Hello readers! 📖 The research team from Durham University need you! Come and take part in ReaderBank: an ambitious study of reading, the imagination, and wellbeing. 📍 Find ReaderBank at the Book Festival site Edinburgh Futures Institute, next to the Canopy Café on Level 1, from tomorrow.

In Edinburgh this week? Pop in and see us ReaderBank Edinburgh International Book Festival to take part in the world’s largest study of reading, imagination and well-being. Or get involved online! readerbank.org

Fabulous day ReaderBank Edinburgh International Book Festival today! Lots of really interesting conversations about reading, imagination types, characters’ voices and immersion in story worlds. Find out more: readerbank.org

💫📽️ We are delighted to announce the release of a new video which shares what happened at the Platform launch event in May and explores our vision for #interdisciplinary health research. Watch the full film here: tinyurl.com/drp-mh-launch-…

Spent a week at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with ReaderBank and now when anyone smiles at me I spontaneously start saying 'Hi, do you want to know more about how you read?' Seriously though, head over to readerbank.org and tell me what reader type you are 👀

This time last month we were making our way to the fabulous QRSE 2024🌞 Our symposium discussed how creativity and care weaves through our work as a lab and was developed with MBL collaborators Prof Claire Warden and Veronique Chance Click the link for more details👇 medhumsplatform.org/moving-bodies-…

What an incredible week Edinburgh International Book Festival! Thanks to all the amazing staff who made the event what it was, and to all the wonderful readers who shared their enthusiasm of reading and the imagination with us! We'll be back soon with our findings. Stay tuned... readerbank.org

Anna Böhler’s PhD research focused on reading practices in historical psychiatric contexts. She presents some of her findings in comic book format, combining her research fields of literature, arts and medicine in a low-threshold, accessible way. thepolyphony.org/2024/08/30/com…

Delighted to be working with @McPInFoundation and Alison Faulkner on the SUN RISE study – exploring how subjective experiences of #depression, #anxiety and #psychosis is conducted & valued in #mentalhealth research mcpin.org/introducing-th…

New publication! Our v. own Jane Macnaughton & Kristin Zeiler CMHB_LiU explore the need for radically interdisciplinary health research in their latest article 'Re-imagining illness through post-COVID 19 condition.' Read here (subscribing institutions) 👉 thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Read! Reflections on creative engagement & working with partners by Dr Louise Creechan. Inspired by her experiences working on 'Rhythm of Life: A Research Cabaret' at last year's Being Human Festival w/ Mary Robson beinghumanfestival.org/rhythm-of-life…

Our next Climate and Health Award will fund projects that advance our understanding of how heat impacts mental health problems. 💡 Duration: 3-5 years 💰 Level: up to £3 million ✍️ Applications open: week commencing 30 September 2024 🗓️ Deadline: 21 January 2025 Find out more

📢✨🌍ICYMI over the summer: We're running a survey to create an accessible database & interactive map of the world's medical humanities research institutions, centres & units. Pls complete by 30 Sept to make sure your organisation is included! medhumsplatform.org/global-medical…

“We haven’t started to challenge sufficiently the political, economic and cultural structures that maintain the climate crisis. Humanities research gives us the tools to do that.” Prof Chris Pearson on Melting Metropolis and what humanities bring to climate and health research ⤵️

Want to know what we've been up to over the summer? Catch up on all the latest news from IMH in our September e-bulletin! tinyurl.com/imhsept2024

Due to popular demand, we've released more tickets for our upcoming symposium w/ Visual & Material Lab & the Narrative Practices Lab on moving images in #medhums at the intersection of gender & genre! Registration details below 🎥👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/940328667357…

SUN RISE project update: excited to meet our wonderful advisory board this week! Lots to unpack as we further develop an understanding of research into subjective experiences in the mental health field The McPin Foundation Durham Institute for Medical Humanities Alison 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ 🐈 Wellcome mcpin.org/introducing-th…