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Weathering the Change: Building Climate Resilience at York St John University

Martha Cattell, the Living Lab’s new Research Assistant, explores just why the current Living Lab focuses on climate resilience, how climate change is already affecting our campus, and how staff…

September 10, 2025 in Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate.

Writing Resilience – A Creative Writing Anthology on Resilience In A Changing Climate

Are you a creative thinker, passionate about action in the climate crisis, or looking to put yourself out there and be a part of an exciting YSJU community project? Why…

February 21, 2025 in Student Intern.

The Garden Project: Student innovation, concentrated on ecological, sustainable goals

Living Lab intern Hayden Costello updates the campus community on recent experiments, in collaboration with the Students’ Union, in creating a student-led café – including a takeover of St Crux…

March 12, 2024 in Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
Students from York St John University leading on Food Stories project

Students invited to submit creative food stories for new publication

Building on the Student Cookbook success! The York St John Student Cookbook was created by an editorial team of 21 volunteer students from 6 different degree programmes, sharing recipes and…

February 24, 2024 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
Student introduces proposal to large audience.

Feeding the Campus: York St John’s First People’s Assembly

AJ Heritage, MRes student in Applied Linguistics and research assistant to the Ecological Justice Research Group, reports on the launch event of this year’s Living Lab – a People’s Assembly…

October 10, 2023 in Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
Drummers in bright costumes parading through Brussels

How Brussels Renewed My Hope in Humanity and its Future

Literature student Michaela Bosman, recently returned from a Pagoda Sustainable Global Experience internship in Brussels funded by the Careers and Student Opportunities Team, reflects on her transformative learning on the…

August 15, 2023 in Student Intern.

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…

May 10, 2023 in Uncategorized.
Selection of raw veg and fruit on a table

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…

April 6, 2023 in Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
A diagram showing the stages of circular economy design

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…

March 27, 2023 in Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
Poster for the film 'Kiss The Ground'

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…

March 21, 2023 in Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.

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The ISJ supports collaborative research and practice that draws on the range of academic expertise across our university. We seek to facilitate research, projects and partnerships that help us to pursue and promote a fairer society.

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ISJ Posts

The Period Project – by Georgina Wetherall

“Co-production is not a technique but a politics of relationship”

“Everyone has the right to be a knower”

“Change requires fundamentally reimagining how we engage with young people” 

Weathering the Change: Building Climate Resilience at York St John University

Belonging and ‘bubbles’: Mind The Gap and York St John student collaboration

Pride, Poverty, and the Power of Community: Supporting Our Older Generations with the Respect They Deserve

Creating the ‘Young Carers’ Podcast: Opening up the Conversation.

Woven together: A Workshop of Craft and Climate Conversation.

Reaching across the disciplinary lines

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