Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society
The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society’s mission is to research the complex social, cultural, ethical, legal, and technological landscape that characterises contemporary biomedicine and healthcare, using critical perspectives from across the social studies of science and medicine, bioethics, and the health humanities,
One Health Archaeology Research Group
One Health Archaeology Research Group The One Health Archaeology Research Group provides a forum to support interdisciplinary approaches for the study of past human, animal and environmental health and the contribution of these long-term records to current global health challenges.
Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster
Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster The Digital Cultural Heritage cluster brings together researchers from across the University of Edinburgh who work on analysing, understanding and developing new approaches to the relationships between data, digital and cultural heritage.
History of Science, Medicine and Technology Research Group
History of Science, Medicine and Technology Research Group Based in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, this group brings together researchers across several SHAPE disciplines who share an interest in the history of medicine, science and technology from antiquity to the present.
Historical Approaches to Science Technology and Medicine
Historical Approaches to Science Technology and Medicine This cluster within the Science Technology and Innovation studies department combine humanistic theories with qualitative and quantitative methods from across the social sciences to investigate the histories of the human, social and natural sciences, technology, and medicine.
Centre for applied developmental psychology
Centre for applied developmental psychology Research includes a number of cross-cutting themes around mental health and health, specific mental health issues (e.g. eating disorders and disruptive behaviour) and specific risk and resilience factors (e.g. trauma, neuropsychological factors, and relationships with people and animals). The centre also engage in psychological and psychoeducational intervention to promote child […]
Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia
Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia The aim of the Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia (ECRED) is to create international social research and impact that prioritises the experience of dementia and strengthens global understanding of living with dementia.
Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research
Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research The centre analyse administrative data from across Scotland and the UK, focused on key themes including lifelong health and wellbeing; community safety equality and wellbeing; health and social care and work, wellfare and housing. SCADR is involved in various technological innovation projects which aim to enhance the quality and […]
