The MapUKHE team published an open-access ‘short communication’ in the journal SSM-Mental Health in March 2022. Our article is entitled, ‘Mental health and wellbeing in universities in an age of digital capitalism: The United Kingdom as exemplary case’; you can read it here. Professor Felicity Callard and Dr Dimitra Kotouza are the joint first authors.
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MapUKHE at Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh
Dr Dimitra Kotouza from the MapUKHE team was at the Centre for Research in Digital Education, University of Edinburgh on 9 December 2021. She gave a talk entitled ‘The Rise of Digital and Analytics Approaches to Student Mental Health in the UK’. Abstract I present methodological observations and findings from our research on the production…
Research Professional: ‘Fears over “lack of evidence” behind mental health tech’
Research from our paper published in Critical Social Policy, ‘Mapping mental health and the UK university sector: Networks, markets, data’, has been featured in Research Professional (‘Fears over “lack of evidence” behind mental health tech’, 18 August 2021, paywall). We argue that emerging technological solutions for improving students’ mental health, such as apps and learning…
New publication in Critical Social Policy
The MapUKHE team published its first peer-reviewed, open-access article in the journal Critical Social Policy in August 2021. Our article is entitled, ‘Mapping mental health and the UK university sector: Networks, markets, data’; you can read it here or download the PDF. Dr Dimitra Kotouza is the lead author, and the abstract is below. Abstract…
MapUKHE at York Cross-disciplinary Centre for Systems Analysis
The MapUKHE team was at the York Cross-disciplinary Centre for Systems Analysis (YCCSA) at University of York on 29 April 2021. Dr Dimitra Kotouza gave a talk entitled, ‘Mapping Mental Health in/and the UK University Sector: Network Analysis, Discourses, and Analytics Markets’. You can view the video below: Abstract I present methodological observations and findings…
MapUKHE at EASST/4S Prague 2020
The MapUKHE team was at the EASST/4S (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology/Social Studies of Science) conference from 18-21 August 2020. The theme of the 2020 conference was ‘Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds’. It was supposed to take place in Prague but was moved online…