Every year we recruit up to ten doctoral students for our Cumberland Lodge Fellowship scheme, including one who is nominated by the Council for At-Risk Academics. We also fund a three-year PhD studentship at Royal Holloway, University of London, through our Amy Buller Scholarship. Find out more here.
Imogen is a public health professional and former senior civil servant, with a career advocating and bringing about improvements in health and health determinants, in the UK and beyond. She has also worked closely with local schools to improve education policy and drive up standards for young people. She is now studying for a PhD[…]
Sahar recently graduated with a Distinction from the MA in Museum Studies at UCL, funded by the Institute of Archaeology’s Heritage and Museums Opportunity Scholarship. Her work explores access, interpretation, and the social role of museums in negotiating public history, community identity and conflict. She is particularly interested in how exhibitions can preserve intangible and[…]
My general interests coalesce around transitional periods in people’s lives. I provide support to individuals and communities through life transitions like abortion, pregnancy, and end-of-life care. I am particularly interested in how structural and intersectional inequalities impact people’s experiences of these periods in their lives and their care. I’m a PhD student at LSHTM and[…]
I am Saed, a PhD researcher in Court Interpreting at the University of Leeds. The core of my research is to examine the challenges of English-Arabic interpreting in UK courts. As a sworn translator and experienced interpreter, specialising in legal and administrative contexts. I have over over 15 years of experience teaching English as a[…]
Pauline is a French-British film director and producer exploring nationalism, identity, and belonging through politically engaged storytelling. She runs Aral Sea Productions, creating films across documentary, animation, archive, and XR. Her current feature, Big in Gazi Baba, co-produced with Al Jazeera Balkans, has received major awards including the Cannes Docs Marché du Film and Eurodoc[…]
I bridge worlds – science, technology, and humanity. With a PhD in Physical Chemistry and a Master’s in Data Science and AI, I turn complex data into tools to enhance construction quality, bridging academia and industry. Yet my journey is also shaped by struggle. Growing up in Iran without freedom of belief made me an[…]
Miriam is an educational practitioner with a background in History. She is currently the Education Manager at Solutions Not Sides, where she leads workshops with peacebuilders from Israel-Palestine in secondary schools, supporting young people with building life skills such as empathy, communication and conflict resolution. She is looking forward to learning all about Cumberland Lodge’s[…]
Evelyn is a management consultant in the energy sector, focusing on sustainability and the low-carbon transition. She is passionate about how economic policy and community initiatives can strengthen social cohesion and reduce inequality. Evelyn serves as Membership Coordinator for the Rotaract Club of London, the youth branch of Rotary, where she builds partnerships and coordinates[…]
Aaron is located at the intersection of Mental Health, EDI & Liberation, Advocacy for Young People, Higher Education and Politics/Policy, with a passion, drive, and focus on making long lasting and meaningful change within society particularly for those who are marginalised. They graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Computing and[…]
Hello, I am Serhat, a PhD researcher in Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London. My research explores China’s partial deindustrialisation and its impact on politics and global value chains. I studied in Turkey, completing a double BA in Political Science and International Relations and Chinese Language and Literature, before earning a Master’s[…]
