Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

Emeritus Prof of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London; Honorary Prof Lanzhou University; Shujaa; views my own. unwin.wordpress.com England (Europe) Joined January 2009

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

3 weeks ago

We are relaunching the audio recordings produced during our Education For The Most Marginalised project in 2000 on our podcast channel at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ict… as well as on our ICT4D Collective blog (ict4d.org.uk). They remain so relevant today! Do follow for more.

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

2 months ago

Too right! We need to have a much more realistic and less arrogant view of the quality and importance of our science. @whippletom thetimes.com/profile/tom-wh…

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Youth IGF: youth voice on digital world + 35ctry @globalyouthigf

2 months ago

🧠 At our #WSIS20 session masterfully moderated by @TimUnwin, powerful brainstorming led to 5 urgent priorities for making digital tech truly inclusive. The session closed with a shared commitment: 👉 Do things differently — for the poorest and most marginalised. For #YouthIGF,…

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ICT4DCollective @ICT4DCollective

2 months ago

Find out more about our session on "Digital tech and the most marginalised: what still needs to be done?" (306) at the WSIS+20 gathering in Geneva - including a mind map generated by participants that directly answers the question ict4d.org.uk/2025/07/08/dig… @WSISprocess

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Youth IGF: youth voice on digital world + 35ctry @globalyouthigf

2 months ago

.@TimUnwin- An online survery was run prior to the session on how different stakeholders can contribute to making technology more accessible and equittable. @WSISprocess #WSIS #globalyouthigf #YouthIGF

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

2 months ago

Delighted to be serving the Commonwealth again in my role today as Master of Ceremonies at the Commonwealth Telecommunciations Organisation's Digital Development Day being held at Marlborough House. @CTO_ICT #Commonwealth #london

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

2 months ago

If you are attending the WSIS+20 event in Geneva in early July, please do join our interactive session: Digital tech and the most marginalised: what still needs to be done? (also available live online) on: itu.int/net4/wsis/foru…. @WSISprocess

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

3 months ago

Exciting to be involved in online discussion on "ICT Policies and Development Politics in the Global South" at SEADS (Monash University Malaysia) tomorrow, 18 June 2025 - to register please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

3 months ago

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

5 months ago

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW SO THAT THE POOREST AND MOST MARGINALISED CAN BENEFIT FROM USING DIGITAL TECH? Please complete our survey at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/rhul/digital…. Results will form part of our discussions at @WSISprocess July summit in Geneva

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

6 months ago

SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after launch ft.com/content/00a535… via @FT - I can't help but wonder if there is some symbolic significance in this. Also, it emphasises the damaging environmental impact of space flight and debris.

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

9 months ago

If you too are fed up with Elon Musk's Twitter, follow me to bsky.app - I'm at timothyunwin.bsky.social

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

9 months ago

Several people have asked if I will be at the IGF in Riyadh. The answer is "no" on a matter of principle relating to Khashoggi's murder, #LGBTIQ rights, treatment of women, and killing of people in #Neom. I had a great time there in the past (see below); hope you understand

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

9 months ago

Friends will know that since Elon Musk took over Twitter, I have not used it very much - just my own little form of protest. Now bsky is gaining traction I will almost certainly be using that for the reasons I used to use Twitter - do follow me at @timothyunwin.bsky.app

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

10 months ago

I so love this! At last a use for AI - replacing the fun I have winding up people who try to scam me on phone calls thetimes.com/uk/technology-…

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

10 months ago

Whose interests does COP29 really serve? unfccc.int/cop29

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

10 months ago

World's Best Vineyards top 50 to be announced tomorrow (4th November) at Nyetimber in the UK worldsbestvineyards.com @wbestvineyards @Nyetimber - it will be exciting to see how the list has changed from last year worldsbestvineyards.com/list/1-50

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Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO @GEMReport

10 months ago

Despite efforts to improve access to education, 251M children & youth remain out of school, with only a 1% reduction since 2015. This highlights the urgent need for targeted actions to ensure #EducationForAll. More in the #2024GEMReport: bit.ly/gemreport2024 #LeadforLearning

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

10 months ago

The latest UNESCO GEM report has just been launched unesco.org/gem-report/en/…. As ever, the team led by Manos Antoninis #GEMReport has done a great job in pulling this together. It is an essential read for those interested in school leadership (we should all be!) @ManosAntoninis

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Tim Unwin @TimUnwin

10 months ago

Important issues raised by Jonathan Hall about "toy" drones. Strange to think I wrote about this in 2017 (timunwin.blog/2017/11/29/on-…) with advice on how to take down drones! If only more people had listened and thought about the implications a decade ago! thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…