Hannah Little
@hanachronism.bsky.social
Lecturer @University of Liverpool. Director @Open Rights Group. SETI Post-Contact hub. Science Communication researcher and practitioner. Alien Linguist (Rep. Alex Cochran). Linguist. Comedian. Data Rights Advocate. Writer. Socialist. Trade Unionist.
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Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
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This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
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New publication co-authored by department member Dr. Hannah Little in Public Understands of Science! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts’: The risks and opportunities of taking advantage of cognitive biases in storytelling for science communication - Hannah Little, Juliet Duns...
Storytelling is a growing topic in science communication research, highlighting the importance of learning from existing storytelling research from other discip...
journals.sagepub.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New publication co-authored by department member Dr. Hannah Little in Public Understands of Science! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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A fantastic (and free) resource from Faculty colleague @hanachronism.bsky.social to help science communicators make their stories more memorable ⤵️
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A fantastic (and free) resource from Faculty colleague @hanachronism.bsky.social to help science communicators make their stories more memorable ⤵️
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📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead!
This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.
Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...
This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.
Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...
Public Services Research Lead
The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Public Services Research Lead to evaluate and shape UK public service decisions about the use of data and AI.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead!
This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.
Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...
This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.
Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/public-s...
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A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I was so pleased JC brought me in on this project.
If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.
If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.
We’ve now produced a toolkit to guide science communicators through (critically) using certain strategies. It has been beautifully illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social (in collab with @rikworth.bsky.social) and can be downloaded as a PDF here:
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I was so pleased JC brought me in on this project.
If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.
If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social
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I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026).
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026).
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.
Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.
I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.
Please share with students & retweet!
I'll be speaking at Space Lates: A Message to Outer Space at the National Space Centre on Friday if anyone's around Leicester! Tickets here: www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/spa...
Space Lates
Discover global space missions, international collaboration, and cosmic challenges in an inspiring evening of talks, activities, and exploration.
www.spacecentre.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'll be speaking at Space Lates: A Message to Outer Space at the National Space Centre on Friday if anyone's around Leicester! Tickets here: www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/spa...
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Come and do a PhD at Exeter with me and Chico Camargo (Computer Science) on human-genAI coevolution
"Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Data-Driven Agent-Based Modelling of Online Cultural Dynamics"
www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
More details here:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
"Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Data-Driven Agent-Based Modelling of Online Cultural Dynamics"
www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
More details here:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Come and do a PhD at Exeter with me and Chico Camargo (Computer Science) on human-genAI coevolution
"Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Data-Driven Agent-Based Modelling of Online Cultural Dynamics"
www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
More details here:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
"Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Data-Driven Agent-Based Modelling of Online Cultural Dynamics"
www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
More details here:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
I'll be on BBC Radio Merseyside at 7.20am... Not sure why I agreed to that but there we are
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'll be on BBC Radio Merseyside at 7.20am... Not sure why I agreed to that but there we are
Devastated about Jane Goodall. What a giant of science communication and such a champion of empathy, love and understanding for every living being on this planet. If I manage to live my life with a tenth of the integrity and compassion she had, I'll be proud.
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Devastated about Jane Goodall. What a giant of science communication and such a champion of empathy, love and understanding for every living being on this planet. If I manage to live my life with a tenth of the integrity and compassion she had, I'll be proud.
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Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
So great to finally see this in print! My piece about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter which is held in the Science Fiction Special Collections in Liverpool. It appears in "Collecting Stories", a volume by @livunipress.bsky.social about objects held in the cultural collections at the university.
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
So great to finally see this in print! My piece about Arthur C. Clarke's typewriter which is held in the Science Fiction Special Collections in Liverpool. It appears in "Collecting Stories", a volume by @livunipress.bsky.social about objects held in the cultural collections at the university.
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Happy Darmok Day to all who celebrate
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Darmok Day to all who celebrate
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In which I talk with @comicbookyeti.com about comics, science communication, and my new book Pets Tell Tales!
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
September 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In which I talk with @comicbookyeti.com about comics, science communication, and my new book Pets Tell Tales!
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/jordan-...
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We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Labour: vote for us or you'll get RefUK! RefUK are ahead in the polls! WE MIGHT END UP WITH A REFUK GOVERNMENT NEXT TIME!! BEWARE!!!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Labour: vote for us or you'll get RefUK! RefUK are ahead in the polls! WE MIGHT END UP WITH A REFUK GOVERNMENT NEXT TIME!! BEWARE!!!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!
Thank you to all that contributed to our Voyager exhibit today and created golden records at the British Science Festival! Some of my favourites are here, but I know I missed many so I'll be going through them once I've recovered a bit! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thank you to all that contributed to our Voyager exhibit today and created golden records at the British Science Festival! Some of my favourites are here, but I know I missed many so I'll be going through them once I've recovered a bit! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
We've got materials from the Science Fiction Collections at the University of Liverpool relevant to first contact in the Black-E (in Liverpool) today for the British Science Festival! Come and take a look! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We've got materials from the Science Fiction Collections at the University of Liverpool relevant to first contact in the Black-E (in Liverpool) today for the British Science Festival! Come and take a look! @britsciassoc.bsky.social
I'm a serious adult academic, so of course I've spent the last few days making Voyager 1 out of papier mache and bottle tops... See you tomorrow, British Science Festival @britsciassoc.bsky.social!!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm a serious adult academic, so of course I've spent the last few days making Voyager 1 out of papier mache and bottle tops... See you tomorrow, British Science Festival @britsciassoc.bsky.social!!!
We have an exhibition accompanying our events at the British Science Festival this weekend about the voyager space probes! It explores the ideas and legacy of the Voyager space probes. You can read more context (and view the exhibition!) here: digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager
Voyager
digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We have an exhibition accompanying our events at the British Science Festival this weekend about the voyager space probes! It explores the ideas and legacy of the Voyager space probes. You can read more context (and view the exhibition!) here: digitalheritagelab.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager