Neil Davies
@neilmdavies.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, economist, statistician, causal inference, public policy
Upcoming seminar: Gibran Hemani and Andrew Elmore (UoB) on The Human Genotype-Phenotype Map – a resource to map pleiotropy and improve causal inference.
Billions of associations, open data, better causal inference.
Tues 2 Dec 2025, 1 pm, UCL 149 Tottenham Court Rd.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
Billions of associations, open data, better causal inference.
Tues 2 Dec 2025, 1 pm, UCL 149 Tottenham Court Rd.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
The Human Genotype-Phenotype Map: A resource to map pleiotropy and improve causal inference
Girban Hemani and Andrew Elmore will talk at this additional Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research Seminar, in collaboration with UCL Human Genomics, Centre for Longitudinal Studies and PALS
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Upcoming seminar: Gibran Hemani and Andrew Elmore (UoB) on The Human Genotype-Phenotype Map – a resource to map pleiotropy and improve causal inference.
Billions of associations, open data, better causal inference.
Tues 2 Dec 2025, 1 pm, UCL 149 Tottenham Court Rd.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
Billions of associations, open data, better causal inference.
Tues 2 Dec 2025, 1 pm, UCL 149 Tottenham Court Rd.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
📢 Registration is open for Causal Inference in Practice — a 3-day short course at UCL
🗓️ 18–20 February 2026
Taught by me, @kdiazordaz.bsky.social & Peter Martin.
Learn to estimate causal effects from observational data.
👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#CausalInference #Epidemiology #DataScience
🗓️ 18–20 February 2026
Taught by me, @kdiazordaz.bsky.social & Peter Martin.
Learn to estimate causal effects from observational data.
👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#CausalInference #Epidemiology #DataScience
Causal Inference in Practice Short Course
This course covers the latest developments in causal inference methods and provides practical explanations for applying them to real research questions.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 Registration is open for Causal Inference in Practice — a 3-day short course at UCL
🗓️ 18–20 February 2026
Taught by me, @kdiazordaz.bsky.social & Peter Martin.
Learn to estimate causal effects from observational data.
👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#CausalInference #Epidemiology #DataScience
🗓️ 18–20 February 2026
Taught by me, @kdiazordaz.bsky.social & Peter Martin.
Learn to estimate causal effects from observational data.
👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
#CausalInference #Epidemiology #DataScience
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Our data resource profile paper outlining the imputed & QC'd genomewide genetic data in 5 British cohort studies is now out in IJE. Data are free to access and the cohorts are deeply phenotyped... huge opportunities for amazing cross-cohort longitudinal research
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Data Resource Profile: Genomic data in multiple British birth cohorts (1946–2001)—linkage with health, social, and environmental data from birth to old age
Birth cohort studies have a rich history of contributing to science within and between disciplinary fields, notably health and social sciences [1–4]. Here,
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September 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Our data resource profile paper outlining the imputed & QC'd genomewide genetic data in 5 British cohort studies is now out in IJE. Data are free to access and the cohorts are deeply phenotyped... huge opportunities for amazing cross-cohort longitudinal research
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
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⏰Post-doctoral #qualitative job alert! (closes 14/9/25).
@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social is recruiting for a #Qualitative Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our #suicide & #selfharm research team on a @nihr.bsky.social grant investigating acceptability of close obs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social is recruiting for a #Qualitative Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our #suicide & #selfharm research team on a @nihr.bsky.social grant investigating acceptability of close obs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⏰Post-doctoral #qualitative job alert! (closes 14/9/25).
@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social is recruiting for a #Qualitative Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our #suicide & #selfharm research team on a @nihr.bsky.social grant investigating acceptability of close obs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social is recruiting for a #Qualitative Post‑Doctoral Research Associate to join our #suicide & #selfharm research team on a @nihr.bsky.social grant investigating acceptability of close obs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
We're hiring! Join us on the incredible Adolescent Health Study — we're looking for two brilliant researchers to help shape and grow this exciting project. Deadline: 28 August. Questions? Get in touch.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/s...
(Senior) Research Officer (x2 posts) at Adolescent Health Study (AHS)
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're hiring! Join us on the incredible Adolescent Health Study — we're looking for two brilliant researchers to help shape and grow this exciting project. Deadline: 28 August. Questions? Get in touch.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOB253/s...
1/ Parents with higher BMI tend to have kids with higher BMI—but why? Is it the genes they pass on, or the environment they create? Or both? We used trio data from MCS to help answer this longstanding question.
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
The association between parental BMI and offspring adiposity: A genetically informed analysis of trios
Author summary Children with obesity are more likely to have parents with obesity, too. This may be explained by environmental factors, such as prenatal conditions in utero or postnatal parental behav...
journals.plos.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
1/ Parents with higher BMI tend to have kids with higher BMI—but why? Is it the genes they pass on, or the environment they create? Or both? We used trio data from MCS to help answer this longstanding question.
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Population Health/Data Science/Genetic Epidemiology
Developing a new Wellcome-funded ALSPAC Olink Explore HT resource
Deadline 15/08/25
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Population Health/Data Science/Genetic Epidemiology
Developing a new Wellcome-funded ALSPAC Olink Explore HT resource
Deadline 15/08/25
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Population Health/Data Science/Genetic Epidemiology
Developing a new Wellcome-funded ALSPAC Olink Explore HT resource
Deadline 15/08/25
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Population Health/Data Science/Genetic Epidemiology
Developing a new Wellcome-funded ALSPAC Olink Explore HT resource
Deadline 15/08/25
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Fabulous work by Phazha Bothongo!
2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making!
🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making!
🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study
Background Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia, yet its risk factors and biological mechanisms remain poorly understood.
Objective To identify causes and consequences ...
www.medrxiv.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Fabulous work by Phazha Bothongo!
2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making!
🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
2 years and several near mental breakdowns for us both in the making!
🧠 Causes and consequences of vascular dementia across the life course: Evidence from a UK Biobank phenome-wide and Mendelian randomization study 🧠
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025.
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
D79 Mendelian Randomization | UCL Online Store
Abstract This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied resea
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025.
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Are you looking to learn how to conduct and interpret Mendelian randomization studies?
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @emmylooroll.bsky.social and @dylwil.bsky.social
16th-18th September 2025.
Details here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @emmylooroll.bsky.social and @dylwil.bsky.social
16th-18th September 2025.
Details here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
Mendelian randomization short course
This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied research questions.
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Are you looking to learn how to conduct and interpret Mendelian randomization studies?
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @emmylooroll.bsky.social and @dylwil.bsky.social
16th-18th September 2025.
Details here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @emmylooroll.bsky.social and @dylwil.bsky.social
16th-18th September 2025.
Details here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
Looking for your next research position? We're recruiting two genetic epidemiologists to work on two projects at the Division of Psychiatry at UCL, part of the growing UCL Human Genomics group.
June 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking for your next research position? We're recruiting two genetic epidemiologists to work on two projects at the Division of Psychiatry at UCL, part of the growing UCL Human Genomics group.
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This study uncovered several genetic associations linked to environmental sensitivity in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental traits, using data from over 21,000 MZ twins @munroepb.bsky.social @thaliaeley.bsky.social @neilmdavies.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genetics of monozygotic twins reveals the impact of environmental sensitivity on psychiatric and neurodevelopmental phenotypes - Nature Human Behaviour
This study uncovered genetic associations with environmental sensitivity in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental traits in an international collaboration using data from more than 21,000 monozygotic twi...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This study uncovered several genetic associations linked to environmental sensitivity in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental traits, using data from over 21,000 MZ twins @munroepb.bsky.social @thaliaeley.bsky.social @neilmdavies.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Neil Davies
Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025.
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
D79 Mendelian Randomization | UCL Online Store
Abstract This course covers the fundamental developments in Mendelian randomization and gives practical explanations about how to apply MR to applied resea
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our in-person Mendelian randomisation course is back at University College London this autumn. Join us in Bloomsbury, 16th-18th September 2025.
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Tutors: Emma Anderson, Dylan Williams, Neil Davies
Guest lecturer: Eleanor Sanderson
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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*NEW PREPRINT*
Awesome work by Victoria Taylor-Bateman examining the effects of 46 different lipid-lowering, antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory drug targets on risk of vascular dementia diagnosis and several neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology. A thread :-)
shorturl.at/ecCD0
Awesome work by Victoria Taylor-Bateman examining the effects of 46 different lipid-lowering, antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory drug targets on risk of vascular dementia diagnosis and several neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology. A thread :-)
shorturl.at/ecCD0
Repurposing drugs for the prevention of vascular dementia: Evidence from drug target Mendelian randomization
shorturl.at
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
*NEW PREPRINT*
Awesome work by Victoria Taylor-Bateman examining the effects of 46 different lipid-lowering, antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory drug targets on risk of vascular dementia diagnosis and several neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology. A thread :-)
shorturl.at/ecCD0
Awesome work by Victoria Taylor-Bateman examining the effects of 46 different lipid-lowering, antihypertensive and anti-inflammatory drug targets on risk of vascular dementia diagnosis and several neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular pathology. A thread :-)
shorturl.at/ecCD0
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One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total.....
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky
The proportion of Alzheimer's disease attributable to apolipoprotein E
Objective To estimate the proportions of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and all-cause dementia burden attributable to the common risk alleles ε3 and ε4 in the APOE gene Design Genetic association analyses i...
www.medrxiv.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One year later ... a major update to our manuscript showing that most Alzheimer's disease is attributable to the gene APOE. We expanded it to analyses of four studies, now with data on about 460,000 people in total.....
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Alzheimers #Dementia #Epidemiology #EpiSky
🚀 We're Hiring: Research Associate in Neuroimaging! 🚀
We're looking for a talented Research Associate to join our team at the University of Bath in Esther Walton's group.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
We're looking for a talented Research Associate to join our team at the University of Bath in Esther Walton's group.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
ED12535 Research Associate in Neuroimaging (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
www.bath.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🚀 We're Hiring: Research Associate in Neuroimaging! 🚀
We're looking for a talented Research Associate to join our team at the University of Bath in Esther Walton's group.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
We're looking for a talented Research Associate to join our team at the University of Bath in Esther Walton's group.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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New paper in @bmj.com. Ever been told ‘what does your DAG say?” or “show me your DAG”, or “ok draw a DAG” and not sure what that means or how to get started? Well buckle up, because Fernando Hartwig, @neilmdavies.bsky.social and I wrote an RMR on just this topic. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New paper in @bmj.com. Ever been told ‘what does your DAG say?” or “show me your DAG”, or “ok draw a DAG” and not sure what that means or how to get started? Well buckle up, because Fernando Hartwig, @neilmdavies.bsky.social and I wrote an RMR on just this topic. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar @bmj.com. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.
Editorial Registrar, The BMJ | 31 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group
Jobs and careers with BMJ Group -
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March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar @bmj.com. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.
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Come and join our team at UCL
Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Come and join our team at UCL
Are you interested in causal inference and genetic epidemiology? We have three research posts in Tom Lumbers' research group, part of UCL Human Genomics. Do get in touch for further details.
comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply...
comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply...
How to Apply | Notion
We are hiring for three positions: two in Human Genetics and one in Health Data Science.
comp-med-lab.notion.site
March 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Are you interested in causal inference and genetic epidemiology? We have three research posts in Tom Lumbers' research group, part of UCL Human Genomics. Do get in touch for further details.
comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply...
comp-med-lab.notion.site/How-to-Apply...
Funded PhD position available as a part of a Wellcome funded project, joint with meand Esther Walton at the University of Bath. See here for more information, or get in touch.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Unravelling cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders through novel computational neuroimaging approaches at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Unravelling cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders through novel computational neuroimaging approaches at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Funded PhD position available as a part of a Wellcome funded project, joint with meand Esther Walton at the University of Bath. See here for more information, or get in touch.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I’m teaching a 3-day intro course to Causal inference in practice, in person in London starts Feb 18 2025. To register onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-... #epidemiology #causalinference
F61 Causal Inference In Practice 2025 | UCL Online Store
Abstract A wide range of fields, from clinical medicine to social science, seek to use empirical data to learn how different factors affect the world. Maki
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I’m teaching a 3-day intro course to Causal inference in practice, in person in London starts Feb 18 2025. To register onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-... #epidemiology #causalinference
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I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📅 Deadline 5th December
#causality #stats
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📅 Deadline 5th December
#causality #stats
November 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📅 Deadline 5th December
#causality #stats
📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!
💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL
🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
📅 Deadline 5th December
#causality #stats
Are you looking to learn methods for applied causal inference?
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @kdiazordaz.bsky.social and Peter Martin.
18th to 20th February 2025.
Details here:
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @kdiazordaz.bsky.social and Peter Martin.
18th to 20th February 2025.
Details here:
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
F61 Causal Inference In Practice 2025 | UCL Online Store
Abstract A wide range of fields, from clinical medicine to social science, seek to use empirical data to learn how different factors affect the world. Maki
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Are you looking to learn methods for applied causal inference?
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @kdiazordaz.bsky.social and Peter Martin.
18th to 20th February 2025.
Details here:
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
You can register now for our in-person short course at UCL. With @kdiazordaz.bsky.social and Peter Martin.
18th to 20th February 2025.
Details here:
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...