Questions by Dr Laura Kudrna. Dr Kudrna is a Research Fellow in Applied Psychology and theme lead on Wellbeing Economies for the Centre for Urban Wellbeing at the University of Birmingham. Cross-posted on Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands News Blog. I have seen several emails going around recently about the Birmingham Health and Wellbeing board. … Continue reading “Learning more about the work of the Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Board – with Professor Robin Miller”
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Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation
Professor Emma Frew has recently been awarded a UKRI BBSRC consortium grant (£6M) with Cambridge leading and in collaboration with Warwick, Exeter, LSHTM, UCL and King’s College. The project is focused on how to transform the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment and the City of Birmingham is the setting for … Continue reading “Job Opportunity: Research Fellow, Food System Transformation”
Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim
The Centre for Urban Wellbeing at University of Birmingham is currently working on the early stages of a project with researchers at the University of Bielefeld, University of Melbourne and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, which will explore how governments and policymakers incorporate ethical concerns into their decision making processes. Some of the … Continue reading “Expertise and Ethics in Times of Crisis: where and when should ethics come into play? By Sarah Ball, Robert Lepenies, Jessica Pykett, Holger Strassheim”