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This research team envisaged the creation of a wearable device for pregnant mothers that will interpret their baby’s movements to create patterns of light, colour changes and sound. How could such a device enable a …

How does ecological literacy affect the ability of humans to comprehend and interact with current crises? How does access to land affect the uptake of agroecology in the South West? What are the deep-set beliefs and behaviours of farmers and …

The Anthropocene names a new epoch: an age in which humans are leaving an indelible mark on the fabric of the planet. It is an essentially temporal concept, based on a geological sense of ‘deep time’ which cannot easily be …

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Bringing the War Home II aimed to disrupt current understandings of war as ‘over there,’ time limited, and contained within overtly military spaces and practices. Instead, this project sought to further collective understandings of the …

This research project was inspired by a documentary that Dan Pollard and Annie Moir worked together on prior to this research:

What did the project involve? 

Whale song is one of the most iconic sounds of marine wildlife, but noise …

At the 2012 XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington DC, much of the discussion was on the ‘end of AIDS’ and the prospects for an ‘AIDS-free generation’. While these headlines were phrased as aspirations, the lingering sense was that HIV/AIDS …

An interdisciplinary approach is required to face the challenge of increasing global access to food substantially and sustainably. Society will need to do this using the same land base with less fossil fuels, water and chemical inputs within a scenario …

Cultural and community spaces, organisations and local initiatives have powerful impacts on the communities they are situated in. These spaces and movements are powerful yet vulnerable. Community-led regeneration can lead to gentrification when private landlords displace and take advantage of …

In the UK, 850,000 people are living with dementia, and 38% of the population know someone with the condition. As people live longer and the population grows, living well with dementia is inextricably linked to living well overall.

While academics …