Report launch from the ‘Bring your Voice to the World Cafe’ event
In May, researchers at YSJ held a World Café Event in collaboration with Our City Hub at York Explore Library to find out about migrants’ perspectives about what research academics…
Bring your Voice to the World Café! A Bottom-up Approach to Identifying Research Priorities
In this blog post, Raphaela Berding-Barwick and Maria Fernandes-Jesus reflect on a World Café event they held with other researchers and students from YSJ in collaboration with Our City Hub…
The Community Garden: Helping to Build a Greener Campus
Matthew Peyton, ISJ student intern, joined the Living Lab Community Garden volunteers and the University Grounds Team for the first outdoor session! Last week I was invited to take part…
Researching the potential of green social prescribing to increase health and wellbeing
In this blog, Raphaela Berding-Barwick and Divine Charura explore ongoing collaborative research with diverse communities – particularly including migrants, refugees and asylum seekers – into the benefits of green social…
At the water’s edge: exploring access to ‘blue space’ for people with disabilities
As part of the Institute for Social Justice’s Community Research Grant initiative, Open Country has been working with Dr Catherine Heinemeyer to expand their understanding and engagement with accessibility and…
Changes to adult autism and ADHD diagnostic assessment – A research perspective
This blog post presents a response from researchers and academics at from the Institute for Social Justice and the RNWC (Research on Neurodiversity, Wellbeing and Counselling Group) at York St…
Planet Food York: a cafe for all
Living Lab bloggers Lauryn Wilson and Charlie Malbon interviewed Rosie Walker-Lyne, a third year York St John student of English Language and Linguistics who volunteers at Planet Food York. Rosemary…
Doing Change: Education for Social Justice celebration
Doing Change is a celebration of York St John University’s commitment to education for social justice and the platform for the annual Archbishop of York Lecture in Social Justice. This…
The Circular Economy at York St John
In this post, student blogger Michaela Bosman (2nd year Literature) investigates the concept of a ‘circular economy’ and some close-to-home examples of how it can be key to transforming the…
Green Week – focus on the Living Lab
This blog post is written by Living Lab: Feeding the Campus student researcher Hayden Costello. A second year psychology student, Hayden has been engaging with students across the University to…
Red Tower York – helping the community one bite at a time
As interns with the Living Lab, Lauryn Wilson and Charlie Malbon had the opportunity to meet with Mike Calvert (the chairman) and Bill Hill (a CIC director) from Red Tower,…