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Blog Post: Does Increasing Spending in Public Health improve Health?

Read all about this project by Damian Clarke (Economics, ESE), which seeks to estimate the causal impacts of public health spending on individual health outcomes.

Blog Post: Exploring Creativity as a Tool for Improving Wellbeing

Read the new blog post by Dr Caitlin Kight (School of Education, HASS), discussing and reflecting on her interdisciplinary research project supported through SCI's Development Fund 2022/23.

SCI Delivers 'Brilliantly Curated' Events with University of Virginia Professor

SCI invited the globally renowned Professor Geeta Patel (Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Virginia) to the University of Exeter to deliver two interdisciplinary events. Read all about it here.

SCI Funds 'Fantastic' Healthscapes Workshop

SCI recently supported the Healthscapes workshop event, coinciding with the launch of the Healthscapes network. Click here to read all about it.

British Academy Announces ECRN Funding Opportunities

The British Academy has recently announced two funding opportunities for it's Early Career Researcher Network. Click here to to find out more.

ESRC Announces Festival of Social Science 2023

Applications are now open for events at the ESRC's Festival of Social Science 2023 (21st October - 17th November)! Find out more and apply by clicking here.

Research Culture Initiatives Launched

The Research Culture SharePoint site and Grant toolkit are now live! Read this article to find out more and to access them.

UoE academic joins PO Scandal compensation scheme advisory board

SCI Steering Group member Professor Richard Moorhead (Law) has been appointed to the Independent Advisory Board of parliamentarians and academics set up to oversee the Post Office Scandal compensation scheme. Read more by clicking here.

Development Fund Project: The Future of Global Britain

Professor Catriona Pennell (History, HaSS Cornwall) has been awarded with the 2022/23 SCI Development Fund for her project, 'The Future of Global Britain: Youth Voices from the Overseas Territories'. Click here to learn more.

PhD Studentships in the HASS disciplines on offer at Exeter

The University of Exeter offers several PhD Studentships in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences each academic year. Click here to view all the PhD studentship opportunities available at Exeter.

ESRC and UKRI Pre-announcement Opportunities

Take a look at these pre-announcement opportunities from the ESRC and UKRI. They are focused on creating centres for sustainable low-carbon living and climate change and health, respectively. If you are interested in one or both of these calls, please let us know by completing the related form found here.

Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorships 2023

The Leverhulme Trust is offering two rounds of Visiting Professorships every year. Click here to find out more about this great opportunity and express an interest in applying.

Project Case Study: Developing Business-aware Academics

SCI Steering Group member Professor Alison Truelove (Business School) will soon embark on a four-year project that aims to bridge current gaps between businesses and investors and universities. Read all about the crucial research she and her team will be undertaking.

SCI aims at Heritage RICHES for Exeter

We are co-ordinating an Exeter-led response to AHRC's call for proposals to build regional research infrastructure for conservation and heritage science (RICHeS). Click through to find out more.

Development Fund Project: The Life and Afterlife of Extraction

Dr Thomas Roland is the first academic to be awarded with our 2022/23 Development Fund for his project, 'The Life and Afterlife of Extraction: Exploring a practice of honouring kinship relations in the collecting, holding and disposing of past ecologies that story landscapes'.

Development Fund Project: Whiteness Beyond the West

Led by Professor James Mark, this initiative explores the histories of whiteness across the world. A workshop will be held in Spring 2023, co-organised with Manuela Boatcă and Zoltán Ginelli. Further details to follow.

SWWDTP PhD Studentships Now Open

The AHRC South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWWDTP) PhD studentships are now open!

Government commits £484 million to cover the loss of Horizon Europe

The UK Government has announced that they intend to commit £484 million to research funding across the nation to cover the loss of Horizon Europe.