Historian of technology and the environment | Former MSCA postdoctoral fellow (Weathering Colonial Calcutta) www.weatheringcultures.com Founder of Research Notes Studio Helping researchers write, fund and reimagine their work. www.researchnotesstudio.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3meftvlgiys2kThe extended deadline for #ICOHTEC2026 is fast approaching. Submit your abstracts before 28 February. See: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details. #histtech #histstm #envhist #envhum https://icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr/09 Feb 2026 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3meftvlgiys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3mdw2mh6z322eAfter a decade in academia, including a PhD and 2 postdocs, I have returned to the corporate world of consulting. I’ll still be writing and publishing material from my academic research projects, and also keeping Research Notes Studio going, but the academic career is, sadly, over.03 Feb 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdw2mh6z322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3mcjrykfxgk2wThe deadline to submit an abstract/proposal for #ICOHTEC2026 has been extended to 28 February 2026. Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details. #histtech #histstm #envhist #envhum #museum #museumstudies #heritagestudies [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjrykfxgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3maym7owfhc2bHappy to see my interview in the latest ICOHTEC newsletter! We talked about electricity in colonial Calcutta, the thinking behind www.researchnotesstudio.com and what’s coming at #ICOHTEC2026 Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr and @icohtec2026.bsky.social for #ICOHTEC2026 #histtech #histstm #envhum27 Dec 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3maym7owfhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3mappjogysc23#histtech #histstm #envhum #envhist [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Dec 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mappjogysc23https://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3ma6pio75jc2lSubmissions of abstracts and proposals for ICOHTEC 2026 are now open. Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for the CfP and other details, and submit your abstracts. Deadline: 31 January 2026 #histstm #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #histsci https://icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr17 Dec 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6pio75jc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m7nmz5byj22xThe ICOHTEC Annual Conference 2026 in Alexandroupolis, Greece now has a website: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr Please have a look at the CfP and other details, and submit your abstracts. Submissions open on 15 December 2025. Deadline: 31 January 2026 #histstm #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #histsci https://icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr10 Dec 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nmz5byj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m6mci3rlg22nThere are hills on the road, and then there are hills we carry within. This week’s Precious Cargo essay is about learning to climb both. https://open.substack.com/pub/preciouscargoessays/p/there-is-always-a-hill-somewhere?r=6q90qs&utm_medium=ios27 Nov 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mci3rlg22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m6jmkh4vfc2fICOHTEC 2026: Call for Proposals is now open! The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace. Thread: 1/4 #histtech26 Nov 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jmkh4vfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m65zqe5euc2kI’ve just launched Research Notes Studio, where I support researchers and organisations with editing, research development, and grant-writing. If you’re preparing a manuscript or a proposal or know someone who is, please share www.researchnotesstudio.com21 Nov 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65zqe5euc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m5sy3wnovs2pI’m very excited to share this: Research Notes Studio is now live www.researchnotesstudio.com. What started as a handful of research favours slowly grew into something larger. And somewhere between grant deadlines, and the strange luck of academic life, this little studio took shape. #envhum https://www.researchnotesstudio.com17 Nov 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5sy3wnovs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m5lqexfwl22iNew Precious Cargo essay. It’s about cycling while getting slapped by the wind, falling over at 6km/hr, and realising my son is having the time of his life while I question all my choices. https://open.substack.com/pub/electricpunkah/p/should-have-bought-a-car?r=6q90qs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #cycling #cargobike14 Nov 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lqexfwl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m5br6zdsis2rhttps://open.substack.com/pub/electricpunkah/p/the-weight-of-a-sleeping-child?r=6q90qs&utm_medium=ios10 Nov 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5br6zdsis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m4kdfvlwk22nMy son fell asleep somewhere between the lake and the roundabout, and the world seemed to soften. A new Precious Cargo essay on cycling, trust, and the art of carrying what matters. Read here: electricpunkah.substack.com/p/the-weight...01 Nov 2025 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4kdfvlwk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m46rieovn22dNovember reading list27 Oct 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46rieovn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m3xchekw2s22I’ve started writing about my cycling adventures with my son. It’s a blog/journal with essays on movement, writing, and the art of keeping upright, called “Precious Cargo: A dad and his cargo bike trying to keep their balance”. And here’s the first post. https://electricpunkah.substack.com/p/trying-to-keep-our-balance24 Oct 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xchekw2s22https://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3m3v4ppsutk2rA few months ago, in order to stay in touch with academic research while I found my footing, I started helping former colleagues and some students with small research and editing tasks. These side projects reminded me how much I enjoy dealing with complex ideas.23 Oct 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3v4ppsutk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lsvkoxmtqk2mLast weekend, I celebrated the first birthday (of many) of the best thing I’ve bought with my money!01 Jul 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvkoxmtqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lsvkgorcx22mWith another round of postdoc applications going nowhere, I think it’s time to start seriously exploring a more stable, long-term path outside academia. I’d appreciate any guidance from historians/academics who’ve moved into another career. #altac #academictwitter01 Jul 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvkgorcx22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lr36z6qujs22To those who’ve left academia: How did you find the motivation to finish your writing — papers, chapters, lingering commitments — once you knew it wouldn’t help your academic career anymore? I’m struggling with this and would really value hearing how you navigated it. #postac #leavingacademia08 Jun 2025 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr36z6qujs22https://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lpyemgzyhs2wWoke up this morning with a sense of grief as an academic/research career seems more out of reach every day. It’s a grief for ideas left unexplored, for questions now gathering dust in closed notebooks, for the imagined futures built in archives and at conferences that may never come to pass.25 May 2025 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpyemgzyhs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lp4xlkbmxc27Now that I have a bit more time to actually write for pleasure, I welcome you to Weathering Wednesdays, a blog that uses bits from my #weathering research @greenhouseuis.net to talk deeply about the weather, memory, metaphor, and emotions. https://www.weatheringcultures.com/weathering-wednesdays14 May 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4xlkbmxc27https://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lopcfrgrnk2dHot off the press! My article on the relations between class, consumption and transitions to electric supply and technologies in late-19th and early 20th century Calcutta, published in the special issue “Affects of Energy Transition”. #histtech #histstm https://www.regeneration-journal.org/article/id/17463/09 May 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lopcfrgrnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lnsvngd2fs27Behind the bus stop glass - RHS Garden Bridgewater, 27 April 2025.27 Apr 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnsvngd2fs27https://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3lmcageftg22wNow that I actually have a bit more time to read, write and reflect on my academic work, I will be starting a blog/newsletter called “Weathering Wednesdays” (a weekly letter about time, weather, seasons, and what gets left behind) on my project website www.weatheringcultures.com . #envhum #envhist https://www.weatheringcultures.com08 Apr 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcageftg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3llyxtrpnis2jI've got a new website showcasing my @erc.europa.eu Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral project @greenhouseuis.net . The website will be updated as and when more research and writings are published. www.weatheringcultures.com https://www.weatheringcultures.com04 Apr 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyxtrpnis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/researchnotesstudio.com/post/3ll6tzkczis2bIn 2 days my time as an MSCA fellow @greenhouseuis.net @unistavanger.bsky.social comes to an end. Outside of research, publications, submissions etc in the last 2 years, I’ve met some great people passionate about #envhum and #envhist. I’ve learnt much from them and can’t thank them enough.25 Mar 2025 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:2njhpbn4afri6gl7cq3fxfsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll6tzkczis2b