Keetie Roelen

The Empathy Fix is recommended by @projectsyndicate.bsky.social in their newsletter this week 🤩
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#empathy #poverty #socialchange #bookrecommendation
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Submit your paper to #DSA2026 on topics below AND new ways of understanding and tackling #poverty
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Deadline 30 December
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📢 PODCAST ALERT! 🎧
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Time for another #PovertyUnpacked chat!
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This month:
👉 #childpoverty @unicef.org
👉 #welfare and #farright @olivierdeschutter.bsky.social
👉 #psychosocial interventions and #agency by Catherine Thomas et al
👉 #housing @theconversation.com
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poverty-unpacked.org/2025/12/01/e...

EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions? 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Call for abstracts, Seed Panel

Innovating Methods to Find (G)local Solutions for Global Challenges

Conv. by Laura Camfield (@kings-sga.bsky.social) & @keetieroelen.bsky.social (@oucsgd.bsky.social)

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

Join me in #Edinburgh on Saturday 29 November for a conversation on how #empathy is crucial in tackling #poverty
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Tickets free, register via Eventbrite
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👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-empath...

EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions? 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

What’s next for analysing, understanding and tackling poverty?

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

Conv. by @keetieroelen.bsky.social ( @oucsgd.bsky.social )
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

Opinie: Willen we armoede bestrijden, dan moeten we mensen in armoede gaan vertrouwen Net zoals iedereen gebaat is bij zekerheid en positieve steun, verdienen mensen in een armlastige situatie ons vertrouwen. Om waardigheid te waarborgen, en om armoede écht te bestrijden.

If we want to tackle #poverty, we need to start trusting people in poverty - my #opinion piece for @volkskrant.nl in Netherlands

Lees dit artikel op de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Poverty increases household stress, draining caregivers' time and access to vital services.
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This leaves #children more vulnerable to #mentalhealth challenges and #violence.
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Join Global Coalition to End Child Poverty on 17O Oct for the #IDEP2025 webinar 👉 shorturl.at/bSb1R
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#EndChildPoverty

My thoughts on things #poverty in last month >> newest episode @povertyunpacked.bsky.social 👇

and if you're interested in the full report, it can be found here 👉https://oro.open.ac.uk/105277/1/Roelen%20et%20al%20%282025%29%20Hidden%20Toil%20Behind%20Shiny%20Fronts%20FINAL%20%5B18-jul-25%5D.pdf

Milton Keynes residents share mixed opinions on new estates Researchers interview people living on three new-build estates in Milton Keynes.

BBC News report highlighting mixed experiences and local authority and builders passing the buck... 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jeremy Vine - Conservatives and tipping - BBC Sounds Jeremy discusses the Conservatives, new build houses, children moving abroad and tipping.

Interview on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social with Jeremy Vine (from about 31 minutes onwards) 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The JVS Show - Would you live on a new housing estate? - BBC Sounds JVS fights for your consumer rights, plus Beds, Herts and Bucks big conversation.

Discussion on BBC Three Counties radio (from about 90 minutes onwards) with lots of callers sharing their views 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j6fv

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
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Delays to/ lack of #services #amenities #publictransport lead to #isolation and undermine #community, especially for residents on #lowincome

Milton Keynes residents share mixed opinions on new estates Researchers interview people living on three new-build estates in Milton Keynes.

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

Milton Keynes residents share mixed opinions on new estates Researchers interview people living on three new-build estates in Milton Keynes.

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

Becoming a Futurist, Educator and Storyteller What inspires us to become who we are? Join Shakil Ahmed to explore the path of a futurist, educator, and storyteller.

✨ 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

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

📢 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...

ATD Fourth World Friends & Allies Webinar Join us for an evening of conversation, empathy & action at our Friends & Allies Webinar, exploring the theme of Everyday Rights.

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

Want to be inspired as new #school year #UK gets underway?
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Check out my conversation with @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social for lots of insight and practical suggestions on addressing #poverty and #hardship in school and beyond
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Electric cars eligible for £3,750 discount announced The Puma Gen-E and e-Tourneo Courier are two Ford models drivers can purchase under the government scheme.

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

Thank you for the shout out!! 🤩🙏

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

Episode #47: July chat It’s July – summer in the northern hemisphere! As things have quieted down around us, this month’s chat is about two pieces of research recently published by our host Keetie Roele…

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

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Drive Time Show Podcast 31-07-2025: Child Poverty & Germany’s 100 Mosques Join Raheel Ahmad and Zafir Ahmad for Thursday’s show from 4-6pm where we will be discussing: ‘Child Poverty' and 'Germany’s 100 Mosques’. Child Poverty Britain is facing a hidden crisis, with millio

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

Thank you to @emily4mk.bsky.social, Deputy Mayor Paul Trendall and 100+ visitors for engaging with this research by @oucsgd.bsky.social and Community Action: MK

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

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