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What would happen if health research was more creative, collaborative, risky and experimental? What if people with lived experience set the agenda? How can ‘blue skies’ humanities-led research shift our thinking about mental health and health inequalities?
The Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University will transform the way we do health research.
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Recordings from Mind Wandering: The Science and Narrative now available
Recordings from the one-day workshop Mind Wandering: The Science and Narrative, organised by the Narrative and Cognition Lab, are now available to watch online.
New publication from In Practice Research Fellow: Creative health and baby loss in minoritised women
Estelle Verdi has co-authored a scoping review exploring how creative health approaches may support mental health of minoritised women following baby loss.
Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed
Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed. Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, until May 2027
New publication: Evaluating quality in co-produced research
What does ‘good’ co-produced research look like? Kate Marks, Brett Smith and Victor Merino-Expósito explore in this new article for Critical Public Health.
The Creative Chicken or the Ethical Egg?
Reflections on the ‘Understanding the Value of Creative Methods within Research Event’ organised by the Rural Durham Community Research Network.
High praise for dance performance at Healing Arts Scotland
The premiere of a co-choreographed dance piece by Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis and dancers with multiple sclerosis has received enthusiastic feedback following its debut at Healing Arts Scotland.
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