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SPARC awarded to Lancaster University PhD Student

I am a PhD student based in the Division for Health Research at Lancaster University. My fellowship is funded by Lancaster University to support LiLaC’s membership of the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR). Through SPHR, I had the opportunity apply for an...

The production of spatial stigma: a neglected social determinant of health inequalities

“Shame [is at the] irreducible absolutist core” of the experience of poverty and disadvantage.(Amartya Sen) The experience of poverty and disadvantage are widely perceived to be negative attributes setting people apart from the mainstream of society and devaluing...