Carolien Jacobs

Wageningen ontmoet... Congo | donderdag 27 maart 2025 om 20:15 Wat is er aan de hand in Congo, en hoe is dat verbonden met Nederland en Wageningen? Tijdens dit programma nemen Wageningers met een persoonlijke of professione

Welkom in de bieb in Wageningen morgen om meer te horen over Congo: bblthk.op-shop.nl/4013/wagenin...

Ah bon!

‘Nog nooit zag ik een mooie vrouw zo snel lelijk worden’, kreeg ik te horen toen ik Limburgs sprak

"Wie sjoeën ós Limburgs is", vrij naar Harry Bordon.
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Food for thought! I imagine you can conduct the same study in a European context and come to a similar conclusion @wakkerdier.bsky.social @partijvoordedieren.nl

Kom vanmiddag naar het 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 over de conflicten in #Congo 🇨🇩

⏱️ 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟴:𝟭𝟱 (inloop 16:45)
📍 Centrale Bibliotheek 𝗕𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗖, Nieuwstraat 4, Leiden
🎤 @jacobscarolien.bsky.social (@leidenlaw.bsky.social) & Lidewyde Berckmoes (@ascleiden.bsky.social, @unileiden.bsky.social)

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Have a look at the full profile descriptions, all the partners involved, and see whether this is of interest to you! With thanks to nwo.nl for funding! 3/3

and on smallholders, fisherfolk, urban outdoor workers, pastoralists and displaced people. Positions for Uganda and Mozambique are now open (climares.nl/vacancies). Initially a one-year contract with one of the African partners. After a positive evaluation, a contract for another 4 years! 2/3

www.climares.nl will start in May; a large research consortium studying climate resilience in diverse African contexts and co-creating knowledge∞action networks. The first 4 PhD positions are now open, 7 more will follow. Focus on DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda 1/3

Congo’s vergeten oorlog? Geweld, mineralen en macht Momenteel is er veel aandacht voor het geweld in Congo door de opmars van rebellenbeweging M23, die grote delen van de grensregio heeft veroverd. Miljoenen mensen zijn op de vlucht en de humanitaire c...

ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕠’𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕘? 𝔾𝕖𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕕, 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥

Er is momenteel veel aandacht voor het geweld in #Congo.
Waar gaan deze conflicten over en is er een oplossing mogelijk?

Kom 11 maart naar het Actualiteitencollege met @jacobscarolien.bsky.social & Lidewyde Berckmoes @ascleiden.bsky.social

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Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied joins Ellen and Alona on this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast. Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low. But is the war really “forgotten”? Or is it being ma Yassmin Abdel-Magied on Sudan, the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” | Prospect Podcast

🎧: Sudanese-born writer and broadcaster @yassmin.bsky.social joins this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast.

Sudan’s war has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”. And yet, media coverage is staggeringly low.
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Quote from the published article by our author Kim Lane Scheppele: "The US is no clearly on an autocratic path, paved by law."

The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing.

KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake.

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The lived consequences of conflict The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict.

Lots to be said about the conflict in Congo. It's important not to lose sight of the impact the conflict has on people who experience it firsthand. I wrote about it for the Leiden Law Blog: www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/the... @leidenlaw.bsky.social

Tot nu toe zonder weerstand en bloedvergieten. Het leger lijkt zich teruggetrokken te hebben.

Ondertussen zijn ze in Bukavu aangekomen.

Ondertussen ook al in Bukavu

Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo False framings can exacerbate the problems they seek to tackle.

Most reporting on the M23 crisis in DR Congo is using mistaken framings, suggesting the conflict is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region’s rich mineral resources. Opinion from @judithverweijen.bsky.social and @ethuin.bsky.social: ⬇️

Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’ De vermogende families achter softwarebedrijf Afas schenken 30 procent van hun aandelen aan goede doelen. De aandelen hebben een geschatte waarde van ruim 600 miljoen euro. ‘We kunnen de wereld echt b...

Wat fijn dat er ondernemers zijn die op deze manier naar de wereld kijken. Mooi tegenwicht voor een kabinet dat weinig op heeft met naastenliefde! Afas-oprichters schenken honderden miljoenen euro’s van hun vermogen aan goede doelen: ‘Wij hebben genoeg’
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Report Globale Flucht 2024 Zum Weltflüchtlingstag 2024: Der jährliche Bericht zu einem der drängendsten Themen unserer Zeit Flucht ist eine der größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.

Die eskalierenden Kämpfe im Nordosten der DR #Kongo haben neue Fluchtbewegungen ausgelöst. Schon jetzt leben über 7 Mio. #Binnenvertriebene im Land - mit die meisten weltweit. @jacobscarolien.bsky.social berichtet im Report Globale #Flucht 2024 über deren Alltag. go.uos.de/qwvE6

Voor iedereen die wat meer wil begrijpen van hetgeen er in Congo gebeurt:

#DRCongo There is still intense fighting and weapon fire in several neighbourhoods according to a colleague who is there. Goma is chaotic with looting on an industrial scale in the centre. There's also local FBook reports of shelling around the Gisenyi border post.

DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.

🇨🇩 Eastern DRC's conflict worsens as the government teams up with armed groups to fight M23, sparking concerns about lasting peace.

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#DRC
#Politics

Story-Telling: A Method to Support Decolonising Knowledge for Development By Peter Taylor I have recently been working closely with a group of EADI members reflecting on the importance of “decolonising knowledge for development”. This is in response to our acknowledgemen…

“I suggest that research storytelling is particularly well suited to community-based participatory research, as we explore methods to present findings in ways that are more culturally appropriate to the communities in which the research takes place."
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Oh, the academic joy of moving a folder from 'proposals' to a real and existing project folder! #climares

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Come work as a PhD researcher in Leiden, you'll be partly based at our VVI Institute for Law, Governance, and Society, and partly at the wonderful African Studies Centre! Interested in legal pluralism in Africa? growinresearch.eu/apply/

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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

The IPBES Nexus Report was published today.
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Zo weerleg je de migratie-onzin van extreemrechts - OneWorld Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner.

Het kabinet hamert nu al zo lang op de zogenaamde ‘asielcrisis’, dat velen daadwerkelijk geloven dat die er is. Voor wie zich wil voorbereiden op de discussies aan het kerstdiner: de veronderstelde problemen en de échte feiten op een rij.

PhD scholarships at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen

No less than six (!) PhD scholarships announced at our fantastic department. 2 are open calls for anyone (+1 open call for Danish MA’s) and 1 is reserved for Turkish Studies in our Mid East Section. Please spread the word!

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Congrats, Gillian! Great news to finish the year. Curious to read!