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Applications open for DIVERSE CDT 2026/27 PhD Scholarships!

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:38:00 GMT

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization (Diverse CDT) is a pioneering, fully funded four-year PhD programme jointly delivered by City St George’s, University of London and the ��ý.

Applications for PhD studentships with Diverse CDT are now open for 2026 entry.

We have rolling deadlines across several months and the first deadline for submitting an application is 4pm, GMT on 30th January 2026.

Further details here: /fac/cross_fac/cim/apply-to-study/phd-programmes/diverse-cdt/

Methods Hub launch: post-event briefing

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:13:42 GMT

The ��ý Methods Hub officially launched on 25 June 2026, bringing together 41 attendees online for talks, a panel and breakout discussions exploring how methods can meet the world. A new post-event briefing captures the event’s key discussions and next steps.

Former CIM PhD student Matías Valderrama Barragán wins Best Methods Paper Award

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:41:43 GMT

Former CIM PhD student Matías Valderrama Barragán has received the Best Methods Paper Award at the 2026 Social Media & Society Conference in Glasgow for research examining the development and use of Meta’s “Meaningful Social Interactions” metric.

Professor Celia Lury elected as Fellow of the British Academy

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:22:00 GMT

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) is very happy to announce that Professor Celia Lury has been elected Fellow of the British Academy joining two other ��ý academics who have been recognised for their important and influential research in the humanities and social sciences.

Six ways to put the public at the heart of science and policy

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:02:00 GMT

New Paper Explores the Challenges and Opportunities of Science Communication in Populist Times

Trust in elite institutions is on the wane globally. This piece, published as a comment in a Nature issue on public trust in science, explores the ways in which institutions can collaborate with the public to honestly, humbly and proactively co-develop this trust.

CIM students participate in International Workshop "Accessing Data with the Data Act"

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:57:47 GMT

On 7-8 May 2026, the international workshop 'Accessing Data with the Data Act' took place at the beautiful Poblenou campus of the Universitat Pompeu FabraLink opens in a new window in Barcelona. During this interdisciplinary event, participants with diverse backgrounds in law, computer science, data visualisation and social studies of technology came together to learn about the EU's Data Act and to explore how it can be deployed to investigate and intervene in digital societies

The workshop brought together 17 postgraduate students, researchers and academics of 4 different universities: the ��ý (United Kingdom), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), CY Cergy-Paris University (France) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). It was co-organised by the Eutopia learning community called FATE (for Fairness, Accountability and Transparency in Data Processing), which under the leadership of prof. Carlos Castillo (UPF) has delivered shared learning activities since 2021.

Research talk - Helwig Hauser, University of Bergen -- Visual Data Science for rich simulation data

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:05:54 GMT

Prof Helwig Hauser from University of Bergen will be visiting Warwick on 5 June 2026 and will be giving a talk titled "Visual Data Science for rich simulation data". The talk will be a hybrid event and will take place physically at the Faculty of Arts Building in the room FAB 2.31. The talk will start at 1:15pm and we have reserved 90 minutes including the discussions.

CIM's Matt Spencer awarded RISCS-NCSC Impact Prize for his work on Principles Based Assurance

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:15:00 GMT

The 2026 RISCS Impact Prize was awarded to Matt Spencer for his policy analysis on the future of cyber security product assurance and the socio-technical factors involved in the implementation of the National Cyber Security Centre's Principles Based Assurance regime.

New Action Research paper explores participatory and action research within the institutional PhD

Wed, 06 May 2026 08:32:37 GMT

A new article by Raymond Hyma (Monash GPSC; Warwick PAIS) and Javier García Martínez (Warwick CIM; Monash School of Social Sciences) has been published in Action Research.

Titled “Still in the Thick of it: A Duoethnographic Account Navigating and Challenging the Institutional PhD Through Participatory and Action-Oriented Research”, the article reflects on what it means to pursue participatory and action-oriented research from within the institutional context of the PhD.

Using a duoethnographic approach, the authors write from the middle of their doctoral journeys rather than looking back retrospectively. The article explores the possibilities, tensions, compromises, and forms of support that emerge when participatory commitments encounter the structures of doctoral education; including ethics review, authorship conventions, supervisory relationships, institutional timelines, and the challenge of sustaining relational research practices within academic constraints.

In doing so, the paper contributes to wider conversations about how doctoral research might be reimagined as a space for collective learning, methodological experimentation, and institutional transformation.

Hyma, R., & García Martínez, J. (2026). Still in the thick of it: A duoethnographic account navigating and challenging the institutional PhD through participatory and action-oriented research. Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503261443972.

Policy Brief: Strengthening the roles of African Science Granting Councils as boundary organisations for societal transformation

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:46:00 GMT

Science Granting Councils (SGCs) are pivotal boundary organisations in African research and innovation systems, mediating between government, academia and industry. This brief explores experiences of SGCs in 15 sub-Saharan African countries.