Prof Ksenia Chmutina
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Prof Ksenia Chmutina
@kschmutina.bsky.social
Professor of Disaster Studies. Interested in disasters, critical theory & all things urban. Co-host of Disasters: Deconstructed podcast.
For a second, I thought that this cafe starts with letter F…
April 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Read this book! 🔥
You can also watch Sophie Lewis about this book - and her other amazing work - at our @lboroias.bsky.social seminar last year: youtu.be/MBGkeY4z-IU?...
April 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“To speak of the end of the world is to speak of the need to imagine, rather than a new world to replace our present one, a new people, the people that is missing. A people who believes in the world that will have to create with whatever world we will have left them.” 🔥
March 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So proud of @georgefoden.bsky.social for passing his viva without corrections today 🤩 Ed & I really enjoyed supervising you 🤓 And thank you to the best examiners Dr Jo Rose & Dr Heike Jons!
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@disastersdecon.bsky.social are back! Season 10 is starting this week, when @vonmeding.bsky.social & I will be joined by our friends @jcgaillard.bsky.social & @ajfaas.bsky.social😍
You can watch the livestream on our YouTube Channel & on our Facebook page.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
For some reason, I’m the only person in my family who notices these signs 🤪
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Where real crises abound, disaster nationalism is enthralled by entirely fictional crises. And, inasmuch as it presents itself as a solution, it’s also palpably hankering for a world-shattering, cleansing crisis: bring it on.” 🔥 @wesinjapan.bsky.social we need to talk about this!
January 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our first @lboroias.bsky.social Fellow of 2025 is Dr Tanja Hendriks! I’m super excited to welcome a Fellow whose work I’ve been following - and thank you George Foden for hosting Tanja 🤓
January 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ho Ho Ho 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Secret Santas were in action at the International House today 🧑‍🎄🎅🤶@lboroias.bsky.social 🎄🎄🎄
December 18, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Nothing makes me prouder than seeing my PhD researchers graduating 🤩🤩🤩 Well done, Dr Susie Goodall 🤓
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
And it’s also been full of some spectacular views from hotel & meeting rooms
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
This week has been full of big stages 😅🤓
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM
It’s been so great to hang out at KAIST with Scott Knowles & his students, who organised an amazing party to launch our new Journal of Disaster Studies 🤓
October 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
@wesinjapan.bsky.social & I wrote a thing for the inaugural issue of the Journal of Disaster Studies 🤓

muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
August 27, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Our inaugural issue of Journal of Disaster Studies is out!!! 🥳 It’s been so much fun on making this journal a reality - thanks to a dream team of co-editors - and if you have ideas for potential contributions, feel free to reach out 🤓
muse.jhu.edu/issue/53160/...
August 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
“But the stupidity in the name of fairness & decency is still stupidity, and violence in the name of human liberation is still violence. It’s no coincidence the two so often seem to arrive together.”
April 19, 2024 at 9:19 AM
“What if you held a protest and everyone came?” 🔥🔥🔥
March 5, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Something very exciting has happened 🤩 www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
January 24, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Such a fun week with these guys 🤓
January 21, 2024 at 10:40 AM
We did it! It’s finally out! Rohit & I are so grateful for all the contributions- this book wouldn’t have happened without you 🤗
December 13, 2023 at 11:56 AM
Oh London 💚
December 7, 2023 at 1:14 AM
“Historic weather data measurements, recording & archiving built settler worlds founded on understanding & relating to environments through systems of numerical capture, categorical assignment & proprietary relationships to the biosphere.[…]It was never just about measuring the face of the sky.”🔥🔥🔥
November 20, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Those working in academia in the UK, please consider signing this open letter to UKRI. We must stand stand in solidarity.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
October 31, 2023 at 5:49 AM
Until next time 💚
October 29, 2023 at 12:54 AM