ECR Showcase Event 2026

This is a cross-disciplinary event for Early Career Researchers at UCL interested in Anthropocene and Health, Mind & Society initiatives.
About this Event

This is a cross-disciplinary event for Early Career Researchers at UCL interested in the Anthropocene and Health, Mind and Society, to showcase the success of various talks, workshops, roundtables and seminars that took place last year that were funded by both UCL Anthropocene and UCL Health, Mind & Society initiatives. Plus, learn about future funding opportunities for ECR initiatives for the coming academic year. A light sandwich lunch will be available from 12 noon providing an opportunity to network with colleagues, followed by presentations from 1-3pm. Registration is required.

Presentations:

· Enmeshed Bodies: Thinking, writing, and feeling (through) climate change and the Anthropocene – Francesca Balestro, PhD Candidate, SELCS

· Eco Artivism: Creative Methods in Environmental Justice Research – Dr Raffaele Ippolito, Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health

· Liquid Cities: Sonic Worlds in the Anthropocene – Sara Granados Ortiz, PhD Candidate, Development Planning Unit

· More than human UCL: a transdisciplinary mini-series – Merry Chow, PhD Candidate, Institute of Archaeology

· Animating Mental Health: Locally Co-produced, Globally Relevant – Dr Norha Vera San Juan, Senior Research Fellow, NIHR Research Support Service, Primary Care & Population Health

· Researching pain within women’s health: dilemmas & strategies – Dr Catherine Borra, Policy Research Fellow, Reproductive Health, EGA Institute for Women’s Health