Hannah Little

Back running experiments with real life humans which I haven't done since my PhD, and it's quite exciting!

The link is broken, this one works: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Grants 2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences We want to see more linguistics in the world!  The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support lin…

Are you an early career researcher interested in communicating linguistics to broader audiences?

Consider applying for a @lingcomm.org grant!
Deadline April 30, via @lingthusiasm.com

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A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts science communication, science and society, public understanding of science, science & the media, research

My research is featured on the Public Understanding of Science blog with a brief introduction to our paper published in their journal (here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) and the toolkit which can be download here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/

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They're open, and we need YOU (yes, you!) to submit your proposal for the BIG Event!

Come join us and loads of others at the National STEM Learning Centre this July!

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Dr Hannah Little

Christmas is a time for gathering round and listening to a tale well told. So today's #AcademicAdvent is Dr Hannah Little @hanachronism.bsky.social, an expert in communications. Explore her work helping scientists of all kinds explain their research here www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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This is really cool. You have to scroll down a couple of comments to get to the pdf, though.

Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/

This paper has also been “translated” into a practitioner-facing illustrated toolkit, which can be downloaded here: livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/

‘A fiction author can do anything, we’re bound by the facts’: The risks and opportunities of taking advantage of cognitive biases in storytelling for science communication - Hannah Little, Juliet Duns... Storytelling is a growing topic in science communication research, highlighting the importance of learning from existing storytelling research from other discip...

New publication co-authored by department member Dr. Hannah Little in Public Understands of Science! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A fantastic (and free) resource from Faculty colleague @hanachronism.bsky.social to help science communicators make their stories more memorable ⤵️

Public Services Research Lead The Ada Lovelace Institute is hiring a Public Services Research Lead to evaluate and shape UK public service decisions about the use of data and AI.

📣Job alert: We're hiring a Public Services Research Lead!

This role will develop and lead the delivery of Ada’s work on public sector use of data and AI.

Closing: 09:30 GMT, 29 October 2025

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Yes! Thanks Christian - I didn't realise I'd copied from a version I was viewing through Liverpool's network and now I can't edit it!

Apologies - apparently the link to the Public Understanding of Science paper is broken due to network issues my end. It's available open access here: doi.org/10.1177/09636625251387445

Ah, apologies. I think my browser routes all academic journal articles through the Liverpool network (even when open access) and changes the links. It's open access here: doi.org/10.1177/09636625251387445

I loved working on this project. FAO #sciart and #scicomm sky, check out this thread!

I was so pleased JC brought me in on this project.
If you write or are a journalist or do any kind of storytelling (science or not) I highly recommend checking this out. There is so much in the about mechanics and risk/benefits of how you connect to audiences.

A set of scales shows some clouds weighing as more heavy than 70 elephants. The caption says "cumulus clouds can contain up to 500 tonnes of water. That's more than 70 large African elephants combined." Illustration by Jordan Collver

Feel free to download and use the toolkit in your own practice or share with others who may be interested!

I'd love to hear any thoughts on this research or its implications for you. I’m always happy to hear from practitioners working on the ground!

Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social

We also have a new journal article which can be found in Public Understanding of Science here: doi-org.liverpool.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0963...

A cave man tells stories around a fire on the left, a scout leader tells stories around a fire on the right. Illustration by Jordan Collver

We’ve now produced a toolkit to guide science communicators through (critically) using certain strategies. It has been beautifully illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social (in collab with @rikworth.bsky.social) and can be downloaded as a PDF here:

livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/

A man is bitten by a snake on the left. On the right, we see how snake venom is extracted to create anti-venom. Illustration by Jordan Collver

We asked whether they used these strategies and what opportunities or risks these strategies (which are often used in misinformation and conspiracies) might hold for science communication.

Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social

A woman looks at a news paper stand where hands are grabbing headlines with negative connotations: "new pandemic" and "asteroid to hit earth" and no one is taking the headline which says that a speciers has been saved from extinction. Illustration by Jordan Collver

A couple of years ago, as part of a @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project, I interviewed some sci comm folk about storytelling strategies we know cause humans to pay attention to some stories more than others.

Illustration by @jordancollver.bsky.social

I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026).
Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development.

Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon.

I’ll share more about the move & new work soon.

Please share with students & retweet!

Space Lates Discover global space missions, international collaboration, and cosmic challenges in an inspiring evening of talks, activities, and exploration.

I'll be speaking at Space Lates: A Message to Outer Space at the National Space Centre on Friday if anyone's around Leicester! Tickets here: www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/spa...

Come and do a PhD at Exeter with me and Chico Camargo (Computer Science) on human-genAI coevolution

"Leveraging Natural Language Processing for Data-Driven Agent-Based Modelling of Online Cultural Dynamics"

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More details here:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy

Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?

Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.

"VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."

🗣️ ORG's James Baker.

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I'll be on BBC Radio Merseyside at 7.20am... Not sure why I agreed to that but there we are

Devastated about Jane Goodall. What a giant of science communication and such a champion of empathy, love and understanding for every living being on this planet. If I manage to live my life with a tenth of the integrity and compassion she had, I'll be proud.