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The Hass Research & Impact Bulletin The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin PEOPLE & SOCIETY SPRING 2020 ISSUE NO.6 03 Spotlight on Research 09 Celebration 27 Personal development 1 Welcome In this issue elcome to the Spring 2020 issue of People & Society Bulletin, the W first issue we have written, edited and designed in lockdown. 03 Spotlight on research As we all adapt to teaching and meeting online, navigating the complexities of home education and caring for family members present and at distance, while continuing to carry out our work virtually, keeping 06 Focus on children and in touch with students and each other via what might seem like endless young people Zoom meetings, there’s no doubt that these are unprecedented times. Change, even when positive, can be stressful and there is now evidence to show that video calls are much more tiring than face-to-face meetings, 09 Celebration so if you’ve been feeling tired recently, you now know why. It has been heartening to see the University is recognizing the challenges we are facing, on a personal and professional level, and the time we have been Prizes and fellowships given to rest and recuperate has been welcome. There’s an abundance of 10 online resources emerging to help with the new ‘work from home’ normal, and in this context, you’ll see our Spring issue features several items Grant successes which aim to help us cope better. Sometimes, we just need to admit that, 11 in times like these, it’s OK not to be OK all the time. While we have had to learn to practice social distancing, it has been great to 15 International collaborations see us becoming, ironically perhaps, more connected. Personally, I find the ‘social distancing’ phrase unfortunate, as in times like this, we need to remain socially connected. And it’s been happening – communities coming together up 18 New appointments and down the country, through spontaneous local groups helping those more vulnerable, online get-togethers, unprecedented levels of volunteering and actions to support frontline workers. Across all our Faculty’s Schools, initiatives 20 Student successes such as virtual coffee mornings, book clubs and team quizzes have brought us together and helped many of us stay sane. We have a long way ahead by the look of it, so finding new ways to support each other virtually is key to our well- 22 Policy and practice impact being and ability to continue to deliver our research and teaching. You’ll see the Bulletin is packed, like always, with an abundance of activities and successes – many of these have taken place before the lockdown, while others have been 25 Public engagement and written in reflection to the ‘new normal’ we find ourselves in (recognizing there’s media events nothing normal about it). We don’t know what the future holds and I expect our next Bulletin will reflect 27 Personal development more acutely the difficult circumstances we’ll be working under for the next few months. There is already evidence emerging of the inequalities this pandemic will create in universities, in relation to unequal impact on women, staff and 29 HaSS Research Impact Awards students who care for older parents, colleagues affected by illness themselves or bereavement. Some colleagues have lost family members and friends – and we are thinking of them at this tough time – these personal losses will take time to heal. These are tough times and our work will be challenging – but we can build on our incredible energy and collegiality, our dedication across all staff levels and our commitment to our students and partners we’ve been working with for many years from outside the university. i t: 0141 444 8410 e: [email protected] The good weather is here and this always brings a sense of hope and constancy – this too shall pass. Hang on to hope (some hopeful poetry on next page), kindness and the generosity of those around you. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/ Enjoy the issue! Prof Daniela Sime, Associate Dean (Public Engagement & Impact) Follow us: @HaSSPEI The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Spring 2020, Issue No.6 ] 2 Hope by Anthony Horowitz The town of Hope, near Aberdeen The pavements are never clean The fun and laughter never ends Is somewhere I have seldom been Because the council’s far too mean Everyone is best of friends. But then it’s not a tourist trap – To pay for cleaners – and the park And all the residents agree It isn’t even on the map! Is only open after dark There’s nowhere else they’d rather be. The grass is lumpy, full of weeds There’s certainly not much to see And dogs can only walk on leads So if you’re feeling uninspired, They’ve closed the local library There is a children’s playground but Sleeping badly, waking tired Because they said there is no need When school is finished, it is shut If everything is going wrong. When no-one in the town can read The day feels dark, the night’s too long They’ve got a pub and a hotel The Chief of Police is eighty-two Remember all the people who But neither of them’s doing well He can’t catch crooks. He can’t catch flu! Have found the following is true: The hotel isn’t quite the Ritz The vicar surely won’t be missed The beds have fleas: the staff have nits Since he’s become an atheist It’s so much easier to cope The only pub, “The Rose and Crown” The mayor sold his golden chain If you decide to live in Hope. Is easily the worst in town And then was never seen again The local paper isn’t bought © Anthony Horowitz 2020, reproduced The one theatre’s sadly gone Because there’s nothing to report. from ‘The Guardian’ It burned down while a play was on The school is like a concrete bunker (The critics thought the play so dire Matron’s drunk. The head is drunker. See more hopeful poetry for adults and That all of them preferred the fire.) children here The cinema is second rate Now, living here must really stink The films are always out of date At least, that is what you might think The last James Bond film that I saw But that is simply not the case Had Bond still played by Roger Moore. There is no more delightful place Hope 3 SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH Is a healthy social media possible? Keeping a positive mind-set about our bodies online and offline As we spend endless days and weeks within the four walls of our While poor body image is experienced by people of all ages, it homes in lockdown UK, with others or alone, with balconies or remains in sharper focus among children and young people. gardens or maybe just a window, many of us wonder how we’ll The frequent use of social media by this age group poses an emerge from this isolation. “Divorced, broke, depressed, fat,” additional challenge as researchers, educators and parents predicted one joke floating around Facebook recently. A before- keep asking how these two factors intersect. The above- and-after lockdown photo showed Aquaman at quarantine day mentioned research on American university students did in 1, who had turned into Rubeus Hagrid from Harry Potter by day fact show a relationship between the two. More time spent 30. A meme shared by a friend showed a woman in lockdown on Facebook related to more body and weight comparisons, making bread and mistaking her own protruding belly for the more attention to the physical appearance of others and more dough. My baking group had a posting of a Fitbit photo between negative body attitudes after viewing posts and photos. For the the waffles and scones, so we don’t feel fat from looking at all young women who wanted to lose weight (the vast majority of the food photos. the sample), more time on Facebook also related to stronger symptoms of disordered eating. Even amidst a deadly pandemic, we still manage to worry about how our bodies will look when they emerge from this These results surprised many when they were first publicised crisis. All this isn’t entirely surprising though, as body image in 2014 and sparked significant coverage and debate in concerns are widespread and affect most of us even under mainstream media. But what I found surprising was the huge normal circumstances. My research on female university interest in the topic among young people, their parents and students in America showed that 86% of participants wanted teachers. They were curious to learn more and eager to discuss to lose weight; the difference between their real and ideal how they engage with social media and how they felt about it. weight was close to 9 kilograms on average. That was despite This interest has inspired me to reach out to the public and to the fact that the mean weight of the study sample aligned with become more engaged in the debate about social media and the mean weight of 19-year-olds in the country. In other words, its repercussions for mental health. Over the past five years, people of healthy weight can also have poor body image. Body I have given talks at schools, universities, and public events, dissatisfaction is a universal problem too. A 2017 research including via TEDx, and spoke to mental health professionals report by Dove on 10-17-year-old girls in 14 countries showed and advocates.
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