News
Blog article // March 2024
A group of development research communications professionals who form part of the EADI RComms Working Group recently got together in Bonn, where we had engaging discussions about what's happened in the field in the past few years, where we stand, and how we can plan for the time to come. The discussion on recent developments in social media and how these affect our practice are captured in a blog article I wrote for EADi's blog. You can read the article here
Academic blogging workshop // Oct 2023
I recently offered a workshop on academic blogging as part of the recent Development Dialogue conference by and for PhD researchers, hosted at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. I am mentoring participants of the workshop in writing academic blog articles on their conference presentations or conference proceedings. Read more about the workshop here
Publication // Sept 2023
A journal article titled 'A review of the (potential) implications of climate change for policing practice worldwide,' published in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, is the outcome of a prospecting research project I assisted in carrying out for Anna Matczak and Sylvia I. Bergh of The Hague University of Applied Sciences (De Haagse Hogeschool). My tasks as research assistant for the project included research on the links between climate change and policing practice, co-organising two workshops with relevant stakeholders, and producing communications materials supporting these. Read the article here​
Publication // Sept 2023
I recently copy edited an academic journal article by Nick Bernards titled 'From multiple deprivations to exploitation: politicizing the Multidimensional Poverty Index' that was published in the academic journal Development & Change. Read the article here