2024-2025
| Topic | Speaker(s) | Date, Time & Location |
|---|---|---|
| Session bringing together oral history research focusing on health and wellbeing impacts of deindustrialisation in Scotland | Arthur McIvor, Yvonne McFadden and Lisa Garnham | 7 November 2024, 3 pm to 4:30 pm |
| Book Launch: Social Murder? Austerity & Life Expectancy in the UK |
Professor Gerry McCartney and Dr David Panel Discussants: Pam Duncan-Glancy (MSP), Cathy Milligan and Ruth Gilbert |
2 December 2024, 4:30 pm to 6 pm |
| Participatory research and co-production: existing expertise, future aspirations, and inspiration from other experts | Led by the Centre for Health Policy Members with Expertise | 23 January 2025, 2:30 pm to 4 pm |
| Book Launch: Getting Better: The Policy & Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities | Professors Clare Bambra, Professor Julie Lynch and Professor Katherine Smith | 29 May 2025, 3:45 pm to 5 pm, CW408 |
| International Webinar with CDC Africa | Dr John Barugahare, Professor Margaret Kaseje, Professor Tracey Naledi, Professor Oluwabunmi, and Dr Elvis Temfack | 3 June 2025, 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
2024
|
Topic |
Speaker(s) |
Date, time & location |
|
The problem with reverse innovation: drawing better lessons from primary healthcare in low-income settings (Seminar) |
Kathy Dodworth, University of Edinburgh (Chair: Jeremy Lauer) |
14 March, 12 pm to 1 pm, SW104 |
|
The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States (Seminar) |
Matt Smith, University of Strathclyde (Chair: Lee Knifton) |
18 April, 12 pm to 1 pm, SW104 |
|
Austerity as Reproductive Injustice – did cuts in local authority funding affect the probability of having a birth and/or newborn health? (Seminar) |
Laura Sochas, University of Edinburgh (Chair: Marion Henderson; Discussant: Francesca Fiori) |
2 May, 12 pm to 1 pm, LH228 |
|
Stigma around mental illness (Seminar) |
Simon Hunter, GCU (Chair: Lee Knifton) |
29 May, 12 pm to 1 pm, SW104 |
In addition, we are also planning several more events for the summer and the next academic year, including:
- a joint event with Public Health Scotland discussing Approaches to Evidence for a Fairer Economy
- a joint launch event (with Fraser of Allander Institute) for the new Health Foundation Policy Research Unit to tackle health inequalities in Scotland
- an event discussing research at the health-justice intersection
- a CHP-themed research discussion on Public Mental Health, where we will focus on identifying potential areas of collaboration
Please stay in touch via our LinkedIn and Bluesky or get in touch with us for more details.
Witness seminars on 25 years of health policy devolution
We are delighted to have been funded by the Social Policy Association to explore Scottish health policy divergence through two witness seminars in May 2024. Find out more about the upcoming seminars.
If you’re interested in hearing more about the project, please get in touch with Kat Smith, Lee Knifton and Neil Quinn.