Annette Boaz

EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice?

Join us, @schoolforgovt.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...

Hey, early career education scholars! The NNERPP & RESHAPE Network book club for early career scholars, graduate students, and post docs continues this Wed, March 11! You can still join us even if you missed the first meeting -- learn more & sign up here: rice.box.com/s/g1pkeiwhvi...

@spillersk.bsky.social talks about research practice partnerships as the way forward for research in social care @hscwru.bsky.social 😊

EVENT: The case for cash: do cash transfers work in practice?

Join us, @schoolforgovt.bsky.social, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social, @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to explore the impact of cash transfers on poverty

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-c...

Bumping this amid today’s various threads about the academic job market and supporting early-career researchers.

Joining the Science Policy Collaborative for a session focused on boosting US science policy programme capacity and impact 😊

💡 We’re pleased to be partnering with @wellcometrust.bsky.social and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social to explore how research communication can remain effective amid rising polarisation and scepticism about expertise

Find out more ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...

Turning research into real-world care in health and disability | King's College London Prof Annette Boaz at the Bloorview Research Institute Global Guest Speaker Series

"Turning research into real-world care in health and disability"
with Unit Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social
Online
24 February 2026 17:00 to 18:00
#BRIResearch
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/turni...

📺 Catch our @annetteboaz.bsky.social speaking with the Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital about how research can make a real difference across health and disability services

📆 Tuesday 24 February

➡️ hollandbloorview.ca/research-edu...

New funding for UK mental health research in under-served areas | King's College London The NIHR is investing almost £55 million in five additional Mental Health Research Groups (MHRGs). King’s College London researchers will collaborate on three of the five new groups.

Unit Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social involved in new NIHR Mental Health Research Group led by Lancaster University with a focus on Lancashire and South Cumbria
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-fun...

🎉 Congratulations to Zenzo Sibanda, who won the award for best presentation at the first of our Solidarity Symposia, which focused on fighting the climate crisis!

📆 We'll be hosting four more symposia on a range of themes throughout 2026 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

Meet our speaker🎤 Prof Chris Summerfield, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, will explore how capable AI systems are of human influence & what risks they pose to society & to democracy in our forthcoming webinar on 4 Feb. Register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point - Impact of Social Sciences Data collected on UK universities’ use of social media shows academic engagement with X is at a tipping point with more institutions off the platform than on.

UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

In Oslo today for Kari-Elisabeth’s PdD defence - looking forward to discussing her interesting work on evidence use in policy in Norway

Free to download - the @who.int global research agenda for KT/EIP slide deck and infographic 😊

Whoa😲 "DHSC is standing down the NIHR Maximising Impact and Public Partnership contract. Teams across the NIHR Coordinating Centre and wider NIHR community will continue to embed Impact and Inclusion into everything they do":
www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/wha...

#PPI #PublicInvolvement

🚨 Application deadline: January 18th

🌎 In the second of our Solidarity Symposia – Keeping democracy strong – join Prof Peter John,
@gsamaras.bsky.social, Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...

Come work with us!

We're looking for an Senior Lecturer in Public Policy to contribute to the academic life of the School for Government.

Apply by 15 January

➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

In today's newsletter, we share the NNERPP Yearbook, Youth Voice program, new #edresearch from DC Ed Rsrch Collaborative, DetroitPEER, EPIC, GPL, @iwerc.bsky.social, @uchiconsortium.bsky.social, MERC, PRiME, REL Mid-Atlantic, & RANYCS, and more: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=ac4a754c92...

Image featuring Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, with a quote predicting the need for an additional 470,000 caring workers by 2040 to support an aging population, presented on a promotional graphic for 'Let's Learn'.

We’re featured in the December issue of Care Talk Magazine. Our CEO Professor Oonagh Smyth reflects on the achievements and learnings for social care in 2025 and what she hopes 2026 will bring for the sector and workforce. Find us on page 34: https://bit.ly/4q105CO

Alexis Rockman Traces the Unsettling Evolution of a #Climate in Crisis #Art #Paintings

Link for more eerie #climatecrisis paintings and info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/alex...

Free to download - the @who.int global research agenda for KT/EIP slide deck and infographic 😊

About to start our @who.int Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Transfer and Evidence Informed Policy Making webinar @transformevidence.bsky.social

Thank you so much @pvandergraaf.bsky.social - also for an engaged and stimulating dialogue this morning. What company!

Making and using evidence This Collection explores the methods of making and using evidence in the process of policymaking, including empirical, methodological and theoretical work.

FINAL CALL: Deadline 30th June 2026

Do you have research to share on the production, mobilisation or use of evidence? Consider submitting your paper to our themed collection on Making and Using Evidence
Get in touch if you have any questions! www.nature.com/collections/...
@annetteboaz.bsky.social

British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.

Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Have a look at the winners of this year's Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Awards, including a Research award for ARC-supported work
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www.adph.org.uk/resources/ad...

@arc-em.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social

At the fantastic @ebrnetwork.bsky.social conference in Bergen @transformevidence.bsky.social

@hscwru.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

🚨 Tonight

Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions

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