mike pinney

Inspiring to hear @ClaudetteIrere talk about how Rwanda has developed in the years since the Tutsi genocide. Including data centres, innovation hubs and multiple e-infrastructure investments to ready itself for the 4th industrial revolution #WSIS2019 #WSIS

Anne Widdecombe just compared Britain leaving the EU to "slaves" rising up "against their owners". It is impossible to explain how offensive and ahistorical it is for you to equate my ancestors tearing off their chains with your small-minded nationalist project. Shame on you.

looking forward to presenting our research teams findings on #DecolonisingTheCurriculum within the faculty of social sciences today at portobello, it starts at 10 and there may still be tickets!

Our future was stolen from us every time you said that ‘the sky was the limit’, and that ‘you only live once’. My full speech at the British Parliament in print. #fridaysforfuture #SchoolStrike4Climate #ClimateStrike theguardian.com/environment/20…

New blog on gender balancing efforts at WSIS 2019, by @rrromany @MuftiMyra and a little from me. Find it on @Global_Policy. @SocStudiesShef @SheffSocScience

if you’re vegan, want to go vegan, want your own vegan cryptocurrency or just want to read something- then take a look at this blog ⁦@DannyKirby79⁩ and I wrote for ⁦@Global_Policy⁩ globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/04/201…

@mapinney1 raises important issues in the Q&A at #WSIS: environment is an essential long-term issue for ICTs development and across the SDGs. Let's see more on environment and climate change next year & how these issues affect ICT progress! @GLOSSshef @SheffSocScience

First thing this morning at #WSIS Forum... @SuayOzkula preparing to moderate the High Level session on ICT Applications / Climate Change

At today’s #WSIS High-Level Policy session, Latvia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection talked about how remote sensing and machine learning is being used to monitor forests and illegal logging #GLI19 #GIS

Interesting to hear how @DigitalGodess's WanderSafe app is using spatial data to intergrate safety and accessibility for people around the world in real time #WSIS2019

all registered and ready to go for today’s sessions at the #WSIS2019 with the rest of the @GLOSSshef team

At #WSIS Geneva next week, join us to discuss ICTs in the University environment on Thursday! Case studies from my amazing student colleagues and myself: itu.int/net4/wsis/foru… @WSISprocess @GLOSSshef #GLI19

Google to pull plug on AI ethics council reut.rs/2Igtnfd

Combining slope rise with walking speeds to create an appropriate network for Gleadless isn’t as straighforward as I thought it would be

The @UN just unveiled a design for a new floating city that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes businessinsider.in/the-un-just-un…

Good day getting my case study ready for the #WSIS forum! Looking forward to talking about how #GIS can and should be used to help the wider community

A team of global experts, including Professor Lenny Koh from @UoS_Management, are calling for global cooperation to reform the e-waste recycling industry. Read more here 👉 shef.ac/2FzYLCB

Forest carbon as elevation. This visual depicts aboveground forest #carbon in Africa as 3D #topography. Taller mountains mean more carbon. The tall "mountains" in central Africa? That's the #CongoBasin. #Map by WHRC's @g_fiske. #GIS #InternationalDayofForests #IntlForestDay

For white students my take home point would be @AmateyDoku’s statement: that decolonising the curriculum would benefit white students overall learning and search for the ‘truth’- it’s not just a BAME issue!

Extremely interesting panel today at @sheffielduni on their launch for Race Equality Strategy