Bicycles For Development

@Bicycles4Dev

Hub for information about organizations utilizing the bicycle for development (BFD). We are a research team exploring the 'BFD' movement. Check out our website!

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    20 Jun 2019

    “Diversity is just a pretty collection of things that are different, but if you’re not serving those people in a way that improves their quality of life, then you’re not helping.” -

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    13 Jun 2019

    "Cities that have a larger proportion of cyclists tend to have safer roads overall — for pedestrians and drivers, too."

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    3 Jun 2019

    Did you know? The bicycle’s feminist legacy has faded, but modern feminists are fighting for cycling again. v

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    5 Jun 2019

    Excellent experience today co-presenting with Janet - our collaborator from Uganda - on digital & visual PAR @ . She is one of the many crucial pieces of our team. It is such a privilege working with her.

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    3 Jun 2019

    Off to to co-present a paper on our participatory visual & digital research in Uganda! See you in Vancouver!

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    14 May 2019

    As approaches, we’re celebrating bike advocacy across the globe and learning from countries all over the world.

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  7. 7 May 2019

    MA student and BFD researcher discussing all things bikes at the grad research day yesterday!

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    29 Apr 2019

    Great work by at in Dunedin, NZ! Dr. Liv Yoon reflected on the making of -supported ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty’ & drew on his doctoral work on football and/as development in S. Africa & Brazil to propose a reimagining of ‘hope’.

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    26 Apr 2019

    The CfA for the next Symposium has been extended to Thursday 31st May! No excuses now ;) and please remind all the awesome cycling researchers you might know: Join us in Chester this September!

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    23 Apr 2019

    My new article on attitudes to driving & cycling 'Who caused that congestion? Narrating driving and cycling in a changing policy context' (which I'll be presenting at 2019 in Dublin) is now published! Free access

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    15 Apr 2019

    A new study finds drivers pass cyclists about a foot closer when there is a painted bike lane. Some kind of physical protection is needed, say the authors.

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    12 Apr 2019

    "I loved the freedom that it afforded me…a chance to get away from my parents, explore and do my own thing. Little did I know then that I was beginning a lifelong dependency on the freedom and exhilaration that biking brought to me."

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  13. 12 Apr 2019

    Two team members had the pleasure of seeing Dr Patricia Hill Collins speak last night ! What an important and thought-provoking talk delivered with humour and grace.

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    9 Apr 2019

    Cambridge last night passed one of the nation's most progressive bike infrastructure ordinances. It will require the construction of a protected bike lane every time a street undergoes major repair.

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    8 Apr 2019

    Special Issue call for papers on Sport and Livelihoods in co-edited by myself, and . Please share as widely as possible and feel free to contact any of the guest editors for more information!

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    4 Apr 2019

    This bicycle ambulance service in Uganda operates in areas where cars cannot travel.

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    2 Apr 2019

    There's been some pretty depressing discussions around cycling lately, so I had to make this one a bit positive: Should we stop using the word ‘cyclist’?

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    28 Mar 2019

    “Studies have shown that dehumanization is associated with increased antisocial behavior and aggression toward a variety of groups, and that it does so by removing normal inhibitions against harming others."

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    27 Mar 2019

    NEW PAPER: with , if you are interested in sport-for-development, Mandela and the integration of African philosophies into sport-for-development discourse. 50 Free copies available -

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    25 Mar 2019

    Vol 36/Is1 is here! Ft. an open-acc 'For the Sociology of Sport' article by Pirkko Markula, and arts by Brian Wilson/Nicolien VanLuijk; Ken Chaplin/Jeff Montez de Oca; ; Justin Leifso; Kyle Siler; ; Anne Tjonddal; and Maya Maor.

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