Professor Daniel Robert @bristoluni.bsky.social is interested in seeing how insects see their world and wonders what it is like to be in their skin, opening up a whole new understanding of insect perception and flower communication. 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/shifti... @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social

Moving beyond the simple genre of biography, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow @craigclunas.bsky.social's new book (coming soon) follows the lives of the ruling dynastic family of China in the Ming period. Read more: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/cclu... @ox.ac.uk

We are delighted to announce that Professor Richard Collier has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Research Fellowship, starting this month. The project is Men, Masculinities and the Legal Professions: Gender Equity and the 'Man Question'.

❗Job vacancy: Research Fellow in AI, Climate and Society at Hughes Hall and CFI. Apply by 12 January 2026. More info: www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/vacanc...

We're heading into 2026 with a new Associate Director! We're thrilled @sabineclarke.bsky.social has agreed to take on this role after being a great LCAB supervisor for several years. Sabine takes over from the brilliant Mark Jenner. Find out more about Sabine's work: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Made by MA students @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social, this film features volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer exploring the links between volcanoes and the beginning of life on Earth. @camunigeography.bsky.social

Hey Blue Sky peeps! Wanna help me close out 2025 w/ a bang? I am *super* close to 4K Substack subscribers. If you like nerdy but accessible data-driven takes on the latest medical & health news (w/ a dash of #demography from time to time), please consider subscribing. jenndowd.substack.com

Join our Leverhulme-Peierls Fellows on February 7th for cutting-edge physics lectures. Register soon to secure your spot: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/saturday-morning-theoretical-physics-leverhulme-peierls-fellows-0

Our team is delighted to announce the Open Access publication of our illustrated article on Biomolecular Archaeology and Medieval Studies in the medieval studies journal Speculum. It is intended not only as a research review article, but also as a teaching tool, so please share widely!

Take a look at our blog on the essential contributions of women to fungal biodiversity data in the early 20th century. Meg Burgess discusses the importance of the history of mycology & how it affects understanding of scientific, working class, & domestic cultures. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Big takeaways: Britain is never cut off from the Continent, migration is constant, the 7th/8thC are fascinating, people are moving into England from the Arctic to Africa & beyond! Lots more I can't get into here on 🦋 so please check it out! It's FREE to read 🙏 ❤️+ 🔁 doi.org/10.1080/0076... 10/

🌟New Year exciting new OA paper🌟 doi.org/10.1080/0076... from myself @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social, @shakenbeck.bsky.social & TC O'Connell @cam-archaeology.bsky.social "Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100" using #isotopes & #aDNA🧵⬇️ 1/

Our second New Year's arXiv preprint shows how a supersymmetric 3D conformal field theory can emerge at a quantum critical point on a fuzzy sphere. arxiv.org/abs/2512.25054 Thanks to Cristian Voinea and Wei Zhu's group for this collaboration. @leverhulme.ac.uk

Our first contribution to the New Year's arXiv avalanche explores new regimes of thermalisation breakdown in gauge theories arxiv.org/abs/2512.23794 Many thanks to Quera Computing for their Rydberg atom quantum computer that made this work possible @leverhulme.ac.uk

🌟New OA Publication🌟 doi.org/10.1086/738364 🧪🏰 "Biomolecular Archaeology and Medieval Studies: A Graphic Article" in @medievalacademy.bsky.social w @janetekay.bsky.social & an awesome team of ECR #WomeninSTEM 🧵⬇️ @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social

Humans emit CO₂ around 60× faster than all Earth’s volcanoes : a stark benchmark for the climate crisis, as highlighted by volcanologist Tamsin Mather. @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, @leverhulme.ac.uk

Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow. A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk Artwork by Jinjoon Lee 🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...

Nice to see this research, supported by my @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Research Fellowship, reach the most read spot in arts this week #AChristmasCarol #Dickens

What a way to finish off the year! I am delighted and privileged to share that I have accepted a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for my project titled “Geographies of Example: Finding the example within the exception and beyond” (GeoEx).

To coincide with the publication of his Leverhulme-funded book, @mjewitt.bsky.social is curating an associated film season at the ICA in London, which runs from November 2025 to June 2026: ica.art/films/jean-l...

🎄CHRISTMAS BLOG POST!🎄 A silly gift for you all: I dug through The National Archive wills looking for Christmassy names. There were a lot, inc: Mr 🎅 Christopher 🍮 ❄️ Green Thomas 🦃 Theophilia 🛷 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... 📜 #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uoearchhist.bsky.social

Join our next virtual study tour & hear from the Director of the Leverhulme Trust, Professor Anna Vignoles, who will provide an overview of the Trust’s funding strategy & a detailed account of some of the major schemes on offer 📅 5 February 2026 Info 👇 arma.ac.uk/product/leve...

A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out! I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one. academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

In this episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @fancyhistorian.bsky.social, explores romance through the pages of Pride and Prejudice 🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/roma...

I’m delighted to share that my new article is now available in Psychology of Music (SAGE) Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship and supported by @musicpsychologylab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Synaesthesia #Musicscience

📢 NOW LIVE: December's 'Will of the Month' post! 📢 Read on to find out about the life of a Ragusan merchant who found himself in Stuart London, sick of 'the Disease of the Stone' 👇 He left bequests of: 1 parrot 🦜, 300 pairs of stockings 🧦, & 360 jars of wine 🍾 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... Tldr 🧵 below!

The project team are very grateful to Alison for agreeing to write this blog & supporting the project in her role as member of the Advisory Board. Pictured above, are Alison & project investigator Carl Griffin in the archives in Inveraray. Find out more, bit.ly/468RTJS @leverhulme.ac.uk

In the latest entry from the Landscapes of Protest blog series, the archivist for Argyll Estate Archives, Alison Diamond, reflects on a curious document dated 1768 mentioning 'luddite encroachments' in Campbeltown harbour...Or were there? Read more, bit.ly/4q10N3L @juliettedesportes.bsky.social

Can studying the past really prepare you for shaping public debate or navigating complex global issues? In this @soashistory.bsky.social podcast, Prof Phil Clark shares what history students can bring to the table. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/pcla...

I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p... #cogsci #neuroskyence

What's the problem with AI images tools? AI excels when fed perfect data, but falters in the real world. Discover where deep learning hits its limits and why timeless math holds the key to robust, universal imaging. With Professor Carola Schönlieb @leverhulme.ac.uk ; @plusmaths.bsky.social

New paper alert! Sulfur isotopes evidence Late Pleistocene faunal spatial ecology - 100s of data points, years of combined research effort, and an isotope-zooarch-zooms collab. Congrats to @sarahbarakat.bsky.social who led this to fruition! @ukri.org @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...

What makes a postdoctoral position different when it’s a Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life junior or senior fellow position? You will be working together with a vibrant community of interdisciplinary researchers, each of them curious about the world-making capacities of AI. Ask us a question…

Catch up on our sold out lecture with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social. Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...

🚨 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Interested in how expectations shape what we see? Apply for a fully funded PhD at UEA, supervised by Dr George Malcolm and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. ⏰ Deadline: 18 Jan 2026 www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, @umartin.bsky.social asks if AI will change the nature of mathematics. Like Prof Martin, if you are considering applying for the Trust's Emeritus Fellowships, visit our website for details: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/emeritus-fel.... Closing date: 29 January, 2026

🎅December Will of the Month!🎅 This merchant from the Republic of Ragusa made reference to the altarpiece he commissioned ✝️ 300 silk stockings🧦400 pairs of stirrups🐴, and a parrot 🦜. #EarlyModern 🗃️ sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social

Increasing human ecological impact over the Holocene (11,700 - 150 years ago) led to biodiversity gains in Europe. Why? From ~8,500 years ago, the spread of farming created heterogeneous, habitat-rich landscapes that enhanced biodiversity. Read our new paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.... 🌏 🧪

🎉 At Christmas we look back on the good things the year brought. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Beatriz Marin-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social who won a prestigious @leverhulme.ac.uk Philip Leverhulme Prize for her research into the origins of anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean.

📣 PDRA JOB (2 Years, full-time) based in Psychology, @schoolofppls.bsky.social: We are hiring a Post-doctoral Research Associate, to work on Strand B (experimental) of our @weaponisedpasts.bsky.social project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk.

Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.

PhD student Luke Misra outlines his project on variations in carbon stocks & trade-offs with other ecosystem services in the Kruger National Park. Savannas provide a plethora of ecosystem services; however, their value & merit as carbon stores may be undervalued. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Another highlight of our look back to 2025: High-risk EU AI Act Toolkit (HEAT) launched in February to help businesses navigate high-risk AI compliance under EU Artificial Intelligence Act. www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

It gives me great pleasure to announce that I have just been awarded a Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust to conduct a three-year research project at Nottingham Trent Uni. The project is entitled "Professional mobility at the time of the Crusades, 1099-1291." @leverhulme.ac.uk

"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories" The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.

Let me warmly recommend the Emeritus Fellowships to any research-active retirees out there: experience totally positive with sensible application process and super-helpful administration of the grant

Read the latest blog for Landscapes of Protest, a research project funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk! In this most recent post, co-lead Carl Griffin reflects on what brought him to Scottish history & the study of Highland resistance, bit.ly/4aNibUx @juliettedesportes.bsky.social

A collection of artefacts showing the oldest evidence of early humans intentionally making fire, nearly 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, has been uncovered in Barnham, England, by a team including Simon Parfitt & Dr Nick Ashton @uclarchaeology.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...