Dr Will Abberley describes what it was like to apply to become a New Generation Thinker and how the scheme has changed his career, and his ways of thinking.
How becoming a New Generation Thinker made me a better academic
Down the rabbit hole & into outer space: Poetry, green bunnies and digital transformations
Kicking off the new academic year is a blog from the AHRC Digital Transformations Team on their work with digital artist Eduardo Kac on how technology can disrupt traditional artistic forms.
Creative spaces can give young people in Africa a voice
In this week's post, Alison Buckler – Research Fellow in Education and International Development at the Open University – looks at the importance of collaborative storytelling approaches in understanding young people’s experiences of learning.
Military Men in Drag: Theatre and Music in World War One Internment Camps in Britain
In this blog post, Iain Davie and Anne Schwan from Edinburgh Napier University, discuss a project exploring creativity behind the barbed wire during World War One.
‘Landscapes and the Environment’ Revisited for Summer of 2018
In our latest blog, Gary Grubb – the AHRC’s Associate Director of Programmes – highlights the ways we can engage with AHRC research into natural and environmental heritage over the summer, including a possible opportunity for funding that may be just around the corner. Over the summer, many of us will be visiting diverse landscapes across … Continue reading ‘Landscapes and the Environment’ Revisited for Summer of 2018
The Journey to becoming a New Generation Thinker
In February this year, Dr Michael Talbot – along with nine other academics with a talent for communication – became an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. In this week's blog Michael describes his journey to becoming part of the next generation of Arts and Humanities broadcasters.
Making Jazz 1080: television production as process
For a research project looking at the relationship between jazz and TV, there can be few better ways understanding the process than creating a new take on live, televised jazz
