Horizon Blog

New Deputy Director for Horizon CDT

We are excited to name Dr Alexandra Lang as the Horizon CDT’s Deputy Director. Alex is an Assistant Professor in Human Factors (HF) at the University of Nottingham, focusing on […]


Effective, Responsible and Safe Research on Online Communities (EFRESH) – an introduction

Helena Webb, Liz Dowthwaite, Virginia Portillo, and Peter Craigon are running a new Horizon project called Effective, Responsible and Safe Research on Online Communities (EFRESH). Here they explain the background […]


My experience at the Mindtrek Doctoral Consortium in Finland

post by Emma Gentry (2021 cohort) In November 2022 I was accepted to present my PhD plans at Mindtrek’s Doctoral Consortium in Tampere, Finland. With the exception of one prior […]


Neurodiversity Challenges

post by Jenn Layton Annable (2020 cohort) Working as an autistic autism researcher can sometimes be a lonely and distressing experience. Daily contact with academic literature that consolidates pathologising or […]


Congratulations to Kadja Manninen on passing viva

Congratulations go out to Kadja Manninen for passing their PhD viva last week subject to minor corrections! Supervised by Chris James Carter, Sarah Martindale and Andrew Leyshon, Kadja’s thesis is […]