Owen Garling
@ojgarling.bsky.social
Knowledge Transfer Facilitator at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
I've got an urge to re-read The Porcupine by Julian Barnes sometime soon
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I've got an urge to re-read The Porcupine by Julian Barnes sometime soon
Great opportunity for visiting fellowships from @camglamresearch.bsky.social as part of the Natural History Humanities research programme.
Call now open, with three sandpits coming up where you can find out more.
Plz share!
Call now open, with three sandpits coming up where you can find out more.
Plz share!
Natural History Humanities - Collections Connections Communities
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Great opportunity for visiting fellowships from @camglamresearch.bsky.social as part of the Natural History Humanities research programme.
Call now open, with three sandpits coming up where you can find out more.
Plz share!
Call now open, with three sandpits coming up where you can find out more.
Plz share!
Looks like Lynley's going to be another game of spot the east coast locations.
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Looks like Lynley's going to be another game of spot the east coast locations.
Reposted by Owen Garling
2/2 We are now tendering a contract up to £60k for this framework to be trialled in the context of higher education. See more here
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Call for proposals - Measurement of social and cultural infrastructure in the higher education sector
The British Academy is commissioning a major new research element as part of its work theme on social and cultural infrastructure. The research will investigate how social and cultural infrastructure ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
2/2 We are now tendering a contract up to £60k for this framework to be trialled in the context of higher education. See more here
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Reposted by Owen Garling
1/2 Last year we published a measurement framework for social and cultural infrastructure developed by @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk…
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/value-o...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/value-o...
Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework, British Academy report argues
A new report commissioned by the British Academy emphasises the urgent need for policymakers to recognise social and cultural spaces – such as libraries, leisure centres, galleries, and community hubs...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
1/2 Last year we published a measurement framework for social and cultural infrastructure developed by @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk…
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/value-o...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/value-o...
Bouge de là!
The best hip hop is French. If you're going to have someone jibbering over four repeated bars of the world's most simple music, it might as well be in a mellifluous language.
January 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Bouge de là!
Reposted by Owen Garling
We are looking for a project manager for our new Global Economic Transformation initiative at Harvard. Please spread the word. Details here. careers.harvard.edu/job/project-...
Project Manager, Reimagining the Economy
careers.harvard.edu
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We are looking for a project manager for our new Global Economic Transformation initiative at Harvard. Please spread the word. Details here. careers.harvard.edu/job/project-...
Delighted to welcome @drbethkitson.bsky.social to the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk.
Beth will be working with me on questions of knowledge transfer and strengthening our connections with policymakers and academics.
Look out for a blog in the next week or two with more on our planned approach
Beth will be working with me on questions of knowledge transfer and strengthening our connections with policymakers and academics.
Look out for a blog in the next week or two with more on our planned approach
Beth Kitson - Bennett School of Public Policy
Dr Beth Kitson is a Research Associate at the Bennett School of Public Policy, where she works within the Knowledge Exchange team to connect the School’s research with policymakers, practitioners...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Delighted to welcome @drbethkitson.bsky.social to the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk.
Beth will be working with me on questions of knowledge transfer and strengthening our connections with policymakers and academics.
Look out for a blog in the next week or two with more on our planned approach
Beth will be working with me on questions of knowledge transfer and strengthening our connections with policymakers and academics.
Look out for a blog in the next week or two with more on our planned approach
Remembering a #SnowDay from the early 2000s. We were living in Saffron Walden and it was impossible to get out of the town, so we walked to Audley End House, hopped the fence, and spent the day wandering around the snow covered gardens in blissful solitude.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Remembering a #SnowDay from the early 2000s. We were living in Saffron Walden and it was impossible to get out of the town, so we walked to Audley End House, hopped the fence, and spent the day wandering around the snow covered gardens in blissful solitude.
Back to work. Here's to a positive 2026
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Back to work. Here's to a positive 2026
Reposted by Owen Garling
We've had another go over night here. If you've had snow or it's turned to ice, I'd love to hear your views about clearing it.
Did you have snow overnight/today? #UKSnow
I’m researching public attitudes towards clearing Snow and Ice in the UK. Are you over the age of 18 and live in the UK? If so, you can take part in my research by clicking this link (details inside)
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/...
I’m researching public attitudes towards clearing Snow and Ice in the UK. Are you over the age of 18 and live in the UK? If so, you can take part in my research by clicking this link (details inside)
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/...
Public Attitudes to Snow and Ice on Pavements and Roads
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
We've had another go over night here. If you've had snow or it's turned to ice, I'd love to hear your views about clearing it.
Can't quite believe it's only a couple of months since I was at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Can't quite believe it's only a couple of months since I was at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Only makes me think of one thing.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Only makes me think of one thing.
There's a lad on the local news for running six half marathons in 24 hours. Not sure why he didn't just run three marathons.
January 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
There's a lad on the local news for running six half marathons in 24 hours. Not sure why he didn't just run three marathons.
Reposted by Owen Garling
Call it a New Year's resolution.
Withdraw your consent.
Get the fuck off that fascist, noncing site.
Withdraw your consent.
Get the fuck off that fascist, noncing site.
If you're still on X even if your account is dormant, you're inadvertently helping M*sk monetise a platform riddled with paedophilia. You really need to delete that account.
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Call it a New Year's resolution.
Withdraw your consent.
Get the fuck off that fascist, noncing site.
Withdraw your consent.
Get the fuck off that fascist, noncing site.
'Typefaces are infrastructure.' Discuss.
Typeface nerds get one main thing wrong: typefaces are infrastructure and infrastructure should be as invisible as possible. If anyone who's not a typeface nerd is paying attention to the typeface then the publisher's done something terrible.
January 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
'Typefaces are infrastructure.' Discuss.
Reposted by Owen Garling
Really nice example of the way in which the perceived value of social and cultural infrastructure changes over time.
To celebrate its 75th anniversary the Southbank Centre will host an exhibition on skateboarding at the Undercroft below the Queen Elizabeth Hall in what lays claim to being the world’s oldest continually used skate spot
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/outdo...
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/outdo...
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Really nice example of the way in which the perceived value of social and cultural infrastructure changes over time.
Reposted by Owen Garling
🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/
Beautiful photography #WildLondon
Protect David Attenborough at all costs
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Beautiful photography #WildLondon
Protect David Attenborough at all costs
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Protect David Attenborough at all costs
For anyone else trying to avoid the Sound of Music, how about reading about the musical nuns of the Alpha boys school run by the Sisters of Mercy in Kingston, Jamaica?
So many musical alumni, they have their own radio station.
More below 👇
1/2
www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/about-absr
So many musical alumni, they have their own radio station.
More below 👇
1/2
www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/about-absr
ABOUT ABSR | alphaboysschoolradio
Alpha Boys School Radio plays jazz, ska, reggae ad dub music featuring at least one past student of the Alpha Boys School in Kingston, Jamaica on every track.
www.alphaboysschoolradio.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
For anyone else trying to avoid the Sound of Music, how about reading about the musical nuns of the Alpha boys school run by the Sisters of Mercy in Kingston, Jamaica?
So many musical alumni, they have their own radio station.
More below 👇
1/2
www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/about-absr
So many musical alumni, they have their own radio station.
More below 👇
1/2
www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/about-absr
New year's day confession - I have never watched the Traitors. Is it worth investing my time in it now?
January 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New year's day confession - I have never watched the Traitors. Is it worth investing my time in it now?
Really nice example of the way in which the perceived value of social and cultural infrastructure changes over time.
To celebrate its 75th anniversary the Southbank Centre will host an exhibition on skateboarding at the Undercroft below the Queen Elizabeth Hall in what lays claim to being the world’s oldest continually used skate spot
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/outdo...
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/outdo...
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Really nice example of the way in which the perceived value of social and cultural infrastructure changes over time.
Anyone else interested in a Ghost Writers on the Cam walk?
I'm thinking of scheduling some "Ghost Writers on the Cam" walks for the spring: c.2hr walking tours of Cambridge visiting sites associated w/ writers of the supernatural and their stories. Likely dates: Mar 21, 22, 28, 29, Apr 3, 4.
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Anyone else interested in a Ghost Writers on the Cam walk?
Reposted by Owen Garling
I'm thinking of scheduling some "Ghost Writers on the Cam" walks for the spring: c.2hr walking tours of Cambridge visiting sites associated w/ writers of the supernatural and their stories. Likely dates: Mar 21, 22, 28, 29, Apr 3, 4.
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come
January 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I'm thinking of scheduling some "Ghost Writers on the Cam" walks for the spring: c.2hr walking tours of Cambridge visiting sites associated w/ writers of the supernatural and their stories. Likely dates: Mar 21, 22, 28, 29, Apr 3, 4.
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come
Let me know below if y're interested and genuinely likely to come