Such amazing news, congratulations!! 🎊

5. There's so much more than can be put into a post! During the book prize panel, an editor asked a question that is one of many that I'm still seriously thinking about: 'who does our research serve?'
I've had many wonderful conversations with colleagues and look forward to the rest of #baal2025!

4. Another highlight was @lucyjones.bsky.social's plenary in the afternoon - as ever from Lucy, it was both thought-provoking and inspiring. I learnt a lot from her discussion of the different aspects of taking an intersectional lens and enjoyed her openness about learning from mistakes!

3. I loved attending the @baal-health-sig.bsky.social panel, featuring Olivia Knapton's great work with people with insect/bug phobias, Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan's innovative comparative study of climate crisis framings, and Mimi Huang's important work with volunteer waterside responders.

2. It was a pleasure to follow Run Li when I presented on representations of dementia and generative AI. I loved hearing about his work with Xiang Huang on multimodal discursive strategies in public health communication. We were lucky to have great questions from the audience!

1. Kamran Khan's fantastic opening plenary titled Language, Security and Governance through Terror. This talk made me reflect on many things but especially the concept of a pharmakon (meaning both a remedy and a poison, with the degree of each varying according to the context).

Thank you so much for attending and for sharing your thoughtful comments and questions, @lucyjones.bsky.social!