Hannah Little
@hanachronism.bsky.social
Lecturer @University of Liverpool. Director @Open Rights Group. SETI Post-Contact hub. Science Communication researcher and practitioner. Alien Linguist (Rep. Alex Cochran). Linguist. Comedian. Data Rights Advocate. Writer. Socialist. Trade Unionist.
Could one of humanity’s greatest technologies have helped shape one of our communicative abilities? This fascinating piece from @hanachronism.bsky.social explores a new theory about the relationship between fire, gesture & the evolution of spoken language. 🔗 tinyurl.com/28cxpdz3 🧵👇 #langsky
How firelight may have shaped the origins of spoken language
New study suggests ancient campfires may have encouraged our ancestors to develop language.
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📢Job alert! @commmedia.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in Media and Culture (5 year post). Deadline to apply: 23 Sept. Please share! Full details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU894/l...
Lecturer in Media and Culture - Grade 7/8 at University of Liverpool
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The Luddites were right by the way. They were violently suppressed by the military, working on behalf of the factory owners. Chartists and other activists took up the fight of Luddism to win us back worker rights. George, just have a read of this mate: tomhumberstone.com/luddites
I'm a Luddite (And So Can You!) | Tom Humberstone
I'm a Luddite (And So Can You!)
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Some things I said about the first contact scene in Project Hail Mary appear in this article at @physicsworld.bsky.social by Andrew Glester and Tushna Commissariat! Love tricking physics nerds into thinking about language. physicsworld.com/a/amaze-amaz...
'Amaze, amaze, amaze': in Project Hail Mary, science and friendship save the day – Physics World
Andrew Glester and Tushna Commissariat delve into the science and story of Project Hail Mary
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Where to publish research on #lingcomm: www.superlinguo.com/post/8207037... An annotated and non-definitive list of some suggestions. If you have other suggestions I'd love to add them!
Where to publish research on lingcomm
I love seeing linguistics communication work, and the wonderful ways people do lingcomm to bring linguistics to new audiences. I do lingcomm as part of my job as an academic, which means that I also l...
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We are studying how open peer review can help science journalists in their work. If you cover health, science, or environmental issues (even occasionally) we invite you to complete this 5-minute survey: uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share widely! It's available in 10 languages 🌍💚📊
So sad to see #scicomm programmes closing - I've always seen it as a growing subject area over the last decade or so with increasing relevance.
Jo-ho-ho@jobrodie.bsky.social · 5mo agoEdinburgh University has shuttered its MSc course in Science Communication and Public Engagement. Perhaps they are going to embed more #scicomm training for researchers and academics but I do think the world needs professional scicommists beyond academia / industry study.ed.ac.uk/programmes/p...
What a treat to be a guest on the Let's Talk SciComm Podcast (@letstalkscicomm.bsky.social)! We talked about my career, aliens, linguistics, storytelling, and (of course) SciComm! You can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/03dH...
139. Interview with scicomm researcher and evolutionary linguist Dr Hannah Little
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I'm competing in the UK Jigsaw Puzzle Association National Championship at the weekend! If you want to experience the intense and niche sport of speed puzzling, the YouTube links are below. Saturday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH56... Sunday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8X...
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"For years, a handful of Big Tech companies have used their power to gain control of the UK’s digital infrastructure, locking the government into wasteful contracts and shaping tech policy in their favour." 🗣️ ORG's @jim.killock.org.uk on our new report calling for UK Digital Sovereignty.
Digital rights organizers warn UK is too reliant on big tech, urge digital sovereignty
The Open Rights Group calls for open source tech to drive digital sovereignty in the UK public sector and protect national security
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This paper by @hanachronism.bsky.social et al is full of useful tips for science storytelling, well worth the reading time for anyone who does this kind of thing for a living. 🧪 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts’: The risks and opportunities of taking advantage of cognitive biases in storytelling for science communication - Hannah Little, Juliet Duns...
Storytelling is a growing topic in science communication research, highlighting the importance of learning from existing storytelling research from other discip...
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Job opportunity at the Natural History Museum in London! Principal researcher in human evolution. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Principal Researcher in Human Evolution:South Kensington
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Back running experiments with real life humans which I haven't done since my PhD, and it's quite exciting!
Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool@commmedia.bsky.social · 8mo agoVolunteers needed for decision making study. You’ll be in a group making a decision together. Come to Abercromby Square, or join online, for 45 minutes in April/May. You’ll get a £10 voucher for your time. Must be over 18 with good English language proficiency. Complete the form to receive invite.
Are you an early career researcher interested in communicating linguistics to broader audiences? Consider applying for a @lingcomm.org grant! Deadline April 30, via @lingthusiasm.com lingcomm.org/grants/
Grants
2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences We want to see more linguistics in the world! The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support lin…
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My research is featured on the Public Understanding of Science blog with a brief introduction to our paper published in their journal (here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) and the toolkit which can be download here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/ sagepus.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-fi...
A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts
science communication, science and society, public understanding of science, science & the media, research
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They're open, and we need YOU (yes, you!) to submit your proposal for the BIG Event! Come join us and loads of others at the National STEM Learning Centre this July! Propose a session now forms.gle/RBW95Z8sEagK...
Christmas is a time for gathering round and listening to a tale well told. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Hannah Little @hanachronism.bsky.social, an expert in communications. Explore her work helping scientists of all kinds explain their research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps: /1
This is really cool. You have to scroll down a couple of comments to get to the pdf, though.
Hannah Little@hanachronism.bsky.social · 11mo agoA couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others. Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
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This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
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New publication co-authored by department member Dr. Hannah Little in Public Understands of Science! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts’: The risks and opportunities of taking advantage of cognitive biases in storytelling for science communication - Hannah Little, Juliet Duns...
Storytelling is a growing topic in science communication research, highlighting the importance of learning from existing storytelling research from other discip...
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A fantastic (and free) resource from Faculty colleague @hanachronism.bsky.social to help science communicators make their stories more memorable ⤵️
Hannah Little@hanachronism.bsky.social · 11mo agoA couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others. Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead! This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI. Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025 www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...
Public Services Research Lead
The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Public Services Research Lead to evaluate and shape UK public service decisions about the use of data and AI.
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I loved working on this project. FAO #sciart and #scicomm sky, check out this thread!
Hannah Little@hanachronism.bsky.social · 11mo agoA couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others. Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
I was so pleased JC brought me in on this project. If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.
Hannah Little@hanachronism.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe’ve now produced a toolkit to guide science communicators through (critically) using certain strategies. It has been beautifully illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social (in collab with @rikworth.bsky.social) and can be downloaded as a PDF here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others. Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026). Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development. Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon. I’ll share more about the move & new work soon. Please share with students & retweet!
