Resources
The work of the institute is best appreciated through the resources provided her in the form of Methods and Publications. It is important to note that these resources are representative of our areas of interest but are in no way comprehensive. It is our intention to develop these resources as we engage in new areas of work. We will also increase the depth of coverage by including more of our previous work and by referring to the work of other people that we find interesting and useful. In this way we would hope that these Resources become useful in sharing and disseminating a better understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of knowledge development in the 21st Century.
Calling All Digital App Developers in Health and Social Care. Can an Online Clinic give you a head start with two critical issues?
There are a lot of brilliant digital apps that have great potential to support health and social care but they face two hurdles that mean many will fail. How to get them adopted in the complex and confusing worlds of health care and social care? How to get good evidence of the effectiveness of the […]
Pathways to Market for Tech Companies Seeking R&D Funding
Are you a technology company seeking R&D funding for an innovation in health and social care? No matter where you are on the innovation pathway, we can help you by accelerating your progress towards the market. There are many barriers to effective implementation of potentially beneficial healthcare technologies and we can help you to effectively […]
The Law of Unexpected Consequences –
Download our guide to spotting knock-on effects
Government actions to combat the coronavirus keep having unexpected consequences: students returning to University spread the virus, an examination algorithm leads to school children from disadvantaged backgrounds having their grades downgraded, and closing bars at 10 pm leads to people not socially distancing in the streets. We should not be surprised about these unexpected consequences […]
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‘Don’t shoot the messenger’. Can we face reality?
As the Covid-19 crisis has deepened relations between politicians and their scientific advisers have become increasingly frayed. Politicians want to hear we are making progress and that the actions they are taking are being effective. They may want to highlight statistics that point in this direction. The scientists however must stay true to their data […]
Just published: A New Approach to Mindfulness: Mindful Stories – MiSt
This book provides a new and innovative approach to mindfulness using short stories. Written for individuals and for groups, the book encourages readers to examine their lives, past, present and future. The 100 stories, written in 25 quartets, ascend from the ‘Base Camp’ of self-awareness, through the various levels of the ‘Slope’, and the ‘Crest’, to the ‘Summit’ of a new […]
We need to separate the research from the policy making
The Government process for dealing with the Covid-19 crisis has revealed many of the issues at the heart of creating an effective action research strategy. The Government is responsible for policy making and they have SAGE (the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) to provide scientific and technical advice. SAGE assesses the data on the progress […]