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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 14h

Researchers at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! You have two weeks left to apply to our Signals Crucible and Research Development at PEARL programmes. Both of these offer an opportunity for collaborative project funding as part of the programme. More information and links to apply below 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for 'Tipping Points' with @priestleycentre.bsky.social - particularly chair Viktoria Spaiser and panellists Lauren Gregoire, Iain Clacher and Duncan Quincey. Join us for another opportunity to discuss Signals in next Tuesday's Insight Series session 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's still time to join us for this exploration of climate tipping points tomorrow. This is an online event and open to all. More details and how to register 👇

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EU Science, Research & Innovation @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu · 24/09/2026

📢 We've opened registrations for the European Research and Innovation Days 2026! We'll talk funding, AI and more with those who are driving change in the EU. Whether in Brussels or online, we're waiting for you on 10–11 November: link.europa.eu/b9PxJG #RiDaysEU @ec.europa.eu @erc.europa.eu

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our first newsletter of the 2026/27 academic year is now out! Take a look for updates on all of our Signals programmes, events and activities, as well as updates from our research community. You can read the full edition here 👇

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Horizons Institute newsletter October 2026

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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

⚠️ "If we wait for certainty that tipping points have been crossed before we act, it will be too late." Join our webinar on climate tipping points, featuring researchers working on cutting-edge projects including ARIA's Forecasting Tipping Points programme. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signals-ti...

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Signals: Tipping Points

Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join Dr Josie South & Prof Yujiang Wang for an exploration of our headline theme Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty in our next Insight Series session. 📆 Tuesday 13 October 🕙 10 - 11am (GMT+1) 🌐 Online (Teams) 👋 Open to all Register via Eventbrite 👇

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Signals Insight Series: Josie South and Yujiang Wang

Join Dr Josie South & Prof Yujiang Wang for an exploration of our headline theme Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Final reminder for tomorrow's 'Signals' online information session (11.30am - 12.30pm GMT+1) Register for your place, and find more information, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002032000...

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Signals: Online Information Session

Join the Horizons Institute team to find out more about our headline theme Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social researcher with an interest in interdisciplinarity? Do you want to connect with researchers in other disciplines, and have the opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary research project with funding? We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After a hiatus over the summer, our monthly newsletter is back next week! We're looking forward to sharing what we've been doing over the summer, as well as everything we have coming up - and we'd like to invite you to share your updates with us too.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along to the launch of our headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' yesterday! Below, you'll find some pictures from the event 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social, Horizons Institute, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts for an exploration of tipping points. 📆 Tuesday 6 October 🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1) 🌐 Online (Teams) The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.

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Signals: Tipping Points

Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We have a busy year ahead, with lots of events coming up from our team and others in our interdisciplinary research community. If you'd like to stay up-to-date on all our upcoming events, you can visit and bookmark our events page: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated. informationisbeautiful.net/data/

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We've been sharing quite a lot on our new headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' over the past few weeks, but what is Signals and how can you get involved?

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just one week to go until our Signals launch event! We now have our interdisciplinary panel confirmed as: Prof Rebecca Jarman Dr Anubhav Choudhary @francispoitier.bsky.social, and @stuarttaberner.bsky.social For more information, and to book your place, visit our listing on Eventbrite 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On Tuesday we had the absolute privilege of working with four networks (Reimaging Ageing, Remaking Places, Healthy Buildings Network and HESTIA) to deliver an interdisciplinary event designed to spark new research collaborations.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two weeks until our headline theme 'Signals' launch event! Join us for an afternoon of exciting interdisciplinary conversations, and to learn more about our programmes, activities and plans for this academic year. Details and booking link 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Earlier this summer, two groups of researchers from our Horizons Platform interdisciplinary research development programme were selected for funding. Both projects awarded funding will be examining a different area of health and care - and you can read more about both on our Medium blog 👇

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Interdisciplinary collaborations to explore new approaches in health and care

Through years of supporting interdisciplinary research, the Horizons Institute has seen first-hand the impact of bringing together…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We've been working with the wonderful Maraid Design to create a new website for our ever-growing research community, and as part of that we have a new 'Meet the Team' page. You can find out more about us here: horizonsinstitute.leeds.ac.uk/about-us/mee...

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What signals do you see in your research? What changes do they indicate? How can you use these to reduce and respond to uncertainty? Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals' Join us for our launch: 📆 Tues 22 Sept 🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm 🗺️ University of Leeds

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Signals Launch

Join the Horizons Institute for the launch of our headline theme for 2026/27 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty'

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Applications are open! A free programme supporting global majority academics with strategic tools to navigate barriers & map long-term careers. ✅ Supportive peer network ✅ Tools to handle pressures ✅ Travel reimbursement (Leeds/Sheffield/York) 🔗 Register here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/applica...

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It has been an extraordinarily busy academic year for our research community, and it's been fantastic to work with so many of you in the interdisciplinary research space. We've facilitated programmes aplenty, helped connections spark and grow, and supported research ideas through early stages.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Are you interested in developing a genuinely interdisciplinary piece of research? Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open. Apply now: bit.ly/4y9wiwJ

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Graphic facilitation is a great way of working across the boundaries of disciplines or differences in language. Dr Curie Scott recently presented at one of our Insight Series sessions, where she shared her expertise in 'drawing as thinking'. Read more on our Medium blog 👇

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Using graphic facilitation to navigate interdisciplinarity

One of the greatest challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration is how to communicate ideas, methods and processes across disciplinary…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along and participated in our Insight Series session this morning, particularly to Ed Manley and Jack Holland for such interesting and insightful presentations. If you missed it, the recording of this session will be available in due course, via our Medium blog 👇

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The Horizons Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute established to do things differently and to inspire research culture change across the University of Leeds and beyond.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A final reminder that this session is tomorrow! All our Insight Series sessions are free, informal, and open to anyone with an interest in interdisciplinary research 🧪 #AcademicSky

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Congratulations to our latest @whiteroseuc.bsky.social Crucible Cohort 👏 It's been fantastic to be part of this, helping to build a thriving regional interdisciplinary community. We're also really looking forward to seeing what project proposals this group put forward!

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Our final newsletter of the 2025/26 academic year is here! In this edition, you'll find: > The full listing of next year's headline theme #Signals > A look back at events from #HealthyBuildings Network and @reimagineageing.bsky.social > Global Crucible funding updates All this and more 👇

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Horizons Institute newsletter July 2026

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Our June Insight Series saw Prof Ally Walsh and Dr Christopher Hassall explain and explore the concept of 'flickering'. If you'd like to find out how Chris and Ally go from algal blooms to a Xhosa prophetess, take a look at our new blog post on (with recording of the session) 👇

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Flickering: Predicting change with oscillations of state

In June’s Insight Series, we began to explore our new headline theme Signals: Detecting, predicting and responding to uncertainty with…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We joined the Healthy Buildings Network for their Showcase yesterday, and it was great to see the breadth of the work they've supported presented through the day. If you would like to learn more about the network, you can visit their website: www.healthybuildingsnetwork.org/index.html

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Join the Healthy Buildings Network Leeds and Prof Yuguo Li for an event exploring Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Infections in Indoor Networks. 📆 Monday 6 July 🕑 2 – 3pm (GMT+1) 🗺️ Civil Engineering LT A, University of Leeds Register for your place: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This week, an incredible group of researchers from across Leeds, Sheffield, and York have been stepping away from their usual routines to focus on their growth and their research with @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What signals do you find in Urban Analytics or Global Security Challenges? Are there similarities between these two, or with the signals found in other disciplines? Join us for our next Insight Series session 📅 Tues 14 July 🕙 10am - 11am (with Coffee Connect session 11am - 12pm) 🌐 Online

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Insight Series: Signals

Join the Horizons Institute, plus guest speakers, for our second session on Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Are you an researcher at @universityofleeds.bsky.social with an interest in interdisciplinarity? We have a whole range of events, activities and programmes planned as part of our headline theme for 2026/27 'Signals: Detecting, predicting and responding to uncertainty'

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A final reminder that you have until Friday to register for next Thursday's Healthy Buildings Network showcase event. You can find all the details, and register, here 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Insight Series session this morning, where Dr Christopher Hassall and Prof Aylwyn Walsh shared their thinking on 'flickering' as part of our headline theme 'Signals'.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In our May Insight Series session, Dr Curie Scott shared some of the techniques she uses to help researchers communicate across disciplinary boundaries. In this new blog post, you'll find some excellent examples of graphical facilitation Curie uses on a regular basis 👇

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Using graphic facilitation to navigate interdisciplinarity

One of the greatest challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration is how to communicate ideas, methods and processes across disciplinary…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Our funding applications are all been assessed by panels from our Interdisciplinary Assessment College, based on the model developed by UKRI for its Cross Research Council Responsive Mode. These panels are all monitored by an observer - but what is an observer, and why is their role so important?

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Behind the Curtain: The Role of an Observer on Funding Panels

Many funding panels are now including the role of observers as part of their assessment processes. Here, Samantha Aspinall reflects on what…

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Mid-Career in academia can be a difficult time to pursue research due to other pressures. I'm pleased to say we've opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Mid-Career Fellowships with funding for 6-12 months to complete a major piece of research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

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Mid-Career Fellowships

The Mid-Career Fellowships are designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and soc...

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There are now only a couple pf places left for next week's Reimagine Ageing two-part event on loneliness and ageing. If you would like to secure your place, you can find the registration link in the thread below 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A reminder that there's still time to register for next week's Insight Series session 👇 Our Insight Series sessions are online, free, informal and open to anyone with an interest in interdisciplinary research.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What does it mean to be a “changemaker” — someone who can bridge the gap between abstract potential and concrete impact — in times of uncertainty. In this Insight Series post from earlier this year, Truzaar Dordi shares how the Three Horizons Framework can help you create change with purpose 👇

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Using Three Horizons to understand and create change

Drawing on the Three Horizons framework, in our March Insight Series session, Dr Truzaar Dordi explored what it means to be a “changemaker”…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We have now awarded three Global Crucible projects pump-prime funding to start developing their interdisciplinary research ideas. These will look at: * Improving clinical care records * Living with HIV in older age * Using cashew shells to create dental implants Find out more 👇

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Crucible projects explore interdisciplinary approaches to health

Following the end of our fourth Global Crucible — which brought together researchers from the Universities of Ghana, Leeds, and Wits —…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

There's still time to book your place for the Healthy Buildings Network showcase event on Thursday 2 July! For more information, and to register, see the MS Forms link below 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our June Newsletter is now out! Take a look for: > An insight into our upcoming headline theme: Signals > Updates on our events for May (including pictures!) > Opportunities to get involved with our research community All this, and more, in this month's edition 👇

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Horizons Institute Newsletter June 2026

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

How do you instil psychological safety into your research teams as a PI? Great opportunity to find out more about this important issue from @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social - see post below for details.

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Horizons Institute Newsletter June 2026

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

There are two weeks until this Reimagine Ageing event on Loneliness and Ageing, but places are very limited now. If this is something you would like to attend, you'll find more details - including how to register - below 👇

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Join our next Insight Series session for an introduction to Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty 📅 Tues 23 June 🕚 11am - 12pm (GMT+1) 🌐 Online In this webinar, Dr Chris Hassall and Prof Aylwyn Walsh explore 'flickering', and how this can be applied across disciplines 👇

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Insight Series: Signals

Join the Horizons Institute, plus guest speakers, for an introduction to Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty

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