{"id":181,"date":"2026-05-05T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/?p=181"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:03:31","slug":"launching-our-new-project-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching our new project website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to launch the website for our new research project investigating how wildlife diseases persist, spread and change through time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project brings together ecology, genomics, demography, epidemiology, ageing research, social network analysis and statistical modelling. By combining these approaches, we aim to better understand the hidden processes that shape disease dynamics in wild populations \u2014 including survival, movement, infection, transmission, kinship and population change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bovine tuberculosis is a complex issue with consequences for farming, wildlife, conservation, policy and rural communities. This project is not a campaigning platform and does not begin from a predetermined management position. Our role is to improve the evidence base through careful, transparent and balanced science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although badgers and bTB are central to the study system, the wider questions are relevant to wildlife disease more broadly. How do diseases persist in open and changing populations? Why do infection patterns fluctuate through time? How do genetics, social behaviour, ageing and movement influence disease dynamics? And how can long-term data help us understand processes that are difficult to observe directly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this website, we will share project updates, accessible explainers, research outputs, events and resources as the project develops. We will also use our social media channels to provide shorter updates and direct readers here for more detailed information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to sharing the science as the project progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to launch the website for our new research project investigating how wildlife diseases persist, spread and change through time. The project brings together ecology, genomics, demography, epidemiology, ageing research, social network analysis and statistical modelling. By combining these approaches, we aim to better understand the hidden processes that shape disease dynamics in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are pleased to launch the website for our new research project investigating how wildlife diseases persist, spread and change through time. The project brings together ecology, genomics, demography, epidemiology, ageing research, social network analysis and statistical modelling. By combining these approaches, we aim to better understand the hidden processes that shape disease dynamics in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dh526\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dh526\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dh526\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/753af8a55e2257715c9a4806c659b0c7\"},\"headline\":\"Launching our new project website\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\",\"name\":\"Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Launching our new project website\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/\",\"name\":\"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2026\/05\/BADGER_logo_WhiteB.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2026\/05\/BADGER_logo_WhiteB.png\",\"width\":1064,\"height\":1046,\"caption\":\"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/753af8a55e2257715c9a4806c659b0c7\",\"name\":\"dh526\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f7c3b0c68d6d517fde5699a8a56d36d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f7c3b0c68d6d517fde5699a8a56d36d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dh526\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/author\/dh526\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","og_description":"We are pleased to launch the website for our new research project investigating how wildlife diseases persist, spread and change through time. The project brings together ecology, genomics, demography, epidemiology, ageing research, social network analysis and statistical modelling. By combining these approaches, we aim to better understand the hidden processes that shape disease dynamics in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/","og_site_name":"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","article_published_time":"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00","author":"dh526","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dh526","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/"},"author":{"name":"dh526","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/753af8a55e2257715c9a4806c659b0c7"},"headline":"Launching our new project website","datePublished":"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/","name":"Launching our new project website - Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-05T14:03:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/2026\/05\/05\/launching-our-new-project-website\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Launching our new project website"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/","name":"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#organization","name":"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2026\/05\/BADGER_logo_WhiteB.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/739\/2026\/05\/BADGER_logo_WhiteB.png","width":1064,"height":1046,"caption":"Badger Ageing, Demographic, Genomic and Epidemiological Research"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/753af8a55e2257715c9a4806c659b0c7","name":"dh526","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f7c3b0c68d6d517fde5699a8a56d36d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f7c3b0c68d6d517fde5699a8a56d36d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dh526"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/author\/dh526\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/badger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}