Rebecca Jackson recaps the three-day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well.
News
Reimagining imagination in The Psychologist
Ben Alderson-Day and Georgia Punton explore imagination through two articles recently published in The Psychologist.
Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement Heretics
We invite proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology of measurement for a new edited collection. Deadline 15 June 2026.
Changes made to race based occupational pulmonary assessments
Research by disability historian and Measurement Lab co-lead Coreen McGuire has contributed to the removal of race equations from lung function testing.
Co-Production and Physical Activity
Kate Marks reflects on the workshop Co-Production and Physical Activity which took place in March 2026.
Conversation Analysis in Sport and Exercise Sciences
A new paper outlines how Conversation Analysis can be used in Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Health in Our Hands
Sofie Layton (PDRA, Visual & Material Lab) recently spoke at the conference Health in Our Hands at Birkbeck, University of London.
The drop and the metric system: how an unruly unit survived revolutions
A recently published paper co-authored by PDRA Rebecca Jackson has won the Trevor Levere Best Paper Prize.
Craft to Care: Exploring Alternative Narrative Practices and Medical Humanities in China
Xiao Ge, Bridging Fellow in the Narrative Practices Lab, reflects on her recent research visit to China.
The Senses and Medical Humanities
Recordings from the one-day workshop The Senses and Medical Humanities, organised by the Affective Experience Lab at Durham University, are now available to watch online.
Welcoming attendees for our Measurement Heretics workshop
We’re pleased to announce the full programme for the Measurement Heretics workshop and look forward to welcoming attendees!
Prescribing dance? A new study looks at what health professionals think
A new publication by our Moving Bodies Lab researcher, Emily Davis, explores professional perspectives on Scottish Ballet’s developing ‘dance on prescription’ model.
