Dr Philomena de Lima is the Director of the Centre for Remote and Rural Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. Philomena studies the experiences of people living rurally and is particularly interested in social justice, exclusion, equality,…
When Emily Oster, a professor of economics at Brown University, was pregnant, she was given a long list of dos and (mainly) don’ts about risky foods to avoid: wine, cheese, pate. But looking into the data behind the prohibitions, she…
Does the UK support breastfeeding? The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) is assessing and monitoring the progress of countries towards the recommendations of the WHO’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Guess how the UK is performing? Not…
“The first class I had on human milk I was blown away, It’s Harry Potter meets Willy Wonka. It’s a magical food.” Dr Maryanne Perrin Dr. Maryanne Perrin’s research on breastmilk composition has been groundbreaking. There is very little research…
We asked some of the members in our first citizen science project – Nappy Science Gang (NSG) – to tell us about their experience of being involved in the project. This is Hayley's story: Name: Hayley Occupation: play worker in…
by Sarah West, Senior Research Associate, University of York and PSG Project Evaluator Parenting Science Gang, and its sister project, Nappy Science Gang, are citizen science projects, projects where scientists and non-scientists work together to answer questions about the world. In the past…
This week Dr Bonamy Oliver of the University of Sussex joined us for a fascinating chat about behaviour research. Bonny is a developmental psychologist interested in family relationships and children's behaviour. Her research focuses on all sorts of relationships in…
We asked some of the members in our first citizen science project – Nappy Science Gang (NSG) – to tell us about their experience of being involved in the project. Meet Mark: Name: Mark Occupation: Scientific Consultant Highest science qualification:…
Photo permission kindly given by WRA Zimbabwe via Flickr Creative Commons license 2.0. We were delighted this week to host Dr Karleen Gribble for a breastfeeding Q&A. Karleen has been researching women’s infant feeding practice and beliefs for over a decade. Her research…
Claire Farrow is Director of the Applied Health Research Group at Aston University. She is interested in the factors that influence eating behaviour and weight gain or loss in children, and one major factor is fussy eating. She joined us…