Markus Ketola

I teach, write, read and stuff at University of Edinburgh

[Community Woodlands Association @CommunityWoods]

Tickets for our 2024 Annual Conference in Inverness are on sale now. Join us! Find out more on our website: https://t.co/15ZCRr5ITW

[Community Woodlands Association @CommunityWoods]

The Autumn Newsletter is available now: https://t.co/iAbZMYwsPM

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

These have undoubtedly been the wildest 72 hours in French politics in my lifetime. Pretty incredible stuff.

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[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Climate damages are "6X LARGER than previously thought", says new NBER working paper

– every 1C wipes out 12% of global GDP
– every tonne of CO2 causes >$1,000 of damages

@GernotWagner tells me: "Assuming nobody finds a flaw in this paper, it is going to truly change things"

[Social Policy Assoc @SocialPolicyUK]

🚨SPA Opportunity Grants Spring 2024 are OPEN🚨

💷> £1K to > £5K available to support social policy activities.

🗓️Deadline Fri 31 May 2024.

🗣️Showcase research, build networks, hold events, engage stakeholders, promote teaching, and more.

Info ⬇️https://t.co/TwpxY8xScy

[JICSP @JIandCSP]

🚨New on @JIandCSP #FirstView Rebecca Surender: "Social policy in Africa: Risks, protection, and dynamics", introduction to a upcoming special issue, Social Policy in Africa: Dynamics, Risks, and Protection. Read the intro and look out for the issue soon! https://t.co/sYXDQNGUNo

[JICSP @JIandCSP]

🚨New 🚨on
@JIandCSP
#FirstView #OpenAccess by Amrit Virk,
Ediomo-Ubong Nelson, and
Ini Dele-Adedeji: "The challenge of youth unemployment in Nigeria". Read it here! 👇https://t.co/oACEeQruDL

[Future Economy Scotland @FutureEconScot]

Study reveals massive carbon inequality across Scotland: average carbon footprint of lowest-income households at 8 tonnes of CO2e-a-year is a quarter of that of highest-income households, which are responsible for 32 tonnes of emissions. @UniversityLeeds
https://t.co/rvHNr81pCa

[Climate Change Committee @theCCCuk]

We’ve published the latest assessment of Scotland’s progress to reduce emissions. The Committee no longer believes that the Scottish Government will meet its statutory 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 75%. More: https://t.co/GoRYGBfDIq https://t.co/Q8cJfrQmYY

[Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @ASRainforest]

"Britain is home to a wealth of rare ancient rainforests and now a new map marks where each of them are..."
https://t.co/EqYke59KwQ

[Scottish Land Commission @ScottishLandCom]

The publication of the Scottish Government’s new Land Reform Bill is an important milestone in Scotland’s land reform journey 🗺

The Land Reform Bill addresses the key issue of concentration of land ownership with meaningful steps towards a fairer and more dynamic approach 🧵

[Pond Dip🐸 @PondDip]

2024 #spawnmap is now OPEN! 🐸

Please RT, send to others, ask others to complete if you see them post a picture of spawn and bookmark this Tweet for when you may need it.

Please take 10 seconds (promise!) to complete this form https://t.co/tmwf3OZ4oF to help citizen science. 🐸

[SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @ScotlandTBP]

From April: Host your own screening of our new feature-length documentary Why Not Scotland? 📽️
The 60min film is ideal for events ranging from community gatherings and local cinemas to major conferences. Learn more about the film and register to host: https://t.co/ed7ugmwHii

[JICSP @JIandCSP]

📢𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙂

Systems Thinking for Better Social Policy

Read it here 👇
https://t.co/VDtThmvNWV

[Royal Society of Edinburgh @RoyalSocEd]

❌ Wrong trees
❌ Wrong place
❌ Wrong technique

Taxpayer money is going towards subsidies for coniferous commercial tree planting. Our report argues to redirect funds to better serve Scotland’s people, environment, forestry industry, and public purse. 

https://t.co/V8y5WhODyP

[Social Policy Assoc @SocialPolicyUK]

📢The SPA warmly congratulates our members, Professor Huck-ju Kwon and Professor Catherine Needham, on their appointment as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 🎉🎉🎉

Read statement of congratulations from SPA Chair, Professor Ann Marie Gray ⬇️

https://t.co/r5BR4uiYvV

[Ijin HONG (洪伊眞) @hong_ijin]

📢Conference：The Transformation of East Asian Welfare States in the Post Covid19 Era: Challenges, Opportunities and Futures
Dates: 15~16 March, 2024

Link：https://t.co/NRGdeGNUi5

Please refer to the attached poster.

Please click on the agenda link:https://t.co/VP56s3JtPy 1/7

[JICSP @JIandCSP]

🚨New on @JIandCSP 🚨
#FirstView by @roosa_jolkkonen

Philanthropic donor agencies and social policy in sub-Saharan Africa – New perspectives to the “welfare mix”

Read here👇

https://t.co/m8wxRnSmjH