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UCLUS was formally launched in February 2018 with support from the Wellcome Trust [Grant 210670/Z/18/Z].
About UCLUS
UCLUS was established as a new hub for innovation in research and theory production in the stigma field and to build capacity for high quality research in this field. We cross traditional boundaries between stigmatised conditions and disciplines, with a particular focus on stigma associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health problems, and ageing. Co-production with users and potential beneficiaries of research is at the heart of everything we do. Our current research falls into four broad areas:
Our research aims to advance our understanding of disability stigma and effective ways to challenge such stigma, with a particular focus on intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Our research focusses on the complexities of telling others about a diagnosis of dementia and other aspects of stigma associated with ageing and dementia.
Members of our unit study stigma related to Type 1 Diabetes (with Imperial College London), Leprosy (with Leprosy Mission International) and Stomas (with Colostomy UK).
