Equality & Human Rights Leadership – Policy, Campaigns & Research
In April 2025, I was honoured to attend and speak at #BHIVA25 this week at the National AIDS Trust and HIV Outcomes session on the future of HIV services in the UK. Our session explored what the future of HIV services in the UK could and should look like. We focused not just on viral… Continue reading On the future of HIV services and the key role of communities: my contributions at the British HIV Association Conference – BHIVA25.
I'm absolutely thrilled, and genuinely humbled, to share that I've been nominated for the "Positive Role Model Award for LGBT" at the National Diversity Awards 2025!Being recognised alongside such incredible individuals who tirelessly champion human rights, inclusion, equality, and social change is both inspiring and deeply moving. This nomination isn't just about me. It's a… Continue reading My Nomination for the National Diversity Awards 2025: thank you!
Three and a half months in, and 2025 has already been an exhilarating blend of meaningful professional and personal achievements, muddy gardening boots, new friendships, and lovely moments with family and community. Back in December, I shared my ambitious roadmap for the year - spanning karate milestones, leadership roles, advocacy campaigns, and personal development goals.… Continue reading 2025 Quarter 1 Progress Update – Black belts, new job, cherry blossoms, and 100kg stones: reflections from January to March.
This year, I completed my 2024 reading challenge and, out of 20+ books, I've selected seven impactful books that reshaped my thinking and actions in meaningful ways. Each one left me with a specific idea or lesson that I’ve carried forward. Here’s a quick summary of each book and the one thing that stuck with… Continue reading My 2024 Book Recommendations on Leadership & Self Improvement: 7 Lessons
Introduction As 2025 approaches, I’ve been reflecting in a previous Blog post on my 2024 - a year of falling, rising, and personal growth. Professionally, I led impactful initiatives like the LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales, the Stop HIV Stigma and Wales HIV Testing Week campaigns, while continuing my advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and HIV-related… Continue reading Looking Ahead: My resolutions and ambitions for 2025
As 2024 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on a year filled with purpose, progress, and personal growth. It has been a year working on transformative projects, deepening connections, and learning valuable lessons. Looking back, six key things stand out, each representing the milestones I’m proud of and foundations for future growth. The Ceccarelli… Continue reading My 2024 Year in Review: Six areas of achievements and growth
Working on the LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales has been one of the most meaningful experiences in my career. The Plan focuses on creating a more inclusive and equitable society for LGBTQ+ individuals in Wales, tackling key issues such as discrimination, healthcare access, and representation in education.In my role, I worked closely with Welsh Ministers… Continue reading Advancing Equality: My Work on the LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales
Alessandro Ceccarelli, University of Cambridge(original article available here) “Our colleagues make homophobic jokes at meetings, but nobody really says anything - they are just jokes! We do not talk about gender and sexuality at work. People do not talk about their sexuality all the time, why should we?” Comments like these welcomed me when I arrived… Continue reading Being an LGBTQ+ grad student and researcher in Cambridge: a journey to become a role model.
The original Blog Post can be found at the following link: https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/archaeological-research-in-india For my PhD research, under the supervision of Dr Cameron Petrie, Prof Charly French and Dr Patrick Quinn, I am working on producers, crafts and technologies of the Indus Civilisation (2500–1900 BC) in northwest India. Simply put, I spend a lot of time… Continue reading Archaeological Research in India : From Cambridge to the Indus Civilisation
Ancient South Asian crafts and technologies meet ancient and modern Greece Find the original post on the Fitch Blog, BSA, British School at Athens. You might wonder why an Italian researcher from Rome, PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, went to Athens to work on archaeological materials from Ancient India. Well, the reason is… Continue reading The Indus Civilisation in Athens, Greece
Original post on the TwoRains Blog. Hi again – Alessandro here. After spending 4 months in India, studying ancient ceramic artefacts and working on the excavation at Lohari Ragho (link), Haryana, I am finally back in Cambridge, with plenty of samples. As mentioned in a previous blogpost (link), I spent several weeks at Banaras Hindu… Continue reading Ethnoarchaeology of crafts in villages in north-west India
Original post on the TwoRains Blog. Hi again – it is Alessandro. I am currently writing from India, more specifically from Varanasi, an exceptional city in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. You might say, “Wait a second – there is no Indus settlement in Varanasi! What are you doing there?” The answer is simple: I am… Continue reading The City of Gods and Ancient Indus Craft Traditions
Original post on the TwoRains Blog. Hi again – it is Alessandro, your friendly neighbourhood ceramic specialist. In the last few weeks, I have been busy re-firing some archaeological ceramics in a furnace at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. You might ask “Why do you put ancient pottery in an oven?” Although it… Continue reading Fire! Fire! – Or why archaeologists investigate ancient firing technologies
Affordable, Practical and Transportable Petrographic Laboratory Original post on the TwoRains Blog. Hi again – it is Alessandro, your neighbourhood ceramic specialist. In a previous post on Indus Ceramics (link here) I mentioned some of my daily tasks as part of the TwoRains research project in Cambridge: amongst them, ceramic thin-section petrography, which I am using to… Continue reading Introducing the APT Petro-Lab
Original post on the ERC TwoRains Blog, HERE. Greetings! – this is Alessandro and I am one of the ceramics specialists for the ERC TwoRains project. For my PhD research, I am pursuing a holistic approach to the study of archaeological ceramic materials from Indus urban and post-urban sites being excavated by the project to trace… Continue reading Beyond Indus Ceramics: Exploring the British Museum Collections
Dr Alessandro Ceccarelli 