The A-team of educators, historians and youth workers ❤️ Journey to Justice & Genesis Sun ☀️ attending an amazing workshop at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton
Abi Rhodes
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Lecturer in Language and Communication at UoB. Researching social movement and grassroots communications. Co-convenor of PSA MPG. Trustee of Journey to Justice. Living kidney donor(She/her) https://www.abirhodes.co.uk/
I spent this Saturday morning with @journeytojustice.bsky.social at the Ella Baker School of Organising conference training and galvanising around narratives that seek to divide us
Journey to Justice@journeytojustice.bsky.social · 9mo agoGiven the divisive racist narratives gaining prominent momentum and ground across the UK including in many households and amongst our politicians, Journey to Justice and Ella Baker School of Organising came together in solidarity to train, discuss, mobilise and galvanise
Great to be @meccsa2025.bsky.social at Edinburgh Napier University. I'm excited to hear about work and ideas happening across the multiple MeCCSA disciplines #MeCCSA2025
For all interested in #elections and #campaigns my review article “Clicks and Mortar” has just been published in @govandopp.bsky.social @profkatedommett.bsky.social @fromagehomme.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @abirhodes.bsky.social
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last yr.#OpenAccess from @govandopp.bsky.social - Clicks and Mortar: Electoral Campaigning in the 21st Century - cup.org/3HaPaps "Research focused on digital tools and the Global South has enhanced our understanding of electoral campaigning..." - @timhaughton.bsky.social #FirstView
Another year presenting at MeCCSA #meccsa2025! I am excited to have registered already for @meccsa2025.bsky.social Looking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces and listening to insightful discussions, inspiring ideas
⏰ PSA25 registration deadline 24 March⏰ Join us and over 800 delegates for #PSA25 in Birmgham 14 - 16 April. 3 days of international research, exchange and networking. buff.ly/hIifyhG
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The PSA Annual Conference - “What Next?" - convened by the University of Birmingham and Aston University, will take place from 14 – 16 April 2025. Early Bird Registration is now closed. Standard…
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Welcome to Bluesky @journeytojustice.bsky.social. 10 years of curating stories of collective action! What an achievement. It is an honour to be a part of your history and your future. Thank you for all the work you continue to do
Journey to Justice@journeytojustice.bsky.social · last yr.10 of inspiring stories, courageous actions, and unwavering belief in the power of ordinary people to change the world. 🌍✨ Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey. Here's to 10 more years of empowering communities and spearheading others to pioneer their social justice journeys!
📣 New BJPIR article out now! 'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social
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I was delighted to obtain my Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education with distinction from @unibirmingham.bsky.social & become a Fellow of HEA this month! Thanks to all who taught me on the program & to everyone I met, it was interesting to hear teaching practices from different disciplines
Last month I organised the @psampg.bsky.social annual conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social. It was great to reconnect with so many brilliant researchers & friends across two days of interesting insights into journalism, new technologies, elections & more ... www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/el...
Electoral communication in 2024: Responding to a year of turbulence in media and politics - University of Birmingham
The Department of Linguistics and Communication hosted the Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group (PSA MPG) annual conference 8-9 January.
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What an amazing two days! Brilliant speakers across all panels and some really interesting ideas to mull over. Thanks to everyone who participated and to my fellow co-cordinators for support along the way. I loved organising our conference. See you all again next time 🙌🏻 #PSAMPG20205
PSA Media and Politics Group@psampg.bsky.social · 2y agoThanks to everyone who joined us for #PSAMPG2025, and especially to @abirhodes.bsky.social for organising and hosting. We hope you enjoyed the conference and are going away with plenty of food for thought
And we're off! Interesting keynote and panels so far and many more to come 🙌🏻 #PSAMPG2025
PSA Media and Politics Group@psampg.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy Conference Day (part 1)! Thank you to those joining us in Birmingham and online, and especially to @abirhodes.bsky.social for hosting us at the Uni. Birmingham Department of Linguistics and Communication
The @psampg.bsky.social January conference is shaping up to be a good one! The program has now been released on the @unibirmingham.bsky.social Event pages. Check it out ⬇️ #PSAMPG2025
PSA Media and Politics Group@psampg.bsky.social · 2y agoOur January conference programme is now live! Across the two days we have panels on elections, political journalism, culture wars, gender representation, social movements and AI. Keynotes @patyrossini.bsky.social and @profdgl.bsky.social open both days www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...
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Starting to pull together the program for the @psampg.bsky.social conference in Jan. It looks great! Watch this space for updates.