RES Women’s Committee is looking for female professors & senior economists who would like to volunteer to mentor female early career researchers. The role involves leading an online mentoring session at the RES Mentoring Retreat in Apr or May 2022. More: tinyurl.com/tw9mhaz4

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Register here: bit.ly/NabeelFoundati… Looking forward to tomorrow’s launch & Annual Lecture of #NabeelFoundation in memory of the late, great #NabeelAlAzami

Thank you to the fantastic Sachin Nakrani for allowing me to tell my story about racism, faith & my S4C film on Ely in today’s The Guardian. The messages I’ve had since publication last night have been beautiful from people all over the world. Thank you 🙏🏽 theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul…

In the height of #COVID19, I spent 9-months making a film with young people in #Bradford alongside Khidmat centres Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi & partners on the youth experience. Many felt ignored, overlooked & unheard. This is the trailer to the upcoming launch film youtu.be/U8XRyTYJ6nM

We talk so much about the "vaccine race" in the West But it's not the West we should be worried about. Countries with <5% of pop fully vaccinated DRC 🇨🇩: app 0% Haiti🇭🇹: app 0% Uganda 🇺🇬: 0.01% Burkina Faso 🇧🇫: 0.02% Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬: 0.03% Yemen🇾🇪: 0.03% Chad🇹🇩: 0.04%

‼️ 7 mil people in the UK have no mobile or broadband connectivity at home. We’ve launched a National Databank providing FREE mobile data to tackle data poverty with @goodthingsfdn We’re calling for all mobile operators to join us & offer free data to those who need it most.

Although economics uses mathematical models and machine-learning techniques, it is still a social science, notes Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino of Northeastern U.. But the profession does not even come close to representing the society we live in. bit.ly/3kTEzSo

The rampant European perception of the hijab as a symbol of a misogynistic culture has made women who wear one feel like “victims” instead of empowered individuals making a personal choice, laments Jasmine M. El-Gamal. bit.ly/3zO1Zgi

When this war started - you would never have seen a Muslim TV anchor in the U.S. interviewing a Muslim WH correspondent about it. A lot hasn't changed in 20 years. But some small things - like this - have.

If you or anyone you know are considering whether to do study and pursue a career in economics, here's a short blog on 'My Economics Story' to help you/them decide It's a challenging but rewarding path! discovereconomics.co.uk/post/my-econom… Discover Economics #EconTwitter #DiscoverEcon

For years I tried to hide away from the fact that I stammered. It’s a feeling I’m sure others who stammer can relate to. Just remember, the moment YOU accept your stammer, others will too. I’m proud of stammering and I’m okay with that. You should be too ♥️

Dark clouds hover over economics. The discipline must return to the thinking that made it so valuable and exciting to begin with, argues Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/3BuaP3D

The #GreatBigGreenWeek is here! We are delighted to join The Climate Coalition to highlight the importance of #climatechange. Hear from Zara Mohammed, Secretary General of MCB and stay with us to learn more about faith, climate change and what we can do to help save our world.

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The World Leaders Summit at #COP26 has highlighted the need for unity and change that we should all be aware of and involved in. Hear from key figures within our community about the need to tackle the #climatecrisis MCB Islamic Relief UK IslamicHelp

A friend and I are cycling 150miles each this month for Cancer Research UK. Would appreciate anything you’re able to donate fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/specializ… Cancer Research UK #Cancer #cycling

Interested by recent stories of corruption, inequality or climate change? Maybe you're an economist! In this video we produced with @WarwickEcon, Arun Advani explores what it is economists actually do. #econtwitter Discover Economics #climatechange #inequality #corruption

23 sentences that'll improve your writing more than 12 years of English class:

1/ I ask all of you to take some time out of your day today and read this article from the BBC on the plight of the Uyghurs in China: bbc.co.uk/news/extra/85q…