"Crypto is a symptom of desperation, not innovation". Thoughts from me on #Iran #Bitcoin toll-booth in Strait of #Hormuz for @uk.theconversation.com @northumbriauni.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social theconversation.com/crypto-tolls...

Join UNV & @NUGlobalDev for the second #SWVR2026 Global Webinar! We’ll explore how mixed methods and context-sensitive approaches strengthen how we measure volunteering across health, skills & development. 📅 16 April 2026 ⏲️ 1–2.15 pm CET Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What is the economic value of a volunteer? In #Kenya 🇰🇪, community health volunteers show up every day, holding systems together and building resilience, trust and care, often without pay. That value is hard to measure. Read #SWVR2026: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x

📣 Research funding news 📣 Congratulations to Dr @joannaallan2020.bsky.social and Professor Ben Brock from our School of Geography and Natural Sciences who have been awarded more than £1.1 million from @ukri.org Indigenous knowledge to improve climate impact modelling in the Western Sahara.

📢 Just a few hours to go 📢 Every month, 2.1 billion people volunteer globally. But how do we measure it? Join the first Global Webinar on the 2026 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report #SWVR2026 to find out. 📅 24 March | 13:00–14:15 CET 🔗 undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Data does not tell the full story. In #Uganda 🇺🇬, photovoice, a participatory method using photos for storytelling, gave young refugees a way to document how volunteering shapes their skills & livelihoods. A simple method that puts people’s realities at the centre. #SWVR2026

The first #SWVR2026 Global Webinar is here! Join us to learn: 🔸 How do we measure the impact of volunteering? 🔸 What is the Global Index of Volunteer Engagement? 🔸 How can evidence inform policy & planning? 📅 24 March | 1:00–2:15 PM (CET) 🔗 Register: undp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

How do we see the direct impact of volunteers on the #SDGs? In #Togo 🇹🇬, the National Agency for Volunteerism measures results in education and health, from pupil-teacher ratios to maternal health and the fight against malaria and HIV. Evidence matters. Read #SWVR2026: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x

Volunteers are on the frontlines of crises, threats, conflicts, and wars. Yet much of their impact is invisible. The new #SWVR2026 reveals the scale of volunteer work and why it MUST be measured📏: bit.ly/3YfUQ6x

In case you missed it: the official launch of the International #VolunteerYear 2026 at the UN General Assembly👏 Scroll through the highlights📸🎥 and read about the new State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: unvolunteers.exposure.co/internationa...

The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report (SWVR) stands as the United Nations' flagship publication, offering deep insights into the power of volunteering in shaping our world. Researchers from our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social worked with @unv.org as the lead research partner for the 2026 report.

Great to see Janet Clark of @nuglobaldev.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social sharing findings from her collab PhD with @volunteeringforum.bsky.social at #IVCO2025 in Cambodia. #NUGlobalVolunteering #Volunteeringresearch #Research #globaldev

Good to see Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social, Co-Director of our @nuglobaldev.bsky.social, in Cambodia at the International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference. It was a privilege to host last year's event at our Newcastle City Campus. #NUGlobalVolunteering #IVCO2025

Day 3 #IVCO2025 delegates exploring the different ways of approaching volunteer measurement with @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social #volunteerimpact #volunteeringstandards #volunteermeasurement #volunteeringforum

New paper in @spaceandpolity.bsky.social with @sarah-mills.bsky.social on volunteering and points for citizenship following UK Immigration White paper, exploring idea's legacy, workability and consequences. Details ⬇️ @northumbriauni.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

Why #aid cuts have been made easy by sustained failures to build constituencies for #development - piece with @globaldevinst.bsky.social's Prof Nicola Banks and Dr Helen Underhill in Alliance Magazine: www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/buildin... #geography #geosky @nuglobaldev.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner for East and North East India, to our Newcastle City Campus where he met with our Dean of Research Culture, Professor @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social and @nuglobaldev.bsky.social researchers. @andrew007uk.bsky.social

New paper out in 'Social and Cultural Geography' - "Reconceptualising volunteering, crisis and precarity: the experiences of refugee youth in Uganda during COVID-19" - with @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social Bianca Fadel @nuglobaldev.bsky.social Moses Okech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Researchers from @nuglobaldev.bsky.social and practitioners from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have signed a new agreement promoting collaborative research and practice on volunteering in humanitarian contexts over the next five years. 🌍Discover more:

On International Volunteer Day we're proud to share that researchers from @nuglobaldev.bsky.social will be the lead partner on producing the next State of the World’s Volunteerism Report with @unv.org #IVD2024 #NUGlobalVolunteering #research 🌍Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

International Volunteer Day #IVD2025 [email protected] @nuglobaldev.bsky.social will be working with @unv.org as lead partner for the delivery of the next State of the World's Volunteerism report. www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/northumbr... #NUGlobalVolunteering #GlobalDev #Volunteering

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