Call for #climatesim expressions of interest open NOW! 🌟 We are looking for institutions to take part in our annual climate negotiation simulation event - once again partnering with @chathamhouse.org 🎉 Deadline to apply is 19 October #climatesim 🌳 Info 👉 buff.ly/zPti35m @julietdryden.bsky.social

What has happened to inequality between and within countries over the last decade? Convergence, divergence, flatlining or plateau asks Andy Sumner from @kings-sga.bsky.social on the @eadi.bsky.social blog. All Kings International Development news, here: www.devstud.org.uk/2025/09/12/k...

🎬Don't miss our screening of 'Made in Ethiopia' + Q&A w/ Director Maxim Duncan, Wing-Fai Leung, Charlotte Goodburn and chair Linda Calabrese. 🗓️6pm, 22 Oct @thegardencinema.bsky.social Tickets kcl.ac.uk/events/film-... @kings-sga.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #China #Ethiopia #film

🌏 New pod: “Dust Storm Diplomacy” When weather becomes a diplomatic storm—exploring how East Asia’s dust storms fuel cross-border tensions and environmental politics. 🎙️ With Dr Thomas White & Prof Andreas Baas Listen now: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/dust-storm-diplomacy

This might be of interest - @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @annieirvine.bsky.social @moneyandmentalhealth.org @rickburgess.bsky.social

Discover what it's like to study at the Lau China Institute - Europe's largest #China research centre.📚 Hear from academics & former students to learn more about our MSc China and Globalisation @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Register: kcl.ac.uk/events/study... @kings-sga.bsky.social #study

📢King's Brazil Institute Opening lecture by Professor Matias Spektor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo. "How is Brazil coping: Sovereignty on Trial in the Age of Electoral Interference." 🗓️10 Oct 18:30 📍Bush House, Strand Campus, London www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kings...

In a nation full of bigotry, why should we engage with the work of musicians who are inspired by the English landscape? Is it possible to be critically nostalgic? kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...

🎧 What is the hauntological music scene? Away from the Top 40 and set against the backdrop of a post-Brexit Britain and ongoing environmental crisis, these sonic experiments offer more than nostalgia, they reimagine England’s place in the world. 🔗 kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...

Join us for a public lecture by H.E. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Rep. of Indonesia, on the country’s sustainability agenda and response to global geopolitical trends. 📅17 Sept 13:30–14:30 I 📍King's College London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec...

📅13 September: Free open seminar Understand & resist intersectional gendered violence across a continuum of different types of violence, from sexual harassment to intimate partner violence, state and institutional violence, war and genocide. @kings-sga.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vemin...

🌍 Interested in global justice, climate change & development? Discover the Environment, Politics and Development MSc at King’s College London — an interdisciplinary programme tackling today’s biggest challenges. 🎓 Learn more: youtu.be/eYgemI1dUzk #StudyAtKings #GlobalChallenges

🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia. On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️

Dust storms don't respect borders. From Seoul’s yellow haze to China’s Great Green Wall, these storms stir up more than sand - old tensions, new alliances & questions of power. kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/foul-weath... @lauchinainstitute.bsky.social

Denis Burkitt’s famous lymphoma maps didn’t just chart disease - they built a whole field of cancer research. But behind the pins and paper lies a story of empire, infrastructure, and inequality. Maps don’t just show the world. They shape it. kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/the-maps-b...

🐗 Wild boar populations are rising across parts of England and Scotland, thanks to a mix of accidental and illegal rewilding. But what does this mean for the environment? 🌱 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @zslofficial.bsky.social researcher Connor Lovell has been digging into the details!

Congratulations to everyone who’s received their results today. If you’re starting your uni journey with us, we’re delighted to welcome you as the newest members of the King's community! See you in September for Welcome Week 🙌

Friends and colleagues, I am now based in the UK as I have joined the fantastic Department of International Development at King’s College London. What a great collegial and energizing research environment! Please get in touch whenever passing through London!

Our very own Dr Ye Liu on Channel News Asia discussing China’s latest child subsidy policy. The Childcare Subsidy Assistance Fund will provide direct cash transfers for all children under the age of three and is aimed at addressing declining fertility rates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcu...

Achoo! Hay fever season is here 🌼🤧 Did you know @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social helps power the @metoffice.gov.uk pollen forecast? Our Geography Dept hosts a key spore trap monitoring pollen across London & SE England! 🎥 Watch how it works — from trap to forecast 👇

Reintroducing wild boar may not be a 'silver bullet' for restoring natural habitats. Often hailed as ‘ecosystem engineers’ in rewilding projects, boars could in fact be reducing soil carbon storage by promoting fast-growing plant species. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/reintro... @kings-sga.bsky.social

Hear more from Prof Katie Meehan's @kings-sga.bsky.social research into 'plumbing poverty' in this article for Bloomberg.💰🔽 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

🛡️ Join us online on 23 July at 7 pm for a panel discussion on the Digital Futures of Security, where leading experts will explore how emerging technologies are reshaping the global security landscape. Featuring Tony Reeves (Deloitte), @cearadau.bsky.social & @lucavigano68.bsky.social. Register ⤵️

In today's news, a review calls for physician associates to be renamed to avoid confusing patients. However, the debate over the term 'physician associates' is not new. A recent study by King's, offers a timely reminder of the challenges around doctors’ assistants. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/controv...

Controversy Over NHS Use of Physician Associates Nothing New open.substack.com/pub/kingsglo...

Join @compassoffice.bsky.social to discuss: So what's poverty got to do with it? with Professor Andrea Cornwall from @kings-sga.bsky.social 📅19 July 🔗 actionnetwork.org/events/so-wh...

Do you want to lead global change in development or political economy? 🌐 Join our live webinar on 22 July, 12:30 BST to explore King’s College London’s online MSc International Development & MA Global Political Economy. 🔗 Register now: eu1.hubs.ly/H0lFwkB0

The Carbon Cost of Care: Why HealthCare Must Own Its Role in the Climate Crisis open.substack.com/pub/kingsglo...

Oysters, Ownership, and Outrage: The Battle for Whitstable’s Shoreline open.substack.com/pub/kingsglo...

Thanks to everyone who attended the opening event of Brazil Week 2025, marking 200 years of Brazil-UK diplomatic relations. Good to welcome delegates from both the UK Embassy in Brazil and the Brazilian Embassy to the UK as part of the event. Great keynote from Dr Anit Mukherjee too!

NEW RESEARCH The UK public broadly supports efforts to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare, but some fear that environmental arguments could be used to justify cost-cutting or service reductions. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...

🌡️ Parts of Earth could soon be too hot to live. A recent study warned that if we hit 2°C warming, the uninhabitable zone could triple in size. 🎧 Listen to the latest WORLD: we got this podcast: pod.fo/e/2c0bc6 #ClimateCrisis #Heatwaves #GlobalWarming #TooHotToLive #Sustainability #ClimateAction

Only one week to go till the TRANSITIONS launch! Transitions: The Ethics and Politics of Psychiatric Deinstitutionalisation in South America A @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded research initiative led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social from our Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.

Welcome aboard!

Our new Strategy to 2030 is here 📘. We set out our ambition of a reimagined health and care system with people, education, and research at its heart ❤️. We can't wait to join forces and work in partnership to pioneer better health for all, together.

New event alert! *Mental health in context: work and welfare transitions over time* with Dr.Annie Irvine @annieirvine.bsky.social 📅 25 June 2025 16:00 - 17:00 Sharing findings from a UK study exploring factors around work & welfare benefits Info and sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/esrcc...

The Hidden Mothers exhibition is linked to a project led by researchers @kingslsm.bsky.social and @kings-sga.bsky.social‬, which aims to ensure all Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers can access guideline-recommended care for the condition. Read more about their work ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/survivo...

Beyond the Strongman: What’s at Stake in South Korea’s Snap Presidential Election by our very own Dr Nahee Kang, along with Dr. Kahee Jo from @sheffielduni.bsky.social thediplomat.com/2025/05/beyo...

♀️📱♂️How the iPhone Drove Men and Women Apart Interview with our very own Dr Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...

📣 The call for panels for our flagship event, the EADI/IOB general conference is out! 📅 Submit by 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

🎉Congratulations to our Prof @cathymcilwaine.bsky.social on being announced as Chair of the @ref2029.bsky.social sub panel on Geography and Environmental Studies! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-g...

Delighted to welcome Devora Kestel, Director of Mental Health @who.int to this event. 📢 Launching Transitions, a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project on psychiatric reform in South America. 🗓 27 June | 4:30PM | King’s College London 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/proje...

EVENT Hard to think of a more relevant conference given the world of 2025... 🌍7th London International Boundary Conference 🗓️ 12 - 13 June 2025 📍Bush House, Strand Campus www.kcl.ac.uk/events/7th-l...

EVENT Q What happens when you put a Defra policy advisor, a hill farmer, and an academic on stage together? A The Climate Research Hub's Annual Lecture! 🚜Land-Use, Farming and Net Zero 🗓️5 June 6pm 📍Bush House, Strand Campus, London 🍷Networking kcl.ac.uk/events/land-...

An analysis of the Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that a 2% wealth tax on the UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years. Dr Ben Tippet of @kings-sga.bsky.social examined the dynamic impact of an annual tax on dynastic wealth over time. Read more⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...

We teach a mix of UK, EU and International students on this masters - why not join us @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social in the dept of geography for this programme which offers critical perspectives on sustainable urbanism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b4b...

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