Owen Garling
@ojgarling.bsky.social
Knowledge Transfer Facilitator at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Reposted by Owen Garling
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Pride in Place Programme phase 2: methodology note
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Worked well for Tony Greig
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Worked well for Tony Greig
Is there a win/loss/never happened ratio for all of Trump's threatened litigation? (Was going to type sewerage but that felt a bit close to the bone)
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is there a win/loss/never happened ratio for all of Trump's threatened litigation? (Was going to type sewerage but that felt a bit close to the bone)
Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
Reposted by Owen Garling
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
My other half has always wanted to do a PhD on the underwear of the civil war so this is a definite!
Our new exhibit 'Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil' is now open, looking at how what we wore was affected by the turmoil of the mid-1600s. It includes rare surviving items kindly loaned to us - more details at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/stitc...
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My other half has always wanted to do a PhD on the underwear of the civil war so this is a definite!
Help! There was an @lrb.co.uk piece sometime earlier this year (I think) that in part critiqued the formulation of "the making and unmaking of . . ."
Can anyone point me in the correct direction? Cheers.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction? Cheers.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Help! There was an @lrb.co.uk piece sometime earlier this year (I think) that in part critiqued the formulation of "the making and unmaking of . . ."
Can anyone point me in the correct direction? Cheers.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction? Cheers.
We went to Fowlmere bird reserve this morning. Whilst we were there we decided to walk to the war memorials at what had been RAF Fowlmere.
What I'd not known before is that after the war the airfield became a Polish resettlement camp. Such a fascinating hidden part of our shared history.
What I'd not known before is that after the war the airfield became a Polish resettlement camp. Such a fascinating hidden part of our shared history.
The resettlement of Polish refugees after the second world war - Forced Migration Review
When it became clear in 1945, at the end of the second world war, that the Polish forces and refugees abroad would not be able to return to their homeland, the British government took on responsibilit...
www.fmreview.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We went to Fowlmere bird reserve this morning. Whilst we were there we decided to walk to the war memorials at what had been RAF Fowlmere.
What I'd not known before is that after the war the airfield became a Polish resettlement camp. Such a fascinating hidden part of our shared history.
What I'd not known before is that after the war the airfield became a Polish resettlement camp. Such a fascinating hidden part of our shared history.
Frightening piece on the infrastructure of the scam industry.
‘The Ghanaians I met wanted to become rich like the Americans and Europeans they contacted online. Convincing people thousands of miles away to hand over their riches was just what it took to get ahead.'
Alexander Clapp on the professional ‘pig-butchering' industry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp on the professional ‘pig-butchering' industry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Frightening piece on the infrastructure of the scam industry.
Wonderful picture of Alderman Mrs Keynes.
Excellent afternoon with second-year History students at @theul.bsky.social today to look at sources for their ‘Women in Cambridge c.1900-1950’ Research Project. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wonderful picture of Alderman Mrs Keynes.
Reposted by Owen Garling
Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
Group Chief Executive Officer - Starfish Search
starfishsearch.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Speaks to questions of who owns and uses cultural infrastructure.
Reminds me of this picture I took outside the Art Gallery of NSW. (More holiday snaps)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reminds me of this picture I took outside the Art Gallery of NSW. (More holiday snaps)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Speaks to questions of who owns and uses cultural infrastructure.
Reminds me of this picture I took outside the Art Gallery of NSW. (More holiday snaps)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reminds me of this picture I took outside the Art Gallery of NSW. (More holiday snaps)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Owen Garling
More work from the "AI in the Street" project, where we used "access data walks" in the streets of Cambridge. Other cities (London, Edinburgh and Coventry) featured in this study too.
New paper from the team behind the BRAID Scoping project "AI in the street": Reciprocity Deficits: Observing AI in the street with everyday publics.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342
arxiv.org/abs/2510.23342
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
More work from the "AI in the Street" project, where we used "access data walks" in the streets of Cambridge. Other cities (London, Edinburgh and Coventry) featured in this study too.
Reposted by Owen Garling
Fascinating looking @cam.ac.uk research on the link between neighbourhood deprivation and dementia risk.
bit.ly/4osWEVo
bit.ly/4osWEVo
Neighbourhood deprivation linked to brain vessel damage and higher dementia risk
Cambridge researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to an increase in an individual’s risk of dementia.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fascinating looking @cam.ac.uk research on the link between neighbourhood deprivation and dementia risk.
bit.ly/4osWEVo
bit.ly/4osWEVo
Fascinating looking @cam.ac.uk research on the link between neighbourhood deprivation and dementia risk.
bit.ly/4osWEVo
bit.ly/4osWEVo
Neighbourhood deprivation linked to brain vessel damage and higher dementia risk
Cambridge researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to an increase in an individual’s risk of dementia.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fascinating looking @cam.ac.uk research on the link between neighbourhood deprivation and dementia risk.
bit.ly/4osWEVo
bit.ly/4osWEVo
New favourite YouTube channel.
⚠️ Warning: contains drone footage of sharks. Lots of sharks. 🦈
youtu.be/ZSP2ezERex8?...
⚠️ Warning: contains drone footage of sharks. Lots of sharks. 🦈
youtu.be/ZSP2ezERex8?...
HUNDREDS OF SHARKS MORETON ISLAND SARDINE RUN 🦈🦈🦈🦈
YouTube video by Drone Shark App
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New favourite YouTube channel.
⚠️ Warning: contains drone footage of sharks. Lots of sharks. 🦈
youtu.be/ZSP2ezERex8?...
⚠️ Warning: contains drone footage of sharks. Lots of sharks. 🦈
youtu.be/ZSP2ezERex8?...
Wincing on behalf of the officers working at Kent County Council.
Kent County Council is getting underway.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wincing on behalf of the officers working at Kent County Council.
The murder rate on Shetland must almost equal that of Grantchester.
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The murder rate on Shetland must almost equal that of Grantchester.
A whole new strand of place-informed music for me to explore. Good-o.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘Everybody comes from a place of mundanity’: northern gothic, the strange music scene rooted in small-town Yorkshire and Lancashire
Lurking at the fringes of electronic music, artists such as Richie Culver, Rainy Miller and Iceboy Violet are confronting the alienation and deprivation of the UK’s north
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A whole new strand of place-informed music for me to explore. Good-o.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
I've just got back from Sydney where integrated transport has been introduced since I was last there.
Everywhere's tap on and off and there's a daily and weekly cap on ticket prices.
It made a real difference to getting around the city.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
Everywhere's tap on and off and there's a daily and weekly cap on ticket prices.
It made a real difference to getting around the city.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
Sizing up: What metro mayors could achieve with integrated transport - Centre for Cities
Mayors will soon be able join up their existing public transport networks, delivering economic growth in England’s big cities outside the capital.
www.centreforcities.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I've just got back from Sydney where integrated transport has been introduced since I was last there.
Everywhere's tap on and off and there's a daily and weekly cap on ticket prices.
It made a real difference to getting around the city.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
Everywhere's tap on and off and there's a daily and weekly cap on ticket prices.
It made a real difference to getting around the city.
www.centreforcities.org/blog/sizing-...
Banger. As they say.
People Hold On (feat. Lisa Stansfield) - 12" Version
open.spotify.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Banger. As they say.
Reposted by Owen Garling
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Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Looking to advance your career in public policy?
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck