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The Cumberland Lodge Blog is a space for our Fellows and others to write about their experiences and key learnings from our events and beyond. The views expressed here are not the views of Cumberland Lodge, but of the individuals who write for the blog.

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US Election 2024: Why do people vote for Donald Trump?

7 November 2024

Cumberland Lodge Programme Director Professor Melissa Butcher reflects on the result of the 2024 US Election and Donald Trump’s re-election.[…]

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Building intercultural reflexive research collaborations: our work in Kurdistan

21 October 2024

Cumberland Lodge Fellow, Sali Hafez, and her research collaborator Diyan Muhsin, reflect on how they have worked together to overcome some of the obstacles to intercultural aspects of international research.[…]

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Gen Z in the workplace: an intergenerational conversation

14 October 2024

Programme Officer Christina Ogwang reflects on the launch of our Gen Z and the City report, in partnership with St Paul’s Cathedral.[…]

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A week of wisdom at Cumberland Lodge’s Life Beyond the PhD conference

21 August 2024

After completing my PhD viva in January this year and starting on the final revisions to my thesis, I asked myself that inevitable question – what comes next? I could[…]

Youth and Democracy hits the road

8 April 2024

Programme Officer Munny Purba recently attended the North-South Peace Event in Belfast, as part of our Youth and Democracy project. Here are her reflections on her trip.[…]

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Confronting disinformation

5 April 2024

In March 2024, we hosted the first workshop in our Youth and Democracy project, exploring Dis/Mis-information and Young People. Cumberland Lodge Fellow Mattia Emma shares his reflections on the event.[…]

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Exploring AI at St George’s House

2 April 2024

Cumberland Lodge Fellow Rong Wei recaps her recent visit to St George’s House to explore AI and emerging technology.[…]

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Smell the nonsense: exploring dis/mis-information

25 March 2024

Last week, we hosted the first in-person workshop of our Youth & Democracy project, exploring Dis/Mis-information and Young People. Cumberland Lodge Fellow Claire Agius shares her reflections.[…]

Cumberland Lodge Fellow Meaghan Malloy with her exhibition in El Salvador

What unites us? Building trust, respect, and listening, through art

29 January 2024

Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2022-24, Meaghan Malloy, reflects on using her Personal Development Grant (offered as part of the Cumberland Lodge Fellowship) and what she learned about exercising her voice and[…]

Reflections on a Fellows’ Retreat 2023

20 September 2023

Cumberland Lodge Fellow Rong Wei looks back on her time at the Fellows’ Retreat 2023.[…]

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Whose nature is it anyway?

16 September 2023

Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2021-23, Andrew Marks, reflects on the impact of using his Personal Development Grant to help connect LGBTQ+ people with nature in his local community. […]

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Memories of a Fellows’ Retreat 2023

15 September 2023

Cumberland Lodge Fellow Cee Swakamisa reflects on the Fellows’ Retreat 2023.[…]

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Memories of a Fellows’ Retreat at Cumberland Lodge

3 March 2023

Shahira Shahir, Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2022-24, PhD student in the School of Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Cara (Council for At-Risk Academics) scholar from Afghanistan, shares her thoughts on attending the annual Fellows’ Retreat.[…]

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Views on the barriers, pitfalls, and possibilities of social mobility

28 March 2022

This March, Cumberland Lodge brought together policymakers, practitioners, academics, and students to exchange knowledge and ideas about the role of education and employment in shaping social mobility. The conference was[…]

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Women in leadership: challenges and opportunities

16 March 2022

A blog by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Chandni Patel, looking back on the Dialogue & Debate webinar: ‘Women in Leadership #BreakTheBias’ hosted in March 2022, celebrating International Women’s Day 2022.[…]

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