Mette Bastholm

@XCEPT_Research Deputy Director @Chemonics UK. Focus on conflict, stabilisation & peacebuilding research for policy. All views my own.

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

Check out this animation for an intro to the exciting @XCEPT_Research underway at @KingsCollegeLon, with an interdisciplinary approach to the behavioral underpinnings of conflict and reconciliation.

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Why do some choose violence & others peace? From #neuroscience to the study of #trauma, @kingscollegelon’s @XCEPT_Research team has brought together researchers from diverse fields to explore this vital question. https://t.co/8ypJA20YrQ

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

Min seje søster med en opsang til den skammeligt forsømte offentlige psykiatri: ‘Personaleflugt fra den offentlige psykiatri: »Jeg tænkte, det her må fucking slutte. Jeg skulle bare væk, væk, væk«’ https://t.co/7uNvZ2jbI7

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

Deeply uncomfortable, but mandatory reading for anyone concerned about Afghanistan. Hugely satisfying to have played a tiny role in bringing this important research out.

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How have the #Taliban’s state-building efforts in #Afghanistan fared since their takeover? This @XCEPT_Research report by @AlcisGeo & @mansfieldintinc reveals surprising successes in reducing corruption and improving revenue collection: https://t.co/IvEegStE4w @FCDOREDGCSD

[Moazzam Malik @MoazzamTMalik]

Wonderful to celebrate (23/4) the end (at least of this phase) of my 25 year career as a civil servant with brilliant, committed colleagues and a few surprise guests. It has been a privilege.

My parting messages for the challenges ahead:

1/8 (apologies for late post)

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How has life under #Daesh’s brutal rule impacted adolescents?

How can #ConflictPrevention & #stabilisation programmes meet young people’s needs?

At this @XCEPT_Research event on 26 May, #policy & research experts will discuss these important questions. https://t.co/3MdG7rwvO2

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Blending hi-tech methods like #SatelliteImagery with field data has transformed #ConflictResearch, improving insight into hard-to-access areas. A comprehensive understanding of crises is crucial if policymakers are to design effective responses. Read more: https://t.co/m1BWTUFGFm

[FCDO Research, Science and Technology @FCDOResearch]

There is a vital need to understand the opportunities and risks of #satellite and #geospatial data.

Last week, @CharlotteHWatts explained how @XCEPT_Research provides just this sort of cutting-edge learning in #ConflictResearch

📹View the full event: https://t.co/DBXKEsoiw9

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

New recording of @XCEPT_Research panel on how tech is changing conflict research, with brain-tickling insights from @MoazzamTMalik @nattyray11 @CharlotteHWatts @hamarquette & @VigilMonitor’s Alexander Lee https://t.co/qazIu8DlOl

[FCDO Pol,Conflict,Humanitarian Research @FCDOREDGCSD]

♥️Our team all agree: this is great! Super great!

In 1.54 minutes, you get a great articulation of the prog's aim to rsrch interactions of weapons, people, money and ideas that drive #conflict within & across borders, + provide actionable research & practical solutions.

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

Some overdue professional news: Excited to have joined @XCEPT_Research as Dep. Research Director, working with world-class partners examining x-border conflicts

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For those who haven't heard about the new @XCEPT_Research programme, watch this short video & learn about our research: https://t.co/rAXclI93XM @FCDOREDGCSD @Asia_Foundation @CarnegieMEC @ChathamHouse @Chemonics @CRbuildpeace @KingsCollegeLon @RVInews @SatAppsCatapult

[XCEPT Research @XCEPT_Research]

For those who haven't heard about the new @XCEPT_Research programme, watch this short video & learn about our research: https://t.co/rAXclI93XM @FCDOREDGCSD @Asia_Foundation @CarnegieMEC @ChathamHouse @Chemonics @CRbuildpeace @KingsCollegeLon @RVInews @SatAppsCatapult

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

Compelling: Do the Math. Moderate Democrats Will Not Win in 2020. via @NYTimes https://t.co/1ZfUuxMsiq

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

@RobGMacfarlane @doctor_oxford @sista_ray In Danish, “mosekonens bryg”, which literally translated would be bog woman’s brew, as in steam or fog rising from (beer) brewing by a female creature from the underworld, related to elves.

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

What’s a little rain when you’ve got amazing support all along a fantastic London Royal Parks Half Marathon route? Great added bonus: So pleased to support @WChildCancer with today’s run. #royalparkshalf #worldchildcancer

[Michael Calderone @mlcalderone]

NYT found the president "participated in dubious tax schemes," including "outright fraud," in its year-long investigation. Meet the Press, This Week, Face the Nation, and Fox News Sunday ignored it: https://t.co/NDvGcQaEp8

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Vote them all out.

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

After Dr. Blasey Ford’s tremendously brave testimony, a good day to recall Millicent Fawcett: “Courage calls to courage everywhere.” #kavanaughhearings #thankyoudrford #metoo

[Mette Bastholm @MetteBastholm]

As with the Comey hearings last summer, I’m struck - and frightened - by the extent to which different sides in these cases don’t just disagree, but actually seem to *experience* the exact same events in polar opposite ways. We’re beyond facts here.

[Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum]

Fox is eating this shit up, by the way. "He came out swinging" is the mood. It didn't matter that he was weeping, ranting, lachrymose, wildly entitled—he was seen as strong and "aggressive," i.e. masculine.

[Jessica Chastain @jes_chastain]

So how does everyone feel?#KavanaughHearings

[WIRED @WIRED]

The Bashar al-Assad regime’s indiscriminate air strikes have terrorized civilians for years. Now a small band of Syrian activist-entrepreneurs is building a sensor network that listens for warplanes and warns people when and where the bombs will fall.
https://t.co/22Ks1bMsyj