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.
Visiting Hew Locke ‘what have we here?’ at the British Museum
21 January 2025
Our Programme Officer Munny Purba reflects on Locke’s personal and emotive exploration of the museum’s collection, which considers contemporary debates around cultural heritage.[…]
Building community capacity for the future: A reflection on a St George’s House consultation
17 December 2024
Cumberland Lodge Fellow Cee Swakamisa reflects on a recent opportunity to join a consultation at St George’s House, as part of his Fellowship.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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. […]
Memories of a Fellows’ Retreat 2023
15 September 2023
Cumberland Lodge Fellow Cee Swakamisa reflects on the Fellows’ Retreat 2023.[…]
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.[…]