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Philip Cross (talk | contribs) direct quotations are usually frowned upon by WP editors, the passage was summarised which is the preference (synonyms are often rmvd, even though my own use of "mocked" here is really silent plagiarism), but I should have identified openDemocracy; "according" is another of those repetitive NPOV words which are used & (joke!) to hide my "political agenda" |
this is all completely overheated; if it's all he is known for, we're headed for BLP1E; if it is to be included, it will be worded responsibly and added via consensus |
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'''Tim Hayward''' (born 1955) is professor of environmental political theory at [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh University]] and director of the university's Just World Institute.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/people/academic_staff/hayward_tim|title=Tim Hayward|work=Politics & International Relations (PIR), University of Edinburgh|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> |
'''Tim Hayward''' (born 1955) is professor of environmental political theory at [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh University]] and director of the university's Just World Institute.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/people/academic_staff/hayward_tim|title=Tim Hayward|work=Politics & International Relations (PIR), University of Edinburgh|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> |
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With Professor [[Piers Robinson]] of [[University of Sheffield|Sheffield University]], he is a member of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media.<ref name="York190418">{{cite news|last=York|first=Chris|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-academics-pro-assad-conspiracy-theories-about-syria_uk_5aa51ea7e4b01b9b0a3c4b10|title='Whitewashing War Crimes': How UK Academics Promote Pro-Assad Conspiracy Theories About Syria|work=HuffPost|date=19 April 2018|accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, ''The Times'' alleged that the group of spreading "disinformation" favouring the line of the government of [[Bashar al-Assad]] in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref name="Keate1">{{cite news|last1=Keate|first1=Georgie|last2=Kennedy|first2=Dominic|last3=Shveda|first3=Krystina|last4=Haynes|first4=Deborah|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/apologists-for-assad-working-in-british-universities-2f72hw29m|title=Apologists for Assad working in British universities|work=The Times|date=14 April 2018|accessdate=19 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Dr Idrees Ahmad of [[University of Stirling|Stirling University]] has described Professor Hayward as being "an eccentric best known for his disgraceful conspiracy theories aimed at exonerating Syria’s murderous regime".<ref name="Keate2">{{cite news|last1=Keate|first1=Georgie|last2=Blanchard|first2=Sam|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professors-shut-down-debate-over-assad-s-chemical-attacks-n899fjdkm|title='To say Douma attack was staged is to enter an Orwellian world'|work=The Times|date=14 April 2018|accessdate=19 April 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> "I do not accept that I am spreading any 'disinformation'", Hayward told ''The Times''.<ref name="Keate1"/> |
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On his own blog, Hayward wrote: “Whoever devised the smear campaign perhaps underestimated the public’s instincts of fairness and its appetite for truth... By coordinating their concerted smear campaign, those with centralised power over information have literally revealed what they don’t want revealed".<ref>{{cite news|last=York|first=Chris|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tim-hayward-piers-robinson_uk_5aded629e4b0df502a4ee7ef?mbp|title=Pro-Assad Academics Blame Criticism On Conspiracy|work=HuffPost|date=24 April 2018|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> Along with Robinson, Hayward has spoken on platforms with bloggers [[Vanessa Beeley]] and [[Eva Bartlett]], as well as [[Peter Ford (diplomat)|Peter Ford]], a former British diplomat, all regularly accused of rejecting accounts of, or minimising, atrocities committed by the Assad government.<ref name="York190418"/> |
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According to Ahmad in an article for [[openDemocracy]], Hayward "mocked the survivors of the April 2017 chemical attack", referring to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]] on 4 April 2017, and "later deleted the Tweet after it was quoted in the Times story" in April 2018.<ref name="Ahmad">{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Muhammad Idrees|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/muhammad-idrees-ahmad/syria-on-academic-freedom-and-responsibility|title=Syria: on academic freedom and responsibility|work=openDemocracy|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> He was due to speak at an events at [[Leeds City Museum]] entitled "Media on Trial" on 27 May 2018, with Beeley, Ford and Robinson among the other speakers. It was cancelled by the local authority on 3 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Palma|first=Bethania|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/05/02/assad-supporters-plan-put-media-trial-journalism-syria/|title=Assad Supporters Plan to Put the ‘Media on Trial’ for Doing Journalism in Syria|work=Snopes|date=3 May 2018|accessdate=3 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=York|first=Chris|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/media-on-trial-leeds-cancel-syria_uk_5aeafb68e4b00f70f0efda75?27b|title=Controversial Event Featuring Pro-Assad Speakers Cancelled By Leeds Council|work=HuffPost|date=3 May 2018|accessdate=3 May 2018}}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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Template:Distinguish2 Tim Hayward (born 1955) is professor of environmental political theory at Edinburgh University and director of the university's Just World Institute.[1]
Selected publications
- Ecological Thought: An Introduction (Polity Press, 1995)
- Political Theory and Ecological Values (Polity Press, 1998)
- Constitutional Environmental Rights (Oxford University Press, 2005)
- "How We Were Misled about Syria: The role of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF)". (2016)
- Human Rights and the Environment, edited, 4 Vols, (Routledge, 2017)
References
- ^ "Tim Hayward". Politics & International Relations (PIR), University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
External links
- Professor Tim Hayward's blog
- Professor Hayward's University of Edinburgh Academic page
- Tim Hayward - Global Justice Centers and Global Poverty Impact - YouTube video
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