About
Before moving to Liverpool, Hannah worked at the Science Communication Unit at UWE Bristol where she was a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication for 4 years, and also a Data Fellow at the South West Creative Technology Network. Previously, she did her PhD in the field of evolutionary linguistics at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and went on to a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands. She has published work in linguistics, research methods and science communication.
As well as her academic work, Hannah has worked as a professional science communicator for more than a 15 years and has well-received appearances at the British Science Festival, TEDx and on BBC Radio 4 on Word of Mouth and Stranger than Science Fiction. She has also worked with various partners, such as "I'm a Scientist", GeoTenerife and the British Council, in training scientists in communication skills.
Hannah is on the board of directors for Open Rights Group, a digital rights advocacy organisation in the UK and also a member of the UK SETI Research Network and the SETI Post Detection Hub hosted at the University of St Andrews. In her spare time does speed puzzling, stand-up comedy, and is writing a popular science book about linguistics and aliens.
She is interested in supervising research projects in the areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) communication, public understanding of STEM, A.I. or data governance and privacy. She is also interested in topics relating to the evolution of language and the emergence of communication systems. If you would like to do a PhD with Hannah in any of these areas, please email hannah.little@liverpool.ac.uk
Prizes or Honours
- Outstanding contribution to Public Engagement Shortlist (The University of Liverpool, 2026)
- Outstanding contribution to Public Engagement Team Winner (University of Liverpool, 2023)
Funded Fellowships
- Data Fellow (Academic Fellow) (2020 - 2021)