{"id":23173,"date":"2023-04-05T14:39:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=23173"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:39:40","slug":"ou-academic-chosen-out-of-hundreds-for-a-broadcast-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/ou-academic-chosen-out-of-hundreds-for-a-broadcast-project\/","title":{"rendered":"OU academic chosen out of hundreds for a broadcast project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An OU academic has won one of the nation\u2019s ten coveted places as a \u201cNew Generation Thinker\u201d to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us.<\/p>\n<p>The project is run by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/people\/dt6888\">Dr Dan taylor<\/a>, Lecturer in Social and Political Thought at The Open University, is one of the ten researchers picked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23175\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23175\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dan-Taylor-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dan-Taylor-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dan-Taylor.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Dan Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He was among hundreds of academics from the \u2018most promising arts and humanities early career researchers\u2019 who applied this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty were invited to day-long workshops with the BBC to develop their ideas with experienced BBC producers. From these workshops, Dan was one of the 10 selected as a New Generation Thinker.<\/p>\n<p>They were revealed as part of a special episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001khj3\">Free Thinking<\/a> on the radio station that was set to be broadcast on Tuesday 4 April at 10pm.<\/p>\n<p>They will benefit from training and development with the AHRC and spend a year being mentored by producers from the Free Thinking programme, where they will appear and take part in discussions throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>They will also be working on episodes of The Essay to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next spring.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Christopher Smith, AHRC Executive Chair, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe New Generation Thinkers programme brings interesting, important ideas to a wider audience, shaping public thought and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom fascinating insights into feminism and philosophy, to the way we heat our homes and Viking burial rites, to the most challenging problems of our day, this is research at its most original, vital and compelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese 10 brilliant, original thinkers demonstrate the potential for the arts and humanities to help us to better understand ourselves, our past, our present and our future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a New Generation Thinker, Dan will be able to bring to the public his intriguing research on the A13 that runs from London into south Essex. But it\u2019s not about the arterial road itself, more the industrial history that it flows through, the development of London and the future of work and society.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is an honour to be chosen out of so many people and what a thrill to be able to share my research like this. I\u2019m grateful to OU colleagues for helping shape and finesse my thinking, and I\u2019m really looking forward to working with the BBC and AHRC over the next year to make engaging, rigorous programmes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Picture credit: Ralf Liebhold for Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An OU academic has won one of the nation\u2019s ten coveted places as a \u201cNew Generation Thinker\u201d to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us. 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