Beth Steiner, Author at University of Reading and Natural History Museum

Global Environmental Challenges Seminar and Masterclass series

A second series of seminars and masterclasses to highlight and support collaborative, interdisciplinary research on global environmental challenges.

Partnership Open Day 2026

Some highlights so far, and an opportunity to engage with each other and with the partnership further

Videographic Research Summer School

Two NHM colleagues attend a 5-day Videographic Research Summer School at UoR

Doctoral training programmes

Collaborative Research Council funded doctoral programmes

Tiny Fossils from the Ice Age

Project team engaging visitors with tiny fossils at the Community Festival at University of Reading May 2025

Methods testing for collecting and identifying pollen loads on moths

A pilot study to appraise different approaches for collecting and identifying pollen found moth specimens

Unlocking NHM field samples for fossil vertebrates: a pilot project

A pilot project to process NHM palaeontological field samples from Westbury Cave, Somerset.

Biodiversity and Health Workshop January 2025

A Patnership funded workshop to explore and generate research ideas around the intersection of biodiversity and human health

Soundings: A Celebration of The River by Jana Winderen

Partnership seed-funded project: Soundings, a day-long research event at NHM, drawing on Jana Winderen’s sound installation, The River, installed in the Jerwood Gallery, as a point of inspiration.

Making a point: early wood technologies of the British Isles

A seed-funded project to analyse the ‘Clacton spear point’, an important artefact thought to be the world’s earliest weapon.