Valesca Lima
Assistant professor | Research on Housing, Governance & Citizen Participation
- Reposted by Valesca LimaBrooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
- 'Elon Musk ... He’s an idiot, very wealthy, but he’s still an idiot,” first time I agree with O’Leary on something > www.politico.eu/article/elon...
- Very interesting new paper about the extreme housing precarity and evictions in Dublin's private rental sector by Anushka @radicalhousing.bsky.social 👉 research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/277...
- So if anyone challenge the bloody and violence (32 people died in Ice custody so far) you have to be left-wing activist. Anyone with a minimal notion of right/wrong and respect for life will reject this criminal and racist anti-migration policy
- This Bushman is not funny or cleaver >> I's not performance art. It's just harassment for clicks. There’s a big difference between actual street theatre and this kind of ambush nonsense. Real performers bring something to the city. This is just jump-scares for ad money www.reddit.com/r/Dublin/com...
- Despite all the negative fuss, the EU + Mercosur trade deal was approved. This is a big development as this negotiation took 25 yrs and a it's a big win for Lula, who is seeking reelection. The deal will now need to be ratified by a majority of MEPs tho www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
- What is happening in Venezuela is a fragrant violation of international law. It's about regime change and exploitation of the country's natural resources: www.bbc.com/news/article...
- CfP The Social Movements Research Network of the Council for European Studies invites papers for the conference: 'Precarious Lives: Resistance, Solidarity, and Research during Catastrophes' at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) in 2026 More info: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...
- What a great day 🙌 #BolsonaroNaCadeia #GrandeDia
- Breaking News: Brazil’s top court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison term for a failed plot to stay in power. nyti.ms/3LSSs2S
- “We don’t want them to grow on that fear. It is not right.” >> Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
- 'The idea that X (Twitter) is some kind of counterpoint to consensus or a place for any kind of useful discourse or a spot to hang out in which is to be challenged healthily, is a complete nonsense' via @unamullally.bsky.social That's why we are leavin X en masse www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- When the Headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is. 👇👇👇 msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...
- Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration 'For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’, It just wants to point and shout, “Over there! Don’t look at us! Look at them!' >> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- Fire at Drogheda Ipas centre was ‘started deliberately’ The minister of justice comments made it ‘seem like an accident. It’s very important that the people in that position give the correct information’ Khmabule said. jrnl.ie/6862570
- I took part in this interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social and it was great to speak the new research on challenges of residential licensees in Ireland The full report can be read here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
- On the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..
- Reposted by Valesca LimaOn the show today: @valescal.bsky.social on unprotected renters; What do horror films tell us?; @mhallsworth.bsky.social on hypocrisy; Dating markets; The autism myth; World news; Translating Plato..
- The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's activist Maria Corina Machado, 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaCall for the 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies @fluchtforschung.bsky.social : "Eroding Solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection, and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order", September 28 – 30, 2026 | University of Hildesheim | Germany www.uni-hildesheim.de/en/zbi/nwff2...
- Today I launched with Threshold Charity a new report on Ireland’s Residential Licence Sector — a hidden part of the rental market 🟠 Licencees = renters without RTA protections 🟠 Vulnerable to eviction with little/no notice 🟠 No deposit protection Full report here: threshold.ie/wp-content/u...
- Extreme deregulation of the energy sector means electricity companies can increase prices as much as they want. Ireland’s free-market approach to energy companies is clearly not working: prices are going up and not down and there’s no real competition www.dublininquirer.com/as-profitabl...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima📢 The International Review of Public Policy is now on Bluesky! A huge thank you to our editors, authors, reviewers, and the IPPA community for helping IRPP grow. 🌏All our issues are available online in open access: bit.ly/3VS9iQW We’d love to connect with fellow #PublicPolicy scholars — join us!
- UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, becoming the latest in a growing group of experts, scholars, states and NGOs to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing the crime of crimes jrnl.ie/6818101
- 'Somewhere along the way, the real human needs of home, family, and community, and the government imperatives of sustainable development and value for money have been lost to the unreal demands of real estate' www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- Brilliant news: Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup. Sentence to be decide by the STF soon “Grande dia! 👍” www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaIf you have a platform, use it to speak for those whose voices are not heard. Society is a better place when we stand up to be counted. It is heartening, in these days of wall-to-wall televised breathlessness for the politics of hate, to see ordinary folk voting for inclusion #GaryLineker
- Every year I see several of my students making HUGE efforts to attend lecture and university events, commuting long distance at least 4 days a week. It is so unfair to anyone in this situation The student housing needs to be addressed properly www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaI want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
- Constraints in the construction labour market significantly impact Ireland’s ability to meet housing demand targets. Policymakers can ease these through targeted measures aimed at increasing the construction workforce and adding to the existing housing stock www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parli...
- No one likes to live in arrangements like this, but vulnerable tenants are often unaware of their rights and lack of options so they are easily coerced into stressful and precarious situations. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous... #housing #Ireland #eviction
- "The destruction of Gaza is Israeli policy" @irishtimes.com : Slaughtered journalists, medics and starving children will not sway public opinion here in Israel 👉 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social. 💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations. 👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y
- Why are bosses turning against remote work? Short answer: it’s easier to control, monitor and perhaps exploit workers in the physical office The Explainer - @thejournal.ie 👉 www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
- The UN Statistics Division published the annual 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development report - According to the section about Goal #11 More than 1 billion individuals live in slums or informal settlements, experiencing homelessness & lacking basic services 👉 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima‘Revenge is not a policy’: dissenting Israeli voices begin to penetrate silence over Gaza
- On predatory academic journals and conferences patthomson.net/2025/07/16/o... via @patthomson Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences (Full Report in English): www.interacademies.org/sites/defaul...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaCongratulations to SHINE's Dr @valescal.bsky.social for this feature at the Housing Agency's Spotlight on Housing Research. More info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/housin...
- I was reading this new report on housing, political parties & the far right in Ireland It brings together some things already known about the anti-migration rhetoric fueling racism, but it's interesting to see the analysis of how political parties have responded to it 👉 www.ui.se/globalassets...
- It makes an analysis on how Independent Ireland & independents benefited by leveraging the housing-immigration link due to less party discipline seems in other parties and on how future far-right growth depends on addressing econ / housing grievances & avoiding nativism
- Announcing the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/07/09/a...
- Woman left ‘shaken’ and ‘in tears’ after alleged racist incident on Bus Éireann bus Bus Éireann says it is taking the complaint ‘very seriously’ and has launched an investigation - let's see what will come out of this www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
- Israeli newspaper's reveals IDF' shoot-to-kill policy in Gaza - Investigation by left-leaning 'Haaretz' journalists revealed both soldiers and army officers were, in their words, 'ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza' www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima🚨 Exciting news! The SHINE project’s extended abstract about IAQ in Irish social housing is now published in the Data for Policy 2025 Conference book! The conference was held at Leiden University in The Hague on June 12-13. Read more about it here (pp. 104-107): zenodo.org/records/1573... 📚✨
- If those split deals or similar practices are common, then the officially reported housing prices might indeed be lower than the true prices buyers are actually paying www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
- New Irish housing legislation wants to tackle a problem that doesn't exist. No evidence of social housing going to those without rights, and existing policy already covers this (Cir.41). This risks worsening homelessness and distracts from real issues www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima📢📢 I'm recruiting for my project “Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration-Development Nexus” here in DCU. Both positions are four years, from September. Postdoc (Brazilian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 9th June www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... PhD (Indian diaspora focus): ⏱️ 12th June www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
- From less than a dozen marchers to tens of thousands: A history of Dublin Pride jrnl.ie/6742433 #DublinPride #PrideWeek
- Just published #OpenAccess: "Knowledge production and learning in housing struggles" I examine how knowledge is produced and learned within housing struggles, particularly how non-housing issues spill over into housing movements. Full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s435...
- Fintan O'Toole: Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaJust a reminder that tomorrow's (Wed 25th, 1 pm) webinar is with Germany's leading expert on the PRS Prof Stefan Kofner. He'll take a critical look at Germany's reference rent system, especially topical in Ireland right now 👉 Register now: xn--ucdhttps-2m3d//lnkd.in/dcx...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima"Green Social Housing: Lessons from Vienna" a report by Daniel Aldana Cohen, Aaryaman “Sunny” Singhal, Ruthy Gourevitch and Gianpaolo Baiocchi. climateandcommunity.org/research/vie... #urban #sociology
- Reposted by Valesca LimaIn this week's post CATU look at the nature of evictions in Ireland using RTB dispute data. Great example of activist research @valescal.bsky.social @javigil.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/eviction-n...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaIssue 7.1 is live! 🥁 "Housing disputes, struggles, art and resistance in a time of violence" edited by Camila Cociña, @elaraks.bsky.social Melissa García-Lamarca & Solange Muñoz radicalhousingjournal.org/issue/issue-... #housingstruggles #tenants #transnationalsolidarity #vacancy #resistance
- Of course, the moment Ireland gets good weather, my hay fever decides to go full Godzilla The irony is absolutely brutal 😭
- ‘This is about how we as a community stand together & resist the injustice that’s happening. Hard-working ppl, & members of our family & our community are being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice’ www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaDr Valesca Lima @valescal.bsky.social received the #DCUPresidentAward for Research this year, in the ‘Early Career Researcher’ category, in recognition of her research and work on housing policy and participatory governance. #DCUResearch
- Reposted by Valesca Lima#DCUPresidentAwards Profile: Dr Valesca Lima @valescal.bsky.social is an Assistant Professor of Politics at DCU. Dr Lima researches policymaking and governance with three main areas of interest: citizen participation, housing policy, and social mobilisation. #DCUResearch
- Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don't exist "Chicago Sun-Times confirmed AI was used to generate list of real authors but fake books" www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
- We are presenting on Friday 6th June in the International Social Housing Festival in Dublin The seminar will focus on our approach to environmental sensors in social housing, to analyse the factors affecting residents' well-being and improve their ability to withstand climate challenges #ISFH2025
- Join SHINE at the International Social Housing Festival 2025 from June 4-6 at The Convention Centre Dublin! Don’t miss Dr @valescal.bsky.social's seminar on June 6, titled "Building Resilience Through Enhancing Housing Maintenance." Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there! #ISHF2025
- My latest for the PublicPolicy.ie at @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social on housing policy actions to address discrimination against migrants in Ireland. I propose an human rights-based policy recommendations to enhance the housing experiences for everyone living in Ireland.
- New on PublicPolicy.ie: @valescal.bsky.social (DCU) examines housing discrimination in Ireland’s rental market & offers rights-based policy solutions to improve migrant integration. 🔗: publicpolicy.ie/housing/hous... #Housing #Discrimination #MigrantIntegration
- Reposted by Valesca LimaSort of seems like it's not regrettable to you at all if you don't think the officer ought to regret that "just doing his job" means locking a person up arbitrarily and wrongly in a private detention center.
- Reposted by Valesca LimaNew on PublicPolicy.ie: @valescal.bsky.social (DCU) examines housing discrimination in Ireland’s rental market & offers rights-based policy solutions to improve migrant integration. 🔗: publicpolicy.ie/housing/hous... #Housing #Discrimination #MigrantIntegration
- Good to know the government has funding for US talent. But how about addressing job precarity and the university funding gap too in Irish HEIs too? >> State in bid to lure from US top researchers and academics disillusioned by Trump www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
- Uruguay's ex-president Mujica dead at 89 The most sincere eulogy so far [El País España] 👇 elpais.com/america/2025...
- Reposted by Valesca Lima2nd part of series on housing and anti-immigration politics is free to access now. Looks at the 'resource scarcity' theory, the housing experiences of migrants in Ireland, and how to counter anti-immigrant arguments @valescal.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/housing-an...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaRhasidat Adeleke takes second spot in Diamond League 200m with storming finish
- Reposted by Valesca LimaWhat is the ‘woke’ agenda. Could supposedly serious journalists please stop using this ridiculous phrase. Woke in its essence means concern about equality and social justice - I would think many centrists share some of those concerns. Yes I am 👀 at you @irishtimes.com #speirgorm
- Earlier this week I presented my recent research on migrant housing at the Housing Studies Association 2025 Annual Conference that took place in Sheffield It was great to meet old (and a lot of new!) colleagues with a keen interests in a wide range housing issues. Looking forward to the next one!
- Reposted by Valesca LimaGreat way to spend May Day (evening). The first of Rundale's public conversations with Phil Lawton + Lois Kapila of @dublininquirer.com. 'Unpacking Urbanist Fantasies, Memes, and Power Plays in Dublin and Beyond'.
- Great point by Una Mullally @irishtimes.com here: new buildings are ugly, poorly designed and have v little storage but we are not allowed to complain. Despite the Jack Chamber's opinion, design justice is a thing and should be taken seriously www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaDCU, Ireland’s first formally designated University of Sanctuary, has announced five new scholarships for postgraduate taught Master’s for refugees and international protection applicants who are not eligible for state support. Find out more here: launch.dcu.ie/42JvTDx
- Delighted to receive the DCU Award for Early Career Researcher of the Year 2025 yesterday at The Helix. Such a happy day. Thanks to all friends and colleagues who came along to the ceremony and also to the one who have been a great source of support over the years!
- The #DCUPresidentAwards for Research recognise researchers with sustained contributions in their field, those making impact early in their careers, as well as those making significant impact beyond academia. You can read about the award recipients here: launch.dcu.ie/42b3NRz @dcuresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Valesca Lima🎉 Congratulations, Dr @valescal.bsky.social, for being awarded 2025's Early Career Researcher at the prestigious #DCUPresidentAwards for Research. Your passion for policy & citizen participation research is recognised and will remain a vital asset in impactful housing & policy governance projects!
- The #DCUPresidentAwards for Research recognise researchers with sustained contributions in their field, those making impact early in their careers, as well as those making significant impact beyond academia. You can read about the award recipients here: launch.dcu.ie/42b3NRz @dcuresearch.bsky.social
- Call for visiting researchers (up to 10 months) at MSH Val de Loire in France, with focus on cities and urban studies Application deadline: 30 April 2025 www.lestudium-ias.com/programmes/m...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaSCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data. Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
- Reposted by Valesca LimaAcross the world, innovative housing solutions are tackling gentrification, homelessness, and the affordability crises. Join us for this series of impact-driven workshops showcasing real-world models that put people and communities first. Find out more 📆 bit.ly/HomelessnessandAffordability
- Just found out about the *Rate the Landlord Ireland* So many bad review & horrifying rental stories. Corporate landlords are that good w/ maintenance as they say.. More rental regulations are needed, particularly for licensees See this: ratethelandlord.org/reviews?coun...
- "De que Políticas de Habitação precisamos?” [What Housing Policies Do We Need?] By Rede H – Rede Nacional de Estudos sobre Habitação, Published on Expresso newspaper, 27/03/2025, Lisboa www.researchgate.net/publication/...
