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Through a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship @iap.fr, Lisa Mickel aims to bridge the gap between quantum gravitational theories and cosmological observations through a truncated theory of quantum gravity #womeninscienceday

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Cosmic bounces from quantum gravity
Lisa Mickel’s project aims to bridge the gap between quantum gravitational theories and cosmological observations through a truncated theory of quantum gravity
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February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This #WomeninScienceDay, hear from physicist @vignolinilab.bsky.social, volcanologist Tamsin Mather and cosmologist @jdunkley.bsky.social, all former Philip Leverhulme Prize winners, as they reflect on their careers. Learn more here: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/expe...
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @claregs.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social on how investing in networks and seeking connections can set you up for success.

Tune into episode 3 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR on networking and mentors in academia.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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This Friday, Prof Ian Mell explores how green infrastructure has become mainstream in policy & practice, drawing on research from the UK to examine how scale, time & the politics of place shape the quality & impact of urban green infrastructure Online/in-person oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Yves Zinngrebe's talk on how scientific insights spark real transformative change for biodiversity & nature conservation is now live. He shares insights from his work on the @ipbes.net global assessment on transformative change.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and heritage scientist, Dr Amelia Suzuki, is undertaking novel work at Nottingham Trent University to study pigment degradation in historical wall paintings.

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Early Career Fellowship – Amelia Suzuki
Using a series of advanced spectroscopic and diffraction techniques, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Amelia Suzuki, investigates the intricate interactions between pigments and their surroundings
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February 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Event: If museum objects could talk, what questions would you ask them? Join us for this interactive event at the Polar Museum on Saturday 28 February. More info:
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AI in the Museum
If museum objects could talk, what questions would you ask them?
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February 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Our realization of the free scalar conformal field theory in 3D has just come out in @physrevlett.bsky.social
Thanks to our PhD student Joe Taylor and collaborator Ruihua Fan for this nice work. @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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🌳Does the answer to tomorrow’s question lie in the past? In today's lecture Keith Kirby draws on long-term research at Wytham Woods to show why understanding ecological change requires decades of data. Register to join online or inperson: oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com @ecioxford.bsky.social
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February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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#ICYMI: Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) returned to Arts Matter to tell us about a fascinating late Cold War encounter between Western queer individuals and the Soviet Union

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February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Our partners @uoy-sociology.bsky.social in Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life have a PhD studentship available for Prof Dave Beer’s cluster on “data” @leverhulmecal.bsky.social Please see here for more details & apply www.york.ac.uk/sociology/st...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life PhD scholarship - Department of Sociology, University of York
The Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life’s data cluster, led by Prof. David Beer, is offering a PhD scholarship in the Department of Sociology. The successful applicant will be working on a project ...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Next episode is up of our podcast ‘Edges of Extinction’! Aptly titled ‘Killer Language’… @katatrepsis.bsky.social and @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social speak to Diane Nelson about language extinction, what it means for a language to die, and how this happens.

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Edges of Extinction Episode 2: The Killer Language | Extinction Studies at Leeds
Sicily Fiennes and Chris Hassall talk to Diane Nelson about language extinction, what it means for a language to die, and how this happens. The discussion follows on from Episode 1.   Podcast logo by ...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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From forests to reefs, biodiversity underpins the health & functioning of ecosystems, yet measuring biodiversity is not an easy task. Victoria's PhD research will compare different approaches & examine how they shape our interpretation of biodiversity trends. #IPBES12

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Understanding the complexities of biodiversity change
From forests to coral reefs, biodiversity underpins the health and functioning of ecosystems worldwide.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Save the dates (12-13 March 2026) for the 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' Conference at Warwick, with a fantastic line of speakers: Henrike Moll, Richard Gipps @drgipps.bsky.social, Matthew Boyle, Lucy O’Brien @lucyobrien.bsky.social, Naomi Eilan, Johannes Roessler, and Eliza Little.
Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity
Everyone is invited to a two-day interdisciplinary conference on 'Self-Awareness and Intersubjectivity' in Philosophy Fortnight, with a fantastic line of speakers. Date: 12 March 2026, 1pm - Late aft...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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📢 In Case You Missed It! 📢

Our new blog post reports on project Creative Fellow Chris Hoban's recent sold out gig at Topsham Folk Club, where he and the excellently-named band 'The Executors' performed music inspired by our wills 📜

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'What a brilliant night! Wills: dry, formal, boring? This was story telling at its best: intriguing, engaging, human!’

In this new blog post, find out what happened when Chris Hoban and his band, The Executors, played to a packed house in Topsham

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#EarlyModern 🗃️
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Extremely honored and happy to have it. Looking forward to starting the project! More to follow …
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If you are applying for a 2026 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, there are only two weeks left to submit your application. Deadline 19 February 2026. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Dr Katherine Davey, conducts new research @manmetuni.bsky.social offering the first national picture of how inequalities emerge for academically successful working-class women. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/kdavey
Degrees of opportunity? Working-class women’s lives beyond the elite university
Employing innovatively creative methods, Katherine Davey’s research interrogates the nuanced relationship between social class and gender, offering the first national picture of how inequalities emerg...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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❗Job vacancy: we're looking for an experienced office administrator to support our academic and professional staff. Apply by 1 March here:
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Office Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term)
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), with the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH), is a highly interdisciplinary research centre working on many of the most pressing
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February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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A new study reveals key challenges & recommends solutions for protecting biodiversity within oil palm landscapes.

Corporate commitments to biodiversity protection are difficult to achieve; linking scientific guidance with local knowledge is key to success.

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#IPBES12
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Research funding news! Our very own Prof Naomi Sykes will be spending the next three years working on a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, providing important context on the value of archaeological archives. More details here: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
New research fellowship seeking to address the UK’s ‘crisis’ of archaeological curation
A leading authority on the interaction between animals, humans and the environment through history has been awarded a prestigious national fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, focusing on the crisis ...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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📢 Congratulations to Honorary Fellow Professor Surya P. Subedi OBE KC, who was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Oj2R50Y8F1Y

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February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Tune into episode 1 of Edges of Extinction, a new eight-episode podcast by @extinctionleeds.bsky.social, where scholars from different disciplines talk to each other about different kinds of extinction. @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social @katatrepsis.bsky.social @jdroberts.bsky.social
A Wonkier World
In this first episode of the Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Programme podcast series ‘Edges of Extinction’, Sicily Fiennes and Diane Nelson talk to Chris Hassall about insect extinctions, what t...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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13.02: Embracing the Change. Prof Ian Mell explores how green infrastructure has become mainstream in policy & practice, drawing on research from the UK to examine how scale, time & the politics of place shape the quality & impact of urban green infrastructure. oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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I am super grateful and happy to share with you what the incredible @mariaressa.bsky.social has to say about #PROPHECY:

“Oxford philosopher Carissa Veliz traces the invisible forces that are insidiously manipulating us, stealing our data—and our agency. 1/
January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM