Dr. Christina Anderson, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in History at UCL, Editor in Chief of the Journal of the History of Collections
Christina’s fellowship in the history of urban interconnection was funded by the AHRC and hosted at University College London in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society from 2022 to 2023.
My Daphne Jackson Fellowship helped a lot in paving the way for my UKRI grant. It helped to expand my research proposal and begin networking at UCL. In humanities, you don’t see many people coming back to research.
“The concept of a returner is less understood, and you can often be put into boxes which aren’t quite right. In my line of research, having a salary is important because, unlike with the honorary position I held during my break, people will take you more seriously. This means you have access to and can open up more opportunities.”