SyRG "Syria Research Group"

Check out our latest #OpenAccess publication on #CovidVaccines #hesitancy and its sociopolitical nature in #Syria tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Look forward to reading this book, which draws on nine PhD. projects. And it's Open Access!!

We are delighted to be hosting @seyeabimbola @CKyobutungi @DrSamahJabr for a public lecture to critically examine how knowledge production can perpetuate systemic injustices in global health. 📆 7th May, 7-9pm #London Register at 👇 kcl.ac.uk/events/public-…

HHCC member @Z_Jamaluddine is lead author on a new study estimating the number of traumatic injury deaths in Gaza using a capture-recapture analysis These results underscore the urgent need for interventions to safeguard civilians & prevent further loss of life 👇

@ICRC @ICRC_sy

📢'Invisible & severe' death toll of #Sudan conflict revealed Study estimates more violent deaths in Khartoum State alone than current number recorded for entire country. Evidence death toll in other regions also higher. 👉lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…

للاطلاع على ورقتنا البحثية حول هذا الموضوع، يمكنك قراءة المزيد هنا: ورقة بحثية bit.ly/SAMSBreastCanc…

Next week, I will moderate a discussion with @Z_Jamaluddine, who led a research project developing scenario-based projections of excess deaths in Gaza, & Les Roberts, a renowned expert who has conducted over 50 mortality surveys in conflict zones. To join: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join on Thurs 17 Oct (1430 UK/ 1630 #Lebanon) for discussion on impact of #conflict in #Lebanon on marginalised people incl #Syrian & #Palestinian #refugees & #migrants Hear analysis from experts on multifaceted complexities of this evolving humanitarian catastrophe Link👇👇

@Bethlehemtekola @howardsends

Interesting paper on the mental health of people doing qualitative research: Historically, those doing qualitative work—either by itself or in mixed method research—have not necessarily felt readily understood or as respected by funders, mainstream journals, or even colleagues.

Before researchers engage in research and start to use participants as "research data," imagine if they are asked important questions like "Is this person fit to enter into peoples’ hearts? Is this researcher interested in the research participants’ well-being and happiness?

🚨 Call for Submissions Online symposium: "Safeguarding Humanity: Protecting Rights in the Age of AI" Is there a Future for Human Rights after Gaza? 🗓️ Human Rights Day - Dec 10, 2024 Submit abstracts by Oct 17! Details: birzeit.edu/en/announcemen… #AI #HumanRights #CallForPapers

@NVPoco @howardsends

NVPoCo is excited to put out a call for participation for our Bi-Monthly Seminar Series which will be continuing this year under the theme 'Imagining Postcolonial Futures'. Please submit your application using the QR code on the poster or using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

"Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian displacement, time and subjectivity" is a captivating and rich ethnography of a revolution from below. Find out what else @LeaMullerFunk thinks about Charlotte al-Khalili's book in the new issue of the @IMRjournal (Open Access). 👇

@FrontPsychol @howardsends

New Research: Inclusive inquiry: a compassionate journey in trauma-informed qualitative research with GBV survivors from displaced communities frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Psychology

I was invited to speak at this event yesterday, and this is what I said: 1. Can higher education institutions truly decolonise? Neoliberal priorities drive higher education to value profit over people, the planet, and decolonisation. Geopolitical agendas too impede it. It is a myth that imperialism and colonisation are relics of the past. In reality, they continue. 2. IoE and UCL have a long history of contributing to empire-building, from promoting racist theories and supporting eugenics to endorsing civilising missions. Has this ever truly stopped? Even today, discussing Palestine instils fear of punishment. This is why we must ask: what does decolonising mean at UCL? 3. There also a long tradition of resisting imperialism at IoE, and UCL. Imperial agendas don't define the university. We are the university. We must reclaim it and ask how we and our institutions can responsibly contribute to the world. 4. What is colonisation? It involves land grabs, control over people, dictating how knowledge is produced and valued, and controlling our minds, identities, and subjectivities. It shapes how we relate to each other, our planet, and our worldview. Coloniality is a deep-seated virus that perpetuates imperialism and harm. 5. Decolonisation is about repair, restore, reparations, global justice, and hope. Repair harm. Restore egalitarian knowledges. Freedom and dignity for all. Restoring nature. 6. Decolonisation isn't just about the West vs. the rest. Other imperial projects exist, and our students may come from dominant groups and ideologies elsewhere, which may perpetuate neocolonial projects elsewhere. Therefore, we need to think of decolonisation in pluriversal terms: what does decolonisation look like from the very margins of societies? 7. Decolonisation is also about interconnected liberation. Climate, the struggle against authoritarianism, predatory corporate greed, and COVID show our lives; our freedoms are intertwined. It's about ensuring we are not bad ancestors to our future generations. 8. Despite all our constraints, the classroom is still a space where we can dream for hope, liberation, dignity and just knowledge for a just world. @ucu @UCL_UCU @sussexucu @IOE_London @UCL_Global @TomWestonSJ @bds_ucl @aine_mcallister @leda @kamenopoulou @alim1213 @alison_phipps @MahaShuayb @PaulineMRose @novelli_mario @arathings @tom_western

We often talk about gender as a social construct – but less frequently discussed are the roots of gender as we know it today as a *colonial* construct. Join @EmmaRhule and me as we discuss this in greater detail in our new @GlobalHealthBMJ paper: go.unu.edu/584Ms

Documentary Screening at @EdinburghUni "With the Sickle and Songs"

Speaking of authorship, when are we talking about academics who invite researchers from the Global South to be co-authors in their work (which they've already written) to present themselves as someone who work collaboratively with scholars in the Global South or to appear ethical

Or, the system is working as designed. It is a sad reality, but we have to face it: the purpose of a system is what it does. As systems theorist Stafford Beer argued, there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."

Webinar on humanitarian intervention in #Gaza. Discussing the historical context of humanitarian intervention in Palestine, its role within a fractured health care system, and the potential and limitations of humanitarian intervention. Register: hsph.me/PPHHR-Jun2024