Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...

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Huge congratulation to GSEJ External Member @camilleserisier.com on her selection as a 2026 British Pavilion Fellow with the British Council. The Fellowship forms part of the 61st Venice Biennale, one of the most significant global platforms for contemporary art

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Today we spotlight our #BusinessInteractionVouchers. Also known as BIVs, we have up to £50,000 available to support industry-academic in engineering biology for metal processing. All information including funding guidelines available below, deadline 29th May 5 pm. #Applynow shorturl.at/t2cOB

The 1st edition of the 'Relational Map of #Plant #SyntheticBiology in the UK' is out! 🌱

It's a transdisciplinary collaboration between @olmoore.bsky.social , Dr Little & Dr Rylott. Part of the ARIA-funded Futuring Biological Commons, led by @joyzhang.bsky.social

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Spring Newsletter 2026 - ELEMENTAL Inside, you’ll find highlights from the Elemental Annual Meeting in York, where researchers and partners gathered to celebrate progress and forge new collaborations. We’re also announcing the first re...

Explore our newly launched #ElementalHub Spring Newsletter which is packed full of latest activity including our recent annual meeting & exciting events to come soon, as well as new #fundingopportunities. Also showcasing a #CriticalMinerals feature, explore it here elementalhub.org/2026/03/24/s...

📣 “Meet-the-Editors” of Current Sociology
Webinar for prospective contributors by Current Sociology editors

🗓️ March 12, 2026 at 5pm - 7pm SGT (UTC +8)
🔗 Register at tinyurl.com/sociologyweb...

#Conference

ℹ️ “Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls”
2026 Annual Congress of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) on July 6-9, 2026 at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2026
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Given reported cases, we feel the need to clarify: please be aware of scam emails. ‘presidentola10115@gmail.com’ is not associated with either Current Sociology Monographs or myself. We only communicate via official journal email listed on the journal website and through university email accounts.

Always a pleasure to discuss @isa-sociology.org journals and publication outlooks, especially with fellow Current Sociology editors, Joonmo Son and Daniel Goh, alongside the Executive Committee meeting. Also loved the reusable conference badge. Also loved the reusable conference badge.

Reflecting on the Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop- 10 February 2026 - ELEMENTAL Discover highlights from the University of York’s Transcriptomics Workshop. Learn RNA-seq workflows, data analysis, and pathway interpretation in a hands-on, expert-led session.

Last week Elemental PDRAs & PhD researchers & members gathered in York for the Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop. This in‑person session offered a practical & collaborative environment to explore RNA‑sequencing data analysis. Read more at elementalhub.org/2026/02/12/t...

#ElementalHub

Highlights from the Elemental Annual Meeting- York February 2026 - ELEMENTAL Highlights from Day One  The event kicked off with a warm welcome from Chair, Martin Warren, setting the context for the meeting and its goals. Attendees were introduced to the latest updates from BBS...

Our keen followers will have noted our Year 2 Annual Meeting posts last week. By bringing partners & stakeholders together, the meeting reinforced our shared goals, strengthened collaboration across work packages, & helped further develop our community. #ElementalHub elementalhub.org/2026/02/17/h...

What can top spending two days with some of my favourite engineering biologists at @elementalengbio.bsky.social annual meeting? Delivering an RRI and engagement session with the wonderful Emma Cook, Head of Engagement at UKRI-BBSRC

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That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology

Submission portal now working! Deadline extended to 2 March.

Look forward to receiving your abstracts!

If you are interested in #ScienceDiplomacy, #ScienceCommunication or #PublicEngagement, please join us in Malaysia this July!

Still 11 days to submit your abstract!

📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'

Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...

📝 Abstracts: 250 words

⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb

🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey

#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism

Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..."
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
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Great 48 hours- Thanks to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and DSIT for the consultation on anticipatory biotech governance in Paris. A delightful bonus was a group photo with iGEMers.

Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.

So look forward to learning from everyone at this event!

We’re very pleased to announce the publication of the ODESSI Conference Report. This is a major initiative that GSEJ, in close collaboration with our global partners, will be advancing. At its core is an effort to bring together public engagement and science diplomacy.
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Misleading content can be both hard to spot and dangerous. But how can we identify and debunk it? Join Professor Iryna Gurevych for the free Milner Prize Lecture on 17 November as she explores:
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Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway. Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.

That’s why the thorniest problem lies in the phenomenon of ‘science at large’ www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

Can’t wait to read this!

Dalhousie’s Dr. Françoise Baylis begins new chapter as president of the Royal Society of Canada Global bioethics leader steps into a pivotal national role, aiming to deepen public trust in research, amplify Canadian voices on the world stage, and champion science for societal good.

I am so very excited about this new chapter of my life. Looking forward to working alongside talented colleagues to find creatives ways to leverage knowledge for the benefit of Canadians www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...

My next Zoom lecture on heritable human genome editing — November 6, 2025. The plan is to provide a worldwind summary of the last 10 years ….

Having just finished the final episode, I’m filled with both sadness and gratitude. The weekly programme will be greatly missed — a true loss for the BBC and for science communication worldwide.

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?

It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?

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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.