Dr. Soumaya Majdoub
@soumayamajdoub.bsky.social
Critical Demographer | Political Ecologist | Neo-Khaldunian Scholar Socio-ecological Transformation ~ Just Transitions ~ Critical Futures www.soumayamajdoub.me
Fascinating about possible bias in peer review.
Angela Andersen@angelaandersen.bsky.social · 2mo agoKudos to @science.org for this self-analysis of the peer review process. These kind of data are never shared and don't have to be. Wildly refreshing to see it out in the open. Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I welcome this initiative, but it is striking that Diverse Knowledge Systems are still framed as an add-on rather than a foundational starting point...
IPCC@ipcc.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe #IPCC delegation at #SB64 in Bonn, led by the Chair Jim Skea, released today the report on the preparation for, execution of, and outcomes of the IPCC Workshop on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems, held at the University of Reading this February. ➡️https://ow.ly/5VHl50ZatAV
On Sunday Switzerland votes on capping its population at 10 million. Called, without irony, the Sustainability Initiative. My essay in the Green European Journal's summer edition traces this (il)logic it: Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation and the Politics of Population Anxiety. Link in comments
Too Many, Too Few: Malthusianisation And The Politics Of Population Anxiety
The way societies measure and imagine populations profoundly shapes which futures become politically possible.
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Green European Journal@greeneujournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur summer edition, Life Lines: Navigating Demographic Shifts, is out now. Read the articles online, and subscribe to support the Green European Journal and receive two print editions per year delivered directly to your door :
A Tale of Two Cities: what Geneva and Santa Marta are quietly doing to the multilateral system open.substack.com/pub/soumayam...
A Tale of Two Cities: what Geneva and Santa Marta are quietly doing to the multilateral system
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Dickens could just as well have been writing about April 2026.
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I just found out that the amazing journalist @ahmedeldin.bsky.social has been detained in Kuwait since 03/03 facing a secret security court without trial for having covered the war on Iran! Journalism is not a crime! Demand his release now!
In case you thought "at least this horrific war is getting us out of fossil fuels", here is what it's been doing to stock market shares: Fossil fuels +25% since new year. Renewables flat. Relative profitability is what ultimately matters for a transition. @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social
I think we should allow Trump to choose Iran’s next leader as long as the rest of us can choose America’s. Because it’s clearly far too important a job to be left in the hands of Americans.
"It’s hard to come up with any other explanation for the way the ruling class go into panic mode the moment there's any sign of mass mobilisation, and especially mass direct action, and usually try to distract attention by starting some kind of war." - David Graeber
We remain remarkably, dangerously ignorant of such histories, treating every event as if it came out of the blue. Again and again our governments wade in, with their bombs and missiles and special forces, and congratulate themselves on their strategic brilliance, only to create further crisis.
This is a classic example of Imperial Blowback. Foreign powers, seeking to shape the world to their demands, destabilise and overthrow popular governments, with results that - sometimes many decades later - come back to bite them in the nethers.
This is what fuelled the revolutionary movement that overthrew him in 1979. Many of the revolutionaries cited the 1953 coup as their primary motivation. They wanted their country back. Instead they got another brutal, undemocratic regime, presided over by the ayatollahs.
Mosaddegh was a very popular prime minister, and his nationalisation policy was widely supported. But the loss of Britain's loot could not be tolerated. The US and UK reinstated the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, whose only means of sustaining his deeply unpopular regime was extreme cruelty and repression.
In 1953, at Churchill's instigation, and with his assistance, the CIA launched two coups against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the 2nd of which succeeded. Why? Because he rightly sought to nationalise Iran's oil supplies, which the UK was taking: seizing Iran's wealth.
I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Question Time - 2026: 05/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel are Stephen Doughty, James Cleverly, Shashank Joshi, George Monbiot and Annabel Denham.
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Who profits from an energy crisis in the wake of the war on Iran? The 1%. Thanks @nytimes.com @hclairebrown.bsky.social for covering our research. Link to coverage: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c... Link to our article:www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
We are - worldwide - terrorized by the Axis of Evil and their imperialist agenda. All my support to the beautiful people of Iran.
For all of us in Europe looking for a postdoc or professor position…good luck I guess?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 8mo ago‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
Wie spreekt er voor de Aarde? In mijn nieuwe essay in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social stel ik de vraag hoe diplomatie eruitziet als we ook rivieren, bossen, ecosystemen en toekomstige generaties vertegenwoordigen. #CuerpoTerritorio #PlanetaryDiplomacy #Anthropocene www.sampol.be/2026/01/wie-...
Wie spreekt er voor de Aarde?
Wat als echte vrede pas mogelijk wordt wanneer rivieren, bossen en toekomstige generaties eindelijk mee aan tafel zitten?
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Amazing how the fear of people on the move is bigger than the fear of the immediate consequences of climate change…
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8mo ago"But a full, internal version of the report, seen by The Times, goes further, suggesting that the degradation of rainforests in the Congo & the drying up of rivers fed by the Himalayas could drive people to flee to Europe, leading to “more polarised & populist politics in the UK”" #ClimateEmergency
It’s now time to exclude Israel from the UN. Articles 5 & 6 could be evoked. Even if it's vetoed by the Security Council, the General Assembly can vote to remove Israel. Such flagrant violations of international law & UN principles must stop. #UN #Israel #unrwa www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem
Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank
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I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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Not a surprise that things are not going well - wealth inequality is skyrocketing - 46 Swedes own more than what ca 80% of the Swedish population have.
Max Koch@maxkoch.bsky.social · 8mo ago@oxfaminternational.bsky.social: The planet's 12 richest personers own more than the poorest 50% - more than 4 billion people At the same time, one in four is undernourished, an 41% increase since 2015. oxfam.se/resisting-th...
