This post is written by Dr. Ben Kasstan, a medical anthropologist at the University of Sussex. It is unreasonable to expect hesitant parents to accept vaccinations automatically. Vaccinations are among the most successful public health interventions to reduce childhood morbidity…
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Global Studies Wellbeing PhD Workshops
This post is written by Dr. Gemma Houldey of International Development as part of our ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’ blog series. Gemma and Evie Browne are promoting mental health workshops for researchers that will run in…
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Higher Education: The Good, the Bad and the Paradoxical
This post is written by Ilaria Alessandrelli and Yuvinka Ribero Hurtado, 3rd year students in Anthropology and International Development. It is written as part of our blog series on ‘Anxieties and Mental Health During Stressful Academic Times’. Do you remember…
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South Africa: The Rainbow Nation?
This post is written by Lizzi Joyner, a first-year undergraduate in International Development, as part of our ‘Experiences in Diversity’ series. She talks about her experiences on ICS in partnership with Tearfund and Zoe-Life in South Africa. She writes at…
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Mobilising patriarchy for comfort: confessions of a white male anthropologist of India
This post is written as part of our March series on ‘Experiences in Diversity’ by Rich Thornton, a PhD candidate in Anthropology. Rich is currently conducting fieldwork on the subjectivity and subjectification of teachers and social entrepreneurs of education in…
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A generous new gift from Sussex Alumnus Peter Carpenter funds three PhD students and a postdoctoral Research Fellow from Africa who will undertake innovative research on climate change in Africa, with support from SSRP and @SussexGlobal:
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/ssrp/newsandevents/index?id=54338
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New collaborative research from Centre for Global Health Policy Alex Faulkner and Lyme Research UK reveals inconsistencies in policies on testing/diagnosis for #Lyme disease, inflexible #NHS practice, dissatisfied patients. Recommends improvements https://bit.ly/2sPSCzF
#SussexDev event 5pm (UK time) today! Join us 👇
@SussexCIE @SPRU @SussexGlobal
https://www.ids.ac.uk/events/covid-19-and-development-education-policy-equity-quality-in-the-global-south1/
NEW BLOG: Notes on Motherhood, Pregnancy and Childbirth by Marycarmen Rubalcava Oliveros @MaryErreO , who joined us at CORTH in 2019 on the Int. Junior Research Associate Scheme and has continued to be an active member.
Thank you for this brilliant piece
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/corth/publications/blog/2021-01-08
Covid has disrupted many research projects. If you're working on a plan B you are not alone.
At our panel next Thursday (21 Jan) three @SussexUni researchers and their supervisors will discuss the fieldwork challenges they faced #AdaptingToChange https://direct.sussex.ac.uk/page.php?page=staff_development_booking_form&trail=staff_development&ac=71870