Reminder: we are welcoming the European Society for the History of Science to Manchester next month, for their Early Career Network and In-Between Meetings from 9 to 12 September 2025. eshs.org/2025/07/11/e...

I’m excited to share that my article with Centaurus on: The UK-UAR Scientific Agreement (1961): The Role of the British Council and Science Diplomacy in Post-Suez Anglo-Egyptian Reconciliation, is now available to read! #sciencediplomacy #historyofscience #BritishCouncil #hstm

You can read our full analysis and our country case studies, here: bit.ly/4kLbXGt Co-authors were Andrew James, @alicenaisbitt.bsky.social and John Rigby. Thanks to the UK Science and Technology Network for funding the study.

New report! #scipolicy in Europe has long considered internationalisation as a driver of excellence and soft power. Geopolitical tensions are changing this calculation. We examined #researchsecurity concerns and responses for 7 EU countries (CZ, FR, DE, NL, ES, IT, SE) Read more: bit.ly/4kLbXGt

I frequently forget that I have a Bluesky account but here I am to say that last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis! It’s been a wild ride but one I am eternally grateful for!

Well the thesis is submitted which feels slightly surreal, and hasn’t sunk in yet really. Does it ever? Well here’s a visual representation of the last 3.5 years of work. Somewhere in the scribbled and nonsensical notes in these notebooks, a PhD thesis was born.

If you fancy a quick 10 minute read over a cuppa, please consider this short article I wrote for EPOCH in autumn last year!

Another Seminar date for your diaries: On 18 March, Prof Siobhan Nelson will be speaking on Industrial legislation, nursing professional associations and the rise of unionism among nurses in Denmark, Canada and the UK. The boxing gloves will feature! blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

On the following day (5 March), another old friend of CHSTM, Prof John Krige will be presenting the 2025 Fred Jevons Lecture, on What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics. www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/what-...

On 4 March our friend Mike Sappol will be talking about his new book on Queer Anatomies: Aesthetics and perverse desire in the anatomical image; or The Epistemology of the Anatomical Closet. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2024/1...

I think one of my most frequent tasks in finishing this thesis is googling ‘synonyms of…’

I’m at the point with my thesis, that near submission, that part of my dream last night revolved around me having forgotten to include any apostrophes in the whole document…

Some new years wintery wanderings from the north east coast

At this point in December, my brain is just soup

There are worse views for a weekend

Some pictures from a brief trip to Hannover last week, sad I missed out on the Christmas markets by just a couple of days!

This Friday afternoon is really Friday afternoon-ing

It’s the best season of all

Join us for the first CHSTM research seminar of the semester, next Tuesday, 3 Oct, at 4pm. Our speaker is Dr Fiona Williamson (Singapore Management University), on Controlling Urban Atmospheres: Air Conditioning as a Social Marker in Colonial Singapore blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2023/0...

I’ll start this new account by showing everyone this truly breathtaking latte I was given today