Rewriting Wor(l)ds
@re-writer.bsky.social
A transdisciplinary, community co-produced, research-practice partnered research project based at the University of Edinburgh, dedicated to exploring poetry, creative engagement, & the links to promoting lifelong wellbeing.
📚 📣 Spreading a little (belated) Burns Night 🏴 cheer with this exciting piece about the power of poetry in the Edinburgh Inquirer – & featuring featuring a little interview about a research project you might have heard of... www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/not-just-f...
Not just for Burns Night: The surprising power of reading poetry aloud
Reciting verse is transforming lives young and old in the Capital
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📣 Exciting news: We're beyond thrilled to announce that two outstanding researchers, Elena Santi (@elenasanti.bsky.social) & Simina Pițur (@threeblackbirds.bsky.social), will be joining our research team! 📣 To find out more about their research, head over to rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk 📚🧠
Looking for a creative way to jumpstart 2026? Join our Project Lead Patrick Errington at Durham University's Narrative Cognition Lab/@durhamimh.bsky.social on Friday 16 Nov for an interactive talk on poetry & creativity! Tickets are free & you can join online! medhumsplatform.org/event/readin...
Reading Words and Worlds
A hybrid seminar about how creative writing responses highlight, enact, and enhance the creative process of reading.
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🎉We're hiring!🎉 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Researchers to join our exciting, interdisciplinary team. Both are full-time, fixed-term (almost 4 years), based in Edinburgh's @uoe-cahss.bsky.social / @uoe-llc.bsky.social w/ links to @schoolofppls.bsky.social & @morayhouse.bsky.social Pls share!
Gorgeous shout-out about the project from the fantastic folks in @iashedinburgh.bsky.social: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw... Feeling very lucky to be supported by and collaborating with such brilliant #interdisciplinary centres and institutes!
UKRI Awards IASH Affiliate Patrick Errington a Future Leaders Fellowship | IASH
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The @re-writer.bsky.social project will span from basic science to real-world applications, from neuroaesthetics of poetry processing to promoting creative engagement with poetry. The brilliant @pat-err.bsky.social thinks big and follows through on those ideas. I'm so excited to be part of the team!
Patrick James Errington@pat-err.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people
That's right – we're live! You can check out the @ukri.org announcement here www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... & feel free to visit our website to keep up with all we've got planned rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk
UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
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Patrick James Errington@pat-err.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people