In January 2026, we had the opportunity to attend a rather unusual maths conference: the UK’s Retreat for Women in Applied Mathematics, now in its 5th year. As female maths PhD students, we’re quite used to being in a gender...
JoJones’ Bizarre Adventure About a month ago, I had the privilege of continuing my Phileas Fogg impression by travelling to Kobe, Japan for the Asia-Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology (A-PRCR). With all my conferences being in the UK up to...
“By the way, I’m going to Ulaanbaatar for a workshop in two weeks!” “Wait, what? Are you joking, right?”. Hello, I’m Chiara, I’m second-year SAMBa PhD student and that was my parents’ reaction when I told them I was going...