Dr Hazel Marzetti (she/her)
Senior Research Fellow, Co-investigator and Co-lead of work package 1
hazel.marzetti@ed.ac.uk
Hi I’m Hazel, I work as a researcher at the University of Edinburgh and co-lead the Lived and Living Experience Hub as part of the Discovery Liveability Team, as well as leading the Rain within the Rainbow project (exploring LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention in the UK). When I’m not at work I spend most of my time crafting - mainly knitting, quilting and crocheting increasingly garish jumpers and blankets, and walking my dog.
Joe Anderson, (he/him, they/them)
Research Fellow on Work Package 1
Jander23@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Dr Joe Anderson is a social anthropologist with research interests that span the gun rights movement in the US, the issue of suicide in Scotland and globally, as well as a general focus on how particular cultures conceptualise and practise health or wellbeing.
Dr Ana Jordan (she/her)
Co-Lead on Discovering Liveability, Associate Professor in the School of
Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln, UK
anajordan@lincoln.ac.uk
I am based in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln, UK and Co-Lead 'Discovering Liveability'. My research centres on the politics of masculinity in a variety of contexts, including gender-based violence on campus, men’s movements, fatherhood, and suicide. I am a qualitative researcher and have collaborated on mixed methods, interdisciplinary research. Find out more.
Dr Sarah Huque (she/her)
Co-Investigator, WP1 Co-Lead, WP2 Co-Lead, Senior Research Fellow
shuque@ed.ac.uk
My research focuses on the intersections of social justice and public health, with a particular interest in methodological innovation and participatory research methods. I am currently working on areas including: green and blue space activities for mental health; practices/ecologies of care; suicide; disability; materiality. I'm also always interested to hear your pet/animal stories!
Alice Hopkins (she/her)
Research Manager
ahopkins@ed.ac.uk
Hi I'm Alice, I manage operations and communications for Discovering Liveability. I have experience coordinating innovative social research projects that explore new approaches to complex social issues and collaborate with lived experience experts. When not at work, I like to get into the mountains and sing in my choir. Find out more.
Asia Podgorska (she/her)
Research and Communications Administrator
asia.podgorska@ed.ac.uk
Hi ! My name is Asia and I am based at the University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science and I am project administrator and communications for Discovering Liveability and Suicide Cultures. I love traveling, exploring, hiking and backpacking.
Amy Chandler (she/her)
Professor of the Sociology of Health and Illness
a.chandler@ed.ac.uk
My research interests include self-harm, suicide, drug and alcohol use. I use qualitative methods - mostly interviews, but I'm interested in all kinds of qualitative work, including ethnographies, focus groups, arts-based approaches and documentary analysis. Outside of work, I enjoy biking, fossil hunting and tabletop gaming. Find out more.
Dr Emily Yue (she/her)
Research Fellow, Health in Social Sciences
eyue@ed.ac.uk
My current interests coalesce around the UK’s suicide by ethnicity statistics and prevention priorities; exploring wild swimming groups as ecologies of care; and thinking suicide and un/liveability through the lenses of coloniality and capitalism. I previously worked as a research fellow on ‘Suicide Cultures’ and ‘Suicide in/as Politics’. Prior to starting my PhD I worked as Employment and Discrimination Caseworker at Citizen’s Advice Flintshire. Find out more.
Samantha Miles (she/her)
Research and Communications Administrator
smiles@lincoln.ac.uk
I’m interested in making academic research accessible to the wider public, particularly through arts-based practises. Alongside my role on the project, I am also a PhD student at the University of Lincoln where my practise-based research focuses on authorial agency in contemporary gothic playwriting. When I’m not working or studying, you can find me either at the theatre or on a ghost walk!
Alex Oaten (he/him)
Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, at the University of Lincoln
aoaten@lincoln.ac.uk
Alex lives in the Midlands and has worked at various Universities since 2013. His work overlaps the areas of criminology, politics and social policy and he is particularly interested in the ways that we can make lives more liveable for those who are within the criminal justice system. On the Discovering Liveability project Alex leads Work Package 4 and co-leads Work Package 2. When not at work Alex loves being outdoors walking. Find out more.
Fiona Malpass (they/she)
Co-Investigator and Co-lead on WP1
fmalpass@mindincamden.org.uk
In addition to being a co-investigator on Discovering Liveability, I also work for Mind in Camden as the Project Development and Innovation Lead, where I specialise in working on the Hearing Voices Projects. I have a background in psychology and philosophy, but approach a lot of my work from a lived experience perspective. Outside of work I enjoy being in nature, spending time with animals, kickboxing, and playing videogames!
