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  We’ve had several good news stories in the School recently, showing off the strength of our staff’s research! Lecturer Dr Mengdie Zhuang was published in the Conversation, discussing the varying degrees to which the public obeyed COVID lockdown rules Her piece, ‘Household mixing during COVID-19: our research suggests adherence to lockdowns in England declined over time’ can be read here . Lecturer Dr Susan Oman has an exhibit on Understanding Well-being Data in the Festival of the Mind The exhibit is based on her current research on well-being data, recently published as a book, and includes her recently produced videos. You can view the exhibit here . Drs Sara Vannini, Efpraxia Zamani, Caitlin Bentley and Suvodeep Mazumdar have all successfully attained Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) funding for their research projects Lecturer Dr Sara Vannini and Senior Lecturer Dr Efpraxia Zamani have received funding for their work on digital poverty with the Sheffield Mayoral Combin...

You are warmly invited to attend this Saturday's Festival of the Mind event concerned with highlighting the experiences of people with serious health conditions and the support and friendship that can be found in online forums.   Our aims are to: Raise awareness of the benefits and risks of online forums for people with serious health conditions   To bring to life the human stories of people experiencing serious health conditions who develop friendships in the virtual world   To explore how trust and empathy develops within the online world      The play explores the experiences of women living with breast cancer in a unique on-off performance.   The script is based on the findings of research that analysed threads on the Breast Cancer Care online forum and interviews with forum users.   This event is a collaboration between the Space for Sharing research project and the Dead Earnest theatre company. There will be an informal ...

You are warmly invited to attend this Festival of the Mind event concerned with highlighting the experiences of people with serious health conditions and the support and friendship that can be found in online forums.   Our aims are to: Raise awareness of the benefits and risks of online forums for people with serious health conditions   To bring to life the human stories of people experiencing serious health conditions who develop friendships in the virtual world   To explore how trust and empathy develops within the online world      The play explores the experiences of women living with breast cancer in a unique on-off performance.   The script is based on the findings of research that analysed threads on the Breast Cancer Care online forum and interviews with forum users.   This event is a collaboration between the Space for Sharing research project and the Dead Earnest theatre company. There will be an ...