The People & Places mini-conference is a four day, online conference curated by the Understanding Society team. Each day of the conference focuses on a particular theme. The mini-conference is free to attend, but advance registration is required. You can attend on just one day, or come for the whole conference.
Programme (draft)
13.00 – 13.05 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Chair: TBA
13.05 – 13.25 Importance of ecological quality of public green and blue spaces for subjective well-being
Dr Sarah Knight (University of York)
13.25 – 13.45 Different Types of Greenspace and the Mental Health of Youth Living in London
Marie Mueller (University College London)
13.45 – 14.05 Change in the food environment and change in measured adiposity in adulthood: a longitudinal study from the Christchurch Health and Development birth cohort, Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr Matthew Hobbs (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
14.05 – 14.20 Q&A
14.20 – 14.30 BREAK
14.30 – 14.50 The Psychological Gains from COVID-19 Vaccination: Should the mentally distressed be prioritized?
Professor Manuel Bagues (University of Warwick)
14.50 – 15.10 Trajectories in mental health and socio-spatial conditions in a time of recession and austerity: research using USS data on residents in England 2011-17, linked to geographical indicators
Professor Sarah Curtis (Durham University and University of Edinburgh)
15.10 – 15.30 Relationships between Volunteering, Neighbourhood Deprivation and Mental Wellbeing across Four British Birth Cohorts: Evidence from 10 Years of the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Dr Hei Wan Mak (University College London)
15.30 – 15.50 Assessing the changes in neighbourhood satisfaction among older age adults in England using the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Nilofer Sait (University College London)
15.50 – 16.10 Q&A FOR PRESENTERS
16.10 – 16.15 CLOSING REMARKS
