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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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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meet some of the first students on our new AI Ethics and Society MSc. From Democracy at Stake to Bias & (In)Justice in AI Systems, they're already exploring some of the biggest questions facing society today. Find out more about the modules: bit.ly/4wsuNYp @universityofleeds.bsky.social #AIEthics
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What happens when people come together to tackle society's biggest challenges? Our latest bulletin reflects on a year of collaboration, innovation and action, and looks ahead to what's next. 🔗 bit.ly/3Tdp3o4 📌🌍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social #Societal #Partnerships
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎓 Funded PhD opportunities now open at the University of Leeds through the ESRC White Rose DTP. Open to UK and international applicants. 📅 Deadline: 20 Jan 2027 📆 Info session: 8 Oct 2026 🔗 bit.ly/4hWK2ou #PhDOpportunity #ESRC #SocialScience @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dr Alan Javier Hernandez Alvarez & Dr Oscar Abel Sánchez-Velázquez, University of Leeds have written a blog on their exciting new research project 'AquaRoots'. 👇
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great to see the @universityofleeds.bsky.social recognised in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027, for its commitment to tackling global challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration. Proud to see Leeds Institute for Societal Futures highlighted as part of that work. #TheTimes
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Apply to be a Priestley Climate Scholar! We're looking for postgraduate researchers from across the University of Leeds whose work relates to climate. Expands your network, develop leadership skills, and engage with a leading climate research community climate.leeds.ac.uk/learn-with-u...
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How to Apply - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
The Priestley Climate Scholars programme is open to a maximum of 10 new postgraduate students per year (20 scholars in total), and requires commitment and engagement to benefit from leadership, engage...
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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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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What if creativity wasn't an add-on to health, but part of the solution? The new Creative Health MASc explores how arts, culture & community action can tackle health inequalities and improve wellbeing. Working across disciplines & with partners turning ideas into action. Learn more: bit.ly/4rzehFe
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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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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is the UK doing enough to help farmers transition to sustainable farming? With #SFI Window 2 opening and closing rapidly, should more support be available? Read the blog by Dr Peter Gittins, Dr Ruth Wade & Prof Pippa Chapman: medium.com/globalfoodle... #SustainableFarming #UKFarmers
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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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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join leading climate scientists and policy experts as we explore what the latest climate indicators tell us about the state of the planet, and how they can help shape better decisions for the future. This Monday 28 Sept, 11:00am-12:00pm, online Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fd44ca...
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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
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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
GFEI spotlight: Dr Sophie Tudge is a Research Fellow in Global Conservation at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds. Connect on LinkedIn uk.linkedin.com/in/dr-sophie... 🧵👇
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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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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A landmark week for LISF! We are welcoming the first students to our pioneering AI Ethics and Society MSc. Co-designed with experts, students and partners, the programme brings together disciplines from across the @universityofleeds.bsky.social to tackle one of the defining challenges of our time.
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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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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
⚖️ How can we make the legal profession more accessible and inclusive? Alex Batesmith from the @universityofleeds.bsky.social discusses the Bar Diversity Hub's work to improve diversity and access across the Bar of England and Wales. 🎥 bit.ly/4xn6JHU #NationalInclusionWeek #Diversity #Inclusion
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How can we create a more equal and accessible pathway into the Bar of England and Wales?
Alex Batesmith, Associate Professor in Legal Professions, University of Leeds, School of Law, discusses the Bar Diversity Hub.
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We have the evidence. The planet is warming at a record rate. So what happens next? Join the Priestley Centre and the Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) for our upcoming webinar: The Signals That Should Shape Climate Decisions Now. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fd44ca...
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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
At the University of Leeds farm, researchers established a unique regenerative agriculture (regen ag) trial in 2022. #RegenAg is a farmer‑led movement gaining traction for its aim to support food production & profitable farm businesses while restoring degraded agricultural land. Find out more 👇
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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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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Building social cohesion requires investment in the people, organisations and spaces that bring communities together. 🥬 The Common Ground Award 2026-27 supports VCSE organisations across England working to reduce division and strengthen community resilience. Call opens 14/9. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc8f7kaa
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Common Ground Award 2026 to 2027: prospectus
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
💥We are delighted to reveal the projects from our first Shape Tomorrow Together programme. When researchers, communities, businesses, policymakers and practitioners come together, big changes can happen. Shape Tomorrow Together helps turn ideas into action. Find out more: bit.ly/4xp3gbO
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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How can traditional herbal knowledge help shape the future of sustainable food? 16 Sept, 12:00 to 12:40pm BST Join Prof Lijing Ke to hear how herbal traditions inform modern food practices, & how food-body interactions may inspire sustainable food solutions. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
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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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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
⚠️ What does an extreme El Niño mean? Professor John Marsham, Priestley Centre member and Professor of Atmospheric Science, is quoted in this Independent article explaining this, and what the event tells us about the future as climate extremes become more severe. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Warning over extreme weather and food prices as ‘unprecedented’ El Nino builds
The natural phenomenon in the Pacific, which affects global weather, is ‘turbocharging’ worsening impacts of climate change.
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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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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🌱 Got a game-changing environmental solution? The University of Leeds is an Official Nominator for #EarthshotPrize 2027 and we're looking for projects with impact and scale. Submit a nomination for consideration: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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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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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On Monday, our innovation team went to London, for the ClimateLaunchpad UK National Final! As the UK hub for ClimateLaunchpad, the Priestley Centre and Nexus were proud to organise this year's national final, supporting and coaching startups throughout the programme. This year's winners: 1/4
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How does Priestley impact climate policy? The Indicators of Global Climate Change report is one example. In June Piers Forster, Director of Priestley, joined climate leaders, policymakers and researchers at Westminster for the launch of the latest IGCC report. climate.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/ind...
Piers smiles next to the climate minister Katie White and baroness Bryony Worthington. Katie is taking a selfie of the three of themKatie White and Baroness Worthington talk and smilePiers Forster holds a mic and speaks to a room of people
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Global Food and Environment Institute @globalfoodleeds.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Are you registered for our free webinar on 16 Sept? Professor Lijing Ke will be exploring food-body interactions from ancient knowledge to modern science in 'Translating herbal traditions into sustainable food solutions'. Find out more & register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"We need to take the role of trees and green spaces in our towns and cities more seriously – these aren't just nice-to-have, they are critical infrastructure." Read the latest research from Priestley Members on trees in urban areas: climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/tree-co...
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Tree cover is key to cooling cities - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Trees in urban areas are highly effective in reducing harmful heat exposure and improving outdoor comfort in cities, according to a new study led by Priestley members.
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Climate change is affecting workers' health, wellbeing and productivity year-round, new report finds. Heat stress is among the biggest causes of weather-related sick leave, but a new report shows that workers are facing a much wider range of climate-related risks: climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/climate...
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Climate change is affecting workers' health, wellbeing and productivity year-round, new report finds  - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Heat stress is among the biggest causes of weather-related sick leave, but a new report shows that workers are facing a much wider range of climate-related risks, with flooding, drought, storms and po...
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Extreme weather is often told as a human story. A new ITV documentary series, Force of Nature reminds us that it is an ecological story too.' Priestley member Prof. Jim McQuaid has co-authored this piece in The Conversation about this timely documentary: theconversation.com/force-of-nat...
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Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits
This new documentary series reveals how nature is fighting back against today’s extreme weather.
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This new open-access book, developed through the Priestley Climate Scholars programme, brings together diverse perspectives on one of society's greatest challenges: how to build fairer and more sustainable climate futures. Read it now: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Climate Futures Across Disciplines | A Next Generation Approach | Susa
Climate Futures Across Disciplines explores the multifaceted nature of climate futures, showcasing how early-career researchers are helping to pioneer what
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🎉 The University of Leeds has been re-selected for the new Met Office Academic Partnership Science Delivery Framework. As a founding member, Leeds will build on 16+ years of world-leading weather, climate & environmental research. Find out more: climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/leeds-s... 🌦️🌍 #ClimateScience
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Leeds Secures Renewed MOAP Partnership to Advance Weather and Climate Research - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
The University of Leeds’ membership of the prestigious Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) has been renewed, as part of the new Science Delivery Framework. Leeds remains one of eight university par...
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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're taking much of the summer to prepare and develop our plans for the 2026/27 academic year, and we'll be back in September with a fresh portfolio of opportunities. Find out more about what we have coming up, and how you can get involved, on website 👇 In the meantime, have a great summer!
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Signals: Detecting, predicting and responding to uncertainty
Our Headline Theme is a programme of challenge-led interdisciplinary activity designed to encourage cross-university collaboration, refreshed every two years.
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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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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We're looking for a Research and Innovation Development Manager to join our team on a 13-month fixed-term contract. Closing date: Wed 22 July. Apply here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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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
And if you're interested in learning more about our headline theme 'Signals: detecting, predicting and responding to uncertainty', you'll be able to find more on our plans from September via our website 👇
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Signals: Detecting, predicting and responding to uncertainty
Our Headline Theme is a programme of challenge-led interdisciplinary activity designed to encourage cross-university collaboration, refreshed every two years.
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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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Horizons Institute
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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