Horizons Institute
@horizonsinstitute.bsky.social
Global research platform building partnerships, enhancing interdisciplinary skills & elevating interdisciplinary research to address pressing global challenges.
Researchers at @universityofleeds.bsky.social!
You have two weeks left to apply to our Signals Crucible and Research Development at PEARL programmes.
Both of these offer an opportunity for collaborative project funding as part of the programme.
More information and links to apply below 👇
You have two weeks left to apply to our Signals Crucible and Research Development at PEARL programmes.
Both of these offer an opportunity for collaborative project funding as part of the programme.
More information and links to apply below 👇
Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social researcher with an interest in interdisciplinarity? Do you want to connect with researchers in other disciplines, and have the opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary research project with funding?
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
October 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Researchers at @universityofleeds.bsky.social!
You have two weeks left to apply to our Signals Crucible and Research Development at PEARL programmes.
Both of these offer an opportunity for collaborative project funding as part of the programme.
More information and links to apply below 👇
You have two weeks left to apply to our Signals Crucible and Research Development at PEARL programmes.
Both of these offer an opportunity for collaborative project funding as part of the programme.
More information and links to apply below 👇
Thank you to everyone who joined us for 'Tipping Points' with @priestleycentre.bsky.social - particularly chair Viktoria Spaiser and panellists Lauren Gregoire, Iain Clacher and Duncan Quincey.
Join us for another opportunity to discuss Signals in next Tuesday's Insight Series session 👇
Join us for another opportunity to discuss Signals in next Tuesday's Insight Series session 👇
October 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for 'Tipping Points' with @priestleycentre.bsky.social - particularly chair Viktoria Spaiser and panellists Lauren Gregoire, Iain Clacher and Duncan Quincey.
Join us for another opportunity to discuss Signals in next Tuesday's Insight Series session 👇
Join us for another opportunity to discuss Signals in next Tuesday's Insight Series session 👇
There's still time to join us for this exploration of climate tipping points tomorrow.
This is an online event and open to all.
More details and how to register 👇
This is an online event and open to all.
More details and how to register 👇
Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social, Horizons Institute, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts for an exploration of tipping points.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
Signals: Tipping Points
Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
There's still time to join us for this exploration of climate tipping points tomorrow.
This is an online event and open to all.
More details and how to register 👇
This is an online event and open to all.
More details and how to register 👇
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📢 We've opened registrations for the European Research and Innovation Days 2026!
We'll talk funding, AI and more with those who are driving change in the EU.
Whether in Brussels or online, we're waiting for you on 10–11 November: link.europa.eu/b9PxJG
#RiDaysEU
@ec.europa.eu @erc.europa.eu
We'll talk funding, AI and more with those who are driving change in the EU.
Whether in Brussels or online, we're waiting for you on 10–11 November: link.europa.eu/b9PxJG
#RiDaysEU
@ec.europa.eu @erc.europa.eu
September 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
📢 We've opened registrations for the European Research and Innovation Days 2026!
We'll talk funding, AI and more with those who are driving change in the EU.
Whether in Brussels or online, we're waiting for you on 10–11 November: link.europa.eu/b9PxJG
#RiDaysEU
@ec.europa.eu @erc.europa.eu
We'll talk funding, AI and more with those who are driving change in the EU.
Whether in Brussels or online, we're waiting for you on 10–11 November: link.europa.eu/b9PxJG
#RiDaysEU
@ec.europa.eu @erc.europa.eu
Our first newsletter of the 2026/27 academic year is now out!
Take a look for updates on all of our Signals programmes, events and activities, as well as updates from our research community.
You can read the full edition here 👇
Take a look for updates on all of our Signals programmes, events and activities, as well as updates from our research community.
You can read the full edition here 👇
Horizons Institute newsletter October 2026
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October 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Our first newsletter of the 2026/27 academic year is now out!
Take a look for updates on all of our Signals programmes, events and activities, as well as updates from our research community.
You can read the full edition here 👇
Take a look for updates on all of our Signals programmes, events and activities, as well as updates from our research community.
You can read the full edition here 👇
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⚠️ "If we wait for certainty that tipping points have been crossed before we act, it will be too late."
Join our webinar on climate tipping points, featuring researchers working on cutting-edge projects including ARIA's Forecasting Tipping Points programme.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signals-ti...
Join our webinar on climate tipping points, featuring researchers working on cutting-edge projects including ARIA's Forecasting Tipping Points programme.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signals-ti...
Signals: Tipping Points
Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
⚠️ "If we wait for certainty that tipping points have been crossed before we act, it will be too late."
Join our webinar on climate tipping points, featuring researchers working on cutting-edge projects including ARIA's Forecasting Tipping Points programme.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signals-ti...
Join our webinar on climate tipping points, featuring researchers working on cutting-edge projects including ARIA's Forecasting Tipping Points programme.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signals-ti...
Join Dr Josie South & Prof Yujiang Wang for an exploration of our headline theme Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty in our next Insight Series session.
📆 Tuesday 13 October
🕙 10 - 11am (GMT+1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
👋 Open to all
Register via Eventbrite 👇
📆 Tuesday 13 October
🕙 10 - 11am (GMT+1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
👋 Open to all
Register via Eventbrite 👇
Signals Insight Series: Josie South and Yujiang Wang
Join Dr Josie South & Prof Yujiang Wang for an exploration of our headline theme Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Join Dr Josie South & Prof Yujiang Wang for an exploration of our headline theme Signals: detecting, predicting & responding to uncertainty in our next Insight Series session.
📆 Tuesday 13 October
🕙 10 - 11am (GMT+1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
👋 Open to all
Register via Eventbrite 👇
📆 Tuesday 13 October
🕙 10 - 11am (GMT+1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
👋 Open to all
Register via Eventbrite 👇
Final reminder for tomorrow's 'Signals' online information session (11.30am - 12.30pm GMT+1)
Register for your place, and find more information, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002032000...
Register for your place, and find more information, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002032000...
September 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Final reminder for tomorrow's 'Signals' online information session (11.30am - 12.30pm GMT+1)
Register for your place, and find more information, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002032000...
Register for your place, and find more information, via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002032000...
Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social researcher with an interest in interdisciplinarity? Do you want to connect with researchers in other disciplines, and have the opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary research project with funding?
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
September 25, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social researcher with an interest in interdisciplinarity? Do you want to connect with researchers in other disciplines, and have the opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary research project with funding?
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
We currently have two programmes open for applications 👇
After a hiatus over the summer, our monthly newsletter is back next week!
We're looking forward to sharing what we've been doing over the summer, as well as everything we have coming up - and we'd like to invite you to share your updates with us too.
We're looking forward to sharing what we've been doing over the summer, as well as everything we have coming up - and we'd like to invite you to share your updates with us too.
September 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
After a hiatus over the summer, our monthly newsletter is back next week!
We're looking forward to sharing what we've been doing over the summer, as well as everything we have coming up - and we'd like to invite you to share your updates with us too.
We're looking forward to sharing what we've been doing over the summer, as well as everything we have coming up - and we'd like to invite you to share your updates with us too.
Thank you to everyone who came along to the launch of our headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' yesterday!
Below, you'll find some pictures from the event 👇
Below, you'll find some pictures from the event 👇
September 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Thank you to everyone who came along to the launch of our headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' yesterday!
Below, you'll find some pictures from the event 👇
Below, you'll find some pictures from the event 👇
Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social, Horizons Institute, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts for an exploration of tipping points.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
Signals: Tipping Points
Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social, Horizons Institute, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts for an exploration of tipping points.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
📆 Tuesday 6 October
🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1)
🌐 Online (Teams)
The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
We have a busy year ahead, with lots of events coming up from our team and others in our interdisciplinary research community.
If you'd like to stay up-to-date on all our upcoming events, you can visit and bookmark our events page: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...
If you'd like to stay up-to-date on all our upcoming events, you can visit and bookmark our events page: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...
September 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
We have a busy year ahead, with lots of events coming up from our team and others in our interdisciplinary research community.
If you'd like to stay up-to-date on all our upcoming events, you can visit and bookmark our events page: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...
If you'd like to stay up-to-date on all our upcoming events, you can visit and bookmark our events page: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...
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Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated.
informationisbeautiful.net/data/
informationisbeautiful.net/data/
September 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated.
informationisbeautiful.net/data/
informationisbeautiful.net/data/
We've been sharing quite a lot on our new headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' over the past few weeks, but what is Signals and how can you get involved?
September 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
We've been sharing quite a lot on our new headline theme 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty' over the past few weeks, but what is Signals and how can you get involved?
Just one week to go until our Signals launch event!
We now have our interdisciplinary panel confirmed as:
Prof Rebecca Jarman
Dr Anubhav Choudhary
@francispoitier.bsky.social, and
@stuarttaberner.bsky.social
For more information, and to book your place, visit our listing on Eventbrite 👇
We now have our interdisciplinary panel confirmed as:
Prof Rebecca Jarman
Dr Anubhav Choudhary
@francispoitier.bsky.social, and
@stuarttaberner.bsky.social
For more information, and to book your place, visit our listing on Eventbrite 👇
What signals do you see in your research? What changes do they indicate? How can you use these to reduce and respond to uncertainty?
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Signals Launch
Join the Horizons Institute for the launch of our headline theme for 2026/27 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Just one week to go until our Signals launch event!
We now have our interdisciplinary panel confirmed as:
Prof Rebecca Jarman
Dr Anubhav Choudhary
@francispoitier.bsky.social, and
@stuarttaberner.bsky.social
For more information, and to book your place, visit our listing on Eventbrite 👇
We now have our interdisciplinary panel confirmed as:
Prof Rebecca Jarman
Dr Anubhav Choudhary
@francispoitier.bsky.social, and
@stuarttaberner.bsky.social
For more information, and to book your place, visit our listing on Eventbrite 👇
On Tuesday we had the absolute privilege of working with four networks (Reimaging Ageing, Remaking Places, Healthy Buildings Network and HESTIA) to deliver an interdisciplinary event designed to spark new research collaborations.
September 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
On Tuesday we had the absolute privilege of working with four networks (Reimaging Ageing, Remaking Places, Healthy Buildings Network and HESTIA) to deliver an interdisciplinary event designed to spark new research collaborations.
Two weeks until our headline theme 'Signals' launch event!
Join us for an afternoon of exciting interdisciplinary conversations, and to learn more about our programmes, activities and plans for this academic year.
Details and booking link 👇
Join us for an afternoon of exciting interdisciplinary conversations, and to learn more about our programmes, activities and plans for this academic year.
Details and booking link 👇
What signals do you see in your research? What changes do they indicate? How can you use these to reduce and respond to uncertainty?
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Signals Launch
Join the Horizons Institute for the launch of our headline theme for 2026/27 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 8, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Two weeks until our headline theme 'Signals' launch event!
Join us for an afternoon of exciting interdisciplinary conversations, and to learn more about our programmes, activities and plans for this academic year.
Details and booking link 👇
Join us for an afternoon of exciting interdisciplinary conversations, and to learn more about our programmes, activities and plans for this academic year.
Details and booking link 👇
Earlier this summer, two groups of researchers from our Horizons Platform interdisciplinary research development programme were selected for funding.
Both projects awarded funding will be examining a different area of health and care - and you can read more about both on our Medium blog 👇
Both projects awarded funding will be examining a different area of health and care - and you can read more about both on our Medium blog 👇
Interdisciplinary collaborations to explore new approaches in health and care
Through years of supporting interdisciplinary research, the Horizons Institute has seen first-hand the impact of bringing together…
medium.com
September 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Earlier this summer, two groups of researchers from our Horizons Platform interdisciplinary research development programme were selected for funding.
Both projects awarded funding will be examining a different area of health and care - and you can read more about both on our Medium blog 👇
Both projects awarded funding will be examining a different area of health and care - and you can read more about both on our Medium blog 👇
We've been working with the wonderful Maraid Design to create a new website for our ever-growing research community, and as part of that we have a new 'Meet the Team' page.
You can find out more about us here: horizonsinstitute.leeds.ac.uk/about-us/mee...
You can find out more about us here: horizonsinstitute.leeds.ac.uk/about-us/mee...
August 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
We've been working with the wonderful Maraid Design to create a new website for our ever-growing research community, and as part of that we have a new 'Meet the Team' page.
You can find out more about us here: horizonsinstitute.leeds.ac.uk/about-us/mee...
You can find out more about us here: horizonsinstitute.leeds.ac.uk/about-us/mee...
What signals do you see in your research? What changes do they indicate? How can you use these to reduce and respond to uncertainty?
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Signals Launch
Join the Horizons Institute for the launch of our headline theme for 2026/27 'Signals: Detecting, Predicting and Responding to Uncertainty'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
What signals do you see in your research? What changes do they indicate? How can you use these to reduce and respond to uncertainty?
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
Our headline theme is a year of activity designed on the theme of 'Signals'
Join us for our launch:
📆 Tues 22 Sept
🕧 12.30 - 3.30pm
🗺️ University of Leeds
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Applications are open!
A free programme supporting global majority academics with strategic tools to navigate barriers & map long-term careers.
✅ Supportive peer network
✅ Tools to handle pressures
✅ Travel reimbursement (Leeds/Sheffield/York)
🔗 Register here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/applica...
A free programme supporting global majority academics with strategic tools to navigate barriers & map long-term careers.
✅ Supportive peer network
✅ Tools to handle pressures
✅ Travel reimbursement (Leeds/Sheffield/York)
🔗 Register here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/applica...
August 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Applications are open!
A free programme supporting global majority academics with strategic tools to navigate barriers & map long-term careers.
✅ Supportive peer network
✅ Tools to handle pressures
✅ Travel reimbursement (Leeds/Sheffield/York)
🔗 Register here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/applica...
A free programme supporting global majority academics with strategic tools to navigate barriers & map long-term careers.
✅ Supportive peer network
✅ Tools to handle pressures
✅ Travel reimbursement (Leeds/Sheffield/York)
🔗 Register here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/applica...
It has been an extraordinarily busy academic year for our research community, and it's been fantastic to work with so many of you in the interdisciplinary research space.
We've facilitated programmes aplenty, helped connections spark and grow, and supported research ideas through early stages.
We've facilitated programmes aplenty, helped connections spark and grow, and supported research ideas through early stages.
July 17, 2026 at 8:42 AM
It has been an extraordinarily busy academic year for our research community, and it's been fantastic to work with so many of you in the interdisciplinary research space.
We've facilitated programmes aplenty, helped connections spark and grow, and supported research ideas through early stages.
We've facilitated programmes aplenty, helped connections spark and grow, and supported research ideas through early stages.
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Are you interested in developing a genuinely interdisciplinary piece of research?
Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/4y9wiwJ
Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/4y9wiwJ
July 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Are you interested in developing a genuinely interdisciplinary piece of research?
Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/4y9wiwJ
Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/4y9wiwJ
Graphic facilitation is a great way of working across the boundaries of disciplines or differences in language.
Dr Curie Scott recently presented at one of our Insight Series sessions, where she shared her expertise in 'drawing as thinking'.
Read more on our Medium blog 👇
Dr Curie Scott recently presented at one of our Insight Series sessions, where she shared her expertise in 'drawing as thinking'.
Read more on our Medium blog 👇
Using graphic facilitation to navigate interdisciplinarity
One of the greatest challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration is how to communicate ideas, methods and processes across disciplinary…
medium.com
July 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Graphic facilitation is a great way of working across the boundaries of disciplines or differences in language.
Dr Curie Scott recently presented at one of our Insight Series sessions, where she shared her expertise in 'drawing as thinking'.
Read more on our Medium blog 👇
Dr Curie Scott recently presented at one of our Insight Series sessions, where she shared her expertise in 'drawing as thinking'.
Read more on our Medium blog 👇