Irina Marin

Following on from last week's piece surrounding the Romanian elections, PhD student @JDanielDean explores 'Who is Calin Georgescu' for the SSEES Research Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2024/12/…

What do the latest results from the Romanian election mean? Dr Daniel Brett gives his analysis for the SSEES Research Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2024/11/…

@georgescu_r My grandfather from southern Romania used to sprinkle a bit of black pepper into the pumpkin pie filling or on the baked slices of pumpkin. Surprisingly it gives an unexpected depth of flavour. :)

Plăcintă cu dovleac, the easiest pumpkin pie, the Romanian way. Eat it using your hands, not your cutlery. Sticky, sugary fingers afterwards will be the proof of its fleeting presence. Recipe here substack.com/home/post/p-15…

I was re-reading some parts of it & it is excellent. Ban this book! A review of Daniel Markovits’s “The Meritocracy Trap” brankomilanovic.substack.com/p/ban-this-book

Thanks @ChrisGiles_ for flagging our new European Parliament report urging for an inflation fighting toolbox fit for a world of shocks @ft! Emergency preparedness usually seems “utterly unnecessary” until the moment comes.

At least 10% of women suffer from endometriosis & endure severe pain every month. I’m one of them & just recovered from surgery. Patriarchy tells us: Get used to periods being painful & keep quiet. Most of us aren’t diagnosed for about a decade. Sharing to fight the silence.

Yay my article on Pitfalls of Sovereignty is out: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I'll be in the Netherlands tomorrow delivering the F. de Vries Lecture at @UniUtrecht on The Common Good: from correcting market failures to shaping the economy to meet bold objectives. Read my paper on the subject of #TheCommonGood: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

@MazzucatoM @ProSyn Great article! Thank you for your vision and your perseverance. Disappointing also to see the EU buckle under pressure and take the route of least resistance by watering down pesticide use requirements. You should start a political party :)

Disappointing to see Labour drop £28 billion in Green Prosperity Plan. Climate & growth are NOT a tradeoff. This is a long-term investment to tap into UK's massive green potential (green industry growing 4x faster than others). Read my @ProSyn op-ed ➡️ project-syndicate.org/commentary/cli…

If the false dichotomy between economic prosperity and environmental sustainability persists, the green transition will lack the political support it needs to succeed. Read my latest @ProSyn piece on how the progressive left needs a new growth narrative. project-syndicate.org/commentary/cli…

Politicians are failing us abysmally on the #ClimateCrisis. Can comedians step up and save the day? Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist @ProfMarkMaslin 🔥 If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide! #NoNewOil #COP28

Climate scientists are tearing their hair out, so why are millions not in the streets demanding #ClimateActionNow? Watch and share @MrNishKumar helping @FrediOtto rouse the masses in the latest punchy "Climate Science Translated" video! 🔥🌎 #NoNewOil #ClimateCrisis #Language

Brilliant. Though of course Sewerella and her far right fans will just love it because it shows her Sunak-undermining USA trip cut through

Fortress Britain is no solution. We can’t just build a wall around England and expect the problems driving people from their homes to go away.

@graceblakeley Thank you, Grace, for busting myths and taking no nonsense from TV anchors and their scaremongering guests. The ostrich stance never solved any problems! You have a gift for clear explanation. Keep up the good work!

Pay workers. Tax profits.

@SaraMeger Feminism is in a really bad way if Barbie is our measure for it. Barbie grows a brain and discovers patriarchy. Now every little girl will want to look like Robbie because she is an emancipated perfect doll. Three cheers for that.

I finally saw the Barbie movie and I’m honestly a bit shocked that a two hour Mattel ad is being hyped as the feminist event of the year. I knew not to expect anything too radical from Hollywood, but no one prepared me for the fact that the film was produced by Mattel.

@carolvorders yes, self-enrichment :(

3/4 of prisons in England & Wales in appalling conditions as overcrowding fears grow. President of Prison Governors Assoc says "This is the worse I've ever seen” Self harm in women's prisons is up by 51% Is there any single thing that this govt gets right? theguardian.com/society/2023/a…