By Lauren Flannery, PhD student and Associate Professor, The University of East Anglia When I began my PhD alongside my academic role, I expected to think critically, write analytically, and plan strategically. What I didn’t expect was to feel so deeply. Sitting in classes again as a student, I became acutely aware of how it feels to belong, to be heard, and to be met with genuine curiosity. These experiences reminded me that learning is profoundly relational. Inclusion, at i