Somalis are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in Bristol, comprising of some 10-15,000 people (BCC 2014). The youth are the first generation to have come of age in the city and are facing particularly challenging circumstances including poor …

Previous work has drawn connections between the professional experience of health visitors, early years educators, developmental therapists and doctors, the systematic review of quantitative and qualitative literature, the experiential and interactional world of migrant families in a British inner city, …

What did the project involve? 

This project led to the development of the Future Places Toolkit. The current Future Places Toolkit demonstrator has developed out of a previous Uninvited Guests AR performance Billennium (2018-22), which asks audiences to reflect …

What did the project involve? 

This project sought to explore the implications of Brexit for social divisions in the city – with a view to thinking productively and constructively, with colleagues from other disciplines and partners in the city, to …

Emerging research suggests autism is disproportionately overrepresented in homeless populations (Churchard et al. 2018). Autistic narratives of homelessness (Stone 2019) have highlighted significant barriers to service access and engagement. A key concern relates to the unsuitability of accommodation provision in …

Stigma is a major barrier to people being retained in opioid substitution treatment (OST) and recovering from opioid dependency; people who use OST are often stigmatised both for their drug use, as well as the medications they receive (for instance …

Women who have had female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) often experience life-long consequences in relation to health, wellbeing, and sexual functioning. However, current policy in the UK tends to ignore these needs in favour of policies which seek to protect …

Many studies conclude that, at an individual level, citizens have privacy and security concerns about sharing data with apps and online services but do it all the same – for reasons of convenience, inertia or an assumption about the existence …

What did the project involve? 

The project explored the role of Robinswood Hill, identified as a core community asset, in supporting the wellbeing of local people living in peripheral and deprived urban housing estates in Gloucester. The research team worked …