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11 Sep 2025

University of Cambridge to lead a new Early Career Researcher Network for the East of England

The University of Cambridge has been selected as the lead delivery partner for the British Academy’s new East of England Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) cluster. Cambridge will work closely with the other delivery partners, Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East Anglia, to support early career researchers in the Arts, Humanities…

3 Sep 2025

Applications for CamPo research and exchange schemes opening 15 September

The next application round for the CamPo programme opens on 15 September.This programme is a partnership between the University of Cambridge and Sciences Po Paris. We aim to encourage innovation in academic research, by encouraging collaborative projects between different academic disciplines.There are three funding streams open to applicants. Thes…

3 Jul 2025

Professor Manali Desai appointed new Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Desai will succeed Professor Tim Harper, who has held the role since 2020, on 1 October 2025. A Professorial Fellow of Newnham College, Desai was Head of the Department of Sociology at Cambridge between 2020 and 2024. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she specialised in comparative and…

24 Jun 2025

Trinity Cambridge Research Studentships to support five postgraduates in the humanities and social sciences

The first round of funding supported by Trinity College will enable MPhil and PhD researchers to pursue study in Sociology, Archaeology, History and Philosophy of Science, Economics, and Law.Trinity College and the University of Cambridge recently announced a £48 million scheme to support postgraduate researchers at Cambridge, providing funding for…

8 May 2025

Contacts are Community

How direct engagement with residents helped Hackney tackle COVID-19 - and what this means for local pandemic preparedness.

17 Sep 2024

Cambridge researchers among finalists for ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize

Professor Brendan Burchell (Sociology) and Professor Gordon Harold (Education) have been shortlisted for the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) annual prize, which recognises the success of ESRC-funded researchers in achieving and enabling outstanding economic or societal impact.Professor Burchell is recognised as part of the Digit Worki…

8 Aug 2024

Revolution: nature in the time of change 1776-1848

A new exhibition at the Linnean Society highlights the crucial role of indigenous artists in one of the most important periods for the progression of natural history knowledge.The decades around 1800 saw the discovery of more species that were new to the Western world than ever before or since, and lay the ground for a revolution in the ideas and p…

7 Nov 2023

ESRC sponsors new regional partnership for social science researchers

ESRC sponsors new regional partnership for social science researchersThe University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University will lead a new collaboration for the social sciences in the East of England. The CAM Doctoral Training Partnership [DTP] will be funded by the Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC] from 2024-2028, supporting 32 talent…