Presentations

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Conferences and Seminars

Year 1

Bambra, C. All in it together? Health Inequalities, Welfare Austerity and the ‘Great Recession’, Demos Fringe event at Labour Party Conference, Brighton, Sept 2013.

Bambra, C and Garthwaite, K. Welfare, Austerity and Health Inequalities, presentation to the Public Health England commissioned Inquiry into Health Equity North, York, May 2014.

Garthwaite, K. Ethnography of Health in Austerity –overview, Fuse Quarterly meeting, Newcastle University, Feb 2014

Garthwaite, K. “What is a food bank, anyway?” 9th Annual Ethnography Symposium, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich, August 2014.

Garthwaite, K. (2014) Austerity, foodbank use and lifestyle drift. Lifestyle Drift and What to Do About it: Special Interest Group on Health Equity in a Glocal World, October, Durham University.

Mattheys, K. Health in an age of Austerity - Mental health and austerity, Fuse Quarterly meeting, Newcastle University, Feb 2014

Mattheys, K. Health in an age of Austerity - Mental health and austerity, Social Work Student Conference, Nottingham Trent University

Mattheys, K. Health in an age of Austerity - Mental health and austerity, Annual Conference of First Year Postgraduate Research, Department of Geography, Durham University

Mattheys, K. Health in an age of Austerity - Mental health and austerity, Lancaster Disability Studies Conference 2014

Mattheys, K. Health in an age of Austerity - Mental health and austerity, Qualitative Health Research Methods Challenge, Durham University

Warren, J. Health Inequalities in an age of Austerity – the Stockton on Tees Study overview, Fuse Quarterly meeting, Newcastle University, Feb 2014

 

Year 2

Bambra, C. Updates on the project to Stockton Borough Council Adult health and Wellbeing partnership. She presented in Feb 2015 and July 2015.

Garthwaite, K. “You see these programmes about foodbanks and they think everyone’s a scrounger”: exploring stigma and foodbank use in Britain at a time of austerity’. Social Policy Association conference, Belfast, July 2015.

Garthwaite, K. Issues and challenges in researching the ongoing relationship between stigma, welfare reform and austerity. Invited contribution to ‘Shaping a Socially Just Society: The Role of Academia and the University’ conference, Durham University, July 2015.

Garthwaite, K. “I would never use language like scroungers, shirkers”: The ongoing relationship between stigma, welfare reform and austerity. Invited talk at University of East London, March 2015.

Garthwaite, K. Food insecurity and health, DWP select committee in the House of Commons, Feb 2015.

Warren, J. Local Health Inequalities in an age of austerity: The Stockton-on –Tees study. Wolfson Research Institute Research Colloquium Durham University April 2015

Warren, J., Exploring the worst life expectancy gap in England : A survey of Health Inequalities in Stockton on Tees. The Social Policy Association Conference Belfast Metropolitan University July 2015

Mattheys, K. The Coalition, Austerity and Mental Health. North-East Mad Studies Forum, Durham University, March 2015

Mattheys, K. Austerity, Inequality and Mental Health: Baseline Findings. Wolfson Institute Research Colloquium, April 2015

Mattheys, K. Austerity, Inequality and Mental Health: Baseline Findings. Geographies of Austerity Conference, Durham University, May 2015

Mattheys, K. Place, Austerity and Inequalities in Mental Health: A Case Study from Northern England. International Medical Geography Symposium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, July 2015

 

Year 3

Mattheys, K. Austerity, Inequality and Mental Health: Baseline Findings. Catalyst Conference, to local third sector representatives and practitioners in Stockton-on-Tees in October 2015.

Mattheys, K. Austerity, Inequality and Mental Health: Baseline Findings. “Emerging New Researchers in Geographies of Health and Impairment” event which was held at Glasgow University in June 2016

Warren, J. “Exploring the worst life expectancy gap in England; A longitudinal Study of Health Inequalities of Stockton on Tees”, September 2015 Tackling Spatial inequalities: the prospects for economic development and regeneration (conference) Sheffield Hallam University

Warren, J. “Exploring the worst life expectancy gap in England; A longitudinal Study of Health Inequalities of Stockton on Tees”. July 2015 SPA (Social Policy Association Conference) Belfast.

Warren, J . “The way things get done around here…Spatial Biographies and how they influence and impact upon Social Policy”, November 2015 Decentering Social policy Narratives ,Resistance and Practices Center for British Studies University of Berkeley California (invited international symposium)

Warren, J. “Post Industrial Geographies and Social policy lives, Legacies and Futures on Teesside” July 2016 SPA (Social Policy Association Conference) Belfast

Garthwaite, K. Exploring Life inside foodbank Britain. Social Policy Association conference, Ulster University, Belfast, July 2016

Garthwaite, K. Behaving badly? Perspectives on health inequalities in two socially contrasting neighbourhoods in North East England. Invited seminar given to the Cultural and Historical Geography group, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, March 2016

Garthwaite, K. “How the other half live”: Area perceptions in two socially contrasting areas of Stockton-on-Tees at a time of austerity. Spaces of Austerity workshop, Urban Worlds cluster, Department of Geography, Durham University, January 2016

Garthwaite, K. Behaving badly? Perspectives on health inequalities in two socially contrasting areas of Stockton-on-Tees. Health Inequalities and the Texture of Everyday Life: Insights from Scotland and the North of England. University of Edinburgh, December 2015

Bhandari, R. Health, place and austerity. Royal Geographical Society ‘emerging researchers in geographies of health conference’ in May in Glasgow.

Greer Murphy, A. Mothers, mental health and austerity, Royal Geographical Society ‘emerging researchers in geographies of health conference’ in May in Glasgow.

Bhandari, R. Health, place and austerity. British Sociological Association ‘Sociology of health group’ seminar on health and austerity in Sunderland in March.

Langthorne, M. Health care in 1930s Stockton on Tees, Royal Geographical Society ‘emerging researchers in geographies of health conference’ in May in Glasgow.

 

Year 4

Langthorne, M. Social determinants of health in 1930s Stockton, Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Historical Geographers Research Group, London 30 Aug - 2 Sept 2016

Langthorne, M. Social determinants of health in 1930s Stockton, Newcastle University Postgraduate Forum, Newcastle 10 May 2017

Langthorne, M. Social determinants of health in 1930s Stockton, Historical Perspectives Annual Conference, Glasgow 15 - 17 June 2017.

Bambra, C. Local health inequalities in an age of austerity, University of Montreal, April 2017

Bambra, C. Health Divides: where you live can kill you, Paul Barnard lecture, Montréal City Public Health Directorate, May 17

Bambra, C. Health Divides: the political epidemiology of health and place, World Health Summit, University of Montreal, May 2017

Bambra, C. Health Divides: the political epidemiology of health and place, Opening keynote, Spanish Epidemiology Conference, September 2016

Warren J “ Post-industrial geographies and Social policy. Lives ,legacies and futures on Teesside” July 2016 SPA (Social Policy Association Conference) Belfast

Mattheys, K., Warren, J., Garthwaite, K. “Health inequalities in an age of Austerity, the Stockton on Tees study and the Extended case method” at the International Mixed Methods association conference . Durham August 2016.

Warren J Recognising the impact of austerity on health needs. Perspectives on health inequalities in Stockton-on-Tees InvitedSpeaker Unite-CPHVA (Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association) Annual Professional Conference Telford- November 2016

Warren J Health Inequalities and the impact of Welfare Reform in Stockton on Tees .Invited Speaker SWAN (Social Work Action Network) Annual Conference,Teesside April 2017

Bhandari R Geographies of Health Inequalities: Baseline findings from the Stockton-on-Tees Cohort Study; RGS-IBG Annual Event, Organised by RGS (Royal Geographical Society), London, August 2016

Bhandari R Context or composition: what can explain geographical health inequalities?; Annual 3rd year conference, Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, March 2017

Garthwaite, K. Exploring life inside foodbank Britain. Social Policy Association conference, Belfast, July 2016

Garthwaite, K. and Warren, J. Behaving badly? Perspectives on health inequalities in two socially contrasting areas of Stockton-on-Tees. European Social Policy Association (ESPAnet) conference, Rotterdam, September 2016

Garthwaite, K. Going Hungry: Researching foodbank usage in the UK. School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, May 2017

Garthwaite, K. Rethinking deservingness, choice, and gratitude in foodbank Britain. School of Geography Research Seminar Series, Queen Mary University of London, March 2017

Garthwaite, K. Going Hungry: Researching foodbank usage in the UK. School of Social and Political Sciences, York University, Feb 2017

Garthwaite, K. The Future of Social Justice. Panellist in discussion with Melissa Benn, Danny Dorling, and Owen Jones. Bristol Festival of Ideas, Dec 2016

Garthwaite, K. Rethinking choice, deservingness and stigma in foodbank Britain. School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent, Nov 2016

Greer Murphy, A. Austerity and health inequalities in Stockton-on-Tees: the experiences of mothers and their families. Nordic Geographer’s Meeting, Stockholm, June 2017

Greer Murphy, A. Health inequalities and austerity in Stockton-on-Tees: the everyday experiences of mothers. Royal Geographical Society, London, Aug 2016

Bhandari R Context or composition: what can explain geographical health inequalities? 17th International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), Angers, France, July 2017

Warren J. Post Industrial Teesside.Reflections on Brexit, Industrial Strategy and Social Policy. SPA (Social Policy Association) Conference, Durham, July 2017

Garthwaite, K. ‘Kids shouldn’t have to worry about things lke that’: women’s experiences of using a foodbank. BSA event on Precariatisation of Women’s Lives, Sheffield Hallam University, June 2017

Garthwaite, K. When did emergency food provision stop being so…emergency? Social Policy Association conference, Durham, July 2017

Garthwaite, K. Hunger Pains: life inside foodbank Britain. Part of ‘Poverty is Political’ session, Education4 Action, Durham Miner’s Gala, July 2017

 

Media coverage
 
 
 
29th June 2016 Launch event in Parliament for ‘Hunger Pains’. The event was hosted by Emma Lewell-Buck MP. Panellists included Patrick Butler, The Guardian; Niall Cooper, Director of Church Action on Poverty; Anne Danks, Northern regional manager for Trussell Trust; Peter Kelly, Director of Poverty Alliance; Baroness Professor Ruth Lister of Burtersett; and Jack Monroe, poverty blogger and campaigner 
 
 
 
See Kayleigh give evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee on Benefit Sanctions (watch from 10:23am) 
 

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