We have announced the vacancies for our committee! We are looking for a Chair, Secretary, PGR Rep, ECR Rep, EDI Coordinator, Comms Coordinator, and Ordinary Members. Please go via this link to find out more and nominate yourself: ghwrg.wordpress.com/2023/06/07/agm…

I am happy to share the third publication from my PhD thesis, co written with Louise Meijering and Billie de Haas, which focuses on the role of performativity in the mobility of informal dementia carers. Check out the link below! doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

📢 Happy to share our new paper in Soc Sci & Medicine: "Care and rhythmanalysis: Using metastability to understand the routines of dementia care." w/@thomaslowe95 & Louise Meijering (Population Research Centre) #rhythmanalysis #dementiacare #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

A little late, but I would like to share our new paper 'Postgraduate Spotlights: Using a Community of Inquiry approach to enhance student engagement in geographical higher education' with Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal. Thanks to all the coauthors for their hard work! journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/gtat…

If you are interested in pedagogies, are a graduate teaching assistant or have some insights into these topics, our journal is welcoming new abstracts. Get in touch if you have questions!

Join us on Tuesday where we will talk about all things Qualitative in Demography research!

❗️Reminder that the deadline to submit your abstracts for Issue 4 is approaching! If you are considering publishing with us this year, the deadline is October 9th! See details below:

GIVEAWAY! I'm going to give TWO lucky people five paperbacks of their choice - worth up to £50! There'll be one winner on here and one on blu-sky. Simply retweet and follow by 8pm on Sunday 22nd October for your chance to win! Here's what 5 paperbacks looks like, just in case.

Mine, Tess Osborne and Sarah Bell (also sarahbell85.bsky.social) 's paper on remote graphic elicitation is one of the top downloaded articles at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Area in '22🥳I hope that means we will see more research using this method!

🤩We have a new paper out in Soc Sci & Medicine (SSMQR) from the Meaningful Mobility project applying and reflecting upon using the layered vulnerability framework in #researchethics during #covid19 with #olderadults. Pre print available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmq…

Great to see this interview paper is out. Thanks to all involved!

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Looking forward to sharing my PhD research on older adult and informal dementia carer mobility!

Still time to join an In Conversation with ... Tom Lowe this afternoon. Tom will share his research and how he used drawings to learn about the lives of #carers. You coming? us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #dementia #research #pictures #mobilityperceptions

This was great to be part of and I hope the schoolchildren enjoy it!

The final paper of the Special Section on Health Geography and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and Geographies of Health & Wellbeing Research Group is now available online: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ar…

The final paper of my PhD is published. In the article, I explore the relationship between nostalgia and mobility perceptions of older adult informal carers in England: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today Tom Lowe and Louise Meijering are at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) #RGSIBG24 annual conference to present their research on older adult mobility as part of the Meaningful Mobility project!

1/ The collection begins with an introduction by Tom Lowe et al., emphasising the importance of geographic inquiries into health: ‘Reflections on a healthy discipline: Celebrating 50 years of health geography within the Royal Geographical Society’. doi.org/10.1111/area.1…

🔊New paper published in #areajournal introducing upcoming Special Section on Health Geographies: 'Reflections on a healthy discipline: Celebrating 50 years of health geography within the Royal Geographical Society' by Tom Lowe et al. Geographies of Health & Wellbeing Research Group doi.org/10.1111/area.1…