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TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
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Last week, our very own Roosa Rytkönen was guest speaker at the University of Freiburg's lecture series on ‘Healing, Repair and Ecological Restoration: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Planetary Health’! Roosa spoke to contestations around forestry-drained peatland restoration in Estonia and Finland.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Last week, our very own Roosa Rytkönen was guest speaker at the University of Freiburg's lecture series on ‘Healing, Repair and Ecological Restoration: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Planetary Health’! Roosa spoke to contestations around forestry-drained peatland restoration in Estonia and Finland.
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📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
“Economic power is something that China really does want to exercise globally”
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Economic power is something that China really does want to exercise globally”
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
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🗓️First stage deadline is Wednesday 3rd December
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
📢 Are you interested in applying for a postdoc? We are delighted to be inviting expressions of interest for the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme
Full details can be found here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
🗓️EOI to be submitted by 03.12.2025 (full details in 🔗)
Full details can be found here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
🗓️EOI to be submitted by 03.12.2025 (full details in 🔗)
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🗓️First stage deadline is Wednesday 3rd December
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for #RegenerativeInnovation* #PhD #Funding at #DundeeUni:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL167/l...
* More info here:
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL167/l...
* More info here:
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) at University of Dundee
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for #RegenerativeInnovation* #PhD #Funding at #DundeeUni:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL167/l...
* More info here:
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL167/l...
* More info here:
www.dundee.ac.uk/phds/funding...
The #BepiColombo mission to Mercury will increase our understanding of all aspects of the planet.
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The #BepiColombo mission to Mercury will increase our understanding of all aspects of the planet.
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
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📉 Many countries are seeing falling birth rates—but can rising gender equality reverse the trend?
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
New Study Finds Gender Equality Linked to Modest Fertility Rebound – But Not Enough to Reverse Long-Term Decline
A new study from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science reassesses whether rising gender equality can help reverse falling birth rates, a long-standing theory in demography. The research, publi...
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📉 Many countries are seeing falling birth rates—but can rising gender equality reverse the trend?
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
A new study from our centre revisits a major debate in demography and finds a modest fertility rebound at high levels of gender equality.
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
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Wasps are predators, pollinators, decomposers, & potential sources of nutrition & medicine. Join @waspwoman.bsky.social for a talk which will change how you see these under valued creatures. Reserve your seat now, online & inperson with a book signing & drinks oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wasps are predators, pollinators, decomposers, & potential sources of nutrition & medicine. Join @waspwoman.bsky.social for a talk which will change how you see these under valued creatures. Reserve your seat now, online & inperson with a book signing & drinks oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, professor of applied mathematics @cam.ac.uk, reflects on Fermat’s last theorem and what it reveals about mathematics. @plusmaths.bsky.social www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4625
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, professor of applied mathematics @cam.ac.uk, reflects on Fermat’s last theorem and what it reveals about mathematics. @plusmaths.bsky.social www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4625
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Tomorrow, we at the @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded Knowledge Orders before Modernity Doctoral Programme will have some exciting news for you... Keep those eyes peeled.
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tomorrow, we at the @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded Knowledge Orders before Modernity Doctoral Programme will have some exciting news for you... Keep those eyes peeled.
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My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Bill Bryson to Steven Pinker, here are the popular science and smart thinking books we've loved this year.
www.waterstones.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
An insightful evening with topics including disinformation from the times of the Council of Nicaea, the impact of arts on health, legacies of war and empire, female friendships and the myths of democracy. Many thanks to our fantastic speakers, @expeditions.bsky.social and to everyone who joined us!
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An insightful evening with topics including disinformation from the times of the Council of Nicaea, the impact of arts on health, legacies of war and empire, female friendships and the myths of democracy. Many thanks to our fantastic speakers, @expeditions.bsky.social and to everyone who joined us!
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New paper accepted in Biology and Philosophy on proteins’ functions. “Shape is everything: on proteins’ functions” develops my account of biochemical functions with a focus on proteins. AMV on PhilPapers. Thanks to @assemblinglife.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk.
philpapers.org/rec/BELSIE
philpapers.org/rec/BELSIE
philpapers.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New paper accepted in Biology and Philosophy on proteins’ functions. “Shape is everything: on proteins’ functions” develops my account of biochemical functions with a focus on proteins. AMV on PhilPapers. Thanks to @assemblinglife.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk.
philpapers.org/rec/BELSIE
philpapers.org/rec/BELSIE
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'We need to get on with this' – Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness.
In advance of the Homeless Strategy, it was an honour to be invited by the Minister to a Summit on its direction: "prevention", "harm reduction" & "recovery".
🧵 What did I say? Read on...
In advance of the Homeless Strategy, it was an honour to be invited by the Minister to a Summit on its direction: "prevention", "harm reduction" & "recovery".
🧵 What did I say? Read on...
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
'We need to get on with this' – Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness.
In advance of the Homeless Strategy, it was an honour to be invited by the Minister to a Summit on its direction: "prevention", "harm reduction" & "recovery".
🧵 What did I say? Read on...
In advance of the Homeless Strategy, it was an honour to be invited by the Minister to a Summit on its direction: "prevention", "harm reduction" & "recovery".
🧵 What did I say? Read on...
Sarah Oakes’s Leverhulme-funded project with Quechua farming communities in the Peruvian Andes explores Indigenous biocultural heritage and climate adaptation through participatory action research.
@envleeds.bsky.social
@extinctionleeds.bsky.social
#COP30
@envleeds.bsky.social
@extinctionleeds.bsky.social
#COP30
Roots: exploring Indigenous biocultural heritage through participatory action research in Peru
Investigating sociocultural potato knowledge among Quechua farmers in the Peruvian Andes, Sarah Oakes uses an interdisciplinary approach and participatory video methodology to platform Indigenous voic...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sarah Oakes’s Leverhulme-funded project with Quechua farming communities in the Peruvian Andes explores Indigenous biocultural heritage and climate adaptation through participatory action research.
@envleeds.bsky.social
@extinctionleeds.bsky.social
#COP30
@envleeds.bsky.social
@extinctionleeds.bsky.social
#COP30
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Prof Santanu Das has recorded a series of videos about his research with EXPeditions as part of their Philip #Leverhulme Prize Collection.
Explore his research on:
Rethinking history, war & #empire
Touch & intimacy
Sea literature: from sail to steam
Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:
Explore his research on:
Rethinking history, war & #empire
Touch & intimacy
Sea literature: from sail to steam
Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:
Santanu Das
I am a professor of modern literature and culture at University of Oxford and a senior fellow at All Souls College. My work focuses on early 20th-century literature and culture, and I am especially in...
www.joinexpeditions.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Prof Santanu Das has recorded a series of videos about his research with EXPeditions as part of their Philip #Leverhulme Prize Collection.
Explore his research on:
Rethinking history, war & #empire
Touch & intimacy
Sea literature: from sail to steam
Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:
Explore his research on:
Rethinking history, war & #empire
Touch & intimacy
Sea literature: from sail to steam
Find out more on the #EXPeditions website:
In the final episode of Season 9 of The We Society podcast, Will Hutton is joined by Prof Rana Mitter, @belfercenter.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social, to discuss modern China and its global role, including the future of US–China relations.
🎙️ Listen now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
🎙️ Listen now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In the final episode of Season 9 of The We Society podcast, Will Hutton is joined by Prof Rana Mitter, @belfercenter.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social, to discuss modern China and its global role, including the future of US–China relations.
🎙️ Listen now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
🎙️ Listen now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
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"The Congo basin has about 10,000 plant species & 30% of these can only be found in the region,” says @ymalhi.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"The Congo basin has about 10,000 plant species & 30% of these can only be found in the region,” says @ymalhi.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
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This is happening today at 1pm! Message me for a link if you want to join online, or if you're in Swansea, see you in Keir Hardie 152.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is happening today at 1pm! Message me for a link if you want to join online, or if you're in Swansea, see you in Keir Hardie 152.
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1/ Concerns about low birth rates & below "replacement" fertility have been in the news a lot lately. But what does "replacement fertility" mean exactly?
(Throwback pic to that time I tried replacement fertility all in one go). jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... #demography #fertility
(Throwback pic to that time I tried replacement fertility all in one go). jenndowd.substack.com/p/what-is-re... #demography #fertility
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
How can volcanic rock dust address the climate crisis and improve food security? Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation @sheffielduni.bsky.social brings together researchers from a range of backgrounds to explore the use of enhanced rock weathering to remove CO2 from the atmosphere #COP30
Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation
The Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation investigates how ordinary volcanic rock dust has the potential to cool the planet and improve food security David Beerling, The Leverhulme Centre fo...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
How can volcanic rock dust address the climate crisis and improve food security? Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation @sheffielduni.bsky.social brings together researchers from a range of backgrounds to explore the use of enhanced rock weathering to remove CO2 from the atmosphere #COP30
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I was in #Belem for Week 1 of the climate change #COP30, primarily to engage about rainforests and their future. Here are a few reflections on COP, the city of Belem, rainforests and the nature of hope naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/cop30-a...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
COP30 at the City at the Mouth of the Green Ocean
Yadvinder reflects on this time at COP 30
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I was in #Belem for Week 1 of the climate change #COP30, primarily to engage about rainforests and their future. Here are a few reflections on COP, the city of Belem, rainforests and the nature of hope naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/cop30-a...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social