Sarah Waters

@sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social

French Studies, suicide research, running.

Our first in-person research team meeting in Bordeaux! Rich and productive discussion over an intense two days. Magnicient location! With thanks to our French hosts Loïc, Nicolas, Nushaba and Helel Oberreuter for her excellent coordination.

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Today at Workers' Memorial Day, MPs and bereaved family members including Julia Waters, called on HSE to recognise and prevent work-related suicides. MPs mark Workers’ Memorial Day, warning safety cuts are putting lives at risk - Canary share.google/LBZlzP5hUsDW...

MPs mark Workers’ Memorial Day, warning safety cuts are putting lives at risk

Workers’ Memorial Day is an global day of remembrance, backed by the UN, for those who have died due to work-related injury or illness.

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In late '25, I joined the incredible team @wellcometrust.bsky.social as a postdoc fellow. Several months in, I'm still pinching myself! This account will be a space where I share work-adjacent musings & articles. As the content will cover suicide in occupational contexts, please follow with care.

@wellcomework.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We welcome Dr Lacey Croft to our research team. Lacey @laceycroft.bsky.social brings expertise in labour, disability, and displacement, centering feminist political economy and embodied dimensions of work. She will work with Dr Steven Bittle on work-related suicides in the Canadian context.

Suicide risk varies by occupation. A new Revelios study reports 43% of music industry workers have experienced suicidal thoughts, a rate shaped by conditions of precarious labour including gig-based contracts, chronic financial instability, and near-absent institutional support #canlab #suicidology

Infographic titled "Mental Health in the Canadian Music Industry: SOUNDCHECK Final Report 2026" by Revelios. Key findings from a national mixed-methods study of 1,250+ professionals: 94% report mental health issues are widespread; 53% felt life wasn't worth living; 43% have considered suicide; 86% experience anxiety; only 10% agree that leaders actively support mental health in the workplace.

We are very excited to welcome Dr Nicolas Chaignot Delage, who brings expertise in mental health at work, occupational law, moral philosophy, centering social justice issues. He will work with the Director of CNRS, Loïc Lerouge on work-related suicides in the French context.

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We welcome Dr Lacey Croft to our research team. Lacey @laceycroft.bsky.social brings expertise in labour, disability, and displacement, centering feminist political economy and embodied dimensions of work. She will work with Dr Steven Bittle on work-related suicides in the Canadian context.

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We are delighted to welcome three new researchers to our team! Dr Emily Yue brings queer, feminist and decolonial approaches to suicide data. She will work with Dr China Mills on work-related suicides in the UK context. Dr Emily Yue - Healing Justice Ldn share.google/Kkj06IESQEEb...

Dr Emily Yue - Healing Justice Ldn

Dr Emily Yue (she/her) is Work-Related Suicide and Social Justice Researcher at Healing Justice Ldn. Emily researches suicide from social justice

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