From Lejla Somun - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bob Deacon and Paul Stubbs came to Sarajevo in autumn of 1996, to participate in one of the training programmes intended for the capacity...
From Moussa Abufiras - Lebanon
Dear friends It is with great sorrow that we received the news of the passing away of Bob Deacon may his soul rest in peace. On behalf...
From Debora Price - Manchester, UK
I was very saddened to hear of Bob Deacon’s passing. I never met him, but his books and writings have been an enormous influence on my...
From Paul Stubbs - Zagreb, Croatia
Bob was, for nigh on 25 years, my mentor, collaborator, confidant, and friend. His articulations of radical social policy, on the...
From James Canonge - Geneva, Switzerland
It is with incredible sadness that I learn of Bob Deacon’s passing. I had the fortune of knowing Bob as a critical and persuasive...
From Tuba Agartan - Providence, USA
Bob’s work on social policy is one of the reasons why I chose to work on welfare states and global social policy as a doctoral student...
From Sir Richard Jolly - Sussex, UK
Dear Isabel, Thanks for informing me and many others of this sad news - and for writing so movingly about Bob's commitments and...
From Anita Kelles-Viitanen - Rome, Italy
So sorry to hear about this. I met him a few times and I was always impressed on his ideas with which he challenged all of us. My...
From John Galtung - Oslo, Norway
How terribly sad--there are not many like him, we can badly afford to lose a single one! The best way to honor him for others to try to...
From Meri Koivusalo - Helsinki, Finland
It is with great sadness I have learned that Bob Deacon has died. He was my boss, colleague and friend as part of the Globalism and...
