{"id":771,"date":"2025-12-18T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/?p=771"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:31:58","slug":"gsejs-2025-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/2025\/12\/18\/gsejs-2025-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"GSEJ\u2019s 2025 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up another remarkable year, a huge <strong>THANK YOU<\/strong> \u00a0to everyone who has contributed to GSEJ\u2019s work\u2014through ideas, collaborations, conversations, and sheer intellectual generosity. We couldn\u2019t do this without you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 highlights? Plenty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year marked the launch of <strong>our new global Odyssey\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/files\/2025\/11\/ODESSI-2025-Conference-Report.pdf\">O.D.E.SS.I.<\/a>\u2014for public engagement in science,<\/strong> setting sail toward more open, deliberative, and imaginative ways of doing science at large.<\/p>\n<p>We were also delighted to welcome <strong>two brilliant new postdoctoral colleagues<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/person\/821\/\">Dr. Oliver Pritchard-Moore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/person\/833\/\">Dr. Matty Mckenna<\/a>)\u00a0and <strong>two new PhD researche<\/strong>rs (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/person\/ceylan-gulnaz-quirino-hassan\/\">Ceylan G\u00fclnaz Quirino-Hassan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/person\/kacper-leon-wiatrowski\/\">Kacper Leon Wiatrowski<\/a>)\u00a0to the GSEJ community. And the journey continues: we\u2019ll be welcoming new external members in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A special<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/news\/?article=683\">congratulations to Dr Jennifer Leigh<\/a>,<\/strong> recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry\u2019s 2025 Inclusion and Diversity Prize\u2014a richly deserved recognition.<\/p>\n<p>On the<strong> publications<\/strong> front, we made more than a ripple\u2014here are just a few highlights from a much wider body of work produced by GSEJ members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/tjri20\/collections\/TJRI_How_Do_Scandals_Shape_Understanding\"><strong>A special issue in the Journal of Responsible Innovation<\/strong> <\/a>on how scandals shape good governance (with the final two instalments coming in 2026\u2014watch this space!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdanordica.org\/index.php\/lambdanordica\/issue\/view\/89\">Queer Grief<\/a>, special issue in Lambda Nordica, co-edited by<strong> Dr. Trude Sundberg<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Anna Waldstein<\/strong>\u2019s work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01459740.2025.2471092#abstract\">health sovereignty through the case study of Rastafari healing in London<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prof Dawn Lyon\u2019<\/strong>s <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/00380261251335747\">\u00a0sociological analysis of temporalities, affective entanglements and practices of care through houseplants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Simon Bailey<\/strong>\u2019s joint piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jpo\/article\/12\/3\/joaf009\/8245770\">reluctant public-sector entrepreneurialism and corporate colonisation in the English NHS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Jack Cunliffe<\/strong>\u2019s Theory and Society\u00a0article on <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11186-025-09637-z\">identity and crime research<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prof Michael Calnan<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0new paper on <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/heapol\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/heapol\/czaf077\/8296958?login=false\">social contract in the medical profession in India<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we\u2019re equally proud to celebrate outstanding work from GSEJ partners and friends around the world:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prof Kathleen Voge<\/strong>l\u2019s insightful comments on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/global-science-and-epistemic-justice\/files\/2025\/10\/A-New-Social-Compact-to-Grapple-with-Mirror-Life-1.pdf\">the \u201cMirror Life\u201d debate.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Karol\u00edna Pstross &amp; Prof Natalia Pasternak<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.cuni.cz\/bitstream\/handle\/20.500.14178\/3373\/scaf072%20(2).pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\">global overview of chief science advisor models in governance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Zarine Rocha<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01419870.2025.2598398\">decolonial approaches to critical mixed race studies<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We thank everyone for being part of this growing, curious, and globally connected community. 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