2026 Event Reports, Event Reports
Report of a Harkness Talk on ‘The UK – US Defence Relationship’ which took place on March 12th 2026 The Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon KCB gave a talk to the Harkness Fellows Association on the subject of ‘The UK – US Defence Relationship’. He began by stepping back from...
2026 Event Reports, Event Reports
For the first event in 2026 philosopher David Edmonds (HF 1993-94) brought to life the iconic “shallow pond” thought experiment that challenges how we think about moral obligation to strangers and the world’s most vulnerable. Based on his new book Death in a Shallow...
2025 Event Reports, Event Reports
Harkness Centenary Discussions: Can the arts and humanities reduce our mental health crisis? There are many reasons for the increase in mental health problems, including the impacts of the Covid pandemic, but can we find better ways to improve mental health? Can the...
2025 Event Reports, Event Reports
Report of a Harkness Centenary Discussion on the challenges in energy policy, which took place on Tuesday 23rd September 2025. The new government has pledged to make the UK a “clean energy superpower”, but what does that mean in reality? And will it turn out to be any...
2000s, All Harkness Stories, Health & Social Care
was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manchester and Member of Council of the former Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain prior to becoming a Harkness Fellow. As a community pharmacist, she had become interested in where young people were getting...
1960s, All Harkness Stories, Politics & Public Services
won his Harkness Fellowship to go to Harvard to study the impact of Locke’s political ideas on what was to become the United States.He had lived outside the UK for long periods in childhood and adolescence in Germany and India and for two key summers in 1952 and 1953...
1980s, All Harkness Stories, Health & Social Care, Politics & Public Services
has significantly advanced Australia’s multicultural and human rights policies and institutions. He has held senior government positions for over 25 years and has published extensively on refugee issues, multiculturalism, and human rights. As the Australian Human...
1960s, All Harkness Stories, Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths
spent his fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley after obtaining a PhD in hydrodynamics in Cambridge. However, he probably spent more time on producing a guide to new Cambridge architecture, which sold out, than on hydrodynamics. He continued his...
1990s, All Harkness Stories, Health & Social Care
grew up in Suffolk, not far from Halesworth, and was delighted to come back home nearly 24 years ago. She was educated at the Lycée Français de Londres (1952-61), a graduate of Keele University (BA Hons 1966) and of Brunel University (MA 1977). As a Harkness Fellow...
