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…
Belonging, Class and Gender in the Church of England
In 2023 the Institute for Social Justice provided funding to the Centre for Religion in Society at York St John University for a Research Assistant to work on two projects…
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…
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…
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…
A new partnership with Enactus UK: improving social mobility for young people in disadvantaged secondary schools
In this blog post Tom Dobson, recently appointed Professor of Education at York St John University, introduces a new partnership between the university and Enactus. The partnership aligns with the…
Life and Silence: Photography Project
In this post Zoë Green, a second-year photography student at York St John University, discusses her photographic series that sought to portray life and silence through the perspective of an…
Penning Parenthood
On the 19th of November, anyone identifying as a parent in York was invited to attend readings on parenthood. The readings were by authors and artists. After this reading, parents…
Can Cinema Save the World?
This month we welcome our new ISJ student intern Matthew Peyton who kicks start his first blog post with a consideration from his area of expertise- the world of film.…
Trapped by the System, Released by Creativity
Each year the Institute for Social Justice Student prize is awarded to a final year undergraduate student. The prize recognises investment, engagement and understanding of social justice issues in a…