The CIVICA Faculty Short Visit scheme has just concluded its seventh call for applications. The scheme provides opportunities for faculty and postdoctoral researchers in CIVICA universities to visit another CIVICA university for between 2 - 5 days, to foster collaborative activities between institutions.
Several LSE Faculty have successfully applied to the scheme and have benefitted from visiting partner institutions to collaborative on projects, research initiatives or networking to establish new connections. We spoke to some of the LSE Faculty who have been involved with the Faculty Short Visits scheme this year to see what they thought about the scheme.
Dr Anthony Miro Born, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Methodology, visited the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence in June 2025.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my aculty short visit at the European University Institute in Florence! The experience was both intellectually stimulating and collegial, allowing me to forge new academic connections and to further share my research comic on housing inequality and social mobility."
Photo: © Anthony Miro Born
Professor Aaron Reeves from LSE's Department of Sociology also visited the European University Institute in Florence under the CIVICA Faculty Short Visit scheme. Aaron's research is focused on understanding the causes and consequences of social and economic inequality across countries, and his visit to EUI in May allowed him to participate in the Florence Population Studies group to support this research:
"I wanted to gain feedback on some prelimary research focussed on mortality rates over the long-run. This was a wonderful opportunity to receive feedback from a group of researchers who are thinking about related issues from a variety of perspectives."
Reflecting on his visit to the EUI, Aaron stated that he was "able to gain insights into core problems I was working on related to this project - as well as some opportunities to consider those issues in other fora, such as future workshops. I was able to begin conversations that I hope will lead to future collaborations flowing from the work that we are doing on this project."
The recent 7th Call for Faculty Short Visits has seen two further LSE Faculty awarded funding to visit CIVICA institutions:
- Dr Bruno Leipold, Department of Government, will visit Sciences Po in September 2025.
- Dr Paroma Bhattacharya, Head of Social Innovation for LSE Generate, will visit the Hertie School, Berlin, in September 2025.
If you are interested in applying to the CIVICA Faculty Short Visits scheme, please reguarly check LSE's CIVICA webpage.
Faculty and postdoctoral researchers in CIVICA universities are regularly invited to submit proposals for a short 2-5 day visit at another CIVICA university. This short visit programme aims to foster collaborative activities, to further existing links or to establish new ones.
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