By Paul Hodkinson and Matt Hall Colleagues will be familiar with the feeling of excitement that can accompany receipt of the first responses from volunteer research participants for a new project. Such feelings, though, quickly turned to something else altogether for us in January this year. An encouraging initial trickle of early responses to our […]
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By PJ Annand The Queering Shelter project is running a series of LGBTQ+ creative workshops to explore the topic of queer shelter, offering hot vegan and vegetarian food, travel reimbursements and a £50 shopping voucher exhibition contributions. Find out more and reserve your place here. As we celebrate LGBT History Month, it’s a good time […]
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By Christine Hine New digital technologies offering “smart” monitoring of health and wellbeing at home have a lot to offer for those with care needs: but how can we make informed choices about which solutions are right for us? Within a burgeoning market for assistive technologies (a term used for products designed to promote independence […]
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By Ranjana Das How might algorithms shape everyday practices and decisions in parenting? How do parents understand, resist or work within algorithmic systems? How do parents feel about algorithmic futures? My new book – Parents Talking Algorithms – will draw out the nuances of what happens when parents go about their everyday life making decisions […]
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By Karen Bullock and Melissa Pepper Karen Bullock and Melissa Pepper have a long history of working independently and together to understand how volunteers and volunteering may be used to reduce crime and improve community safety. We have recently been awarded funding from the Road Safety Trust to conduct research looking at the role of […]
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By Paul Hodkinson and Matt Hall Head-hair is often regarded by men as key to their body image and identity, with a full head of hair often associated with ideals of masculine success. As a consequence, the experience of going bald can be a turbulent and sometimes even distressing life transition for men, with implications […]
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