These groups bring staff and graduate research students together to read collectively and discuss issues of the Health, Mind and Society across disciplines.
Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network
The Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network is a unique international cross-disciplinary network bringing together over 40 social scientists, geneticists, and epidemiologists who are working with, alongside, or examining longitudinal birth cohort studies in the Global North and South.
The network was established in Autumn 2019 by co-ordinator Sahra Gibbon, and is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Embodied Inequalities of the Anthropocene
The Embodied Inequalities of the Anthropocene (collaboration between UFRGS Brazil, CIESAS Mexico and UCL in the UK) brings together environmental, indigenous, biosocial, multispecies, gender and theoretical expertise in Medical Anthropology, to extend interdisciplinary engagement concerning how the Anthropocene epoch impacts on human health. Our group aligns interest and expertise in diverse fields of inquiry relevant to the embodied inequalities of the Anthropocene including gender, justice and power, indigenous health, well-being and sustainability.
Chemical Exposures Reading Group
The chemical composition of environments and bodies have been transformed in the recent past, reflecting changes in agricultural production and the remarkable growth of the petrochemical, fossil fuel and nuclear industries. The chemical exposures research and reading group brings together staff and graduate research students from across the Departments of Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Geography, the Institute of Global Health, and the Slade School of Fine Art, all concerned with the impact and implications of the chemical transformation of the planet. Over the past two terms, we have met fortnightly on Monday afternoons and read collectively across a growing body of literature on chemicals and toxicity. A particular highlight has been series of discussions with guests including Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Angeliki Balayannis (Exeter), Emma Garnett (KCL) and Susannah Sawyer (UCD).
If you are interested in the group’s work, please contact the group's co-convenor: Sahra Gibbon.
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