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Conversations about how violence affects young people often focus on statistics, trends and immediate responses. Less often do we stop to consider how young people
Challenging childism: Children as cultural and political actors by Emma Davidson and Fiona Morrison In 2025, a collaborative project brought together researchers, cultural institutions, artists,
A guest blog from our Co-Director Emma Davidson and researcher Helen Berry. From 19th-22nd May we opened ‘Come Away In’, an exhibition developed collaboratively with
A guest blog from Dr Vanessa Montesi, Public Engagement Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH). My research on spouse migration
A report from an IntoUniversity session with the Binks Hub, Social Policy, Lothian Health Services Archive, and University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections. We recently welcomed
A guest blog from our Research Fellow, Jimmy Turner. Sometimes in academia you find yourself working on a project that really captures your soul, and
A blog from our PhD Researcher, Helen Berry. This post is based on an eight month long collaboration between Helen and Community Knowledge Matters, a
A blog from our Co-Director Autumn Roesch-Marsh. Lean on me, when you’re not strongAnd I’ll be your friendI’ll help you carry on – Bill Withers,
The half-day seminar, ‘Reframing Criminal Justice Professional Development’, was organised by the Binks Hub and REALITIES team and took place on 3rd December 2025. The
Our popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh and Jimmy Turner, is back for the new academic year.
A guest blog by Dr Georgi Gill, visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh. This blog is in part drawn from Georgi’s introduction to poeMS:
A guest blog from Zoey Wang, a graduate of MSc Global Mental Health and Society at the University of Edinburgh. When I first started writing
In Autumn 2025, the Binks Hub partnered with artist Clementine Carriere to deliver a vibrant four-part collage workshop series at Edinburgh Futures Institute. The sessions
A guest blog from Marie Larsson, a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. After curating my first poetry exhibition I have a deep, new-found
A blog by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh On 10th November 2025, the Binks Hub ran a workshop at Moray House School of Education on the topic
A guest post from anna osarose, a PhD student at the University of Surrey. When I first encountered Maureen Blackwood’s short film Home Away from
A guest blog from Charlotte Day, a student of the MSc in Global Mental Health and Society at the University of Edinburgh. If it were
On Wednesday 1st October 2025, the Binks Hub extended an invitation to policymakers, practitioners, and researchers interested in re-imagining fresh futures by posing the question:
On the 3rd September 2025 at InSpace in central Edinburgh, the Binks Hub staged its largest exhibition yet, Poverty, precarity and community empowerment: Who decides?
Our popular reading group, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, is back for the new academic year. We are pleased
A blog from our Co-Director Emma Davidson. Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of visiting the University of Queensland as part of their symposium
A blog from our Co-Director Emma Davidson. This post is based on a presentation Emma gave at the Social Policy Seminar on 21st March 2025,
Understanding friendship support for care experienced people Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum (Staf), in partnership with a team of care experienced researchers, throughcare and aftercare
Over the past year, the Binks Hub has been working in partnership with the Poverty Truth Community (PTC) to co-create a digital quilt – one
A guest blog from Robin Alexander, the Global Data Fellows Programme Manager at Childlight. The Childlight Global Data Fellows (GDF) Residency is a flagship initiative
A guest blog from Marissa Salvaterra, a student of the MSc in Global Mental Health and Society at the University of Edinburgh. I initially pursued
‘Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change’ –
A blog post by Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Co-Director of the Binks Hub, and Christina McMellon, Senior Research Fellow. Today we had the privilege of going out
A blog post from Amrita Puri, actor and student of the MSc in Global Mental Health and Society at the University of Edinburgh. Apprehension flooded
Earlier this month we ran an exhibition at Dovecot Studios in collaboration with The Ripple, showcasing artworks made by the people of Restalrig, Lochend and
A new reading group hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh. This reading group, open to all, will focus on creative
In Summer 2024, Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) officially opened its doors to the public after several years of intense, multi-million-pound redevelopment and restoration. It gives
A blog post from Dr Jimmy Turner, Research Fellow of the Binks Hub. In this post I would like to introduce you to one of
A blog post from Anna Tudos, one of the recipients of the Binks Hub 2022 scholarships and a graduate of the MScR Health Humanities and Arts
A blog post from Helen Berry, Binks Hub doctoral researcher. At the end of March 2024, the Binks Hub partnered with the Third Sector Research Forum
This Saturday 15th June, the communities of Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny, together with the Ripple Project and the Binks Hub, were proud to launch their
The Ripple Project and the Binks Hub are looking for a participatory artist who has experience working with communities to join their “Modelling the
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce you to the new Binks Hub advisory group. Bringing together a combination of artists and individuals from community, governmental
We’re very pleased to announce that the Binks Hub will be sponsoring the 2024 International Creative Research Methods Conference (ICRMC), organised by Helen Kara. After
Earlier this year, we partnered with Edinburgh College of Art and the Reid School of Music on the 2023 UNESCO Week of Sound. We ran
A blog post from Prof. Catherine Maternowska, Honorary Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People at the University of Edinburgh. On a chilly Sunday morning
A warm welcome to our new Binks Hub PhD student Helen, who has written this blog post to introduce the research she’ll be conducting for
Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June
Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June
Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June 2023. How
Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June 2023. The
Interview and article by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack as part of our series on human flourishing, following our human flourishing symposium in June
Blog post by Binks Hub student intern Brigid McCormack On May 31st, the Citadel Youth Centre and the Binks Hub joined forces on their “New
Our mission at the Binks Hub is to co-create research for human flourishing. And as we move into our second year of work, we’re keen
A collaboration between Binks Hub co-director Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Dr Arianne Critchley (University of Stirling), Sam Tongue (the Scottish Poetry Library), the Scottish Association for
Congratulations to Binks Hub co-director, Marisa de Andrade, for jointly winning the 2023 Qualitative Book Award for her most recent book! The award recognises a
We’re pleased to be partnering with charity People Know How on a new research project looking at their digital inclusion work – a research project
The Binks Hub is pleased to announce our participation in the INCLUDED Project, which will investigate the ways in which we can facilitate the participation
A blog post from Dr Catherine Maternowska, Professor of Violence Prevention for Young People Violence against Children (VAC) is a big, global problem—over 1 billion
A blog post from PhD student Charlotte Zealley Arguably, the biggest challenge of a PhD is its solitary nature. Only I can write my thesis,
A blog post from Marianna Hay, Co-Director at Take Note and Founding Director of Orchestras for All What is the difference we’re trying to make
A blog post from Claire Wu As a third year Sociology with Quantitative Methods student, I undertook the 2022 Q-step Summer Work Placement at the
My name is Mary McBain, and I am an MSc by Research candidate in Music at the University of Edinburgh. Under the supervision of Dr
PhD student Neil Hume reflects on a community forum held by the Binks Hub in Craigentinny Commity Centre in December 2021. “Wrap up warm” we
This visual blog post follows the installation and opening of an exhibition of contemporary art, written for us by Dr Laura Harris. A highly stylized
Rebecca Rees reports on a study into the impacts of Scottish Book Trust’s book-gifting programmes Bookbug and Read, Write, Count We all know that children
We’re so excited to have officially launched the Binks Hub – a new research hub at the University of Edinburgh that unites academics, artists, and
A Binks Hub beginning How does a new university-based research hub begin to collaborate with community organisations? How does participation begin? These questions have been
I am thrilled that I will be working as a Co-director for the new Binks Hub. Our aim is to bring together community stakeholders and academics from across different disciplines to find innovative solutions to the problems that matter most to people.
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