Johanna Kieniewicz
@johannakz.bsky.social
Head of Research, Impact and Innovation in King's Culture (KCL). Once upon scientist passionate about creative collaboration, interdisciplinary research and making the world a better place through these things. Cycles places. Tired parent.
This article is not just about the BL but also more widely value that we place on knowledge to an understanding of the role that SHAPE disciples play in innovation, what is shiny, who shouts loudest and how our cultural institutions are evolving.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This article is not just about the BL but also more widely value that we place on knowledge to an understanding of the role that SHAPE disciples play in innovation, what is shiny, who shouts loudest and how our cultural institutions are evolving.
Rather fitting and delightful that we are opening our Quantum Untangled exhibition @scigallerylon.bsky.social the day that the Nobel Prize in physics is announced for the weird and wonderful world of quantum dynamics. Come learn more with us! london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
Quantum Untangled — Science Gallery London
london.sciencegallery.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Rather fitting and delightful that we are opening our Quantum Untangled exhibition @scigallerylon.bsky.social the day that the Nobel Prize in physics is announced for the weird and wonderful world of quantum dynamics. Come learn more with us! london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
This is brilliant!
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is brilliant!
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🔔 freelance researcher call
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
Freelance Researchers: Safe Adoption of AI — Careful Industries
We are looking for freelance researchers to conduct literature searches on the impacts of AI on worker safety, infrastructural safety, and environmental safety.
www.careful.industries
September 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🔔 freelance researcher call
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
At @carefultrouble.bsky.social we're looking for freelance researchers to deliver a literature search on the impacts of AI adoption, looking at worker safety, infrastructure resilience, and environmental safety
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-9-...
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Interested in finding out more about quantum technology?
The @scigallerylon.bsky.social based on King’s Guy’s Campus is opening an exhibition ‘Quantum Untangled’ on 8 October, to help explain the science of quantum through art.
london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
#QuantumUntangled #KingsQuantum
The @scigallerylon.bsky.social based on King’s Guy’s Campus is opening an exhibition ‘Quantum Untangled’ on 8 October, to help explain the science of quantum through art.
london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
#QuantumUntangled #KingsQuantum
Quantum Untangled — Science Gallery London
london.sciencegallery.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Interested in finding out more about quantum technology?
The @scigallerylon.bsky.social based on King’s Guy’s Campus is opening an exhibition ‘Quantum Untangled’ on 8 October, to help explain the science of quantum through art.
london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
#QuantumUntangled #KingsQuantum
The @scigallerylon.bsky.social based on King’s Guy’s Campus is opening an exhibition ‘Quantum Untangled’ on 8 October, to help explain the science of quantum through art.
london.sciencegallery.com/quantum
#QuantumUntangled #KingsQuantum
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In a nation full of bigotry, why should we engage with the work of musicians who are inspired by the English landscape? Is it possible to be critically nostalgic? kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
Listening to Landscape: Tuning-in to the Ghosts of England
Contemporary electronic and experimental musicians are using sound to summon landscapes, memories, and ghosts of a disappearing England.
kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In a nation full of bigotry, why should we engage with the work of musicians who are inspired by the English landscape? Is it possible to be critically nostalgic? kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/listening-...
Exciting news - King's has secured an AHRC DFA in partnership with LSBU and Guildhall to train doctoral students in audience participation with creative tech. Big congrats to Sarah Atkinson who led our fearless team and look forward to helping this take shape! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
King's awarded AHRC Doctoral Focal Award to deliver programme to grow and diversify audiences in the creative economy
ADAPT-AI Doctoral Focal Award, led by King’s with London South Bank University and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, will provide funding to recruit and train Doctoral students over seven years.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Exciting news - King's has secured an AHRC DFA in partnership with LSBU and Guildhall to train doctoral students in audience participation with creative tech. Big congrats to Sarah Atkinson who led our fearless team and look forward to helping this take shape! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-a...
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Another reminder: next Friday we're hosting an algorave at the Science Gallery London! It'll be a pretty chill one - softly lit, with a bar, and lots of sunlight - a pretty perfect way to see some of the best livecoders I know performing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorave-t...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorave-t...
Algorave
Code, Create, Dance, Repeat
Join an electrifying evening where music meets mathematics, and creativity collides with code.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Another reminder: next Friday we're hosting an algorave at the Science Gallery London! It'll be a pretty chill one - softly lit, with a bar, and lots of sunlight - a pretty perfect way to see some of the best livecoders I know performing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorave-t...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/algorave-t...
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Could there be a more timely call? We are offering up to £300k for international research projects on a series of transnational and planetary challenges including digital technology, global health and earth system governance. Please spread the word!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...
June 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Could there be a more timely call? We are offering up to £300k for international research projects on a series of transnational and planetary challenges including digital technology, global health and earth system governance. Please spread the word!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...
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CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭
On Fri 23 May, Siobhan Athwal, Nicholas Carter, Cecily Hadwin and Julie Teal will take us on a sonic journey to meet a vivid cast of characters in Humans in the Loop, a fast, funny, thought-provoking new musical about AI.
Grab your free ticket ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-l...
On Fri 23 May, Siobhan Athwal, Nicholas Carter, Cecily Hadwin and Julie Teal will take us on a sonic journey to meet a vivid cast of characters in Humans in the Loop, a fast, funny, thought-provoking new musical about AI.
Grab your free ticket ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-l...
May 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭
On Fri 23 May, Siobhan Athwal, Nicholas Carter, Cecily Hadwin and Julie Teal will take us on a sonic journey to meet a vivid cast of characters in Humans in the Loop, a fast, funny, thought-provoking new musical about AI.
Grab your free ticket ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-l...
On Fri 23 May, Siobhan Athwal, Nicholas Carter, Cecily Hadwin and Julie Teal will take us on a sonic journey to meet a vivid cast of characters in Humans in the Loop, a fast, funny, thought-provoking new musical about AI.
Grab your free ticket ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-l...
Interesting to read this @artscouncilengland.bsky.social report on the spillover impacts of publicly funded arts. Great to see their value, which is oft claimed too difficult to quantify, articulated so clearly in terms of social and economic benefits www.artscouncil.org.uk/spillover-im...
Spillover impacts in the publicly funded arts and culture sector
The Centre for Economic and Business Research reported on the economic impact of Arts Council England investments.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interesting to read this @artscouncilengland.bsky.social report on the spillover impacts of publicly funded arts. Great to see their value, which is oft claimed too difficult to quantify, articulated so clearly in terms of social and economic benefits www.artscouncil.org.uk/spillover-im...
Anyone involved in university strategy should be looking at what Harvard has done with their website. Hopefully where they lead, others in the US will follow www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Anyone involved in university strategy should be looking at what Harvard has done with their website. Hopefully where they lead, others in the US will follow www.harvard.edu
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Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)
King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
@kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
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editors of The Atlantic are welcome to visit our galleries but please let us know if you're accidentally in the museum group chat instead
March 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
editors of The Atlantic are welcome to visit our galleries but please let us know if you're accidentally in the museum group chat instead
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1. As we face a series of great crises, every parent is confronted with the question of how much we tell our children. We don’t want to lie to them, but nor do we want to terrify them. Of course, there is no single answer. It depends in part on the child. But this thread suggests one approach. 🧵
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
1. As we face a series of great crises, every parent is confronted with the question of how much we tell our children. We don’t want to lie to them, but nor do we want to terrify them. Of course, there is no single answer. It depends in part on the child. But this thread suggests one approach. 🧵
Excellent provocation on the role of art and science in these challenging times...
So I am publishing my talk for European Commission last week about #artandscience on substack in two parts, beginning this week with geopolitics. #technology is winning the battle for attention from #science. Why does this matter?
open.substack.com/pub/arianeko...
open.substack.com/pub/arianeko...
ARTS AND SCIENCE - THE FUTURE NOW AND THEN
Verbatim transcript of talk given at Ispra, European Commission, Wednesday 19th February 2025
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Excellent provocation on the role of art and science in these challenging times...
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💬 Dr Akane Kanai from @monashuniversity.bsky.social delivers this workshop on the need to 'communicate' research, social media, and the politics & practical possibilities of research methodologies, knowledge exchange & impact 🤔
🔗 Register here 👇
https://buff.ly/4gFTnNK
🔗 Register here 👇
https://buff.ly/4gFTnNK
February 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💬 Dr Akane Kanai from @monashuniversity.bsky.social delivers this workshop on the need to 'communicate' research, social media, and the politics & practical possibilities of research methodologies, knowledge exchange & impact 🤔
🔗 Register here 👇
https://buff.ly/4gFTnNK
🔗 Register here 👇
https://buff.ly/4gFTnNK
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Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
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Signature tally is now north of 750. Please keep going so the community can send the strongest possible message to the Royal Society.
Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
forms.gle
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Signature tally is now north of 750. Please keep going so the community can send the strongest possible message to the Royal Society.
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🌱 Passionate about climate, culture & change?
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February 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Maybe the kids are alright after all. Really important nuance to the headlines - and who can blame young people for being frustrated when they see a burning world and nothing happening?
“It looked like millennials were much less into [democracy] in 2008, but since then, they’ve come nearly completely into line with the rest of the adult population”
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social responding to the recent claims that Gen Z are disillusioned w/ democracy
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social responding to the recent claims that Gen Z are disillusioned w/ democracy
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Desperate for change’ – but is UK gen Z really disillusioned with democracy?
Recent research claims young people are attracted to authoritarianism, populist politics and ‘strong man’ leaders
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Maybe the kids are alright after all. Really important nuance to the headlines - and who can blame young people for being frustrated when they see a burning world and nothing happening?
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"much science in many societies is political and always has been"
This is very good. I used to think that those who insist science is apolitical and must stay out of politics altogether were misguided. I hope it's now clear that such attitudes were catastrophically foolish - we are in an age (and have been for some time) where adherence to facts is political.
If you can, do something, speak up and act up. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"much science in many societies is political and always has been"
Just renounced my @teamlabouruk.bsky.social membership over this. Absolutely awful. Thank you @rspb.bsky.social for speaking the truth!
Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.
January 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just renounced my @teamlabouruk.bsky.social membership over this. Absolutely awful. Thank you @rspb.bsky.social for speaking the truth!
👏👏👏"... it is the special power and privilege of the arts and humanities to be able to put humanity at the heart of science"
Opinion: Modern #arts and #humanities demand modern policy approaches.
As disciplines’ scale and methods transform, we must ensure ambition keeps pace, says @christophersmith.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
As disciplines’ scale and methods transform, we must ensure ambition keeps pace, says @christophersmith.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Modern arts and humanities demand modern policy approaches - Research Professional News
As disciplines’ scale and methods transform, we must ensure ambition keeps pace, says Christopher Smith
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
👏👏👏"... it is the special power and privilege of the arts and humanities to be able to put humanity at the heart of science"
This is far more interesting imo. In a space awash with buzzwords, there's something refreshing about the local ecosystem social impact approach being proposed here.
As everyone's becoming an expert on Nvidia stock prices and moats and Jevons paradox, I've got a new Green Paper out on inclusive innovation, social capital, and technology diffusion - three things that literally no one is talking about! www.careful.industries/inclusive-in...
January 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is far more interesting imo. In a space awash with buzzwords, there's something refreshing about the local ecosystem social impact approach being proposed here.