UCL Health Humanities Centre

UCL Health Humanities Centre draws together staff from different disciplines, departments and faculties engaged in research and teaching on matters relating to health, illness and well-being. We are part of the Institute of Advanced Studies.

N. Durrell McKenna, Wellcome Images. Bangladeshi women - their lives and health. Four generations. A mother holds her baby whilst her own mother and grandmother look on.

The Centre runs two interlinked MAs:

MA Health Humanities
MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health

The Centre is a research hub:

The Centre convenes interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences connected to health.

The Centre runs regular events:

A fortnightly Health Humanities seminar which showcases current research.
The monthly joint London Bioethics Colloquium (organised jointly with KCL).
A regular seminar on the history of psychological disciplines.

Arnon Keren, "Autonomy, Ignorance and Informed Consent"

Starts: Dec 5, 2016 4:00:00 PM

Fiona Stevenson (UCL), “Using qualitative methods to understand perceptions, communication and interactions about treatment"

Starts: Dec 8, 2016 6:00:00 PM

Further events