More submissions from our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. Alyssa Martinez “Breaking the Silence” 2. By Victoria Nunn “Still here, still moving forward!”. Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
Discovering Liveability
@d-liveability.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research project co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention. Based at the University of Edinburgh, University of Lincoln + Mind in Camden, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🌐 https://discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/
SAVE THE DATE! 30th September 2026 Please save the date for the official launch of Discovering Liveability's Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research! Sign up for free here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o... More details about what to expect during the event will be coming soon!
Launch Event: Lived and Living Experience Hub (by Discovering Liveability)
Join us to officially launch our Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research!
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Discovering Liveability Research Fellow Paro Ramesh recently presented a poster at The International Conference on Social Media & Society(#SMsociety) about the challenges of researching suicide and social media after the Online Safety Act. Read more in her previous blog on this topic: surl.li/ehsrau
Some more submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. Stephanie Shaw “Gently Does It.” 2 By Revd. Abigail Harris: The Promise I Made to Them. Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍 discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/get-involved...
Here are the first three submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. By Chris Frederick: “Stay where you are, we’ve got questions for you.” 2 & 3. By Rachel Hill: simple joy and love Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
New blog post! 💻 This month’s blog post comes from our #DiscoveringLiveability research assistant Nakkita De Silva and explores what we can learn about liveability from UK rap and hip hop. You can read this blog post via the link below: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
I shared my photo with @d-liveability.bsky.social’s Photo Spotlight It’s from the Great North 10K, my first organised 10k & longest run since March After serious #mentalhealth difficulties this year, the photo means more than a medal. It’s about survival, movement, recovery & finding my way back
Liveability Photo Spotlight 📸💡 Do you have an image that you feel expresses ‘liveability’ or encapsulates what makes life ‘liveable’? We’re asking people to share these with the Discovering Liveability team as part of our exploration into liveability. 🔗 Click on the link below to find out more!
Liveability Photo Spotlight 📸💡 Do you have an image that you feel expresses ‘liveability’ or encapsulates what makes life ‘liveable’? We’re asking people to share these with the Discovering Liveability team as part of our exploration into liveability. 🔗 Click on the link below to find out more!
Liveability Photo Spotlight | Discovering Liveability | Discovering Liveability
A central part of the Discovering Liveability project is to explore the idea of ‘liveability’ and what this means to different people.
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🖊️ Guest blog! Our last guest blog was written by Mark Sladen from the Rain Within the Rainbow project, detailing how you can get involved with their research on LGBTQ+ suicide. Head to our blog site to read the post here: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
The #DiscoveringLiveability team met up in Lincoln last week for our annual in-person meeting! These meetings are a valuable opportunity to spend in-person time together as a UK wide team, thinking across our 4 work packages to identify connections and plan ahead for the next phase of the project.
Reminder! ⏰ Join us on Tuesday next week for an online conversation with Jess Worner (National Suicide Prevention Alliance) & Iona MacTaggart (Living Warriors) talking Peer Support & Suicide. 🔗 Find out more and sign up via the link below!
In Conversation: Jess Worner & Iona MacTaggart talking Peer Support & Suicide
A conservation with Jess and Iona to share their insight and experiences about peer support and suicide.
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Co-Investigators Sarah Huque and Alex Oaten will be speaking live on BBC Radio 4 talk show Thinking Allowed today, all about Discovering Liveability and other work from our Critical Suicide Research Group. Click on the link below to listen at 4:30pm British Summer Time! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We just sent out the third issue of our quarterly newsletter- ‘In the Loop’. To read our newsletters you can either: Sign up to our mailing list: blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-... Read them on our website: discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/publications...
Hub Event! Join us in June for a conversation with Jess Worner (National Suicide Prevention Alliance) & Iona MacTaggart (Living Warriers) talking Peer Support & Suicide. This event is online and free. Find out more and sign up here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
In Conversation: Jess Worner & Iona MacTaggart talking Peer Support & Suicide
A conservation with Jess and Iona to share their insight and experiences about peer support and suicide.
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New blog post! 💻 This month’s blog post comes from our #DiscoveringLiveability team member Dr Paro Ramesh and explores the implementation of the Online Safety Act. You can be read this blog via the link below: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
1 week left to apply our Post-Doctoral Research Associate role on Discovering Liveability! Link below: Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Lincoln): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB064/p...
Post Doctoral Research Associate - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
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1 week left to apply for Research Assistant & PhD opportunity roles on Discovering Liveability! Links below: Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (Lincoln): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB337/r... Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (Edinburgh): lnkd.in/eTbQwZEU
We’re excited to share that our new project website is now live 🎉The website is now the main home for the project— where you can find core project information, outputs, and ways to get involved. discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk
Bluesky Join our team! We have another job opportunity open with Discovering Liveability, based at the University of Edinburgh. Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Edinburgh) Read more and apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Post #2/2: Join our team! Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (University of Lincoln) Read more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB337/r... Read our FAQ information sheet: canva.link/snkqjvnxpkb6... Watch our short informational video: shorturl.at/HJLMM
Research Assistant - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
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Post #1/2 Join our team! We currently have some new job opportunities open on Discovering Liveability. Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Lincoln) Read more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB064/p... Closing date: Monday 27th April 2026
Post Doctoral Research Associate - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
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Guest blog! Anita Sangha from the @fairness.bsky.social introduces Unliveable Inequality, a report published last year which discusses the evidence on the effects of wealth on suicide risk. Read it here along with a link to the full report: blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
Have you ever thought about what it means to say things like ‘manage risk’ and ‘create a safe space’ in suicide research? Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team on Wednesday 25th March for an informal online networking event to explore this topic 🔗 Sign up for free: shorturl.at/g4T41
Event announcement: LLEH Coffee & Connect ☕️💻 Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team on Wednesday 25th March for an informal online networking event, open to anyone interested in suicide research that engages with lived and/or living experiences. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
Discovering Liveability: LLEH Coffee & Connect
‘Managing risk’ and ‘promoting safeguarding’ in suicide research: A short informal, online networking event for anyone involved or interested in suicide research.
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New blog post! 💻 This month’s #DiscoveringLiveability blog post comes from Research Fellow Tom Wadsworth and discusses the suicide prevention policies that are currently being looked at in Work Package 4 of our project. Click on the link below to read 🔗
Ligature Points, Risk Assessment, and Questionable Justification in the English Suicide Prevention Policy – Discovering Liveability: Co-producing Alternatives to Suicide Prevention
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Reminder! ⏰ The #DiscoveringLiveability team are hosting an online webinar this Friday all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
Event alert! 📅 Centring Lived and Living Experiences in Suicide Research: Learnings from our International Site Visits 🗺️ Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for an online webinar all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Link below to book for free! tinyurl.com/59zn8p2c
Reminder! ⏰ The #DiscoveringLiveability team are hosting an online webinar this Friday all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
Event alert! 📅 Centring Lived and Living Experiences in Suicide Research: Learnings from our International Site Visits 🗺️ Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for an online webinar all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Link below to book for free! tinyurl.com/59zn8p2c
Event alert! 📅 Centring Lived and Living Experiences in Suicide Research: Learnings from our International Site Visits 🗺️ Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for an online webinar all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Link below to book for free! tinyurl.com/59zn8p2c
Centring lived and living experience perspectives in suicide research
What can we learn from international research groups and practitioners who are already engaged in the important work of centring lived and living experience perspectives in suicide research?
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We've had lots of activity from the lovely members of our Suicide Research Group ( @d-liveability.bsky.social ). I put this together this list of our writing for a recent research visit we did, but thought it might be useful to others who have wondered what we're up to 😊 linktr.ee/HazelMarzetti
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Hazel (she/her) is a suicide and suicide prevention researcher with a specialism in LGBTQ+ suicide, working at the University of Edinburgh.
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New blog post! 💻 This month’s #DiscoveringLiveability blog post comes from Dr Hazel Marzetti and discusses her recent site visit to Australia. This is the second in a series of site visits within our project – if you’d like to read this blog or any of our previous posts, follow the link below!
Site Visit 2: Australia – Discovering Liveability: Co-producing Alternatives to Suicide Prevention
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