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Rachel Baker

@profrachelbaker.bsky.social
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Academic health economist working on social value(s), health inequalities and community led health. And learning how to do realist economic evaluation..

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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Connecting the qualitative & quantitative; designing large scale surveys based on @Qmethodology. We have been testing out methods & report our findings here. Huge potential for systematic & transparent design of surveys of opinions, values, beliefs, using Q. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Translating Q methodology results into survey questions for large-scale use: a comparison of approaches
Developing Q to survey (Q2S) approaches from underlying Q methodology studies offers huge potential to design quantitative surveys in a systematic, transparent way for any topic. However, Q2S is un...
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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🌍🎓 GCU has honoured feminist researcher Dr Fatma Ibrahim with its Alumni of the Year Award for her pioneering work tackling gender-based violence and delivering inclusive sex education to millions. 📍 @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 👇 Learn more glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/gcu-alumna-d...
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GCU Alumna Dr Fatma Ibrahim Honoured For Pioneering Work On Gender-Based Violence And Sex Education | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation
Feminist researcher and activist Dr Fatma Ibrahim has been recognised with a Glasgow Caledonian University Alumni of the Year Award in honour of her groundbreaking work tackling gender-based violence ...
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a great team on NIHR funded research that is important (community wealth building and health) and methodologically exciting - sounds like a win-win! please share! #communityhealth #QCA #jobs #communitywealthbuilding #publichealthresearch
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What a joy and inspiration to talk about our research findings to experts in community &policy at the big get together led by @scotcom.bsky.social Struck again that findings are the start (not the end) of new stage of research to apply &interpret findings in different contexts commonhealthassets.uk
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Community Wellbeing | Common Health Assets | Glasgow
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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨 Funded PhD Opportunity! 🚨Join our team at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health through an ESRC-funded SGSSS Studentship: The alterity & transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland. 📅 Apply by: 10th April 🔗 www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... #PhD #Studentship #ESRC #SGSSS
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The alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
This PhD will explore the alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance – Community Bonds and Community Shares – in Scotland. This (relatively) new form of finance creates citizen invest...
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The CommonHealthAssets lived experience panel is such a source of ideas wisdom and practical advice. This comic is a wonderful window into the panel’s work and their experiences. Check out the short films which really bring it to life. lnkd.in/egfgnFUp Yunus Centre GCU #commonhealthassets
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A history of women in health economics & progress! Inspired by people like @joclarkecoast.bsky.social who blazed a trail for me early in my career. Also recognising men who championed women in research careers (e.g. @camdonaldson.bsky.social) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Women in UK academic health economics: An evaluation of progress since the 1970s
Health Economics emerged as a topic and sub-discipline in Britain in the mid-twentieth century. Until the 1980s it was dominated by men – both in term…
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Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Q methodology workshop registration open for May 2025 If you are keen to learn more check out www.gcu.ac.uk/research/res... Fantastic online course runs annually and led by research experts at @yunuscentregcu #qmethod #qmethodology #researchmethods
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What is Q Methodology?
The Q@GCU team is a core group of researchers from the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health.
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