Cumberland Lodge Fellow Cee Swakamisa reflects on a recent opportunity to join a consultation at St George’s House, as part of his Fellowship.[…]
Building community capacity for the future: A reflection on a St George’s House consultation
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US Election 2024: Why do people vote for Donald Trump?
Cumberland Lodge Programme Director Professor Melissa Butcher reflects on the result of the 2024 US Election and Donald Trump’s re-election.[…]
Building intercultural reflexive research collaborations: our work in Kurdistan
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.[…]
Gen Z in the workplace: an intergenerational conversation
Programme Officer Christina Ogwang reflects on the launch of our Gen Z and the City report, in partnership with St Paul’s Cathedral.[…]
A week of wisdom at Cumberland Lodge’s Life Beyond the PhD conference
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 not envision working in industry or with policy-makers. Instead, I imagined that, eventually, I would find a teaching position at a UK university where I[…]
Youth and Democracy hits the road
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.[…]
Confronting disinformation
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.[…]
Exploring AI at St George’s House
Cumberland Lodge Fellow Rong Wei recaps her recent visit to St George’s House to explore AI and emerging technology.[…]
Smell the nonsense: exploring dis/mis-information
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.[…]
What unites us? Building trust, respect, and listening, through art
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 contributing to social change from Central American youth through art I am not artistic. I have no hidden musical talents. I cannot paint, sculpt,[…]