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Vicki Squire

@vickisquire.bsky.social

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Prof of International Politics, borders and migration, humanitarian data, sanctuary and solidarity activism - and other stuff too, she/her, Uni of Warwick but views my own

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Development Studies Association @devcomms.bsky.social · Jun 5

📢 @justpolitics-blog.bsky.social & @vickisquire.bsky.social from wicidwarwick.bsky.social‬ explore how dynamics of certainty and ignorance play out in humanitarian reasoning.

Their new article dives into certainty and ignorance in data-driven humanitarianism:
https://buff.ly/obUCwtL

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · May 17

Congratulations Dr Banerjee!! :)

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · May 12

Why humanitarian data processes need dismantling - a piece I published in the Conversation based on my recent talk at University of Ibadan. theconversation.com/humanitarian...

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · May 12

PAIS PhD Candidate Raymond Hyma and Professor Briony Jones have co-authored a new article in Development in Practice together with five Cambodian colleagues.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Andrew Geddes @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social · May 10

🔍 Ever wondered where migration research is taking place?

➡️ 75% of migration research centres in Europe & N. America

Lorenzo Piccoli shares insights from a new tool that maps migration research & explores what this imbalance means for policy and future studies.

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · Apr 30

Professor Vicki Squire is giving a lecture at University of Ibadan, Nigeria on the impacts of defunding for humanitarian data. @vickisquire.bluesky.social

Rebuilding data practices from the ruins of humanitarianism
Friday 2nd May 2025
10:00-11:00
Zoom meeting

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · Apr 18

We already know enough - on humanitarian knowledge/non-knowledge and epistemic violence, with Briony Jones, and with thanks to the SI editors Claudia Aradau and Lucrezia Canzutti, from the Data and Displacement project www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Dec 27

I did a tally of this today and currently there’s over 650 collections of online and open access radical historical documents now listed.

And there’s a bunch more to add!

hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · Dec 23

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Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · Nov 26

Brilliant 😂😂😂

Vicki Squire @vickisquire.bsky.social · Nov 24

Sincere condolences

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Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social · Nov 15

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.

Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.

#menasky, #geosky

palestine.araburbanism.com

Palestine: Spaces and Politics

Introductory Curriculum

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Mark Fabian @markfabian.bsky.social · Sep 22

New ePODstemology episode!
@AnimKSam from @PAISWarwick
is on to talk about his work on democratic consolidation in Africa, especially the role of institutions like the National Peace Council in Ghana.

t.co/F7LHkh3LnA

How to achieve democratic consolidation in Africa - ePODstemology

While Kim Jong Un might disagreed, democracy is widely regarded as a universal value – it is a system of political organisation that enshrines the right to self-determination. Recent centuries have ...

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