We conduct arts-based, participatory research at the University of Edinburgh.
A core team of staff at the University of Edinburgh co-ordinate the hub, including our three co-directors, our research fellow, and our project and communications manager. The team is advised by an Internal Expert Steering group and collaborate closely with an External Stakeholder Advisory group.
Co-director of the Binks Hub // Senior Lecturer in Social Work
Autumn is a qualitative research and social work practitioner. Her teaching and research interests are focused around relationship-based practice, care experience, creative methods, social justice and transitions, and social work skills.
Email: a.roeschmarsh@ed.ac.uk
Co-director of the Binks Hub // Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Methods
Emma is a qualitative researcher who draws on methods that help understand people and their lives from their own vantage points. Areas of research include youth transitions, social inequality and community identity.
Email: e.c.davidson@ed.ac.uk
Co-director of the Binks Hub // Associate Director of the Centre for Creative-Relational Inquiry // Programme Director of the MScR Health Humanities and Arts
Marisa uses “traditional” and (post)-qualitative methodologies to situate arts at the helm of strategic decision-making across multiple sectors including health and social care, employability, education and social justice.
Email: marisa.deandrade@ed.ac.uk
Binks Hub Research Fellow
Jimmy works with the Binks Hub team to develop participatory research using artistic and creative methods. An anthropologist focusing on Intersectional Gender Studies, they have most recently collaborated with Brazilian academics, NGOs, and artists to investigate ‘Masculinities Otherwise’ in Rio de Janeiro through graffiti, dance and contemporary art.
Email: jimmy.turner@ed.ac.uk
Binks Hub Project & Communications Manager
Rhiannon manages communications for the Binks Hub, including our website, events, newsletter, social media, and other resources we share. She also works as a researcher (within the School of Health in Social Science), writer, artist, and illustrator, with interests in the environment, creativity, and mental health.
Email: rhiannon.bull@ed.ac.uk
Binks Hub PhD student
Helen is an applied (qualitative) social research and evaluation practitioner, with interests in evaluation research, participatory approaches and children, young people and families. She is supported by the Binks Hub PhD Studentship to explore co-produced inquiry, and how people experience its value and outcomes.
Email: helen.berry@ed.ac.uk
If you’ve got a question for any of the team you can contact them using the email addresses above. Alternatively, get in touch with us by emailing binks[at]ed.ac.uk
The Binks Hub was established thanks to the generosity of our founding donors, Binks Trust. The Trust was attracted to the project as it unites the Trust’s longstanding support for the arts in Scotland with a desire to enable research that really makes a difference to people’s lives.
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