About

About this blog

Thinking It Through is an attempt to take the mindset of a researcher and apply it to everyday life, and to create something along the way. Thinking things through takes time and energy, hopefully other people will find the end result useful, and maybe even entertaining.

The site is written by Steven Wooding, a parent, partner, policy researcher and occasional photographer based in Cambridge, UK - who is slightly concerned about referring to himself in the third person.

If you have comments you can reach me on Mastodon or Bluesky

Bio

My research interests include research culture; funding policy; the social mechanisms of science; data and concept visualisation; and Bayesian statistics (and all sorts of other random stuff, of which this blog is largely composed).

Current role

Head of Research on Research - Research Strategy Office

Affiliated Researcher - Bennett Institute for School Policy

University of Cambridge

Education

PhD in Cell Biology institution: University of Cambridge year: 1998

BA in Biochemistry institution: University of Cambridge year: 1994