Valesca Lima

CfP
The Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies invites papers for the conference:

'Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes' at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) in 2026

More info: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...

What a great day 🙌
#BolsonaroNaCadeia
#GrandeDia

‘Aggression in the air’: Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community As gardaí investigate numerous alleged assaults, many of the estimated 25,000 people here with Bangladeshi roots worry as they go about their day-to-day lives

“We don’t want them to grow on that fear. It is not right.” >>

Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Una Mullally: Media outlets need to break ties with X The presence of media outlets on X does not have a diluting effect on the concentration of misinformation on the platform. If it did, then we wouldn’t be where we are

'The idea that X (Twitter) is some kind of counterpoint to consensus or a place for any kind of useful discourse or a spot to hang out in which is to be challenged healthily, is a complete nonsense' via @unamullally.bsky.social

That's why we are leavin X en masse
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

When the Headline Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is When I saw the headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” in The New York Times, my heart sank.

When the Headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” Gets It Wrong:
Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is.

👇👇👇

msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’

Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration

'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!'

>> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Gardaí investigating alleged arson believe fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’ Firefighters rescued five people, including a baby, from the top floor of the building on Friday.

Fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’

The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said.

jrnl.ie/6862570

I took part in this interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social and it was great to speak the new research on challenges of residential licensees in Ireland
The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...

On the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..

Venezuela opposition leader awarded Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's activist Maria Corina Machado, 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Call for the 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies @fluchtforschung.bsky.social : "Eroding Solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection, and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order", September 28 – 30, 2026 | University of Hildesheim | Germany
www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...

Today I launched with Threshold Charity a new report on Ireland’s Residential Licence Sector — a hidden part of the rental market

🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections
🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice
🟠 No deposit protection

Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...

As profitable energy companies raise customers’ prices, TD says it’s time to bring back price regulation “We are approaching the point (if we’re not already there) where we can justifiably claim that competition has failed,” says Labour energy spokesperson Ciarán Ahern.

Extreme deregulation of the energy sector means electricity companies can increase prices as much as they want. Ireland’s free-market approach to energy companies is clearly not working: prices are going up and not down and there’s no real competition
www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...

International Review of Public Policy The International Review of Public Policy is dedicated to advance knowledge about public policy in different sectors, countries and regions of the world. – International Review of Public Policy se ...

📢 The International Review of Public Policy is now on Bluesky!
A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow.
🌏All our issues are available online in open access:
bit.ly/3VS9iQW
We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!

UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, becoming the latest in a growing group of experts, scholars, states and NGOs to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing the crime of crimes

jrnl.ie/6818101

Why new apartment standards won't mean housing more people Half of the households in Ireland have children, yet there is no plan for where, and how, the next generations will live

'Somewhere along the way, the real human needs of home, family, and community, and the government imperatives of sustainable development and value for money have been lost to the unreal demands of real estate'

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot - BBC News The right-wing former leader could be sentenced to decades in prison after he was convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court.

Brilliant news: Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup. Sentence to be decide by the STF soon
“Grande dia! 👍”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you have a platform, use it to speak for those whose voices are not heard.

Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted.

It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion

#GaryLineker

Student accommodation crisis: ‘My commute takes two hours if there are no train delays’ Two-thirds of those surveyed, aged 18-24, believe they would be better off in other countries

Every year I see several of my students making HUGE efforts to attend lecture and university events, commuting long distance at least 4 days a week. It is so unfair to anyone in this situation
The student housing needs to be addressed properly

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

Constraints in the construction labour market significantly impact Ireland’s ability to meet housing demand targets. Policymakers can ease these through targeted measures aimed at increasing the construction workforce and adding to the existing housing stock

www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...

‘I felt treated like a dog’: The Dublin landlord behind evictions, fines, short contracts Tenants have complained about Leevin Ireland, the property company offering ‘a place to call home’ for international students and professionals

No one likes to live in arrangements like this, but vulnerable tenants are often unaware of their rights and lack of options so they are easily coerced into stressful and precarious situations.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

#housing #Ireland #eviction

Opinion: Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel Views of the public are partly shaped by members of the media here who call for the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza

"The destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy"

@irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel
👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Milei’s Argentina and the unmaking of diplomacy Consuelo Thiers argues that Javier Milei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling its diplomatic institutions. As ideology replaces expertise, and institutional norms…

🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social.
💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y

Why are bosses turning against remote work? Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News

Why are bosses turning against remote work?

Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office

The Explainer - @thejournal.ie
👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

High-Level Dialogue on Adequate Housing for All (HLPF 2025 Side Event) The High-level Dialogue on Adequate Housing, Side Event of the Ministerial Segment of the HLPF is co-hosted by the President of ECOSOC and the Executive Director of UN-Habitat.

The UN Statistics Division published the annual 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report
- According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services

👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...

‘Revenge is not a policy’: dissenting Israeli voices begin to penetrate silence over Gaza In a country where criticising soldiers’ conduct is a sensitive matter, ‘people are speaking out more’

‘Revenge is not a policy’: dissenting Israeli voices begin to penetrate silence over Gaza

on predatory academic journals and conferences I’m often asked about predatory journals. So I recently went on a hunt for something other than lists and found a 2022 report on predatory journals and conferences from the InterAcademy Partnership…

On predatory academic journals and conferences patthomson.net/2025/07/16/o... via @patthomson

Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences (Full Report in English): www.interacademies.org/sites/defaul...

The latest edition of The Housing Agency's Spotlight on Housing Research features Dr. | The Housing Agency Ireland The latest edition of The Housing Agency's Spotlight on Housing Research features Dr. Valesca Lima and her current research on the design of housing policy interventions linked with resilience and...

Congratulations to SHINE's Dr @valescal.bsky.social for this feature at the Housing Agency's Spotlight on Housing Research. More info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/housin...