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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1h

The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, created in partnership with @expeditions.bsky.social www.joinexpeditions.com/partners/lev...
Bringing our collection live to a stage: www.5x15.com/events/5x15-... Join us!

White text on black background: The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection. Logos: EXPeditions, Leverhulme Trust.

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1h

Psychologist and neuroscientist, Professor @smfleming.bsky.social, reflects on metacognition – thinking about thinking – and how outside perspectives shape human experience.
www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4631 @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1h

Call for papers!

To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike of 1926, @newcastleuni.bsky.social's Labour & Society Research Group is organising a conference next year.

Submit proposals to @joeredmayne.bsky.social. More details 👇

Joe Redmayne @joeredmayne.bsky.social · 2h

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
@sslh.bsky.social

sslh.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...

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#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research

To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…

sslh.org.uk

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 3h

The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social brings together global experts to explore the impact of AI and algorithms on society. This month marks the first recruitment call for researchers.

Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @amoorelouise.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

International research centre launches to explore impact of AI and algorithms on society - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 6h

Explore the future of environmental law with Prof. @César Rodríguez-Garavito in this thought-provoking lecture on More-Than-Human Rights.

Explore the future of environmental law with Prof. César Rodríguez-Garavito in this thought-provoking lecture on More-Than-Human Rights.

Explore the future of environmental law with Prof. César Rodríguez-Garavito in this thought-provoking lecture on More-Than-Human Rights. 🌍

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 21h

Leverhulme International Professor Emma Waterton examines the small, often overlooked material traces of belonging itself. Join us 21 Oct, 16:00–17:30 for an afternoon seminar followed by drinks in Crush Hall. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 23h

The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, created in partnership with @expeditions.bsky.social www.joinexpeditions.com/partners/lev...
Bringing our collection live to a stage: www.5x15.com/events/5x15-... Join us!

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 23h

Professor of psychobiology and epidemiology @ucl-sbb.bsky.social, Daisy Fancourt, reflects on being a woman in science and shares advice for early career researchers. www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4622

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1d

Are you a young working professional with migrant parents?

This Leverhulme-funded project @sussexfss.bsky.social explores how young professionals of European and non-European backgrounds experience inclusion, worth and belonging in their UK workplace. Interested? Contact: [email protected]

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 1d

The Rights of Nature movement isn’t just legal theory it reimagines economics, governance & finance to serve life, not extract from it. Can our current economic mindset, wedded to GDP growth, adapt to a model that values ecosystem health as much as profit? Read our blog here
@ecioxford.bsky.social

Rethinking the Economy through recognising the Rights of Nature

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

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cfi-cambridge.bsky.social @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social · 1d

In the News: Our Senior Research Fellow Dr Eleanor Drage talks to BBC about AI deepfakes and the human cost of turning AI into a business of exploitation.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We investigate how creators are deepfaking disability to fuel the AI adult industry

www.bbc.co.uk

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

Join our vibrant academic community as a salaried Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow to carry out your independent research in 2026-27

Learn more about the application process and apply by 24 Oct 2025
https://bit.ly/3oudw1R

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship - CRASSH

For projects with an innovative approach

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk

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NINO Leiden @nino-leiden.bsky.social · 2d

New article in Nature Scientific Reports by NINO Visiting Research Fellow Hannah Plug et al.: Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis reveals changing connections to place and group membership in the world’s earliest village societies | buff.ly/GdBkTJw

The chemical element strontium as synthetic crystals, sealed under argon in a glass ampoule (Wikimedia Commons).

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Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing some of my @leverhulme.ac.uk research, discussing ‘The British Freethought Movement and Periodical Form’ and the affordances of periodicals for Victorian radicals. Join us at Senate House at 6pm!

Clare Stainthorp @claregs.bsky.social · 27d

I’m delighted to be part of this term’s London 19th Century Studies Seminar line up, and on a periodicals panel with @andrewkingc19.bsky.social no less! Join us at Senate House on Tues 14 Oct - all welcome!

Hark! The wild west wind rattles yonder casement, and autumn's own breath chills the under-insulated pedestrian trudging the pavement outside. These things betoken the return of hats and overcoats, umbrellas and germs, and of course students... but also the London 19th Century Studies Seminar! Please find the programme below, lovingly curated by myself, Mary Shannon and Briony Wickes. All events will be held from 6pm to 8pm in Room 243 at Senate House.
14th October: Andrew King (Greenwich),
"Periodicals and the Materiality of Marketing", and Clare Stainthorp (Royal College of Art),
"The British Freethought Movement and
Periodical Form".
25th November: Kate Hext (Exeter) and Catherine Maxwell (QMUL) on Decadent
Flowers and Gardens.
9th December: Peter Bryden (Exeter) and Robert Hampson (RHUL) on New Perspectives on Late Victorian Art.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1d

The We Society podcast is brought to you by the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social in association with @nuffieldfoundation.org and the Leverhulme Trust.

🔗 Listen, subscribe & find out more: podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

The We Society

Beyond the politics, beyond our geography are the intangible connections that hold us together – The We Society. The We Society podcast is here to tell you about the thousands of ways the Social ...

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1d

"There is no perfect city but there are pockets of good practice that we can learn from.”

ICYMI: In the latest episode of the We Society podcast @tinebuffel.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social and Dr Julia King discuss how we can build inclusive cities.

🎙️ www.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/cities

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Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 2d

Ridiculously proud of my team and the thing wot we did. Thanks ever and again to @leverhulme.ac.uk for making it happen.

Musica Secreta @musicasecreta.bsky.social · 3d

Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial

Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band

www.bbc.co.uk

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1d

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by
@britishacademy.bsky.social
and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, Logos: The British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 1d

How can networks help the uncertainty of being a first-gen academic? How did the pandemic impact our attitude towards community? These are just some of the questions discussed in Ep 3 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Leonie Smith, @claregs.bsky.social & @devinasarwatay.bsky.social.

tinyurl.com/46cp3bjr

Leonie Smith sits down with Clare Stainthorp and Devina Sarwatay in a podcasting studio.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 4d

The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection, created in partnership with @expeditions.bsky.social www.joinexpeditions.com/partners/lev...
Bringing our collection live to a stage: www.5x15.com/events/5x15-... Join us!

Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 4d

Hannah Skoda, medieval historian @stjohnsox.bsky.social reflects on gender equality in higher education today and how progress can be made. www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4619

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 4d

Cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, Clare Burrage, will demonstrate how her research bridges disciplines and is probing the dark universe.

Don't miss out! More details 👇 @royalsociety.org

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 5d

Dark matter remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in physics. Join Rosalind Franklin Prize winner Professor Clare Burrage as she discusses how her research is probing our dark universe, and how she aims to engage girls of all ages with the joy of physics: bit.ly/4mFfvL6

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 4d

Exploring the least explored planet of our solar system – Mercury. Featuring Philip Leverhulme Prize winner Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social, this film by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social explores the BepiColombo mission.

🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...

#WorldSpaceWeek 🚀

An artist's impression of the BepiColombo spacecraft in space with Mercury in the background. Image credit: spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Mercury: NASA/JPL.

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · 4d

Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt.

All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜

Families aren't failing. They're being failed.

📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

#DebtTrapNation

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 4d

🌟 Meet Dr Diāna Bērziņa, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Centre for Digital Trust and Society

🗣️ "My research examines online marketplaces for digital objects – focusing on the blurred boundaries between legal and illegal activity, the drivers of these markets, and the role AI plays..."

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