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What a way to finish off the year! I am delighted and privileged to share that I have accepted a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for my project titled “Geographies of Example: Finding the example within the exception and beyond” (GeoEx).
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What a way to finish off the year! I am delighted and privileged to share that I have accepted a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for my project titled “Geographies of Example: Finding the example within the exception and beyond” (GeoEx).
To coincide with the publication of his Leverhulme-funded book, @mjewitt.bsky.social is curating an associated film season at the ICA in London, which runs from November 2025 to June 2026: ica.art/films/jean-l...
ICA | Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To coincide with the publication of his Leverhulme-funded book, @mjewitt.bsky.social is curating an associated film season at the ICA in London, which runs from November 2025 to June 2026: ica.art/films/jean-l...
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🎄CHRISTMAS BLOG POST!🎄
A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc:
Mr 🎅
Christopher 🍮
❄️ Green
Thomas 🦃
Theophilia 🛷
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📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social
A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc:
Mr 🎅
Christopher 🍮
❄️ Green
Thomas 🦃
Theophilia 🛷
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🎄CHRISTMAS BLOG POST!🎄
A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc:
Mr 🎅
Christopher 🍮
❄️ Green
Thomas 🦃
Theophilia 🛷
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social
A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc:
Mr 🎅
Christopher 🍮
❄️ Green
Thomas 🦃
Theophilia 🛷
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social
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Join our next virtual study tour & hear from the Director of the Leverhulme Trust, Professor Anna Vignoles, who will provide an overview of the Trust’s funding strategy & a detailed account of some of the major schemes on offer
📅 5 February 2026
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📅 5 February 2026
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December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join our next virtual study tour & hear from the Director of the Leverhulme Trust, Professor Anna Vignoles, who will provide an overview of the Trust’s funding strategy & a detailed account of some of the major schemes on offer
📅 5 February 2026
Info 👇
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📅 5 February 2026
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A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out!
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
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I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Prison reform from below: London, c.1780–1830*
Abstract. This article explores the history of the English prison reform movement from ‘below’ – that is, from the perspective of prison inmates. By highli
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December 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out!
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
In this episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fancyhistorian.bsky.social, explores romance through the pages of Pride and Prejudice
🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/roma...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In this episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fancyhistorian.bsky.social, explores romance through the pages of Pride and Prejudice
🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/roma...
🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/roma...
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I’m delighted to share that my new article is now available in Psychology of Music (SAGE) Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship and supported by @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#Synaesthesia
#Musicscience
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#Synaesthesia
#Musicscience
Seeing sound, shaping stories: The role of ideasthesia and event segmentation in musically evoked narratives - Caroline Curwen, 2025
Musically evoked narrative imaginings (MENI) are mental stories that listeners construct in response to shifts in musical features such as dynamics, tempo, and ...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’m delighted to share that my new article is now available in Psychology of Music (SAGE) Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship and supported by @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#Synaesthesia
#Musicscience
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#Synaesthesia
#Musicscience
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📢 NOW LIVE: December's 'Will of the Month' post! 📢
Read on to find out about the life of a Ragusan merchant who found himself in Stuart London, sick of 'the Disease of the Stone' 👇
He left bequests of: 1 parrot 🦜, 300 pairs of stockings 🧦, & 360 jars of wine 🍾
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Read on to find out about the life of a Ragusan merchant who found himself in Stuart London, sick of 'the Disease of the Stone' 👇
He left bequests of: 1 parrot 🦜, 300 pairs of stockings 🧦, & 360 jars of wine 🍾
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢 NOW LIVE: December's 'Will of the Month' post! 📢
Read on to find out about the life of a Ragusan merchant who found himself in Stuart London, sick of 'the Disease of the Stone' 👇
He left bequests of: 1 parrot 🦜, 300 pairs of stockings 🧦, & 360 jars of wine 🍾
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
Read on to find out about the life of a Ragusan merchant who found himself in Stuart London, sick of 'the Disease of the Stone' 👇
He left bequests of: 1 parrot 🦜, 300 pairs of stockings 🧦, & 360 jars of wine 🍾
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
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My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
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The project team are very grateful to Alison for agreeing to write this blog & supporting the project in her role as member of the Advisory Board. Pictured above, are Alison & project investigator Carl Griffin in the archives in Inveraray.
Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS
@leverhulme.ac.uk
Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS
@leverhulme.ac.uk
Landscapes of Protest - Resistance to 'improvement' in the Highlands and Islands
Resistance to 'improvement' in the Highlands and Islands
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December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The project team are very grateful to Alison for agreeing to write this blog & supporting the project in her role as member of the Advisory Board. Pictured above, are Alison & project investigator Carl Griffin in the archives in Inveraray.
Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS
@leverhulme.ac.uk
Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS
@leverhulme.ac.uk
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In the latest entry from the Landscapes of Protest blog series, the archivist for Argyll Estate Archives, Alison Diamond, reflects on a curious document dated 1768 mentioning 'luddite encroachments' in Campbeltown harbour...Or were there?
Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L
@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L
@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the latest entry from the Landscapes of Protest blog series, the archivist for Argyll Estate Archives, Alison Diamond, reflects on a curious document dated 1768 mentioning 'luddite encroachments' in Campbeltown harbour...Or were there?
Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L
@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L
@juliettedesportes.bsky.social
Can studying the past really prepare you for shaping public debate or navigating complex global issues? In this @soashistory.bsky.social podcast, Prof Phil Clark shares what history students can bring to the table. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/pcla...
Where history can take you: Professor Phil Clark’s journey from the classroom to international media
Where can a history degree take you? Can studying the past really prepare you for shaping public debate or navigating complex global issues? In this SOAS History Blog Podcast, Dr Ellan A. Lincoln-Hyde...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Can studying the past really prepare you for shaping public debate or navigating complex global issues? In this @soashistory.bsky.social podcast, Prof Phil Clark shares what history students can bring to the table. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/pcla...
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I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
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What's the problem with AI images tools?
AI excels when fed perfect data, but falters in the real world.
Discover where deep learning hits its limits and why timeless math holds the key to robust, universal imaging.
With Professor Carola Schönlieb
@leverhulme.ac.uk ; @plusmaths.bsky.social
AI excels when fed perfect data, but falters in the real world.
Discover where deep learning hits its limits and why timeless math holds the key to robust, universal imaging.
With Professor Carola Schönlieb
@leverhulme.ac.uk ; @plusmaths.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What's the problem with AI images tools?
AI excels when fed perfect data, but falters in the real world.
Discover where deep learning hits its limits and why timeless math holds the key to robust, universal imaging.
With Professor Carola Schönlieb
@leverhulme.ac.uk ; @plusmaths.bsky.social
AI excels when fed perfect data, but falters in the real world.
Discover where deep learning hits its limits and why timeless math holds the key to robust, universal imaging.
With Professor Carola Schönlieb
@leverhulme.ac.uk ; @plusmaths.bsky.social
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New paper alert! Sulfur isotopes evidence Late Pleistocene faunal spatial ecology - 100s of data points, years of combined research effort, and an isotope-zooarch-zooms collab. Congrats to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social who led this to fruition!
@ukri.org @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
@ukri.org @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Redirecting
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December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New paper alert! Sulfur isotopes evidence Late Pleistocene faunal spatial ecology - 100s of data points, years of combined research effort, and an isotope-zooarch-zooms collab. Congrats to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social who led this to fruition!
@ukri.org @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
@ukri.org @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
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What makes a postdoctoral position different when it’s a Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life junior or senior fellow position? You will be working together with a vibrant community of interdisciplinary researchers, each of them curious about the world-making capacities of AI. Ask us a question…
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What makes a postdoctoral position different when it’s a Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life junior or senior fellow position? You will be working together with a vibrant community of interdisciplinary researchers, each of them curious about the world-making capacities of AI. Ask us a question…
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Catch up on our sold out lecture with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social.
Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...
Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...
LCAB Christmas Lecture - Just Earth by Tony Juniper
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
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December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Catch up on our sold out lecture with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social.
Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...
Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...
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🚨 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
PhD What's around the corner? How expectations affect visual scene processing (MALCOLMG_U25PSYLEVERHULME) 2025/26 | UEA
PhD What's around the corner? How expectations affect visual scene processing (MALCOLMG_U25PSYLEVERHULME) 2025/26 | UEA
www.uea.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
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Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.
Working with an interdisciplinary team, @umartin.bsky.social asks if AI will change the nature of mathematics.
Like Prof Martin, if you are considering applying for the Trust's Emeritus Fellowships, visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Closing date: 29 January, 2026
Like Prof Martin, if you are considering applying for the Trust's Emeritus Fellowships, visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Closing date: 29 January, 2026
Bringing artificial intelligence to mathematical practice
Working with an interdisciplinary team, Ursula Martin asks whether AI will change the nature of mathematics itself
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, @umartin.bsky.social asks if AI will change the nature of mathematics.
Like Prof Martin, if you are considering applying for the Trust's Emeritus Fellowships, visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Closing date: 29 January, 2026
Like Prof Martin, if you are considering applying for the Trust's Emeritus Fellowships, visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Closing date: 29 January, 2026
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🎅December Will of the Month!🎅
This merchant from the Republic of Ragusa made reference to the altarpiece he commissioned ✝️ 300 silk stockings🧦400 pairs of stirrups🐴, and a parrot 🦜.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
This merchant from the Republic of Ragusa made reference to the altarpiece he commissioned ✝️ 300 silk stockings🧦400 pairs of stirrups🐴, and a parrot 🦜.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
Will of the Month: A merchant of Ragusa and 300 pairs of stockings
When selecting previous wills to feature in our monthly series, we browsed testator metadata, looking for particular names or locations, or filtering by occupational, social, and marital status. All o...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎅December Will of the Month!🎅
This merchant from the Republic of Ragusa made reference to the altarpiece he commissioned ✝️ 300 silk stockings🧦400 pairs of stirrups🐴, and a parrot 🦜.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
This merchant from the Republic of Ragusa made reference to the altarpiece he commissioned ✝️ 300 silk stockings🧦400 pairs of stirrups🐴, and a parrot 🦜.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
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Increasing human ecological impact over the Holocene (11,700 - 150 years ago) led to biodiversity gains in Europe.
Why? From ~8,500 years ago, the spread of farming created heterogeneous, habitat-rich landscapes that enhanced biodiversity.
Read our new paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
🌏 🧪
Why? From ~8,500 years ago, the spread of farming created heterogeneous, habitat-rich landscapes that enhanced biodiversity.
Read our new paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
🌏 🧪
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Increasing human ecological impact over the Holocene (11,700 - 150 years ago) led to biodiversity gains in Europe.
Why? From ~8,500 years ago, the spread of farming created heterogeneous, habitat-rich landscapes that enhanced biodiversity.
Read our new paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
🌏 🧪
Why? From ~8,500 years ago, the spread of farming created heterogeneous, habitat-rich landscapes that enhanced biodiversity.
Read our new paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb....
🌏 🧪
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🎉 At Christmas we look back on the good things the year brought. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Beatriz Marin-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social who won a prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research into the origins of anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean.
Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - University of Liverpool News
Archaeology researcher wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
news.liverpool.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🎉 At Christmas we look back on the good things the year brought. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Beatriz Marin-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social who won a prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research into the origins of anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean.
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📣 PDRA JOB (2 Years, full-time) based in Psychology, @schoolofppls.bsky.social: We are hiring a Post-doctoral Research Associate, to work on Strand B (experimental) of our @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣 PDRA JOB (2 Years, full-time) based in Psychology, @schoolofppls.bsky.social: We are hiring a Post-doctoral Research Associate, to work on Strand B (experimental) of our @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk.
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Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.
WMA Workshop: 'When knowledge isn't power'.
This is a warm invitation to a mini-workshop on 'When knowledge isn't power' in Philosophy Fortnight.
Hosted by The Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre (WMA) and Funded by Leverhulme Trust.
Organi...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.