Keetie Roelen
@keetieroelen.bsky.social
📝 poverty and social protection researcher
📚 author of The Empathy Fix
🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast
🌎 Co-Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
📚 author of The Empathy Fix
🎙host of Poverty Unpacked podcast
🌎 Co-Deputy Director of Centre for the Study of Global Development at The Open University
and if you're interested in the full report, it can be found here 👉https://oro.open.ac.uk/105277/1/Roelen%20et%20al%20%282025%29%20Hidden%20Toil%20Behind%20Shiny%20Fronts%20FINAL%20%5B18-jul-25%5D.pdf
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
and if you're interested in the full report, it can be found here 👉https://oro.open.ac.uk/105277/1/Roelen%20et%20al%20%282025%29%20Hidden%20Toil%20Behind%20Shiny%20Fronts%20FINAL%20%5B18-jul-25%5D.pdf
BBC News report highlighting mixed experiences and local authority and builders passing the buck... 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Milton Keynes residents share mixed opinions on new estates
Researchers interview people living on three new-build estates in Milton Keynes.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
BBC News report highlighting mixed experiences and local authority and builders passing the buck... 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interview on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social with Jeremy Vine (from about 31 minutes onwards) 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Jeremy Vine - Conservatives and tipping - BBC Sounds
Jeremy discusses the Conservatives, new build houses, children moving abroad and tipping.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Interview on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social with Jeremy Vine (from about 31 minutes onwards) 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Discussion on BBC Three Counties radio (from about 90 minutes onwards) with lots of callers sharing their views 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j6fv
The JVS Show - Would you live on a new housing estate? - BBC Sounds
JVS fights for your consumer rights, plus Beds, Herts and Bucks big conversation.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Discussion on BBC Three Counties radio (from about 90 minutes onwards) with lots of callers sharing their views 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j6fv
Thank you for the shout out!! 🤩🙏
August 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thank you for the shout out!! 🤩🙏
Reposted by Keetie Roelen
Here are #TheEmpathyFix, a radical rethink of how we perceive poverty, & break the cycle from @keetieroelen.bsky.social, & #OntheEdge, a YA crossover novel on young lives & the dangers of rural hardship & inequality, from Nicola Garrard 2/4 #booksky
August 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here are #TheEmpathyFix, a radical rethink of how we perceive poverty, & break the cycle from @keetieroelen.bsky.social, & #OntheEdge, a YA crossover novel on young lives & the dangers of rural hardship & inequality, from Nicola Garrard 2/4 #booksky
Thank you to @emily4mk.bsky.social, Deputy Mayor Paul Trendall and 100+ visitors for engaging with this research by @oucsgd.bsky.social and Community Action: MK
July 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thank you to @emily4mk.bsky.social, Deputy Mayor Paul Trendall and 100+ visitors for engaging with this research by @oucsgd.bsky.social and Community Action: MK