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Santanu Das I am a professor of modern literature and culture at University of Oxford and a senior fellow at All Souls College. My work focuses on early 20th-century literature and culture, and I am especially in...

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🕯️ Santanu Das, Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at @ox.ac.uk, @engfac.bsky.social, highlights the essential need to acknowledge the millions of men of color who served in WW1, placing their stories back in history.
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🎶 Robert Macfarlane (@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social), Cambridge professor and writer, reflects on how writing for music shaped his craft. Music taught him about rhythm, tempo, rhyme, and the power of letting meaning be elliptical rather than over-explained.

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What makes us human ? One of the enduring questions for humanity is what makes humans so different from other animals. The answer to that question is that we discovered a new source of information to guide our behavior tha...

🧠 Michael Muthukrishna @michael.muthukrishna.com, professor of Economic Psychology at LSE @lsepbs.bsky.social, explores our “collective brain.” Unlike other animals, humans build on cultural knowledge, enabling us to solve new challenges together.

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Tamsin Mather, professor of Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, reflects on her career studying volcanic plumes. She shares how recent research has taken her from monitoring emissions in volcanic plumes to identifying traces of ancient volcanic activity hidden in sediments.
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🔑 Michael Muthukrishna (@michael.muthukrishna.com), professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (@lsepbs.bsky.social), reflects on what makes for a meaningful life.
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🕯️ Professor Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social) explains that the “nice witch” image hides a history rooted in medieval misogyny and violence.

This history is essential to understand the witch’s role today.

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Naoise Mac Sweeney I'm Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Vienna. My research focuses on the construction of identity and cultural interaction. I am especially interested in the making of communities – ...

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🏛️ Naoíse MacSweeney professor of Greek Archaeology, University of Vienna (@univie.ac.at) reflects on what brought her to Anatolia: the diversity in terms of natural landscape and people.
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The empire of democracy "How do we understand, as it were, our era of democracy, which I argue began really as recently as the 1970s from previous eras, and what is it that is fundamentally at the core of the democracy we li...

🗳️ Simon Reid-Henry explores how the turmoil of the 1970s shaped modern democracy—and why its renewal is vital for each generation.

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🌍 Naoise Mac Sweeney, professor of Greek Archaeology, University of Vienna (@univie.ac.at), reflects on the value of an international scientific community in shaping knowledge.

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🌱 Simon Reid-Henry, historical and political geographer at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (@prioresearch.bsky.social), reflects on how knowledge can help future generations navigate challenges.
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Anthony Bale I am Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge. I research later medieval English literature and culture. Throughout my work I've been concerned with the relationship ...

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🧠 Jessie Munton reflects on ignorance, forgetting, and why not knowing is as important to philosophy as knowledge.

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Jessie Munton ​​I'm an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. I'm also a fellow at St John's College, and Director of Studies for Philosophy there. My core areas of research are philosoph...

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🧠 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London on why collaborating with philosophers helps science ask better questions—and find better answers.

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👩‍🔬 Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology & epidemiology at @ucl.ac.uk, reflects on being a woman in science and shares advice for early-career researchers.

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The loneliness disease Dozens of longitudinal studies show that loneliness and isolation are associated with future incidence of diseases. If our societies are designed properly, nobody should feel lonely. We should all fee...

💬 Daisy Fancourt explores the rising epidemic of loneliness: how isolation harms both body and mind, and why genuine, face-to-face connection remains vital for our health.

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Steve Fleming I am Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Experimental Psychology and Group Leader at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry. The group’s research focuses on the me...

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Daisy Fancourt I am a Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and Head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL. My research focuses on the effects of social connections and behaviours on health, includi...

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Federica Genovese’s EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4624...

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Climate change and international politics The only way to deal with climate change effectively and credibly requires some type of international agreement, some level of international cooperation. There is no way in which only one country can ...

🌍 Federica Genovese (@fgenovese.bsky.social) explores how tackling climate change demands international cooperation. She examines the politics of COP meetings, shifting global power, and the challenges of climate finance.

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Federica Genovese I am a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Oxford. I specialize in studying the politics of crisis and specifically climate change. I am a 2024 Philip Lever...

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Aaron William Moore I am the Handa Chair of Japanese-Chinese Relations at the University of Edinburgh and a modern historian of China and Japan. I also work in modern literature. I am a 2014 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winne...

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🧬 Davide Michieletto, professor of biomaterials at the University of Edinburgh, shares what first drew him into biomaterials research and how curiosity drives his scientific journey.

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The living book of DNA DNA is the blueprint of life. It contains all the genetic information required for complex organisms to be alive and to sustain life.

Davide Michieletto explores DNA as more than life’s blueprint: its folding and packaging shape how genes work, how cells adapt, and how identity is defined.

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📚 What can a diary tell us that official histories can't? Historian Aaron William Moore explores how personal writings from China and Japan reveal lives shaped by war, ideology, and memory.

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A history of female friendship Female friendship is a powerful, evolving force that has long been overlooked, yet reveals deep emotional, cultural, and social significance across history

Tiffany Watt Smith (@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social) explores the history of female friendship, from practical support networks to 20th-century anxieties, and today’s changing expectations.

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🍝 Davide Michieletto, professor of biomaterials at the University of Edinburgh, reflects on how creating a new pasta shape connects to his research in polymer physics.

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