Dr Dayo Eseonu
@deseonu.bsky.social
Mum| loved by God | Learner | Interested in racial equity and policymaking. I use creative and participatory methods to co-create knowledge with racially minoritised young people to influence policymaking. Lecturer in Politics and Policy, Lancaster Uni, UK
Sharing the story of route to and within academia hopefully demonstrates that there is no single route.
What advice would you give to a researcher at the beginning of their academic journey?
‘Don’t be afraid to carve your own path’ says @deseonu.bsky.social in to Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR
Watch now on the @britishacademy.bsky.social YouTube channel: bit.ly/4r7rYts
‘Don’t be afraid to carve your own path’ says @deseonu.bsky.social in to Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR
Watch now on the @britishacademy.bsky.social YouTube channel: bit.ly/4r7rYts
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Sharing the story of route to and within academia hopefully demonstrates that there is no single route.
It was such a pleasure to have this conversation. Watch 👇🏾
Our CEO sat down with @deseonu.bsky.social to talk about cohesion.
Polarisation, conflict, hosting difficult views, and what anti-racism really demands beyond tick boxes.
Plus Joy answers the question that gets her into trouble the most...
Watch: youtu.be/BmpGXbBvWoo?...
Polarisation, conflict, hosting difficult views, and what anti-racism really demands beyond tick boxes.
Plus Joy answers the question that gets her into trouble the most...
Watch: youtu.be/BmpGXbBvWoo?...
Dialogues for building bridges across divides: a Racial Equity in Policy Network fireside chat
YouTube video by Dayo Eseonu
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January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It was such a pleasure to have this conversation. Watch 👇🏾
My co-editor, Kofi LeNiles and I are inviting scholars, practitioners, community members and activists to engage with this call for contributors as we reflect on the purpose of Black education and what it does for Black children.
Deadline is 31st January. Submit here:
tinyurl.com/HandbookBlac...
Deadline is 31st January. Submit here:
tinyurl.com/HandbookBlac...
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
My co-editor, Kofi LeNiles and I are inviting scholars, practitioners, community members and activists to engage with this call for contributors as we reflect on the purpose of Black education and what it does for Black children.
Deadline is 31st January. Submit here:
tinyurl.com/HandbookBlac...
Deadline is 31st January. Submit here:
tinyurl.com/HandbookBlac...
I am quite candid about my experience of navigating my PhD experience. Listen to myself, our fantastic host Leonie and the other amazing guest on the episode, Burcin.
From developing your PhD, adapting to UK higher education structures, or navigating LinkedIn – is there one right way to be an Early Career Researcher? Join Leonie Smith with @deseonu.bsky.social and Burcin Baskurt in Ep 1 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR podcast. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am quite candid about my experience of navigating my PhD experience. Listen to myself, our fantastic host Leonie and the other amazing guest on the episode, Burcin.
I felt every single sentence of this video!
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I felt every single sentence of this video!
Reposted by Dr Dayo Eseonu
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza.
Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k
Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
wapo.st
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza.
Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k
Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k
Reposted by Dr Dayo Eseonu
INSPIRE panel at #IPSA2025 — thanks to our presenters and discussant @kathaesa.bsky.social, lively exchange on Intersectionality & Participatory Deliberative Democracy with plenty of fresh angles. Thanks to everyone who contributed! We’ll keep you posted!
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
INSPIRE panel at #IPSA2025 — thanks to our presenters and discussant @kathaesa.bsky.social, lively exchange on Intersectionality & Participatory Deliberative Democracy with plenty of fresh angles. Thanks to everyone who contributed! We’ll keep you posted!
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
Naoimh McMahon will deliver a talk on 'Rethinking the thinking on inequalities' for the Racial Equity in Policy Network on July 23rd at 12.30pm. Her work sets out what might be keeping inequalities in place and, importantly, provides ideas on how to disrupt institutionalised ways of thinking
July 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Naoimh McMahon will deliver a talk on 'Rethinking the thinking on inequalities' for the Racial Equity in Policy Network on July 23rd at 12.30pm. Her work sets out what might be keeping inequalities in place and, importantly, provides ideas on how to disrupt institutionalised ways of thinking
In light of attacks against CRT both here in the UK and the US, this was a really engaging read! www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/critica...
"Critical Race Theory, Science and Pseudoscience": A Conversation with Victor Ray and Sam Hoadley-Brill
Critical race theory (CRT) is based on the premises of pervasive racial inequality and a social constructionist (i.e. anti-essentialist) conception of race. It challenges the idea that the superficial...
www.thephilosopher1923.org
June 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In light of attacks against CRT both here in the UK and the US, this was a really engaging read! www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/critica...
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New in Innovations in Public Policy from @deseonu.bsky.social on anti-racist institutionalism. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in.... With racial equity largely silent from the devolution debate so far, how can English regional institutions use their power to reduce racial inequalities?
Anti-racist institutionalism - Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place - University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New in Innovations in Public Policy from @deseonu.bsky.social on anti-racist institutionalism. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in.... With racial equity largely silent from the devolution debate so far, how can English regional institutions use their power to reduce racial inequalities?
I look forward to listening to this.
📺 The video of my inaugural lecture is now available 👉🏼 www.sps.ed.ac.uk/inaugural-le...
We had some laughs and brightness, as well as some heavier/darker moments, as befits a lecture about #democracy in troubled times.
Thanks to everyone who made the occasion and the professorship possible 🙏🏼
We had some laughs and brightness, as well as some heavier/darker moments, as befits a lecture about #democracy in troubled times.
Thanks to everyone who made the occasion and the professorship possible 🙏🏼
May 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I look forward to listening to this.
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#Petition in solidarity with staff at #Newcastle University, who are being put through some twisted 'academic hunger games' to keep their jobs against the threat of draconian compulsory redundancies. More info and petition: chng.it/754BbStwZp
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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May 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#Petition in solidarity with staff at #Newcastle University, who are being put through some twisted 'academic hunger games' to keep their jobs against the threat of draconian compulsory redundancies. More info and petition: chng.it/754BbStwZp
I completely missed that Inua Ellams wrote an episode for Doctor Who. I just watched the episode and my goodness, my fave episode ever! It’s so beautiful, so nuanced, so true! Anyone read a more articulate review, please send my way! Read his process here. www.okayafrica.com/inua-ellams-...
How Inua Ellams Brought African Folklore and Poetry into the ‘Doctor Who’ Universe | OkayAfrica
A long-time fan of the time-travelling hero, the acclaimed poet and playwright brought the character to Africa with emotional depth and moxie.
www.okayafrica.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I completely missed that Inua Ellams wrote an episode for Doctor Who. I just watched the episode and my goodness, my fave episode ever! It’s so beautiful, so nuanced, so true! Anyone read a more articulate review, please send my way! Read his process here. www.okayafrica.com/inua-ellams-...
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Absolutely insane headline. This is what genocide looks like. This is what our ruling classes have decided will be normal.
May 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Absolutely insane headline. This is what genocide looks like. This is what our ruling classes have decided will be normal.
Reposted by Dr Dayo Eseonu
Register now for INSPIRE's webinar on the 29th of May at 13:00 GMT.
Visit tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... to secure your spot.
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
Visit tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... to secure your spot.
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
May 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Register now for INSPIRE's webinar on the 29th of May at 13:00 GMT.
Visit tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... to secure your spot.
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
Visit tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... to secure your spot.
#InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion
What a fantastic piece, a call to action in the face of increasing authoritarian measures…”when working within the system becomes working for the system”!
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What a fantastic piece, a call to action in the face of increasing authoritarian measures…”when working within the system becomes working for the system”!
Great first day @PolStudiesAssoc conference, lots of great conversations within and outside of panels. Ended the day with a panel from @PSA_Race inc a paper on institutional racism, similar thoughts to my article on anti-racist institutionalism (doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…#PSA2525
https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…
April 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Great first day @PolStudiesAssoc conference, lots of great conversations within and outside of panels. Ended the day with a panel from @PSA_Race inc a paper on institutional racism, similar thoughts to my article on anti-racist institutionalism (doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…#PSA2525
What a fantastic offering to us by @folukeifejola.bsky.social, rich insightful reflections and collation of resources to navigate and think through what decolonisation is. It’s one of the best I have come across. Thank you so much.
In this #newblogpost, I examine the origins and meanings of the word "decolonisation." It is often thrown about with the presumption that we all agree on its meaning, despite strong contrary evidence. But where did the word come from? What has it been used to mean?
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
folukeafrica.com/the-trouble-...
The Trouble with Defining Decolonisation: A table analogy and some reading
But remember, “The demand that Rhodes must fall should not be heard as a demand that Rhodes must read Fanon.”
folukeafrica.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What a fantastic offering to us by @folukeifejola.bsky.social, rich insightful reflections and collation of resources to navigate and think through what decolonisation is. It’s one of the best I have come across. Thank you so much.
The Racial Equity in Policy Network will be holding its quarterly meeting on the 31st of March at 12noon, as an online brown bag lunch event. I will be curating a space for policymakers to reflect on the current political climate. Register at: www.trybooking.com/uk/EQEX
Brown Bag Lunch event: At the crossroads of racial equity
The Racial Equity in Policy Network is holding an online brown bag lunch event to create space for policymakers to reflect on their position in the...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Racial Equity in Policy Network will be holding its quarterly meeting on the 31st of March at 12noon, as an online brown bag lunch event. I will be curating a space for policymakers to reflect on the current political climate. Register at: www.trybooking.com/uk/EQEX
This is such a great video highlighting the coloniality of power, knowledge and being. It really brings together the work of learning and unlearning I continue to undertake…
Prof Oyèrónké Oyewùmí on Yoruba ontologies of gender and the effect of colonisation on them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d1V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d1V...
Oyèrónké Oyewùmí: “I use gender to illustrate the impact of colonisation”
YouTube video by CCCB
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March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is such a great video highlighting the coloniality of power, knowledge and being. It really brings together the work of learning and unlearning I continue to undertake…
It was a pleasure to be in conversation with this fantastic group of people and to share some of our practices with those who attended the teaching cafe.
🧐 Missed our last #TeachingCafé? The session recording is here!
🎥 Feat. @deseonu.bsky.social, @rrichard09.bsky.social, #PenelopeNortey and #RebeccaFreeth, this event explored ways to foster more inclusive and equitable spaces for public participation.
Click ⬇️ to view now!
youtu.be/6sgfK-xZaCc?...
🎥 Feat. @deseonu.bsky.social, @rrichard09.bsky.social, #PenelopeNortey and #RebeccaFreeth, this event explored ways to foster more inclusive and equitable spaces for public participation.
Click ⬇️ to view now!
youtu.be/6sgfK-xZaCc?...
Teaching Cafe 9: Interracial Communication Instruction
YouTube video by Participedia Community
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March 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It was a pleasure to be in conversation with this fantastic group of people and to share some of our practices with those who attended the teaching cafe.
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Wonderful day in Birmingham with these two 🔥 facilitators: rehearsal for @horizon-inspire.bsky.social Legislative Theatre proj. w/West Midlands Combined Authority, on equity in employment opportunities! RSVP for the event on 24 March at @unibirmingham.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/InspireLT
March 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wonderful day in Birmingham with these two 🔥 facilitators: rehearsal for @horizon-inspire.bsky.social Legislative Theatre proj. w/West Midlands Combined Authority, on equity in employment opportunities! RSVP for the event on 24 March at @unibirmingham.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/InspireLT
Happening next week Tuesday! I have enjoyed the planning conversations & look forward to sharing our insights with you. I am also keen to hear others experiences so if you want to know more about engaging with racially diverse groups whether you are teaching or practicing public participation!
✨🚨 Panelist Feature
☕️ We are very excited to welcome Temidayo Eseonu of @lancasteruni.bsky.social to our next #TeachingCafé on February 25th! 😊
Read below to learn about our first panelist, and click here to register now. All are welcome - please join us! ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-c...
☕️ We are very excited to welcome Temidayo Eseonu of @lancasteruni.bsky.social to our next #TeachingCafé on February 25th! 😊
Read below to learn about our first panelist, and click here to register now. All are welcome - please join us! ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-c...
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Happening next week Tuesday! I have enjoyed the planning conversations & look forward to sharing our insights with you. I am also keen to hear others experiences so if you want to know more about engaging with racially diverse groups whether you are teaching or practicing public participation!