Brigstow brings researchers from different disciplines together with a range of partners across the city and beyond to experiment in new ways of living and being.
This project began with the Ideas Exchange ‘Living Well Through the Menopause’ which developed into the Experimental Partnership ‘The MenoMakers’ Handling Box’. In this project, the researchers wanted women to have a space for their voices to be heard and …
During the early modern period, to go for a walk was a recreational activity, but it was also to literally re-create oneself. Heating the body up enabled the evacuation of superfluous humours, with profound physiological effects on the Renaissance individual. …
It is increasingly recognised that human health and wellbeing can be fostered through encounters with the natural world and wildlife¹. Be it unexpected or planned, sighting a charismatic marine species such as the grey seal is often an exciting and …
“As she pulled back the blue and green curtain that closed off a small sleeping pod built into the wall, with just enough room for some comfortable pillows and light bedding, we looked up to a screen – which served …
Shortly before the start of this project, the Financial Conduct Authority released its finding that the COVID-19 pandemic has left over a quarter of UK adults with low financial resilience (FCA 2021). The impacts of low financial resilience go beyond …
This research sought to explore patient perceptions of 3D models and the emotional implications these carry through the lens of congenital heart disease, where 3D heart models have been shown to play important roles in …
Gender is historically conceptualised in terms of the binary concept of feminine/masculine and constructed through an active and on-going process of socialisation (e.g., Butler 2011; Connell and Pease 2014). Schools are deemed one of the major platforms for conveying social …
Research has shown that older people experience decreased loneliness, increased self-esteem and improved group relations when they participate in theatre (Bernard & Rickett, 2017). That said, the same people face barriers when it comes to the technologies that allow people …
The non-medical experience of menopause is an under-researched taboo and becoming increasingly important due to large numbers of women remaining in work for longer and therefore experiencing menopause transition whilst in employment. Previous research has established how difficult it is …