✍️ Join editors from Development In Practice for tips on getting published 📅 9 Oct, 10am (UK) Get tips on ▪️ Pitching for a journal article ▪️ The peer review process ▪️ Common mistakes in journal submissions 👉 Find out more and register now: buff.ly/aXNAqtI

Four key research areas drive our mission: 🌍 Accelerating social change 🌱 Achieving wellbeing 🥬 Boosting adaptation and resilience ♻️ Reaching net zero emissions Stay informed about our #ClimateResearch projects and updates: tyndall.ac.uk/research ⬇️

📰 Our UNESCO Chair Newsletter – Summer 2025 is live! Edited by our partners at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, it features global updates on adult learning & social transformation 🌍 🔗 Read more: sway.cloud.microsoft/uI0acLa0uJVu...

Robert Chambers inspired generations of activists and thinkers. You can now (re)discover his work for free thanks to Practical Action Publishing and @ids.ac.uk Download at practical-action.org/t/cr/AQiuChC...

Thinking of doing a PhD? SENSS funds student-led projects across 8 UK universities, including UEA. You design the research, find a supervisor, and can collaborate with partners. Apply from October for a 2026 start - now’s the time to start planning: senss.ac.uk/senss-student-led-competition

📰 Our newsletter just went out - give it a quick check here: ✅ Featuring @diis.dk's "Syria in Transition", picks on Water and Marine Ecosystems, a webinar on civil society in shrinking public space and the usual picks, calls, vacancies and opinions from our community mailchi.mp/eadi/nl2augu...

What happens when the world’s most powerful architect and funder of development cooperation seeks not only to withdraw, but to dismantle the very norms, institutions, and multilateral frameworks it once championed? ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2317

New degree alert! 🌱 Curious about our new BSc #SustainableDevelopment? It’s all about tackling the big issues—climate, inequality, sustainability—and shaping a better future. Watch the video to find out what makes this course stand out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9oE...

New paper now online in @natureandspace.bsky.social 'Towards a transformative approach to just rural transitions: Landscape restoration in the Scottish highlands' W/ Adrian Martin, Janet Fisher & @mathildegingembre.bsky.social @developmentuea.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2514...

📢 Job alert! Our school is hiring a Teaching Fellow in Global Development. 🗓️ 6-month post starting Jan 2026 💰 £38,784–£46,049 🌍 Focus: Geography & Global Development 🧭 Includes UK field course on legacies of empire Apply by 22 Sept 2025: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/17...

New FutureLearn course! 🌱 Environmental Justice for Global Nature Restoration - learn how #justice and #sustainability go hand-in-hand Designed by DEV's Adrian Martin & Iokiñe Rodríguez 🔗 Enrol: www.futurelearn.com/courses/just...

📚 New blog alert! Boys’ disengagement from #education is a growing crisis—and it’s time we addressed it. Our consortium (UEA, @equimundo.bsky.social & @unesco.org) is tackling harmful #gender norms through the Lifting Barriers project. Read more: www.gpekix.org/blog/dont-fo...

🌍 What does “development” mean for those left behind? Join leading African scholars to rethink the future of development in Africa. 🗓 19 Aug | 10am SAST | 6pm AEST 🎙 Karuri-Sebina | Moloi | Gebremariam 🎤 Facilitator: Yirga Woldeyes #DSAAwebinars t.co/UaC80z0EcZ

🔍 Interested in #gender research that crosses boundaries? Our Gender and Its Intersections group brings together scholars from across all faculties, from development and law to art, media, and health. Driving inclusive, intersectional #feminist research. 🔗: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Wildfires pose a worldwide danger. UEA and Willis have teamed up to combat escalating wildfire threats using advanced science and innovative tools. 🔍 Enhanced modeling 🏘️ Fire risk in cities 🌍 Insights driven by climate 🔗 tyndall.ac.uk/news/launch-... #WildfireSafety #ClimateAction

What’s so special about studying Global Development at UEA? Our approach is all about tackling poverty, inequality, climate change & wars, with critical thinking, interdisciplinarity, and a real desire for social change at the core. Watch this video to know more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZK...

One of our joint working groups with @devcomms.bsky.social has an interesting call for workshops out! Apply by 20 September! www.eadi.org/news-2/re-es...

Be sure to join us for our next Open Day on September 6 to see the campus for yourself. You'll be able to: ✨ Meet our staff and students 🏫 Tour the campus 📚 Discover our courses Book your place now: bit.ly/40Vx81e #UKUniversity #ThisIsUEA #UniOpenDay

Just ONE DAY left to register to join us at our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference this September #Tyndall25UEA

🎓 Chevening Scholarships are open! Study a fully funded MA at UEA’s School of Global Development. 👉 chevening.org | uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-global-development/postgraduate

Big congratulations to our colleague @martinscott2010.bsky.social! 🏆 His co-authored book is shortlisted for the 2025 MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards. Winners will be announced at the MeCCSA Conference, 4–6 Sept at Edinburgh Napier. Read more: www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...

We’re excited to invite you to Summit Photo, our brand new event bringing together world-renowned photographers, explorers and policy experts to ask how photography can address today's global challenges. Taking place 26-28 September, book your tickets today 👉 rgs.org/events/upcom... 📷 Sue Flood

New piece from international researchers led by DEV Rachel Carmenta published on Current Opinion Environmental Sustainability: “Unveiling pervasive assumptions” challenges the idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss & offers new models for equitable #conservation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Today's read 📖 On developing guiding principles for creating climate #adaptation targets to increase their robustness Affiliate Member of the Tyndall Centre and Honorary Research Fellow Andrew Kythreotis and other authors in @plosclimate.org ➡️

Free course alert! 📚 This August, explore how #media shapes global development in our FutureLearn course: Why Media Matters for Global Development 🌍 Learn how media can tackle poverty & inequality. Enrol: www.futurelearn.com/courses/medi...

Did you know UEA’s School of Global Development is +50 years old? 🎉 From pioneering work in #ClimateChange and #education to partnerships across the globe, we've been at the forefront of research, teaching, and impact in development. Watch our video 50 Years of DEV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwS...

There are only three weeks left to apply for the Mid-Career Fellowships. The opportunity supports researchers in the humanities and social sciences to pursue a significant research project and engage the public with their findings. Apply now: buff.ly/VOWVPuC

Meet Shariff Hakim, MA Education & Development grad from UEA! 🎓 From Ghana to Norwich via a @britishcouncil.bsky.social Scholarship, Shariff’s journey is all about transforming #education for underserved communities. Next stop: advocacy, policy, & youth empowerment. www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

New Publication Alert! 🗞️ Zeynep Durmaz & DEV colleague Heike Schroeder published a powerful piece on how Indigenous Peoples are pushing back against carbon markets & #CarbonColonialism in UN climate talks. Read more: www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/13...

Our own @martinscott2010.bsky.social has published a new policy brief for the #G20, calling for stronger support for independent, diverse, and financially viable media. Part of the #M20 initiative ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. Read it here: media20.org/wp-content/u...

🚨 New investigation co-authored by our colleague @stavinoha.bsky.social: EU agencies #Frontex & #Europol unlawfully shared data, sweeping up migrants and #HumanRights defenders. Published in @elpais.com, @lemonde.fr, Solomon, @netzpolitik.org Read more: english.elpais.com/internationa...

🎪 Heading to #LatitudeFestival? Catch UEA @martinscott2010.bsky.social (DEV) & Anshuman Mondal (Literature) on Sunday at 14:20 at The Listening Post. They’ll talk Freedoms in a Fractured World—a vital convo on free speech, #media & #democracy. Read more: www.latitudefestival.com/artists/uea-...

📰 @developmentuea.bsky.social 2025–26 Newsletter is here! A vibrant year in review, featuring student voices, alumni stories, new modules, and groundbreaking research. Dive into the highlights of their teaching, research, and impact. Read more: assets.uea.ac.uk/f/185167/x/9...

Last week, 36 schools, 10 trusts, 15 partner orgs & 4 LAs gathered in South Norfolk to kickstart climate and sustainability action. From renewable energy to climate-emotional literacy, #WaveSEA is transforming classrooms with grassroots energy +#SchoolSustainability ! tyndall.ac.uk/news/adrian-...

🌱 New piece from DEV colleagues Adrian Martin, Iokine Rodriguez & Neil Dawson: “Integrating Justice into #Restoration Practice”, a new @iucnwcpa.bsky.social technical note on how inclusive, locally led approaches improve restoration outcomes. Read it here: iucn.org/resources/ot...

📢 @britishcouncil.bsky.social are awarding two new 12-month Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh @iashedinburgh.bsky.social ⏰ Apply by 28 July www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

Our 2025–26 Newsletter is here! 📰 A vibrant year in review, featuring student voices, alumni stories, new modules, and groundbreaking research. Dive into the highlights of our teaching, research, and impact. Read more: assets.uea.ac.uk/f/185167/x/9...

📢 Our research underpins Scotland's largest maritime #decarbonisation project, a green shore power system at the Port of Aberdeen. Ships can now cut emissions at berth by switching to low-carbon power. Read more ➡️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/tyndall... #ClimateAction

Discover #Geography at UEA! 🌍 Explore how we tackle global challenges—from #ClimateChange to urban inequality—through our innovative Geography programmes. Offered via Global Development & Environmental Sciences, with real-world impact at the core. Find your path: www.uea.ac.uk/study/subjec...

"Frontex collected personal data for years through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe that lacked basic legal guarantees" Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights elpais.com/internaciona...

Check out this blog post by our DEV colleague Thi Bogossian, marking 20 years since the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. The piece reflects on the ongoing criminalisation of Brazilians in the UK and the enduring legacies of state violence.

New from Tyndall Centre + international researchers: GlobalRx, the first global dataset of prescribed burns spans over 200K records across 16 countries and 12 biomes🔥 With #ClimateChange reshaping burn windows, GlobalRX is vital for safe, adaptive land management. 📖 Read more: buff.ly/gQtZiNU

Big congratulations to @reetiks.bsky.social, named one of the BBC's 2025 New Generation Thinkers! Selected for her work on gender, climate, and migration, she’ll bring bold research to new audiences via BBC Radio 4. Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

Thanks to Rebecca Elmhirst, Rebecca Stonehill, Hannah Claxton, Helen Baczkowska & Sabine Virani for a brilliant 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture! @gejgroup.bsky.social A rich dialogue on feminist political ecology in Norfolk — beautifully captured in a poem by Rebecca Stonehill. 📸 Photos: John Chirwa

ICYMI - happening tomorrow 📆 Join the‪ @greendealnet.eu‬ conference on Rethinking EU Climate & Sustainability Governance in an Age of Disruption🟢 Sign up now to participate online ➡️ buff.ly/wLmHn4F

Huge congratulations to Dr Reetika Revathy Subramanian in our School of Global Development, announced today as one of the six BBC New Generation Thinkers for 2025. 👏🎉 #AHRC #BBC #ThisIsUEA @reetiks.bsky.social @developmentuea.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @ukri.org @news.ukri.org

We're hiring! Join us as a Senior Research Associate on the MARBEFES project 🌊 Explore the social & cultural dimensions of European seas & coasts Postgrad qualification + social science research experience required Apply by 27 June 2025: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/15...

Join us for the 2025 Piers Blaikie Lecture at UEA! 📣 This year’s theme: Feminist Political Ecology in the #Norfolk Landscape — a dialogue between scholars, activists & community voices on land, gender & justice. Book here: store.uea.ac.uk/conferences-...

UEA’s biggest #climate conference is coming! @tyndallcentre.bsky.social @thenisd.bsky.social Join us for Our Critical Decade for #ClimateAction — ECR-focused, with top speakers, masterclasses & more. 8–10 Sept 2025 | Norwich Register + submit your poster by 20 June: tyndall.ac.uk/events/criti...

#OpenAccess #NewPublication “The ‘How’ of Transformation”: 4 principles for justice-centred responses to the climate & #biodiversity crises, grounded in research across the Global South. By colleagues Mark Tebboth, Rachel Carmenta, and Clare Shelton Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....