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There’s still time to submit to the Brian Barry Prize!
The prize is awarded annually for excellence in political science. The winner receives £1,500 and will be published in @bjpols.bsky.social.
Find out how to apply here: https://bit.ly/3XUKdG1
The prize is awarded annually for excellence in political science. The winner receives £1,500 and will be published in @bjpols.bsky.social.
Find out how to apply here: https://bit.ly/3XUKdG1
Could not knowing how to dance ruin your reputation in Regency Britain? 💃
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @hillaryburlock.bsky.social explores how dance shaped status and identity in the Regency era behind Bridgerton.
Read the full article in The Conversation → bit.ly/4ahgyNi
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @hillaryburlock.bsky.social explores how dance shaped status and identity in the Regency era behind Bridgerton.
Read the full article in The Conversation → bit.ly/4ahgyNi
Bridgerton: why not knowing how to dance could ruin your reputation in Regency Britain
Dancing masters were crucial to transforming girls and boys into ladies and gentlemen.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Could not knowing how to dance ruin your reputation in Regency Britain? 💃
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @hillaryburlock.bsky.social explores how dance shaped status and identity in the Regency era behind Bridgerton.
Read the full article in The Conversation → bit.ly/4ahgyNi
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @hillaryburlock.bsky.social explores how dance shaped status and identity in the Regency era behind Bridgerton.
Read the full article in The Conversation → bit.ly/4ahgyNi
That concludes our live updates from the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference, delivered in partnership with the @royalsociety.org and the National Research Foundation (South Africa).
We will be sharing the outputs from the conference on our website in the coming weeks: https://bit.ly/46kcs5C
We will be sharing the outputs from the conference on our website in the coming weeks: https://bit.ly/46kcs5C
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
That concludes our live updates from the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference, delivered in partnership with the @royalsociety.org and the National Research Foundation (South Africa).
We will be sharing the outputs from the conference on our website in the coming weeks: https://bit.ly/46kcs5C
We will be sharing the outputs from the conference on our website in the coming weeks: https://bit.ly/46kcs5C
Prof Ricardo Oliveira, Professor of the International Politics of Africa, outlines pathways to navigate different funding and governance mechanisms in a Brazil-UK partnership.
#EquitblePartnerships
#EquitblePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Prof Ricardo Oliveira, Professor of the International Politics of Africa, outlines pathways to navigate different funding and governance mechanisms in a Brazil-UK partnership.
#EquitblePartnerships
#EquitblePartnerships
In the '(Re)centering indigenous knowledge for equitable partnerships' workshop, Prof Justine Mukhwana Sikuku shares how engaging with indigenous material culture and their custodians offers a powerful movement away from ‘research on’ to ‘research with’ indigenous peoples. #EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
In the '(Re)centering indigenous knowledge for equitable partnerships' workshop, Prof Justine Mukhwana Sikuku shares how engaging with indigenous material culture and their custodians offers a powerful movement away from ‘research on’ to ‘research with’ indigenous peoples. #EquitablePartnerships
"Equitable partnerships are a systems-design challenge, not a relationship problem. We need to design across agenda equity, governance equity, and benefit equity." - Prof Emmanual Ojo, Deputy Head of the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand. #EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
"Equitable partnerships are a systems-design challenge, not a relationship problem. We need to design across agenda equity, governance equity, and benefit equity." - Prof Emmanual Ojo, Deputy Head of the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand. #EquitablePartnerships
What would happen if global south universities were the agenda setters? We discussed how getting to this point would mean a system redesign in Prof Emmanual Ojo's workshop. (University of the Witwatersrand)
#EquitablePartnerships
#EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
What would happen if global south universities were the agenda setters? We discussed how getting to this point would mean a system redesign in Prof Emmanual Ojo's workshop. (University of the Witwatersrand)
#EquitablePartnerships
#EquitablePartnerships
Prof Mercury Shitindo, Executive Director of the Africa Bioethics Network (ABN), advocates for a model of ethics as shared ownership, with African institutions leading ethical governance rather than just implementing external protocols.
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Prof Mercury Shitindo, Executive Director of the Africa Bioethics Network (ABN), advocates for a model of ethics as shared ownership, with African institutions leading ethical governance rather than just implementing external protocols.
Professor Leon Tickly (FBA) shares a case study of a research-intensive Northern University in one of our morning workshops.
"Research collaborations must actively redress the multiple underlying layers of power imbalances in the production of scientific knowledge."
"Research collaborations must actively redress the multiple underlying layers of power imbalances in the production of scientific knowledge."
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Professor Leon Tickly (FBA) shares a case study of a research-intensive Northern University in one of our morning workshops.
"Research collaborations must actively redress the multiple underlying layers of power imbalances in the production of scientific knowledge."
"Research collaborations must actively redress the multiple underlying layers of power imbalances in the production of scientific knowledge."
'Projects end but networks persist'
"When you are working together as part of a network there is a shared sense of accountability, and in time you will be able to set agendas between countries."- Prof Mercury Shitindo, University of Zaragoza #EquitablePartnerships
"When you are working together as part of a network there is a shared sense of accountability, and in time you will be able to set agendas between countries."- Prof Mercury Shitindo, University of Zaragoza #EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 8:33 AM
'Projects end but networks persist'
"When you are working together as part of a network there is a shared sense of accountability, and in time you will be able to set agendas between countries."- Prof Mercury Shitindo, University of Zaragoza #EquitablePartnerships
"When you are working together as part of a network there is a shared sense of accountability, and in time you will be able to set agendas between countries."- Prof Mercury Shitindo, University of Zaragoza #EquitablePartnerships
As we are building equitable partnerships, you need to optimise strengths of each partner.
"The objectives of partnerships should be to create a product that is the total summation of all the good things that come out of a research exercise.” - Professor Tshilidzi Marwala #EquitablePartnerships
"The objectives of partnerships should be to create a product that is the total summation of all the good things that come out of a research exercise.” - Professor Tshilidzi Marwala #EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
As we are building equitable partnerships, you need to optimise strengths of each partner.
"The objectives of partnerships should be to create a product that is the total summation of all the good things that come out of a research exercise.” - Professor Tshilidzi Marwala #EquitablePartnerships
"The objectives of partnerships should be to create a product that is the total summation of all the good things that come out of a research exercise.” - Professor Tshilidzi Marwala #EquitablePartnerships
"Equitability in partnerships starts before the research begins!" - Prof Vilma Irazola, Director of the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) and the South American Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health., Argentina. #EquitablePartnerships
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
"Equitability in partnerships starts before the research begins!" - Prof Vilma Irazola, Director of the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) and the South American Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health., Argentina. #EquitablePartnerships
The International Fellowships 2026 scheme, run with the @royalsociety.org, supports international early career researchers to undertake a two-year research career with UK partner organisations. Find out more and apply ahead of 11 March deadline: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The International Fellowships 2026 scheme, run with the @royalsociety.org, supports international early career researchers to undertake a two-year research career with UK partner organisations. Find out more and apply ahead of 11 March deadline: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
“It was a place where people felt valued, where their contributions felt praised and recognised.”
@gmthomas.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about his British Academy-funded research, drawing on time spent at a community café partly run by adults with learning disabilities.
@gmthomas.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about his British Academy-funded research, drawing on time spent at a community café partly run by adults with learning disabilities.
February 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
“It was a place where people felt valued, where their contributions felt praised and recognised.”
@gmthomas.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about his British Academy-funded research, drawing on time spent at a community café partly run by adults with learning disabilities.
@gmthomas.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about his British Academy-funded research, drawing on time spent at a community café partly run by adults with learning disabilities.
That concludes our live updates from the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference (for today) in Pretoria, South Africa. https://bit.ly/4toyL4f
Thank you to all speakers and participants for sharing insights and reflections on building better international partnerships. #EquitablePartnerships
Thank you to all speakers and participants for sharing insights and reflections on building better international partnerships. #EquitablePartnerships
Second Conference on Equitable Partnerships 2026
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February 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
That concludes our live updates from the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference (for today) in Pretoria, South Africa. https://bit.ly/4toyL4f
Thank you to all speakers and participants for sharing insights and reflections on building better international partnerships. #EquitablePartnerships
Thank you to all speakers and participants for sharing insights and reflections on building better international partnerships. #EquitablePartnerships
'Travel as research practice'
Prof Jude Robinson shares how unless we invest in hard software and good connectivity for all participants, research partnerships cannot be equitable. #EquitablePartnerships
Prof Jude Robinson shares how unless we invest in hard software and good connectivity for all participants, research partnerships cannot be equitable. #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
'Travel as research practice'
Prof Jude Robinson shares how unless we invest in hard software and good connectivity for all participants, research partnerships cannot be equitable. #EquitablePartnerships
Prof Jude Robinson shares how unless we invest in hard software and good connectivity for all participants, research partnerships cannot be equitable. #EquitablePartnerships
"The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether partnerships are equitable, but whether the system they operate in make equity possible." - Prof Similo Ngwenya #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"The question we should be asking ourselves is not whether partnerships are equitable, but whether the system they operate in make equity possible." - Prof Similo Ngwenya #EquitablePartnerships
Professor Safiatou Doumbo explains how researchers are helping to improve community health and nutrition for thousands of children and mothers through collaboration and capacity building in rural Mali. #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Professor Safiatou Doumbo explains how researchers are helping to improve community health and nutrition for thousands of children and mothers through collaboration and capacity building in rural Mali. #EquitablePartnerships
Science is often funded based on the novelty of an idea, but doing this in isolation can miss out on the importance of the context in which the research will be conducted...leading to limited local ownership, leadership and often reduced impact; we need an integrated approach. #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Science is often funded based on the novelty of an idea, but doing this in isolation can miss out on the importance of the context in which the research will be conducted...leading to limited local ownership, leadership and often reduced impact; we need an integrated approach. #EquitablePartnerships
“We cannot assume, that when researchers from the global north and global south are working together, that there is equity. No - we must be purposeful.” - Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 AM
“We cannot assume, that when researchers from the global north and global south are working together, that there is equity. No - we must be purposeful.” - Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) #EquitablePartnerships
In the 'Sustaining Collaborations through Strategic Networks and Equitable Partnerships' session, Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) shared how every research team must be designed with equity in mind. #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
In the 'Sustaining Collaborations through Strategic Networks and Equitable Partnerships' session, Professor Shadreck Chirikure (FBA) shared how every research team must be designed with equity in mind. #EquitablePartnerships
"It's important to know how we strengthen science diplomacy, how we protect academic freedom, how we engage all regions in knowledge pursuit.... For humanity to progress, science must be truly global and benefit everyone." - Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim FRS
#EquitablePartnerships @royalsociety.org
#EquitablePartnerships @royalsociety.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
"It's important to know how we strengthen science diplomacy, how we protect academic freedom, how we engage all regions in knowledge pursuit.... For humanity to progress, science must be truly global and benefit everyone." - Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim FRS
#EquitablePartnerships @royalsociety.org
#EquitablePartnerships @royalsociety.org
In the Plenary Keynote talk 'Equitable Partnerships in Global Research: From Principles to Practice', Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim FRS speaks on the five global challenges of our time and that we must tackle these as a global community. #EquitablePartnerships
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
In the Plenary Keynote talk 'Equitable Partnerships in Global Research: From Principles to Practice', Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim FRS speaks on the five global challenges of our time and that we must tackle these as a global community. #EquitablePartnerships
We’re live from Pretoria for the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference: https://bit.ly/4rmYoAk
Over the next two mornings, we’ll be sharing insights from across workshops exploring what equitable international research collaboration looks like in practice.
#EquitablePartnerships #ISPF
Over the next two mornings, we’ll be sharing insights from across workshops exploring what equitable international research collaboration looks like in practice.
#EquitablePartnerships #ISPF
Equitable Partnerships in international research collaboration
The British Academy recognises the importance of fostering research partnerships that promote mutual benefit, respect, and fairness. Our work aligns with broader efforts by UK and international resear...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
We’re live from Pretoria for the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference: https://bit.ly/4rmYoAk
Over the next two mornings, we’ll be sharing insights from across workshops exploring what equitable international research collaboration looks like in practice.
#EquitablePartnerships #ISPF
Over the next two mornings, we’ll be sharing insights from across workshops exploring what equitable international research collaboration looks like in practice.
#EquitablePartnerships #ISPF
As we look towards the Munich Security Conference #MSC2026 next week, we find ourselves at a turning point in our international order.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
As we look towards the Munich Security Conference #MSC2026 next week, we find ourselves at a turning point in our international order.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
According to Peace Research Institute Oslo, state-based conflicts in 2024 reached a historic peak since the end of the Second World War.
Amid ongoing debate about the role and future of public service media in the UK, British Academy Fellows Georgina Born and Justin Lewis recently shared insights from their research on Prospect’s Media Confidential podcast.
To learn more, click the link: https://bit.ly/3McSQcK
To learn more, click the link: https://bit.ly/3McSQcK
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Amid ongoing debate about the role and future of public service media in the UK, British Academy Fellows Georgina Born and Justin Lewis recently shared insights from their research on Prospect’s Media Confidential podcast.
To learn more, click the link: https://bit.ly/3McSQcK
To learn more, click the link: https://bit.ly/3McSQcK