Prof Katherine Brickell

@K_Brickell

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jun 5

Child homelessness is still on the rise. There is an urgency to evidencing the impacts of Temporary Accommodation on children. Please share this Call for Evidence on living in TA with neurodivergent children. Thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust & Research England for support

K_Brickell's tweet image. Child homelessness is still on the rise.

There is an urgency to evidencing the impacts of Temporary Accommodation on children.

Please share this Call for Evidence on living in TA with neurodivergent children.

Thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust &amp; Research England for support

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Big Issue@BigIssue · Jul 21

It’s time for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap – we can’t afford not to bigissue.com/opinion/scrap-…

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ISA-RC21@ISA_RC21 · Jul 23

Call for Abstracts – IJURR Symposium on Debt Urbanism and the Housing Question. Deadline: August 22, 2025. Submissions and questions can be sent to: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. #urban #sociology

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Households in Temporary Accommodation APPG@TA_APPG · Jul 22

NEW HOMELESSNESS DATA from @mhclg on the number of homeless children and households in Temporary Accommodation. January - March 2025: 169,050 children and 131,140 households. @Siobhain_Mc

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jul 21

📣 Call for Papers: Debt Urbanism & the Housing Question ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors Sarah Klosterkamp & @melnowicki 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 22 August 25 🏹 Spread the word!

K_Brickell's tweet image. 📣 Call for Papers:
Debt Urbanism &amp; the Housing Question

ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors Sarah Klosterkamp &amp; @melnowicki

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 22 August 25

🏹 Spread the word!

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Gender, Place and Culture@GPCjournal · Jul 19

Genocide is a feminist issue: introduction to special issue by Meral Ugur Cinar & Sneha Krishnan tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Nadia Whittome MP@NadiaWhittomeMP · Jul 8

🚨The UN has written to the government about disability cuts in the UC and PIP Bill 🚨 It says it "has received credible information" indicating that the Bill will "deepen the signs of regression" on disabled people's rights in the UK. The Bill must not proceed.

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Good Morning Britain@GMB · Jul 8

The Children's Commissioner has joined calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying some children in England are living in an "almost-Dickensian level of poverty." In a new report led by Dame Rachel de Souza, some young people have described living with rat…

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Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall · Jul 8

New @YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jul 8

The first thing he’s not telling people is he was Housing Secretary and was useless. Next.

BBig Issue@BigIssue · Jul 8

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here’s what he’s not telling you bigissue.com/news/housing/r…

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#WOMENSART@womensart1 · Jul 6

Kirsty Elson, UK artist based in Cornwall who creates sculptures out of driftwood collected from the beaches of her home #WomensArt

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#WOMENSART@womensart1 · Jul 6

Palestinian embroidery is traditionally symbolic of the culture and an activity communally shared between women. #WomensArt

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KCL Urban Futures@KCLUrbanFutures · Jul 7

Our ‘No Space Like Home?’ study has its first ever newsletter out. Take a look! Supported by @ESRC and led by @PhilHubbard1 nospacelikehome.study/news

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KCL Urban Futures@KCLUrbanFutures · Jul 7

Zheng Wang, new Urban Futures Lead, will be speaking at Royal Town Planning Institute's online webinar on the role of urban planning in tackling climate and biodiversity challenges alongside this Thursday, 12th June at 12:00 noon. rtpi.org.uk/events

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KCL Urban Futures@KCLUrbanFutures · Jun 27

It's away day season! Cannot think of anything more fitting than staff from our Urban Futures Research Group exploring the city together - we spent the afternoon exploring the Serpentine galleries & hanging out talking ideas in its 2025 pavilion

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Ben Anderson@BenAndersonGeog · Jun 26

One consequence of the U.K. uni financial crisis is geographers a generation or so ahead of me in career terms taking ‘voluntary’ redundancy or severance, sometimes as a way of trying to protect colleagues’ jobs. A real loss to the discipline.

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jun 25

We’re at #Housing2025, 9,000 attendees & Europe’s largest housing festival Through our research, @melnowicki Nowicki called for statutory change in allocations to ensure domestic abuse survivors are exempted from housing-related debt rules which can bar them from social housing

K_Brickell's tweet image. We’re at #Housing2025, 9,000 attendees &amp; Europe’s largest housing festival

Through our research, @melnowicki Nowicki called for statutory change in allocations to ensure domestic abuse survivors are exempted from housing-related debt rules which can bar them from social housing

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jun 19

4.1 million women in the UK have experienced economic abuse in last year. Thanks to Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance for invitation to present research showing the importance of local authorities revisiting housing-related debt rules in their social housing allocation policies.

K_Brickell's tweet image. 4.1 million women in the UK have experienced economic abuse in last year.

Thanks to Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance for invitation to present research showing the importance of local authorities revisiting housing-related debt rules in their social housing allocation policies.

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jun 19

ÚNETE A NUESTRA CONVOCATORIA NACIONAL DE TESTIMONIOS Si eres madre, padre, cuidador/a o profesional que apoya a familias con niñas y niños neurodivergentes, por favor comparte tus experiencias sobre cómo es vivir en alojamiento temporal de la autoridad local. @TA_APPG

K_Brickell's tweet image. ÚNETE A NUESTRA CONVOCATORIA NACIONAL DE TESTIMONIOS

Si eres madre, padre, cuidador/a o profesional que apoya a familias con niñas y niños neurodivergentes, por favor comparte tus experiencias sobre cómo es vivir en alojamiento temporal de la autoridad local.

@TA_APPG

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Rebecca Long-Bailey@RLong_Bailey · Jun 17

The @TA_APPG, with @KingsCollegeLon, Shared Health Foundation & Autistica, is calling for evidence on the impact of temporary housing on neurodivergent children’s health, wellbeing & education. Share your experience by 4th July: sensorylivesproject.org/national-call-…

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Prof Katherine Brickell@K_Brickell · Jun 17

This caught me twice in a recent edition of Grazia - a subtle yet powerful page spread on how to recognise coercive control. Props to Women’s Aid #domesticabuse #VAWG #coercivecontrol

K_Brickell's tweet image. This caught me twice in a recent edition of Grazia - a subtle yet powerful page spread on how to recognise coercive control.

Props to Women’s Aid

#domesticabuse #VAWG #coercivecontrol

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