Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme Poster and Information Session
Come join at Newnham College for an event celebrating Cambridge’s 2025 Laidlaw Scholars as they share the outcomes of their exciting summer research projects.
Applications for the 2026 cohort will also launch on this day.
For prospective applicants, this will also be an opportunity to find out more about the programme by talking to previous scholars and staff attached to the programme.
Interested in finding out more about the programme? Click here.
Project Titles:
Lina Aoubala: Exploring Autoimmune Features in Type 2 Diabetes: A study on Autoantibody Prevalence Against GLP-1
Emmie Bailey: Can we use Ostrom's eight design principles for governing the Commons to increase agricultural commoning in Cambridgeshire?
Luke Bannerman: Toska po Rodine: Comparing Preservation and Fragmentation in the Russian Diaspora’s ‘Cultural Mission’ in the Interwar Period and the Modern Day
Mila Bruce: Ecocide in Ukraine
Sara Doczi: Post-socialist democracy: national judgements and voting patterns on the value democracy in Hungary
James D'Silva: Can Helminths be Considered 'Old Friends' to the Human Immune System and Metabolism?
Hannah Fairburn: Death of the hero in Montaigne's Essais.
Naviya Gupta: Optimizing In-vitro Cardiac Study via the Development of Hydrogel Based Models of Native Cardio Muscular Tissue through Acoustic Patterning and Mechanical Testing on a Synthetic ‘Cardiac Slice'
Wayne Huang: Evaluating the Impact of Liquid Biopsies on Cancer Patient Survival: A Systematic Assessment of Efficacy
Sophie Kleina: Cultural Symbols, Identity and Language Revitalisation: A Kashubian Perspective (C-SILK)
Maya Layish: War in the Digital Age: How social media has redefined civilian interaction with modern day warfare discourse in the UK
Emlyn Macfarlane-Cox: The History of Privacy.
Lilly Mazer: Assimilation or revolution: the role of contemporary movements for LGBTQ+ rights in maintaining socio-political hegemony
Zara Mirza: Extremism, Security, And Secularism: A Sociological Analysis of Organisational Bans in France
Natalie Ng: Power, Agency, and Imperial Politics: The Case of Julia Augusti'
Marj Osagie: The Aesthetics of Legitimacy - Marxist Lusophone Africa in Lusophone Africa in Tricontinental Solidarity Posters
Shrey Patel & Ivanna Piven: The Cooperation Puzzle: What Really Drives People to Cooperate?
Caitlin Prescott: Why are there so few female metro mayors? Exploring the gender disparity in local and devolved politics in England
Leah Richens Invisible Identities: A comparative socio-legal analysis on the impact of legal recognition of Non-Binary gender identities
Amalina Saifulmazli: How and why do children develop gender stereotypes about traits like intelligence and kindness?
Annie Squire: Scroll, Share, Speak: An Examination of Generational Differences in Women’s Engagement with and Perceptions of Feminist Content on Social Media
Livia Ursini Parker: How do exiles mediate memories of a homeland through archival art and writing?
Wen Xing: Othering 'the Occident': Understanding the Internalization of Queer-Phobic Discourses on the Chinese Internet
Youyou Yu: Improving efficiency of LNOI terahertz waveguide via geometry optimisation.
WHEN: Monday, 24 November 2025
5.00 PM – 7.00 PM: Poster and Information Session
WHERE: The Cynthia Beerbower Room, Newnham College, Cambridge
TICKETS: No tickets or RSVP is required; popping in and out is welcome and encouraged.