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TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
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Dr Lucius Caviola was recently a guest speaker on the Prism podcast talking about his work on digital minds. Listen to the full episode here:
www.prism-global.com/podcast/luci...
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Lucius Caviola: A Future with Digital Minds? Expert Estimates and Societal Response — The Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines
Lucius Caviola is an Assistant Professor in the Social Science of AI at the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and a Research Associate in Psychology at Harvard...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Dr Lucius Caviola was recently a guest speaker on the Prism podcast talking about his work on digital minds. Listen to the full episode here:
www.prism-global.com/podcast/luci...
www.prism-global.com/podcast/luci...
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Grain, tax and the birth of states. Great piece by @chrisnsimms.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2505... in @newscientist.com on our research rdcu.be/eRGzT (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com. Understanding the origins of tax @newsagents.bsky.social for the budget.
Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
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November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Grain, tax and the birth of states. Great piece by @chrisnsimms.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2505... in @newscientist.com on our research rdcu.be/eRGzT (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com. Understanding the origins of tax @newsagents.bsky.social for the budget.
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Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings als...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇
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We (with @drqueue.bsky.social) explain the process in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-real-rea....
The real reason nation states first emerged thousands of years ago – new research
New findings add weight to the theory that nation states didn’t just spring up from any kind of farming – it had to be grain.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We (with @drqueue.bsky.social) explain the process in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-real-rea....
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The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings als...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research www.nature.com/articles/s41... (with @drqueue.bsky.social) in @nathumbehav.nature.com supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
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📢NEW PODCAST: Prof. Cristina Banks-Leite explores the realities of tropical forest restoration—from challenges like seedlings, land tenure & finance to why “success” can seem counter-intuitive. She highlights how better biodiversity metrics, acoustic monitoring & AI can reshape ecosystem recovery.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢NEW PODCAST: Prof. Cristina Banks-Leite explores the realities of tropical forest restoration—from challenges like seedlings, land tenure & finance to why “success” can seem counter-intuitive. She highlights how better biodiversity metrics, acoustic monitoring & AI can reshape ecosystem recovery.
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Our new paper is out today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface (link below). All about eggshell roughness: "Scratching beyond the surface: examining macroecological patterns in avian eggshell texture". Congrats first author Marie Attard, and thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk for the funding.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our new paper is out today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface (link below). All about eggshell roughness: "Scratching beyond the surface: examining macroecological patterns in avian eggshell texture". Congrats first author Marie Attard, and thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk for the funding.
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Carola is a favourite colleague here at Cambridge! Here are some more videos with her by @leverhulme.ac.uk and @expeditions.bsky.social together with some articles about Carola's #maths plus.maths.org/content/meet... #mathematics
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Carola is a favourite colleague here at Cambridge! Here are some more videos with her by @leverhulme.ac.uk and @expeditions.bsky.social together with some articles about Carola's #maths plus.maths.org/content/meet... #mathematics
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Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Imaginal Studios: Reimagining Nature Finance
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
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🎓✨ Calling all early-career researchers!
Thinking about applying for a Leverhulme Research Grant? Don’t miss this chance to get insider guidance from researchers with successful grant experience.
🧠💡 Join our upcoming webinar to learn:
✔️ What makes a strong application [1/2]
Thinking about applying for a Leverhulme Research Grant? Don’t miss this chance to get insider guidance from researchers with successful grant experience.
🧠💡 Join our upcoming webinar to learn:
✔️ What makes a strong application [1/2]
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🎓✨ Calling all early-career researchers!
Thinking about applying for a Leverhulme Research Grant? Don’t miss this chance to get insider guidance from researchers with successful grant experience.
🧠💡 Join our upcoming webinar to learn:
✔️ What makes a strong application [1/2]
Thinking about applying for a Leverhulme Research Grant? Don’t miss this chance to get insider guidance from researchers with successful grant experience.
🧠💡 Join our upcoming webinar to learn:
✔️ What makes a strong application [1/2]
Drawing on professional experience, Elizabeth Brown combines grassroots approaches with state-led prevention responses to enhance justice systems, reduce survivor trauma and foster societal change. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ebrown
#NoExcuse #violence #women
#NoExcuse #violence #women
Trauma-informed justice systems for survivors
Drawing on professional experience, Elizabeth Brown combines grassroots approaches with state-led prevention responses to enhance justice systems, reduce survivor trauma and foster societal change
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Drawing on professional experience, Elizabeth Brown combines grassroots approaches with state-led prevention responses to enhance justice systems, reduce survivor trauma and foster societal change. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/ebrown
#NoExcuse #violence #women
#NoExcuse #violence #women
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Angelos Theocharis’s project @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social examines the impact of the climate crisis on Indigenous cultural heritage through short 🎬 created by vulnerable communities in Asia.
Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/indige...
Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/indige...
Indigenous Visualities of Climate Crisis
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Angelos Theocharis’s project examines the impact of the climate crisis on Indigenous cultural heritage through short films created by vulnerable communities in South an...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Angelos Theocharis’s project @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social examines the impact of the climate crisis on Indigenous cultural heritage through short 🎬 created by vulnerable communities in Asia.
Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/indige...
Watch now: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/indige...
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If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
The Natural Capital of Wasps. Seirian Sumner
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0
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Up to 6x 2026-29 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in Humanities, University of Oxford. Come join our thriving research community for a postdoc in New Testament! Deadline 9 December; contact a senior Faculty mentor ASAP to discuss. nt4ox.link/Leverhulme26
Early Career Fellowship Opportunities
The Faculty of Theology and Religion welcomes applications for externally funded research fellowships, including the following:
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Up to 6x 2026-29 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in Humanities, University of Oxford. Come join our thriving research community for a postdoc in New Testament! Deadline 9 December; contact a senior Faculty mentor ASAP to discuss. nt4ox.link/Leverhulme26
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This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
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Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
University of Manchester Modern Languages Academic wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (SALC) at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category. The Leverhulme Trust administered awards commemorate the work undertaken by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, founder of the Trust.The pri...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
'Researching violence – effectively, ethically – demands that survivors are at the centre of every process.'
Helen Atkin's Leverhulme-funded study draws on oral histories, archival analysis and participatory action research towards a future free from gendered violence.
#NoExcuse #violence #women
Helen Atkin's Leverhulme-funded study draws on oral histories, archival analysis and participatory action research towards a future free from gendered violence.
#NoExcuse #violence #women
Early trajectories in storying advocacy
With an interdisciplinary, intersectional approach, Helen Atkins’s ethnographic study draws on oral histories, archival analysis and participatory action research towards a future free from gendered v...
media.leverhulme.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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📢November Will of the Month📢
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢November Will of the Month📢
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
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Last week, our very own Roosa Rytkönen was guest speaker at the University of Freiburg's lecture series on ‘Healing, Repair and Ecological Restoration: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Planetary Health’! Roosa spoke to contestations around forestry-drained peatland restoration in Estonia and Finland.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Last week, our very own Roosa Rytkönen was guest speaker at the University of Freiburg's lecture series on ‘Healing, Repair and Ecological Restoration: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Planetary Health’! Roosa spoke to contestations around forestry-drained peatland restoration in Estonia and Finland.
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📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📖👨💻🎓 New Courses Alert 🎓👨💻📖
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science is launching three upcoming short courses designed for researchers across health, economics, and the social sciences. Led by experts in the field — including @crahal.com — these courses are now open for registration.👇
“Economic power is something that China really does want to exercise globally”
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Economic power is something that China really does want to exercise globally”
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
In the final episode of S9 of The We Society, Prof Rana Mitter @belfercenter.bsky.social discusses modern China’s global role and the future of US–China relations, with Will Hutton: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/mitter
TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
TRANSFORM – Equipping the next generation of researchers @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social to integrate methods and perspectives from different academic and practice fields to address current and future #sustainability challenges.
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
Watch the whole 🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/transf...
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🗓️First stage deadline is Wednesday 3rd December
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
📢 Are you interested in applying for a postdoc? We are delighted to be inviting expressions of interest for the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme
Full details can be found here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
🗓️EOI to be submitted by 03.12.2025 (full details in 🔗)
Full details can be found here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
🗓️EOI to be submitted by 03.12.2025 (full details in 🔗)
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🗓️First stage deadline is Wednesday 3rd December
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
Full details of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowship Scheme can be found here ℹ️🔗 tinyurl.com/4huyxc2f
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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for #RegenerativeInnovation* #PhD #Funding at #DundeeUni:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL167/l...
* More info here:
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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) at University of Dundee
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i) Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for #RegenerativeInnovation* #PhD #Funding at #DundeeUni:
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* More info here:
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The #BepiColombo mission to Mercury will increase our understanding of all aspects of the planet.
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The #BepiColombo mission to Mercury will increase our understanding of all aspects of the planet.
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...
Watch this @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social 🎬 exploring this mission, featuring Professor Emma Bunce @physicsuol.bsky.social. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/journe...