Challenges faced in new #housing estates is an issue that resonated with many, as responses to #BBC coverage of our research at #OpenUniversity made clear . Delays to/ lack of #services #amenities #publictransport lead to #isolation and undermine #community, especially for residents on #lowincome

Proud to see Dr @keetieroelen.bsky.social featured in this BBC piece on building community in new housing estates—part of our work with Community Action: MK via Open Societal Challenges, @openuniversity.bsky.social 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93dzy2941eo 💡 povertyinmk #ResearchImpact #CommunityLed

Fantastic to see our research on living on #lowincome in new #housing estates in #MiltonKeynes on #BBC today . New estates require more than brick and mortar - they need #publictransport #services and #community . www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

✨ What inspires us to become who we are? Join @oucsgd.bsky.social at @openuniversity.bsky.social for an online seminar with futurist Shakil Ahmed 📅 Thurs 25 Sept | 🕥 10:30–12:00 BST 💭 Explore origin stories & futures thinking 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1658915985... #FuturesStudies #Storytelling

📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

How can #empathy and #experience shine light on #rights of people in #poverty . Join this webinar @atd4thworld.bsky.social on 2 October where I will be in conversation with youth activist Kaydence . And more! . All welcome - sign up here 👇 . www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/atd-fourth...

Want to be inspired as new #school year #UK gets underway? . Check out my conversation with @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social for lots of insight and practical suggestions on addressing #poverty and #hardship in school and beyond . 👇👇

Perfect example of how those with deeper pockets also benefit from support provided by the government... i.e. taxpayers' money It's not just 'people on benefits' #debunkingmyths #doublestandards Electric cars eligible for £3,750 discount announced - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tickets for Berwick Literary Festival @berwicklitfest now on sale! 📚 🎟 . Join me on Sunday 12 October for a conversation about how #empathy is vital for tackling #socialinjustice, including #poverty . I'll be speaking about my book #TheEmpathyFix 📗 and more! . berwickliteraryfestival.com

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

📢 PODCAST ALERT!🎙 . In this month's chat, our host @keetieroelen.bsky.social discusses two pieces of research . 👉 #poverty and living on low income in new #housing estates #UK 👉 #socialprotection and #coloniality . Listen now and find links to research on website 👇👇 share.google/4AHtWEO3Yepy...

Speaking about #childpoverty and #welfare in #UK on Drive Time show @voiceofislamuk.bsky.social . Welfare makes a big difference to reduce #UK #poverty but more can be done, especially with #childpoverty still on the rise . Listen from 27th minute . on.soundcloud.com/AB6UXULxiwUv...

Such a pleasure to share our research findings on #poverty and living on low income in new estates in #MiltonKeynes with local MP @emily4mk.bsky.social at @ifmkfest.bsky.social last week . 👉 sites.google.com/view/poverty... . Research @oucsgd.bsky.social and #CommunityActionMK

Fantastic day launching our research on #poverty in #MiltonKeynes, especially in new #housing areas @ifmkfest.bsky.social today . Key message? . Building #homes 🏡 isn't enough, there needs to be adequate investment in #infrastructure 🚍 and #community 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋 . 👉 sites.google.com/view/poverty...

For those in and around #MiltonKeynes, hope to see many of you tomorrow @ifmkfest.bsky.social . Join us in making community art installation and hear about our research on #poverty in new #housing estates . 20 July, 12.30-2pm, Campbell Park . ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-mak...

How does #colonial #legacy continue to influence #socialprotection? . Check out our new papers with @idos-research.bsky.social . I learned so much from everyone who shared their views, including my own blind spots! . Framework paper here: www.idos-research.de/discussion-p... . @oucsgd.bsky.social

Happy to share our 3rd podcast on methods innovation! Laura Camfield and ‪@keetieroelen.bsky.social in conversation with @sonjamarzi.bsky.social on how audivisual methods can help capture the complexity and sensitivity of research participants’ lived experiences. open.spotify.com/episode/5qWu...

Join us @oucsgd.bsky.social on 15 July for thought-provoking conversation on where next for international #development 👇👇

Join @keetieroelen.bsky.social & Community Action: MK for We Make Milton Keynes at the MK International Festival! 📅 Sun 20 July, 12:30–2pm 📍 Workshop Marquee, Campbell Park Explore local poverty research & co-create a community art piece! #MKInternationalFestival ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-mak...

WHAT WORKS TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY? . Listen to my insightful conversation with colleagues Global Coalition to End Child Poverty . 👉 @oliverfiala.bsky.social #SavetheChildren 👉 Kath Ford #YoungLives 👉 Charlotte Bilo and Sola Engilbertsdottir @unicef.org . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/29/e...

Two weeks until our event 'We Make Milton Keynes' @ifmkfest.bsky.social . Join us to make #community #art installation and learn about our research #poverty #MiltonKeynes 🏡🏘 . Sun 20 July 12.30-2, Campbell Park . With @oucsgd.bsky.social and #CommunityActionMK . ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-mak...

WHAT WORKS TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY? . Listen to my insightful conversation with colleagues Global Coalition to End Child Poverty . 👉 @oliverfiala.bsky.social #SavetheChildren 👉 Kath Ford #YoungLives 👉 Charlotte Bilo and Sola Engilbertsdottir @unicef.org . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/29/e...

Dr Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social will be speaking at the Development Studies Association Conference @devcomms.bsky.social this Thursday at 11:00 AM She’ll be presenting “Poverty, Dignity and Stigma in Urban Bangladesh”. 🗓 View the full programme: www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...

A few weeks I called out lack of #empathy following #UK plans for #welfare cuts in @bigissue.com . It will be interesting to what happens in upcoming #spending review . Winter fuel payments (mostly) reinstated, any u-turn on #benefit #cuts...? www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

Are you a #writer with #livedexperience of #poverty and #homelessness? . Submit your #story and change the #narrative! . Call for submissions @cardboardcitz.bsky.social in collaboration with @bigissue.com and @nickhernbooks.bsky.social - open until 30 June . mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

Empathy is an act of resistance . How? . 1️⃣ Relate to the #injustice . 2️⃣ Realise why injustice persists . 3️⃣ Respond with appropriate #action . Read more about the 3Rs of #empathy and how we can create positive change in #TheEmpathyFix 📗 . @atlanticbooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social

👋 Are you on BlueSky and coming to #DSA2025 ❓ We've spotted @keetieroelen.bsky.social with a paper on poverty, stigma and dignity in Bangladesh and @philipproudfoot.bsky.social on labour, social protection and livelihoods analysis 📊 🔎 Who else is coming to the conference at @cdsbath.bsky.social ❓

Short explainer on our research #OpenUniversity on new #housing and #newtowns and why there may pose challenges for residents on lower incomes 👇👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...

In this packed new episode @povertyunpacked.bsky.social - I offer my reflections on host of new reports and publications about #poverty in #UK and around the #world . Listen now 🤩 . poverty-unpacked.org/2025/06/01/e...

"Empathy is an act of strength" . Jacinda Ardern continues to be a breath of fresh air, especially at a time of so much toxic #leadership . Can't wait to read her forthcoming book! . #empathy #strength #differentkindofleadership #JacindaArdern www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Moves in the right direction... BBC News - Ministers considering scrapping two-child benefit cap www.bbc.com/news/article...

What works to reduce #childpoverty? . Check out new report by the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty to learn about the #policy mix that has facilitated reductions in child #poverty in #Bangladesh #Peru #Poland and beyond . 👉 www.endchildhoodpoverty.org/publications...

“Mass death through starvation is the certain outcome of Israel’s continued blockade and ongoing military campaign. The only question is when.” The uniqueness of the ongoing famine in Gaza, where people have absolutely no coping strategies or alternatives at all.

Are you on BlueSky and coming to #DSA2025? We've spotted @keetieroelen.bsky.social with a paper on Poverty, stigma and dignity in Bangladesh and @philipproudfoot.bsky.social on labour, social protection and livelihoods analysis. Who else is coming to the conference at @cdsbath.bsky.social ?

#FCDO #cuts to #UKaid have many far-reaching consequences, including for #research and #learning. Here's our take 👉 wels.open.ac.uk/research/cen... @oucsgd.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @alisonbucklered.bsky.social

DSA members: Did you know we can promote your papers in our newsletter & social media? Check out the latest policy paper from @oucsgd.bsky.social Social Protection for Economic Inclusion in Latin America: the potential of comprehensive programming buff.ly/NIAT0Oh

great article, Ben... there's an excellent new book on empathy by @keetieroelen.bsky.social atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-emp...

Half of the #US population is only one shock away from falling into #poverty . Mass movement is crucial to #endpoverty . Listen to our conversation with Liz Theoharis and Naom Sandweiss-Back from @kairoscenter.org hosted by @keetieroelen.bsky.social . >> poverty-unpacked.org/2025/04/26/e...

Around 100.000 people have been demonstrating in The Hague against our government's stance towards, and complicity in, Israel's genocide in Gaza. This is huge for two reasons: (1) the largest demonstration in 20 yrs; (2) The Netherlands is traditionally pro-Israel. Picture: nos.nl/artikel/2567...

Poverty is still the urgent topic that John Bird returns to again and again when he's writing his weekly column for Big Issue.

Are you a #writer with #livedexperience of #poverty and #homelessness? . Submit your #story and change the #narrative! . Call for submissions @cardboardcitz.bsky.social in collaboration with @bigissue.com and @nickhernbooks.bsky.social - open until 30 June . mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

WTF is happening in America, and what more can we expect? . Join us @oucsgd.bsky.social for informal and informative conversation with expert in American politics Prof Jeremy Mayer from @georgemasonu.bsky.social . 22 May - 2pm UK . Register 👉 eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Empathy is a strength . Want to know more about how #empathy is fundamental to reducing #poverty . Listen to my conversation with Stephen Devereux @ids.ac.uk on their #BetweentheLines #podcast 🎙🎧🤩

Fascinating and thought-provoking exhibition about the Dutch Colonies of Benevolence in museum #DeProefkolonie in Frederiksoord 🇳🇱 . Established in early 19th century, the Colonies are credited with laying foundation of country's #welfare system for providing #work and #education to #poor families

In this🎙️#podcast @keetieroelen.bsky.social talks about her book, The Empathy Fix: Why Poverty Persists and How to Change it. Keetie exposes the realities of poverty, with examples from the Global North and South, and reveals why current policies don’t work. Listen: www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...

@liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org reminds us that social movements begin with the telling of untold stories. In YOU ONLY GET WHAT YOU’RE ORGANIZED TO TAKE, she and Noam Sandweiss-Back tell the stories of the movement to end poverty. @povertyunpacked.bsky.social

“Once more, Britain faces welfare cuts. However, what is perhaps most striking is not that these cuts are happening, but that they take place with such little resistance.” Keetie Roelen writes. ⬇️ www.bigissue.com/opinion/la...

"What is perhaps most striking is not that these cuts are happening, but that they take place with such little resistance" . My op-ed in @bigissue.com on recent #welfare #cuts #UK . #benefits #cuts #apathy #weneedempathy . www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...

📢 PODCAST ALERT!! 🎧 . Getting organised to fight #poverty: what can we learn from a history of mass #movements and #campaigns against #injustice in the #US? . Listen now to new episode with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back @kairoscenter.org . 👉 poverty-unpacked.org/2025/04/26/e...

#dignity and #empathy are often overlooked in #poverty reduction efforts, yet they are essential for effective, lasting change . This article explores how respectful, tailored support can help overcome poverty . @openuniversity.bsky.social @oucsgd.bsky.social . www.open.edu/openlearn/he...