Tiziana Leone (she/her) 🍉🏳️🌈
@tizianaleone.bsky.social
#European. Prof of health and int dev. Director @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Health demographer and woodworker wannabe. Huge fan of cross-tabs #womenshealth #lifecourse #conflict
@LSE_ID @LSEGlobalHealth @pop_lse @LSEMiddleEast
@LSE_ID @LSEGlobalHealth @pop_lse @LSEMiddleEast
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A huge congratulations to @alexandragomes.bsky.social, @asseelalragam.bsky.social, Sharifa Alshalfan, Tanushree Agarwal & Joao Peres, who have been named Runners-Up in the LSE Impact Prize 2026 for their LSE Middle East Centre and LSE Cities project ‘Kuwaitscapes’.
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October 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
A huge congratulations to @alexandragomes.bsky.social, @asseelalragam.bsky.social, Sharifa Alshalfan, Tanushree Agarwal & Joao Peres, who have been named Runners-Up in the LSE Impact Prize 2026 for their LSE Middle East Centre and LSE Cities project ‘Kuwaitscapes’.
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Too old to give blood? Not in South Korea - N-IUSSP
As populations age across East Asia, blood banks face a double squeeze: fewer young donors and more elderly patients needing transfusions. South Korea, Oh Seok Kim notes, has promptly responded ... Re...
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September 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
As an Italian woman I owe her a lot, as women we owe her even more. Rest in peace Emma www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78
Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:50 AM
As an Italian woman I owe her a lot, as women we owe her even more. Rest in peace Emma www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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@tizianaleone.bsky.social quantifying how fertility decline reshapes women’s reproductive careers, specifically by increasing their number of menstrual cycles
September 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
@tizianaleone.bsky.social quantifying how fertility decline reshapes women’s reproductive careers, specifically by increasing their number of menstrual cycles
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📝 New article on Our World in Data: Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
August 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
📝 New article on Our World in Data: Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
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Most of the world’s fastest-growing megacities will soon be in Africa—
Many cities across East Asia and Latin America have grown quickly over the last few decades. Since 1950, São Paulo’s population has grown sixfold. Shanghai’s nearly tenfold.
Many cities across East Asia and Latin America have grown quickly over the last few decades. Since 1950, São Paulo’s population has grown sixfold. Shanghai’s nearly tenfold.
July 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Most of the world’s fastest-growing megacities will soon be in Africa—
Many cities across East Asia and Latin America have grown quickly over the last few decades. Since 1950, São Paulo’s population has grown sixfold. Shanghai’s nearly tenfold.
Many cities across East Asia and Latin America have grown quickly over the last few decades. Since 1950, São Paulo’s population has grown sixfold. Shanghai’s nearly tenfold.
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We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.
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July 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September
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Have you donated blood before?
Start today, if you can give blood!
Regular voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the backbone of safe and sustainable blood supplies. Together, they help save countless lives every year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/2026GiveBlood
#WorldBloodDonorDay
Start today, if you can give blood!
Regular voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the backbone of safe and sustainable blood supplies. Together, they help save countless lives every year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/2026GiveBlood
#WorldBloodDonorDay
June 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Have you donated blood before?
Start today, if you can give blood!
Regular voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the backbone of safe and sustainable blood supplies. Together, they help save countless lives every year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/2026GiveBlood
#WorldBloodDonorDay
Start today, if you can give blood!
Regular voluntary, unpaid blood donors are the backbone of safe and sustainable blood supplies. Together, they help save countless lives every year.
🔗 https://bit.ly/2026GiveBlood
#WorldBloodDonorDay
When you go to #epc2026 and @orsolatorrisi takes you to a dodgy wrestling show. Love conferences where you get to hang out with 4 LSE generations of alumni who have gone and done great things @heinivaisanen.bsky.social
June 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
When you go to #epc2026 and @orsolatorrisi takes you to a dodgy wrestling show. Love conferences where you get to hang out with 4 LSE generations of alumni who have gone and done great things @heinivaisanen.bsky.social
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My new article examines the formation of a local humanitarian class in Goma, and the transformations and tensions that followed. Open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @lseid.bsky.social
May 28, 2026 at 1:13 PM
My new article examines the formation of a local humanitarian class in Goma, and the transformations and tensions that followed. Open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @lseid.bsky.social
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How do politics and past interventions shape responses to Ebola?
Dr Myfanwy James (@myfanwyvjames.bsky.social) shares insights in The Continent and co-authors a new briefing for those working on the ground 👇
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Dr Myfanwy James (@myfanwyvjames.bsky.social) shares insights in The Continent and co-authors a new briefing for those working on the ground 👇
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Dr Myfanwy James featured in The Continent on Ebola outbreak
Dr Myfanwy James has been interviewed and quoted in a recent edition of The Continent, an African newspaper, on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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May 27, 2026 at 9:44 AM
How do politics and past interventions shape responses to Ebola?
Dr Myfanwy James (@myfanwyvjames.bsky.social) shares insights in The Continent and co-authors a new briefing for those working on the ground 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Dr Myfanwy James (@myfanwyvjames.bsky.social) shares insights in The Continent and co-authors a new briefing for those working on the ground 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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The Population Investigation Committee is recruiting for an Editor-in-Chief or team of Editors-in-Chief for Population Studies: A journal of demography.
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May 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Population Investigation Committee is recruiting for an Editor-in-Chief or team of Editors-in-Chief for Population Studies: A journal of demography.
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Reflective essay on the influence of Mahmood Mamdani's book The Myth of Population Control: "evidence is never neutral, numbers never tell the whole story, and policies fail when power structures remain untouched"
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From population control to policy by numbers
At the heart of Mamdani’s analysis was Khanna, a district in India’s Punjab, where, in the 1960s, a long-term family planning study led by Harvard University was conducted. The objective was direct: i...
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May 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Reflective essay on the influence of Mahmood Mamdani's book The Myth of Population Control: "evidence is never neutral, numbers never tell the whole story, and policies fail when power structures remain untouched"
www.thedailystar.net/opinion/view...
www.thedailystar.net/opinion/view...
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From a civil‑war hospital in Cameroon to LSE, MSc candidate Solange Ngo Bama learned how a disease‑centred approach can miss people’s real lives. She says LSE’s MSc Health and International Development is reshaping how she thinks about health, power and people.
#PartofLSE #Development #Health
#PartofLSE #Development #Health
How LSE’s MSc Health and International Development is helping me become the doctor I was never taught to be - LSE International Development
From a high‑pressure civil‑war hospital in Cameroon to the classrooms of LSE, Solange Ngo Bama’s journey reveals how medical training often overlooks the lived realities of the people it aims to serve...
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April 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
From a civil‑war hospital in Cameroon to LSE, MSc candidate Solange Ngo Bama learned how a disease‑centred approach can miss people’s real lives. She says LSE’s MSc Health and International Development is reshaping how she thinks about health, power and people.
#PartofLSE #Development #Health
#PartofLSE #Development #Health
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Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
April 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Shaista Aziz, Oxfam’s Campaign Engagement Lead, responds >> www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/ynnfvn/
March 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Shaista Aziz, Oxfam’s Campaign Engagement Lead, responds >> www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/ynnfvn/
no no demographer would be that insane to support a shoddy, baseless book by this moron. Journals are not even giving it the space for a bad review. www.facebook.com/reel/1097203...
194K views · 1.7K reactions | GB News host Matt Goodwin gets absolutely HUMILIATED over his new book | Politics JOE
GB News host Matt Goodwin gets absolutely HUMILIATED over his new book
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March 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
no no demographer would be that insane to support a shoddy, baseless book by this moron. Journals are not even giving it the space for a bad review. www.facebook.com/reel/1097203...
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2026 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 📢📢📢
54 Paid Internships
✅Deadline: 13th April 2026
✅Two step application process
✅️Hybrid format
✅️No DM please 🙏🙏
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More details on the @aphrc.bsky.social Careers page
#IkoKaziKE
54 Paid Internships
✅Deadline: 13th April 2026
✅Two step application process
✅️Hybrid format
✅️No DM please 🙏🙏
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2026 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES - APHRC
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and deve...
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March 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
2026 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 📢📢📢
54 Paid Internships
✅Deadline: 13th April 2026
✅Two step application process
✅️Hybrid format
✅️No DM please 🙏🙏
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More details on the @aphrc.bsky.social Careers page
#IkoKaziKE
54 Paid Internships
✅Deadline: 13th April 2026
✅Two step application process
✅️Hybrid format
✅️No DM please 🙏🙏
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More details on the @aphrc.bsky.social Careers page
#IkoKaziKE
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I really do not understand how anyone organising international academic conferences in the US currently decides not to allow for remote presentations. For many it is impossible to get a visa and the rest risk their safety by travelling. We should be better than this as a community
March 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I really do not understand how anyone organising international academic conferences in the US currently decides not to allow for remote presentations. For many it is impossible to get a visa and the rest risk their safety by travelling. We should be better than this as a community
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THIS is what AI is for.
Surveillance, target identification, and autonomous decisions to bomb.
Sorry dear humans who love life and beauty 💔
Surveillance, target identification, and autonomous decisions to bomb.
Sorry dear humans who love life and beauty 💔
Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’
Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than ‘speed of thought’
Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
THIS is what AI is for.
Surveillance, target identification, and autonomous decisions to bomb.
Sorry dear humans who love life and beauty 💔
Surveillance, target identification, and autonomous decisions to bomb.
Sorry dear humans who love life and beauty 💔
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Good to see journalists covering the links between University of Buckingham’s Centre for Heterodox Science and race science networks. It ought to be pretty shocking to see a university openly affiliate with pseudoscience peddlers such as Aporia
Revealed: Reform UK Matt Goodwin's Academic Ties to Rebranded Nazi Eugenics Front
Reform's Gorton and Denton candidate, who has said that genetics will expose the "inherent differences between groups" has links to multiple organisations tied to discredited racist pseudoscience
bylinetimes.com
February 24, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Good to see journalists covering the links between University of Buckingham’s Centre for Heterodox Science and race science networks. It ought to be pretty shocking to see a university openly affiliate with pseudoscience peddlers such as Aporia
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📢 Susie Lee, @tizianaleone.bsky.social Leone, and I invite submissions to a new @bspsuk.bsky.social session, “The Demography of Menopause”, focusing on population-level variation in menopausal timing and experience, and its drivers and consequences.
We look forward to your submissions!
We look forward to your submissions!
February 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
📢 Susie Lee, @tizianaleone.bsky.social Leone, and I invite submissions to a new @bspsuk.bsky.social session, “The Demography of Menopause”, focusing on population-level variation in menopausal timing and experience, and its drivers and consequences.
We look forward to your submissions!
We look forward to your submissions!
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‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site
‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site
Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of Jewish settlements
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site