by The Platform | Apr 28, 2026 | Affective Experience, Events recap, Highlights, Measurement
Rebecca Jackson, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Measurement Lab and Affective Experience Lab, writes: On 11-13 March, the Affective Experience Lab and Measurement Lab hosted a three-day event, the Measurement... 
by The Platform | Apr 17, 2026 | Affective Experience, Announcements, Measurement
Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement HereticsEdited by Rebecca L. Jackson, Michele Luchetti, Morgan Thompson, Aja Watkins Deadline: 10 July 2026 This edited volume stems from the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being, Meaning, and Measuring... 
by The Platform | Mar 24, 2026 | Affective Experience, Highlights, Measurement, Publications
How big is a ‘drop’? There’s no single right answer to this, but historically, the same people who wanted to banish it from the metric system ended up giving in to its ubiquitous use in both chemistry and medicine. To understand why is to understand the... 
by The Platform | Mar 13, 2026 | Affective Experience, Events
Recordings from the one-day workshop The Senses and Medical Humanities, organised by the Affective Experience Lab at Durham University, are now available to watch online. The brainchild of Bridging Fellow Claire Turner, the workshop brought together scholars... 
by The Platform | Mar 11, 2026 | Affective Experience, Events, Measurement
Our three day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well begins today! We look forward to welcoming everyone who will be joining us over the course of the workshop. Co-organised by the Measurement Lab and the Affective Experience Lab, this... 
by The Platform | Oct 10, 2025 | Affective Experience, Welcome to new staff
A warm welcome to Claire Turner, who joins the Platform as a 2025-26 Bridging Fellow in the Affective Experience Lab and the Department of History. Claire is a historian of medicine and the senses, and her current research centres on sensory experiences and...