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Meet our new ISJ intern!

ISJ intern Josh Mackenzie reflects on his first week attending a Community Research Grant event and the launch of the Living Lab Friendly Living Fund. This was a chance to…

2 weeks ago December 2, 2025 in Resilience in a Changing Climate, Student Intern.
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The Period Project – by Georgina Wetherall

Liv Webb (Living Lab intern) interviews Georgina Wetherall, one of the recipients of the Living Lab’s new Friendly Living Fund micro-grant, to find out how she is using the funding…

October 14, 2025 in Resilience in a Changing Climate, Student Intern.

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 Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate.
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Reaching across the disciplinary lines

Cath Heinemeyer and Ellie Steel report back on the ‘Collab in the Lab’ when Biomedical Sciences students invited those from other departments to find out more about their research on…

April 23, 2025 in Education for Social Justice, Resilience in a Changing Climate, Resilience in a Changing Climate, 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 Ecological Justice, Education for Social Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
Students at York St John campus doing gardening activity

Show some love for your campus with Wild Wednesdays – starting this week!

As Spring approaches, it could be the perfect time to turn your hand to greener things, as Wild Wednesdays start up again on 6 March, from 1pm to 3pm. Community…

March 4, 2024 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
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 Ecological Justice, Feeding the Campus 2022-23.
Food Stories display in YSJ Library

My Placement with the Living Lab: Bringing history student skills to the plate!

‘YSJ Food Stories – student culinary culture in the cost-of-living crisis’ builds on the Cookbook. Led by students from across disciplines, the Living Lab will continue to deepen our understanding…

January 24, 2024 in Feeding the Campus 2022-23, Student Intern.
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 Ecological Justice, 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 Ecological Justice, 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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Where Is the Space for Quiet ADHD?

“Research led by autistic and other neurodivergent people is the solution”

Meet our new ISJ intern!

“Co-research feels different”

Listening differently: a Nurse’s journey to co-production

“Curiosity is the key”

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” 

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