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Discovering Liveability

@d-liveability.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary research project co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention. Based at the University of Edinburgh, University of Lincoln + Mind in Camden, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🌐 discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk

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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 Over the next two weeks Discovering Liveability will be taking a pause from posting on our social media channels in recognition of strike action at the University of Edinburgh, respecting and supporting colleagues taking part in industrial action. Look forward to sharing updates when we're back ❤️
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
~ Poverty and Suicide in Scotland: Where Are We Now and What Happens Next? ~ Free panel discussion and workshop exploring the links between poverty and suicide in Scotland, alongside Samaritans Scotland. ⏰ 4th November 10am–12.30pm 🔗 Book your free place via the link below: shorturl.at/Ustez
On a beige background you can see the discovering liveability logo in the top left hand corner and below a heading in large navy blue letter: Poverty and Suicide in Scotland: where are we now? what happens next? In smaller writing the date (4th november), time (10:00-12:30pm) and location (Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh).  

  

To the right is a QR code which can be scanned to book free tickets. At the bottom of the page are 5 logos: University of Edinburgh, University of Lincoln, Mind in Camden, Samaritans Scotland and funded by Wellcome.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Important announcement: Hub Launch Event postponed! 🗓️ Due to unforeseen circumstances, we're rescheduling the Lived and Living Experience Hub launch event to Wednesday 18th November. You can book your free ticket via the link below. If you have already signed up, you do not need to do so again.
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Launch Event: Lived and Living Experience Hub (by Discovering Liveability)
Join us to officially launch our Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research!
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New blog post! 💻 This month’s blog post comes from our #DiscoveringLiveability research assistant Debbie Solomon and explores the connection between the personal and the political in suicide research. You can read this blog post via the link below: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More Than a Story: Hidden Impact of #LivedExperience Engagement So pleased this exists. I’ve written a lot about the real cost of academic contribution and exploring how #MentalHealth research can involve people safely Book here - free event events.bookitbee.com/university-o... #LivedExperience
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More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Hub Event with Maria Roberts (The Churchill Fellowship)
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here are a couple more submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 'Hands of Compassion' and 'Out there alone', both by Michaela Maria Hintermayr. Head to our website via the link in our bio to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hub Event! 💻 More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement Join us for a free online event on Wednesday 28th October where Maria Roberts will share learning from the UK and Australia about gathering suicide lived and living experience with safety and purpose.
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More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Hub Event with Maria Roberts (The Churchill Fellowship)
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Say hello to our newest team members! 👋 We’re delighted to have Freya, Kaushalya and Ruth joining us on the #DiscoveringLiveability project. If you’d like to find out more about the rest of our team, follow the link in our bio and click ‘People’ -> ‘Team’!
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here’s another submission we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 'A glimmer of beauty.' By Amy Wizard Ponter. Head to our website via the link in our bio to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Join us on Wednesday 30th September for the official launch of Discovering Liveability’s Lived & Living Experience Hub! 📅 30th September ⏰ 11:00am – 13:00pm BST 📍 Online 🔗 Sign up for free here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Another busy day for Discovering Liveability today at the 21st European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour with multiple presentations from across the team: @sarahhuque.bsky.social, Lynne Gilmour and Tom Wadsworth. discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Excited to see Discovering Liveability's Principal Investigator @amychandler.bsky.social presenting at the 21st European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour - ESSSB21 this morning!
A person stands on a stage presenting in front of two large screens with powerpoint slides entitled: from lived experience to liveability: imagining alternatives to suicide prevention.A person stands on a stage presenting in front of two large screens with presentation slides on entitled: working narratives of suicide.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You can now see more details about what to expect from this event on our booking page! 🔗 Click on the link below to find out more and get your free ticket.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here are some more submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. ‘The Opportunity Centre’ by Jo Hindmarsh 2. ‘Don’t you dare!’ Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
One of our #DiscoveringLiveability team members will be delivering a keynote and workshop at the Discovering New Perspectives in Suicide Prevention conference next month! The conference will take place at Abertay University in Dundee on 10th September. 🔗 Book your free ticket via the link below!
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Discovering New Perspectives in Suicide Prevention
Join us on 10 September 2026 at Abertay University for a full-day conference on World Suicide Prevention Day
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Reminder! 🔔 Save the date: 30th September 2026 🗓️ Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for the launch of our Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research. Details about what to expect from this online event will be shared at a later date. You can book your free ticket via the link below! 🔗
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More submissions from our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. Alyssa Martinez “Breaking the Silence” 2. By Victoria Nunn “Still here, still moving forward!”. Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
Beige background with the discovering liveability logo in the top right hand corner. Underneath reads 'fully funded by Wellcome'. Below text reads 'How to take Part: 1. Complete a short form 2. Email us your photograph. Links to the form and more information can be found on our website. Next to this copy is a small QR code. There are also two thin line graphics in pink depicting hands taking pictures on a film style camera and on a smartphone. A selfie style picture of a woman smiling, holding up a running medal around her neck. The medal has 2026 on it. In the background you can see a grassy field some trees and blue sky with a few clouds.  A picture of a volcano erupting against a dusky/dawn sky- a dark blue fading to lighter blue. The volcano is black with bright neon orange lava and a large plume of grey smoke coming up.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
SAVE THE DATE! 30th September 2026 Please save the date for the official launch of Discovering Liveability's Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research! Sign up for free here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o... More details about what to expect during the event will be coming soon!
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Launch Event: Lived and Living Experience Hub (by Discovering Liveability)
Join us to officially launch our Lived and Living Experience Hub in Suicide Research!
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Discovering Liveability Research Fellow Paro Ramesh recently presented a poster at The International Conference on Social Media & Society(#SMsociety) about the challenges of researching suicide and social media after the Online Safety Act. Read more in her previous blog on this topic: surl.li/ehsrau
A large poster displayed on a board with the title: RESEARCHING SUICIDE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER THE ONLINE SAFETY ACT.  

  

Next to the board stands research fellow Paro Ramesh, smiling.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Some more submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. Stephanie Shaw “Gently Does It.” 2 By Revd. Abigail Harris: The Promise I Made to Them. Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍 discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/get-involved...
A close up of the back of some medication. In the gap in between a small wooden mouse ornament looks out with a small smile. A country path with a fenced field on the left and forest on the right. A canopy of trees stretches over the path and in the mid ground there are two people hand in hand walking. You can see the back of the adult on the right and small child on the left.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Here are the first three submissions we received for our liveability photo spotlight! 📸 1. By Chris Frederick: “Stay where you are, we’ve got questions for you.” 2 & 3. By Rachel Hill: simple joy and love Head to our website to find out how you can submit your own ‘liveability’ image 🔍
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New blog post! 💻 This month’s blog post comes from our #DiscoveringLiveability research assistant Nakkita De Silva and explores what we can learn about liveability from UK rap and hip hop. You can read this blog post via the link below: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I shared my photo with @d-liveability.bsky.social’s Photo Spotlight It’s from the Great North 10K, my first organised 10k & longest run since March After serious #mentalhealth difficulties this year, the photo means more than a medal. It’s about survival, movement, recovery & finding my way back
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Liveability Photo Spotlight 📸💡 Do you have an image that you feel expresses ‘liveability’ or encapsulates what makes life ‘liveable’? We’re asking people to share these with the Discovering Liveability team as part of our exploration into liveability. 🔗 Click on the link below to find out more!
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Liveability Photo Spotlight | Discovering Liveability | Discovering Liveability
A central part of the Discovering Liveability project is to explore the idea of ‘liveability’ and what this means to different people.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🖊️ Guest blog! Our last guest blog was written by Mark Sladen from the Rain Within the Rainbow project, detailing how you can get involved with their research on LGBTQ+ suicide. Head to our blog site to read the post here: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The #DiscoveringLiveability team met up in Lincoln last week for our annual in-person meeting! These meetings are a valuable opportunity to spend in-person time together as a UK wide team, thinking across our 4 work packages to identify connections and plan ahead for the next phase of the project.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Reminder! ⏰ Join us on Tuesday next week for an online conversation with Jess Worner (National Suicide Prevention Alliance) & Iona MacTaggart (Living Warriors) talking Peer Support & Suicide. 🔗 Find out more and sign up via the link below!
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In Conversation: Jess Worner & Iona MacTaggart talking Peer Support & Suicide
A conservation with Jess and Iona to share their insight and experiences about peer support and suicide.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Co-Investigators Sarah Huque and Alex Oaten will be speaking live on BBC Radio 4 talk show Thinking Allowed today, all about Discovering Liveability and other work from our Critical Suicide Research Group. Click on the link below to listen at 4:30pm British Summer Time! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We just sent out the third issue of our quarterly newsletter- ‘In the Loop’. To read our newsletters you can either: Sign up to our mailing list: blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-... Read them on our website: discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/publications...
A poster on a beige background with the following copy: 'Discovering Liveability Quarerly Newsletter. You can now read all past and current newsletters on our new website!' Below in yellow banners reads: 'click here to read newsletters from our website' and 'sign up to our mailing list to read newsletters via your emails'.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hub Event! Join us in June for a conversation with Jess Worner (National Suicide Prevention Alliance) & Iona MacTaggart (Living Warriers) talking Peer Support & Suicide. This event is online and free. Find out more and sign up here: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...
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In Conversation: Jess Worner & Iona MacTaggart talking Peer Support & Suicide
A conservation with Jess and Iona to share their insight and experiences about peer support and suicide.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New blog post! 💻 This month’s blog post comes from our #DiscoveringLiveability team member Dr Paro Ramesh and explores the implementation of the Online Safety Act. You can be read this blog via the link below: 🔗 blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
1 week left to apply our Post-Doctoral Research Associate role on Discovering Liveability! Link below: Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Lincoln): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB064/p...
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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
1 week left to apply for Research Assistant & PhD opportunity roles on Discovering Liveability! Links below: Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (Lincoln): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB337/r... Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (Edinburgh): lnkd.in/eTbQwZEU
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We’re excited to share that our new project website is now live 🎉The website is now the main home for the project— where you can find core project information, outputs, and ways to get involved. discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk
On a beige background, in the centre is a pop out box which looks like a window on a computer. In the search bar is the link to the new webiste: https://discovering-liveability.ed.ac.uk/  

  

Inside the rest of the pop out box reads: OUR OFFICIAL PROJECT WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE'. In the bottom right hand corner is a smaller pop out box with a screenshot of the website's home page. In the top left hand corner is the Discovering Liveability Logo.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Bluesky Join our team! We have another job opportunity open with Discovering Liveability, based at the University of Edinburgh. Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Edinburgh) Read more and apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
On a beige background you can see the Discovering Liveability logo in the top right corner. Underneath a large heading reads Job Opportunity and underneath a smaller sub heading reads: Research Assistant + funded PhD opportunity, University of Edinburgh. Underneath in a hot pink bubble reads: Apply by Monday 27th April. On the left side of this bubble is a simple graphic clock icon.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Post #2/2: Join our team! Research Assistant with PhD funding opportunity (University of Lincoln) Read more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB337/r... Read our FAQ information sheet: canva.link/snkqjvnxpkb6... Watch our short informational video: shorturl.at/HJLMM
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Research Assistant - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant - Discovering Liveability Project. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Post #1/2 Join our team! We currently have some new job opportunities open on Discovering Liveability. Post Doctoral Research Associate (University of Lincoln) Read more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB064/p... Closing date: Monday 27th April 2026
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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Discovering Liveability Project at University of Lincoln
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Post Doctoral Research Associate - Discovering Liveability Project opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Guest blog! Anita Sangha from the @fairness.bsky.social introduces Unliveable Inequality, a report published last year which discusses the evidence on the effects of wealth on suicide risk. Read it here along with a link to the full report: blogs.ed.ac.uk/discovering-...
A beige background has the copy: Guest Blog Alert! with a graphic of a pen writing next to it. Underneath the title: Unliveabile Inequality: How Wealth Gaps Shape Suicide in the UK by Anita Sangha, Fairness Foundation. Below is the Discovering Liveability logo and Fairness Foundation logo.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Have you ever thought about what it means to say things like ‘manage risk’ and ‘create a safe space’ in suicide research? Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team on Wednesday 25th March for an informal online networking event to explore this topic 🔗 Sign up for free: shorturl.at/g4T41
Against a beige background, the discovering liveability logo is visible in the top right hand corner. In the centre of the page in navy blue copy is the question: what does it mean to say things like 'manage risk' and 'create a safe space' in suicide research? Below in a yellow box it says Join us: we're meeting for an informal online coffee and connect to share knowledge and reflect on this together. All welcome register for free in link below. A small graphic of a coffee cup and speech bubbles is in the corner.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Event announcement: LLEH Coffee & Connect ☕️💻 Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team on Wednesday 25th March for an informal online networking event, open to anyone interested in suicide research that engages with lived and/or living experiences. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
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Discovering Liveability: LLEH Coffee & Connect
‘Managing risk’ and ‘promoting safeguarding’ in suicide research: A short informal, online networking event for anyone involved or interested in suicide research.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New blog post! 💻 This month’s #DiscoveringLiveability blog post comes from Research Fellow Tom Wadsworth and discusses the suicide prevention policies that are currently being looked at in Work Package 4 of our project. Click on the link below to read 🔗
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Ligature Points, Risk Assessment, and Questionable Justification in the English Suicide Prevention Policy – Discovering Liveability: Co-producing Alternatives to Suicide Prevention
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Reminder! ⏰ The #DiscoveringLiveability team are hosting an online webinar this Friday all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Reminder! ⏰ The #DiscoveringLiveability team are hosting an online webinar this Friday all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Click on the link below to book your free place!
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Event alert! 📅 Centring Lived and Living Experiences in Suicide Research: Learnings from our International Site Visits 🗺️ Join the #DiscoveringLiveability team for an online webinar all about our site visits to Canada and Australia. 🔗 Link below to book for free! tinyurl.com/59zn8p2c
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Centring lived and living experience perspectives in suicide research
What can we learn from international research groups and practitioners who are already engaged in the important work of centring lived and living experience perspectives in suicide research?
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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We've had lots of activity from the lovely members of our Suicide Research Group ( @d-liveability.bsky.social ). I put this together this list of our writing for a recent research visit we did, but thought it might be useful to others who have wondered what we're up to 😊 linktr.ee/HazelMarzetti
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Hazel (she/her) is a suicide and suicide prevention researcher with a specialism in LGBTQ+ suicide, working at the University of Edinburgh.
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
New blog post! 💻 This month’s #DiscoveringLiveability blog post comes from Dr Hazel Marzetti and discusses her recent site visit to Australia. This is the second in a series of site visits within our project – if you’d like to read this blog or any of our previous posts, follow the link below!
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Site Visit 2: Australia – Discovering Liveability: Co-producing Alternatives to Suicide Prevention
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our Co-Investigator Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social flew to Australia last month for our second international site visit, which included meetings with researchers at @orygen.org.au and Black Dog Institute. Stay tuned for more updates on this visit and new learnings next year!
A large orange sign with 'Black Dog Institute' in capital black letters sits in front of a 2 story white building. There's a tree trunk and other greenery surrounding the sign. Blue sky is visible in the very top corner and rays of sun can be seen shining down.In the foreground a long forest green coloured sign with copper coloured posts has the word 'orygen' in orange lettering. In the background a food path winds back into the distance with grass/shrubs on either side and several tall trees. The sky is blue.
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The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Through poetry and hand-crafted animation, we tell the story of lived experience in research at McPin. When researchers work on topics that personally resonate, we call it peer research. Watch full the animation on YouTube youtu.be/nAfThPdeL0c Animation credit: Woven Ink #PeerResearch
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Ode To Peer Research
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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Take a tour of the #DiscoveringLiveability project with this video overview! Here we share key aims, research methods, and the work packages included within our project. Keep an eye out for more videos in the future, where we’ll go into further detail about what drives Discovering Liveability 🔍
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