@marumormina
Associate fellow at the European University Institute. Research in ethics of public policy. Using systems thinking and collective intelligence to foster more participatory governance. In a parallel universe, I’m a local councillor for the Greens.
Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them.
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
Daniel Levy tells it as it is.
The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...
Trump tariffs have wiped out +60 years of economic consensus, exposing the failures of globalisation. The question is whether we can channel such seismic disruption into a just transformation, rather than regression.
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This is excellent news!! Here’s to this new GCSE inspiring the next generation of David Attenboroughs and Jane Goodalls
Cross-cultural dialogue is an alternative to integration in #transdisciplinary research. It aims at #cocreating solutions that make sense in relation to all relevant ways of knowing, allowing incommensurable and incompatible ways of knowing to equally contribute. i2insights.org/2025/03/04/c...
Here’s a new concept: climate populism (or popularism), by the one and only Caroline Lucas. If the political elite is reneging on the climate, at the grassroots level climate action is alive and well. A much needed injection of hope from the ground up.
I’ve just started working on participatory approaches. Would love to be added to this pack!
Latin American nations are at the forefront of a movement to create restrictions on global technology firms to prevent misinformation or misuse.
An the same in academic writing
Nice piece, but I think you may have downplayed the risks. Just for balance, I leave here an alternative perspective www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Labo...
The process of decision making at those very low levels of democracy has remained a little feudal with little accountability, yes. Do you think there may be a role for (reformed and empowered) community boards in providing oversight and making PCs accountable?
Delighted that this absolute legend, @sfuntowicz.bsky.social, and his partner in crime are being recognised once more for their work, which has inspired generations of researchers and activists in the climate movement and beyond. I’m forever indebted to their wisdom and our always lively discussions
Very powerful.
As a society, we are hyper focused on the end result (winning) that the process of how we got there gets swept under the proverbial rug, and with it also the human damage. www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-co...
Since no other party has the guts to say it, we will; #Brexit was an utter disaster, materially impacting the lives of everyone in the country for the worst, foisted on us by malicious actors and should be reversed as soon as possible.
#BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Defending free speech can no longer mean enabling the cesspit that X has become. For democracy’s sake, we need legislation to to limit its reach. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
This will change how you think about corruption. And it doesn’t just apply to Africa. thetricontinental.org/dossier-how-...
Should be in every newsagents window.
Absolutely. I learnt it the hard way.
I’ve been part of innumerable multidisciplinary efforts, most with a clear focus but none with the right facilitation to bridge siloed language, assumptions and power dynamics. Lesson? Don’t leave it to the project lead to bring the team together, invest in proper, external and neutral facilitation
Global science review concludes tackling climate change, nature loss & food insecurity as ' siloed' separate issues won't work
Biodiversity loss is costing economy up to a quarter of global GDP, $25trillion
Delayed action on biodiversity could double eventual costs
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bringing into policy the expertise of affected citizens requires redressing the epistemic injustices that constantly devalue lived experience, especially of those in the margins. This is a difficult ask for politicians and civil servants with little exposure to and understanding of those experiences
The media are focussed on the start-up line, but this reveals something all public service innovators understand: how to experiment, calibrate risk appetite & learn from failure? A state that requires things to be right first time isn’t fit for purpose in complex era. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It depends on who gets to say what the missions are.
You won’t hear those views if you only ask people to tell you what’s wrong. System change only happens if you first get a full systemic view of the situation.
The system does need fixing but my point is that the way she framed the question in this video invites only a certain type of responses. There are surely many people/ orgs doing good stuff within a bad system which could be scaled up or at least used as a blueprint for further innovation.
Layla, a hugely important inquiry but a very biased way to go about. You are asking people to tell you what you want to hear (that the system needs fixing). This won’t give you the full picture, which always includes the (+) as well as the (-). The framing of the question predetermines the answer.
A con man, sure, but one who’s changed Britain’s conversation (and values) beyond the imaginable. That’s why exposing him has little effect with the millions whose minds he now owns. x.com/bydonkeys/st...
