Alexander Bird (philosophy of science and medicine, metaphysics & epistemology), currently at King's College London, will succeed Huw Price (philosophy of science, physics, and language) as the Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, effective October.   Price will continue on a half-time basis at Cambridge as Director of Research at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence through 2026 (although he will not have formal teaching duties).

(Thanks to Huw Price for the details about his future.)