Are we really experiencing more crises? In the latest episode of the We Society podcast, @dannydorling.bsky.social discusses the research behind his latest book and that our crises are often more nuanced than what’s in the headlines. 🎙️ Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/dorl...

We're excited to share that we've been awarded a £5million grant from The Leverhulme Trust to fund the 'Next Generation Democracy' doctoral programme, training up to 30 PhD scholars to investigate how 16 and 17 year-olds will shape, and be shaped, by UK democracy. More: https://ow.ly/Cw6R50ZuWt8

@glasgow.ac.uk and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social are partners in a new Leverhulme Doctoral Programme in Responsible Hybrid Intelligence announced today. Full story via the link: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

I will be advertising a funded PhD studentship shortly, for a project on adding psychological theory (social identity) to modelling of epidemics ( @leverhulme.ac.uk funded, with Marijn Stok). The studentship will start in January 2027. Get in touch now for informal enquiries.

Following the Trust’s centenary commitment to UK research, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Leverhulme Centenary Doctoral Scholarship grants. Ten awards totalling up to £50 million to support academic talent and innovative interdisciplinary research.

Our new preprint maps the resources available to track progress towards global biodiversity commitments. We identify where monitoring is strong, where gaps remain, and how better coordination can support implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. @ecioxford.bsky.social

Mapping monitoring resources to support progress tracking of global biodiversity-related commitments

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Featuring Dr Geoff Evatt @manchester.ac.uk, this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social film explores the UK’s first-ever Antarctic meteorite collection programme. 🎬️ Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/lost-m...

The lost meteorites of Antarctica

Featuring Dr Geoff Evatt from the University of Manchester, this film explores the UK’s first-ever Antarctic meteorite collection programme

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‘There are 1,800 companies that have been venture backed that have passed that 25 million a year revenue threshold.’ ICYMI: Join venture capitalist Saul Klein in this We Society episode to hear more about harnessing the UK’s innovation economy. 🎙️ Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/klein

Cancelled Futures: Class, Race & Place in Post-Industrial Britain 16th September at UCL I'll be talking race, class & place with @alexkelbert.bsky.social & @lukedenoronha.bsky.social Hosted by @uclsociology.bsky.social & @sprc-ucl.bsky.social Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancelled-...

New research led by @francescorampazzo.com shows how combining Facebook and survey data can improve estimates of migrant populations by age and sex, helping to address gaps in traditional sources. Read more: www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/combini...

Combining Facebook and survey data improves estimates of migrant populations

A new study shows how digital trace data can be combined with traditional surveys to produce more detailed estimates of migrant populations by age and sex. The research, published in the Journal of th...

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Leverhulme Research Fellow @drjessicajohnson.bsky.social’s project will deepen understandings of women’s lives in Africa and advance the practice of feminist collaboration across difference. @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Anachisale’s life: narration and ethics in feminist anthropology

Jessica Johnson’s collaboration with Anachisale – a rural Malawian woman

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🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

The next round of the APEX Awards is now open offering independent researchers the opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary research. Closing date: 8 September 2026 In partnership with @royalsociety.org, @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk, and supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

APEX awards | Royal Society

In partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society (‘the Academies’) and with generous support from the Leverhulme Trust, the APEX award (Academies Partner...

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The APEX Awards are open for applications. Run in partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk, and generously supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, this scheme promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and supports outstanding curiosity-driven research. royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...

Thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting us to offer pre-application training, funding to strengthen capacity, and wrap-around career development for underrepresented early career academics in the SHAPE disciplines, including disabled researchers

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As part of the Trust’s centenary commitment, the Trust Board is pleased to announce three new partnerships to strengthen the UK’s world-leading research base, providing direct support to underrepresented scholars at the earliest stages of their research career.

Congratulations to Dr Tobias Schillings on being awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for ‘Reforming Solidarity: Healthcare Expansion and Welfare Legitimacy in the Global South' which explores how healthcare reform reshapes solidarity, state responsibility, and inequality across societies.

The Leverhulme Trust, as part of its major (£100 million) centenary investment in UK research, has announced 3 new partnerships designed to enhance opportunities for underrepresented groups at the early stages of research careers. @leverhulme.ac.uk Terrifically good news, and sorely needed. 1/3

As part of the Trust’s centenary commitment, the Trust Board is pleased to announce three new partnerships to strengthen the UK’s world-leading research base, providing direct support to underrepresented scholars at the earliest stages of their research career.

‘We invest in practical science fiction.’ Saul Klein, one of Europe's leading venture capitalists, joins the We Society to discuss the UK’s innovation economy and how investment in it could improve productivity and living standards. 🎙️ Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/klein

The APEX Awards are open for applications. Run in partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk, and generously supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, this scheme promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and supports outstanding curiosity-driven research. royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...

I’ve written about the early 20th-century German housewives’ movement as a forerunner to today’s social media tradwives in @uk.theconversation.com. The article's based on my @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship research into politics & emotions @unileedsnews.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-historic...

The historic German housewives who laid the groundwork for today’s tradwives

Today’s tradwives rework the ideals of the early 20th-century German housewives’ movement.

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I'm delighted to share that I have been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and will be joining the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge this September. My heartfelt thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk, the Isaac Newton Trust, and Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge for making this possible.

Excited to see the first paper from this @leverhulme.ac.uk - funded project to appear today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social ! Congratulations to @christiandrerup.com , Mingyue Feng and all our collaborators!

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🚨 Excited to share our new paper published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social ! 🦟 🏊 Here, we compared the surface swimming behaviour of 11 mosquito species across three major disease-vector genera and found clear, genus-specific differences in how they move! 📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Excited to offer a fully funded PhD with Maeve Ryan and I at KCL. Details below. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin...

CRSW / AHRC Doctoral Studentship: Narratives of Enslavement and their Legacies | King's College London

King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, jointly supervised by English and War Studies.

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📣 Open for applications Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Apply to spend time at CRASSH as a salaried fellow from September 2027 to May 2028 ⬆️ Read the eligibility criteria and FAQs at https://bit.ly/44IBme6 ⏳ Apply by 16 October 2026

In the latest episode of the We Society podcast, @profsophieharman.bsky.social discusses her research into the forces that shape women’s health and the collective action needed to rebalance assumptions in women’s healthcare. 🎙️ Tune in: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/harman

Dr Maya Indira Ganesh is leading a new project – Digital Ojar, that’s addressing the question: what happens to marginalised stories, languages, and cultural knowledge when they enter the internet and AI’s infrastructures, and who decides? www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

NEW PAPER: 'Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School', with @annastrhan.bsky.social, @drpeterjhemming.bsky.social & Sarah Neal, in Sociological Research Online, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

NEW PAPER: 'Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School', lead authored by @joannamalone.bsky.social, with @annastrhan.bsky.social, myself & Sarah Neal, in Sociological Research Online, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk: doi.org/10.1177/1360...

Institutionalising Non-religion? Locating Non/Religion in a Welsh Primary School - Joanna Malone, Anna Strhan, Peter Hemming, Sarah Neal, 2026

This article explores institutional manifestations of non/religion in a primary school in South Wales. According to the 2021 Census, South Wales has some of the...

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Sweat, blood and tears! I am delighted to announce our forthcoming book: Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822, which I've co-edited with António Camões Gouveia (Nova University-Lisbon) and Federico Palomo (Complutense University-Madrid). www.routledge.com/Public-Ritua...

Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822

Public Rituals charts the study of public rituals in the Portuguese Empire between 1498 and 1822 approximately, with a view to introducing both new and seasoned readers to the contexts, sources, probl...

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South Africa is often considered the most industrialised nation in sub-Saharan Africa. It is little surprise, therefore, that tree planting schemes become such an attractive means of carbon offset for government bodies. But is the value of savannas being overlooked? ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...