EXPeditions
@expeditions.bsky.social
Welcome to EXPeditions: where research meets the public. We publish open-access content by scholars from top universities—bridging the gap between academia and everyday life. Explore ideas that matter.
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On November 17th, EXPeditions held its first live event in collaboration with the Leverhulme Trust, hosted by 5x15 : The value of knowledge in an age of disinformation.
The discussion brought together brilliant voices to explore how knowledge continues to shape our lives and societies.
The discussion brought together brilliant voices to explore how knowledge continues to shape our lives and societies.
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
On November 17th, EXPeditions held its first live event in collaboration with the Leverhulme Trust, hosted by 5x15 : The value of knowledge in an age of disinformation.
The discussion brought together brilliant voices to explore how knowledge continues to shape our lives and societies.
The discussion brought together brilliant voices to explore how knowledge continues to shape our lives and societies.
🕯️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🕯️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
🎶 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.
#PLPEXPeditions; @cam.ac.uk #IsARiverAlive
#PLPEXPeditions; @cam.ac.uk #IsARiverAlive
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🎶 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.
#PLPEXPeditions; @cam.ac.uk #IsARiverAlive
#PLPEXPeditions; @cam.ac.uk #IsARiverAlive
🗻 Robert Macfarlane, Cambridge professor and writer, explores why we climb mountains. Sometimes, the real answer is found in the journey, not the summit.
Watch his EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4665...
@cam.ac.uk
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Watch his EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4665...
@cam.ac.uk
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🗻 Robert Macfarlane, Cambridge professor and writer, explores why we climb mountains. Sometimes, the real answer is found in the journey, not the summit.
Watch his EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4665...
@cam.ac.uk
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Watch his EXPs in our collection with The Leverhulme Trust 🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4665...
@cam.ac.uk
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
🔑 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🔑 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
#PLPEXPeditions
🕯️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions #Halloween @girtoncollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
This history is essential to understand the witch’s role today.
#PLPEXPeditions #Halloween @girtoncollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🕯️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions #Halloween @girtoncollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
This history is essential to understand the witch’s role today.
#PLPEXPeditions #Halloween @girtoncollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
🏛️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🏛️ 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Watch 2 series of conversations with Anna Vignoles, Director of The Leverhulme Trust, and with Lisa Appignanesi, writer and Senior Commissioning Editor at EXPeditions.
They help us reflect on the role of higher education and research in our lives.
@annavignoles.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
They help us reflect on the role of higher education and research in our lives.
@annavignoles.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Watch 2 series of conversations with Anna Vignoles, Director of The Leverhulme Trust, and with Lisa Appignanesi, writer and Senior Commissioning Editor at EXPeditions.
They help us reflect on the role of higher education and research in our lives.
@annavignoles.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
They help us reflect on the role of higher education and research in our lives.
@annavignoles.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🌍 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🌍 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
🌱 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @qmul.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @qmul.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🌱 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.
#PLPEXPeditions @qmul.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions @qmul.bsky.social
On the theme of #AHouseofDynamite
How do we decide whether a nuclear missile attack is real ?
Listen to Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social) telling the story of Stanislav Petrov.
Is a nuclear war a taboo? Listen to Janina Dill (@janinadill.bsky.social) talking about the nuclear winter.
How do we decide whether a nuclear missile attack is real ?
Listen to Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social) telling the story of Stanislav Petrov.
Is a nuclear war a taboo? Listen to Janina Dill (@janinadill.bsky.social) talking about the nuclear winter.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On the theme of #AHouseofDynamite
How do we decide whether a nuclear missile attack is real ?
Listen to Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social) telling the story of Stanislav Petrov.
Is a nuclear war a taboo? Listen to Janina Dill (@janinadill.bsky.social) talking about the nuclear winter.
How do we decide whether a nuclear missile attack is real ?
Listen to Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social) telling the story of Stanislav Petrov.
Is a nuclear war a taboo? Listen to Janina Dill (@janinadill.bsky.social) talking about the nuclear winter.
📜 Professor Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social) reflects on the process of editing and translating medieval texts to bring forgotten voices to light.
@cam.ac.uk @girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk @girtoncollege.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📜 Professor Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social) reflects on the process of editing and translating medieval texts to bring forgotten voices to light.
@cam.ac.uk @girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk @girtoncollege.bsky.social
🧠 Jessie Munton reflects on ignorance, forgetting, and why not knowing is as important to philosophy as knowledge.
Jessie Munton’s EXPs here in our collection with the Leverhulme Trust 👉 linktr.ee/joinexpediti...
#PLPEXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
Jessie Munton’s EXPs here in our collection with the Leverhulme Trust 👉 linktr.ee/joinexpediti...
#PLPEXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🧠 Jessie Munton reflects on ignorance, forgetting, and why not knowing is as important to philosophy as knowledge.
Jessie Munton’s EXPs here in our collection with the Leverhulme Trust 👉 linktr.ee/joinexpediti...
#PLPEXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
Jessie Munton’s EXPs here in our collection with the Leverhulme Trust 👉 linktr.ee/joinexpediti...
#PLPEXPeditions #ReliableKnowledge
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🤲 “Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Jessie Munton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, reflects on how love, care, and personal relationships shape what we come to know.
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social
Jessie Munton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, reflects on how love, care, and personal relationships shape what we come to know.
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🤲 “Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Jessie Munton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, reflects on how love, care, and personal relationships shape what we come to know.
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social
Jessie Munton, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, reflects on how love, care, and personal relationships shape what we come to know.
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social
🧳 Professor Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social) retraced the routes of medieval pilgrims, from India to the Holy Land, immersing himself in the sights, smells, and unpredictability of their world… even amid a modern pandemic.
@girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk
@girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧳 Professor Anthony Bale (@realmandeville.bsky.social) retraced the routes of medieval pilgrims, from India to the Holy Land, immersing himself in the sights, smells, and unpredictability of their world… even amid a modern pandemic.
@girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk
@girtoncollege.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk
🧠 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🧠 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.
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions
@ucl.ac.uk @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social
👩🔬 Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology & epidemiology at @ucl.ac.uk, reflects on being a woman in science and shares advice for early-career researchers.
#PLPEXPeditions; @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions; @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
👩🔬 Daisy Fancourt, professor of psychobiology & epidemiology at @ucl.ac.uk, reflects on being a woman in science and shares advice for early-career researchers.
#PLPEXPeditions; @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
#PLPEXPeditions; @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
💡Join the discussion on knowledge in today’s world of disinformation.
📅 Monday, 17 November | 📍Conway Hall, London
🔗 Get your tickets now !
@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-lever...
📅 Monday, 17 November | 📍Conway Hall, London
🔗 Get your tickets now !
@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-lever...
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
💡Join the discussion on knowledge in today’s world of disinformation.
📅 Monday, 17 November | 📍Conway Hall, London
🔗 Get your tickets now !
@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-lever...
📅 Monday, 17 November | 📍Conway Hall, London
🔗 Get your tickets now !
@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-lever...
🎶 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London (@ucl.ac.uk), reflects on the surprising connections between music and science.
@uclpals.bsky.social
@uclpals.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🎶 Steve Fleming (@smfleming.bsky.social), professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London (@ucl.ac.uk), reflects on the surprising connections between music and science.
@uclpals.bsky.social
@uclpals.bsky.social
🌱 Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology at the University College London reflects on Florence Nightingale and the connections between health, art, and wellbeing.
@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌱 Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology at the University College London reflects on Florence Nightingale and the connections between health, art, and wellbeing.
@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
👩🎓 Hannah Skoda, medieval historian at Oxford (@ox.ac.uk), reflects on practical steps to improve women’s place in higher education, drawing on her perspective as a scholar.
October 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
👩🎓 Hannah Skoda, medieval historian at Oxford (@ox.ac.uk), reflects on practical steps to improve women’s place in higher education, drawing on her perspective as a scholar.
🌍 Political scientist Federica Genovese (@fgenovese.bsky.social; @ox.ac.uk) lives what she studies. From solar panels to heat pumps, she reflects on the personal choices that support collective climate action, while never losing sight of the big picture.
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌍 Political scientist Federica Genovese (@fgenovese.bsky.social; @ox.ac.uk) lives what she studies. From solar panels to heat pumps, she reflects on the personal choices that support collective climate action, while never losing sight of the big picture.
💡Get your tickets to join the conversation !
Join us for a special event on the value of knowledge in an age of disinformation, Monday 17th of November in Conway Hall, London !
Join us for a special event on the value of knowledge in an age of disinformation, Monday 17th of November in Conway Hall, London !
October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
💡Get your tickets to join the conversation !
Join us for a special event on the value of knowledge in an age of disinformation, Monday 17th of November in Conway Hall, London !
Join us for a special event on the value of knowledge in an age of disinformation, Monday 17th of November in Conway Hall, London !