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 …

What did the project involve? 

Brigstow Institute Collaborative Fellowships focus on structural inequalities in Bristol and beyond. In the Including the Excluded project, this meant looking at the experiences of pupils who had been excluded from school during the pandemic.…

What did the project involve? 

The Bone Conducting Lollipop was an innovative confectionary that allows a person who has impaired to normal hearing, to hear music in their head through bone conduction. The project was born out of a project …

Research and writing about healthy food often focus on bad choices and bad experiences.  Health researchers consider what is wrong with what we eat, and why peoples make bad choices.  But bad food is often delicious and desirable and being …

“Technologies for blind children, carefully tailored through user-centered design approaches, can make a significant contribution to cognitive development of these children” (Sanchez, 2008)

What did the project involve? 

The project’s initial research questions to explore were within the scope of …

What did the project involve? 

In October 2017, Mia, then aged 11, told the audience at a Festival of the Future City about buses in her home city of Bristol in England:

“My family don’t own a …

Image Credit: Joe Hill

While findings show young people of all backgrounds to be emotionally distressed by the climate and ecological emergency, the voices of marginalised young people are underrepresented in research and public discourse. Social movements of climate change …

What did the project involve? 

This Ideas Exchange designed and produce a wordless children’s picture book titled ‘Together’ in collaboration with a professional illustrator. This picture book will be used as a research stimulus to explore how children (4-10 years …

What did the project involve? 

Bristol is known internationally for its thriving film and animation industry and Peru is currently investing in a growing animation sector. By building a collaboration between researchers and animators in Bristol and Peru, the team …