🚨Chuffed to have a new paper out on extended consciousness! If you're interested in the boundaries of consciousness check out this SI of Phil Topics edited by the great @Dioscuri w superb contributions from Marta Halina Dr Heather Browning (Veit) Dr. Walter Veit +others🧠 👉tinyurl.com/3f4hbfnh

The University of Westminster Black Music Research Unit announce partnership with the British Library and a landmark exhibition launching 2024 exploring the influence of black British musical innovation, culture & creativity on popular music westminster.ac.uk/news/british-l…

Congrats Clare Twomey Studio and three cheers for breaking the rules!

JOB OPPORTUNITY! So, I'm doing this bsky: @designresearch.works Fellowship. It's a 4-year Fellowship based on understanding and championing #designresearch (vimeo.com/598466635). We're recruiting a fieldworker to help us understand the Design/Research landscape hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Home to our incredible art studios, music space, gallery and performance studio - you can come here to get moving or relax, experience new artist work or learn a new skill. What would you like to find at our TouchBase venue in #Birmingham? It’s for everyone.

The British Library exhibition will build on Dr Mykaell Riley's 2018 Bass Culture research project. ra.co/news/76673

🧰 I’m delighted to launch the Dalston Library of Things, where you will be able to borrow items to get your household jobs done cheaper. We remain committed to building a circular economy, reducing waste and tackling the climate crisis 🌍✌🏾 ➡️ news.hackney.gov.uk/borrow-useful-…

School of Media and Communication launches first of a range of resources for RGS-IBG Schools on the responsible use of location data westminster.ac.uk/news/school-of…

*Good news* Aasiya Lodhi from CAMRI Media Research is one of the recipients of Arts and Humanities Research Council funding for a public engagement project to mark the BBC's centenary. Her project will explore Black British female history in partnership with YoungVic Taking Part The Feminist Library Letter To A Black Girl

Well done @linfootm London Friend Opening Doors this is a really important project. Wonderful to see this recognised through this funding. Look forward to seeing the positive impact it has on people's lives.

So proud of ALL our researchers on #REFresults day. Well done everyone #WeAreWestminster

Blown away hearing Fehinti Balogun speak on climate justice activism via National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange On proactively battling climate ego & anxiety with community action > individual responsibility. Plus how social mobility enables activism privilege + activism barriers for first gen POC.

I wrote about why the Future Library in Norway is a statement of hope amid difficult times bbc.com/future/article…

Do you see what I see? Please do your bit for science by taking part in this big exciting new perception study!

Welcome to the incredible dynamism of my colleague @CarlWJonesUKMX1 - Carl has been grassroots campaigning against the pervasive racism in Mexican advertising by pasting up 4,000 neon posters across Mexico City. Watch this space, lots more to come! westminster.ac.uk/news/carl-jone…

Thanks to funding and an open source Kiswahili language dataset from Mozilla Winston Mano Winston Mano and team will develop a voice tech innovation; a mobile enabled audio chatbot for rural Kiswahili speaking agricultural workers to improve food security. camri.ac.uk/blog/2022/09/1…

Enjoying my colleague @AnaDenisova take down bad storytelling in the media and how it drives 'climate doomism'. Nice summary of media psychology and powerful tactics of viral journalism, too. The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand (theconversation.com) #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Barbie.