🚨 Expert Alert 🔷 Simon Cook ⬇️ Financial Times "People just don’t consider running an option for commuting or see it as a mode of transport." #BCUAlert Birmingham City University ft.com/content/26b552…

My fab colleague Dr Liz Mahon Liz Mahon has organised a free online Endurance Symposium on 12th July 12-4pm 🤩 - aimed at coaches, athletes, academics & anyone interested in #endurance #sport sign up via Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/ultra-endura… #coaching #running #cycling

This is big. One of Europe’s biggest universities, Ghent in Belgium, will discontinue all institutional collaborations with Israeli universities and research institutions. Never doubt that the global movement for Palestinian liberation is working. ugent.be/en/news-events…

The building next to UBLeiden was recently named after @unileiden Egyptologist Herta Mohr. But who was she? We know a lot about Mohr's life thanks to Nicky van de Beek's detective work. She told us about what she found in the #UBLpodcast: ➡️edu.nl/mpmw3

Fantastic article by Jalal & George Zeidan جورج زيدان on Running in Palestine. "Movement restrictions remain one of the biggest obstacles imposed on Palestinians by the Israeli occupation. Palestinians deal with all sorts of checkpoints, walls, & road closures." 301.nz/zqhnp0

Latest episode of Everyday Runners features Niki Koutrou, PhD, SFHEA on Volunteering the Olympics. @unisunses 301.nz/uEjsgyP #olympics #volunteering #athens

I loved talking with Ciarán Ryan about trail running and vlogging in Ireland. Such an engaging conversation :) 301.nz/KpN45sW7 #trailrunning #vlogging #ultrarunning

Thank you for the great chat Andy Reading Sideways Press and opportunity to share our research on volunteering at the Games and how it might have inspired volunteering cultures, civil society sustainability & growth! @sunderlanduniL Geoff #volunteering #Olympics #sustainability

In #Gaza, schools have been turned into emergency shelters Despite this, our UNRWA colleagues continue to use every available space to support children with psychosocial activities amid the hardships of war This is a critical way to help kids get back to learning #UNRWAworks

Excellent report by Narasi Newsroom on the pro-state thugs who attacked the People's Water Forum in Bali. As noted, Patriot Garuda Nusantara has a history of close working links with state security agencies and intimidating critical voices in the name of 'keamanan'

In #Gaza’s burning summer heat, children have to wait in long queues to access minimal amounts of water. Thousands of families are forced to rely on dirty sea water for their daily needs. Safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to the #GazaStrip is urgently needed to save lives.

Episode 13 of Everyday Runners features an interview with human geographer of Simon Cook On run commuting and the relationship of running/movement to the spaces we move through. 301.nz/6Zqj #running #geography

Episode #14 of Everyday Runners features an interview with Noah Schutte shorturl.at/kxm6x We talk training, European championships and table tennis :) Atletiekunie Grete Koens Leiden Atletiek

Nice to hear from Jase Wilson on his project which has been facilitating conversations on improving opportunity and access in the outdoors, in particular around the challenges of enhancing EDI across different sports #LSA2024

Our 1st article about perceived risk and vulnerability of women trail runners has been published open access. We used go-along interviews to understand how interactions with the environment & other people influence enjoyment of running & perceptions of vulnerability Dr Joanne Hill

We’d love to see you at #SportLit2025 Fiona!

Let’s go! Super veel zin in dit avontuur.

What are the environmental impacts of large scale ultra running events? How do they impact local communities? I turned to Seth Kirby to discuss these questions and others on the Everyday Runners podcast 301.nz/qvV8dwk #ultrarunning

Episode #32 of Everyday Runners features Dr Jess Macbeth Ben Powis discussing the 'sensorial practices of visually impaired runners' open.spotify.com/episode/2HC1Im… #running #VIrunning #sensory #sensorypractices #sport

Really enjoyed recording this Everyday Runners podcast episode with Ben Powis. Thanks for featuring our research on visually impaired running Reading Sideways Press