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 can small actions lead to big change? How is our future shaped by everyday encounters? To find the answers to these questions, Lisa Howard recommends talking to strangers. Alongside her […]
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 flourishing of an individual is intrinsically attached to their community. “We are living in a time of crisis”, Mallory Hybl shares when expanding upon the importance of an environment focused
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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. To widen our thinking about flourishing, I spoke with Jess Smith, Scottish storyteller and preserver of Traveller heritage, to explore human flourishing found in stories rooted in the rugged
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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 Direction for Youth Led Practice, Research and Policy” event. Attended by people from both academia and the third sector, the day was aimed at bridging the gap between academic research
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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 to explore further different academic, practice and artistic perspectives on the concept of ‘human flourishing’. To help us shape our vision of what human flourishing might look like – and
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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 Social Work (SASW), poets, and social workers across Scotland has resulted in a new “Poetry for Wellbeing” toolkit for social workers. The toolkit offers a practical guide to running your
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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 work that makes a major contribution to the study and practice of qualitative approaches. The panel said of the book: “In her book, Marisa de Andrade intertwines fantastical realities based on
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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 their volunteers will be trained to conduct themselves. The Binks Hub have partnered with People Know How to secure funding for a project on digital inclusion and exclusion. While existing
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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 in research of people living with advanced dementia as co-researchers. The project will be led by Dr Frankie Greenwood from Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia (ECRED),
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 children (which translates to over 50% of all children aged 2-17 years old) have experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence in the past year. The good news is that the
Ushering in (Young) Citizen Science: A Data Collaborative Project Read More »
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