As we wrap up another remarkable year, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to GSEJ’s work—through ideas, collaborations, conversations, and sheer intellectual generosity. We couldn’t do this without you.
2025 highlights? Plenty.
This year marked the launch of our new global Odyssey—O.D.E.SS.I.—for public engagement in science, setting sail toward more open, deliberative, and imaginative ways of doing science at large.
We were also delighted to welcome two brilliant new postdoctoral colleagues (Dr. Oliver Pritchard-Moore, Dr. Matty Mckenna) and two new PhD researchers (Ceylan Gülnaz Quirino-Hassan, Kacper Leon Wiatrowski) to the GSEJ community. And the journey continues: we’ll be welcoming new external members in 2026.
A special congratulations to Dr Jennifer Leigh, recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2025 Inclusion and Diversity Prize—a richly deserved recognition.
On the publications front, we made more than a ripple—here are just a few highlights from a much wider body of work produced by GSEJ members:
- A special issue in the Journal of Responsible Innovation on how scandals shape good governance (with the final two instalments coming in 2026—watch this space!)
- Queer Grief, special issue in Lambda Nordica, co-edited by Dr. Trude Sundberg
- Dr Anna Waldstein’s work on health sovereignty through the case study of Rastafari healing in London
- Prof Dawn Lyon’s sociological analysis of temporalities, affective entanglements and practices of care through houseplants
- Dr Simon Bailey’s joint piece on reluctant public-sector entrepreneurialism and corporate colonisation in the English NHS.
- Dr. Jack Cunliffe’s Theory and Society article on identity and crime research.
- Prof Michael Calnan’s new paper on social contract in the medical profession in India
And we’re equally proud to celebrate outstanding work from GSEJ partners and friends around the world:
- Prof Kathleen Vogel’s insightful comments on the “Mirror Life” debate.
- Karolína Pstross & Prof Natalia Pasternak’s global overview of chief science advisor models in governance
- Dr. Zarine Rocha’s decolonial approaches to critical mixed race studies.
We thank everyone for being part of this growing, curious, and globally connected community. Here’s to more bold thinking, generous collaboration, and meaningful impact in 2026.