chatting to students at @gvagrad.bsky.social today about their visions for the future of social development!
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Having fun with @unrisd.org chatting to students at @gvagrad.bsky.social today about their visions for the future of social development!
Reposted by Briony Jones
🚀What will the future of social development look like beyond 2030?
Join us on 9 April for a high-level panel to explore challenges, opportunities & the role of research in shaping a just & sustainable future.
📅 9 April, 17:00📍Geneva Graduate Institute
bit.ly/4kKezFA
Join us on 9 April for a high-level panel to explore challenges, opportunities & the role of research in shaping a just & sustainable future.
📅 9 April, 17:00📍Geneva Graduate Institute
bit.ly/4kKezFA
March 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚀What will the future of social development look like beyond 2030?
Join us on 9 April for a high-level panel to explore challenges, opportunities & the role of research in shaping a just & sustainable future.
📅 9 April, 17:00📍Geneva Graduate Institute
bit.ly/4kKezFA
Join us on 9 April for a high-level panel to explore challenges, opportunities & the role of research in shaping a just & sustainable future.
📅 9 April, 17:00📍Geneva Graduate Institute
bit.ly/4kKezFA
UNRISD is the perfect home for my current project on care and peacebuilding - check out this excellent event!
📢 UNRISD at #CSW69
Care work sustains societies &economies, yet remains undervalued &underfunded. How can financing care systems drive gender equality &sustainable development?
📅 19 March | 16:45–18:00 EST
📍CR-12, UN HQ, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4bzvI0j
Care work sustains societies &economies, yet remains undervalued &underfunded. How can financing care systems drive gender equality &sustainable development?
📅 19 March | 16:45–18:00 EST
📍CR-12, UN HQ, NY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4bzvI0j
March 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UNRISD is the perfect home for my current project on care and peacebuilding - check out this excellent event!
Have spent the afternoon speaking at an inspiring event on women in academia...then saw this...food for thought, and action!
Women’s voices in a world that still questions them
Women’s voices in a world that still questions them
According to the worrying results of a recent survey, six in 10 Gen Z men believe women’s equality has ‘gone too far’.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Have spent the afternoon speaking at an inspiring event on women in academia...then saw this...food for thought, and action!
Looking forward to speaking at this webinar on rethinking the future of the peace, development and humanitarian sector - it's a great line up, come along!
March 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Looking forward to speaking at this webinar on rethinking the future of the peace, development and humanitarian sector - it's a great line up, come along!