Graphic books launch – join us!
Study co-investigators Caitlin Gormley, Nughmana Mirza and Phillippa Wiseman worked collaboratively with ethnographic illustrator Sophia Nelson and many of the project partners to produce powerful graphic novellas that tell the stories of research participants in composite form. We will be formally launching these visual resources as part of Glasgow’s Doors Open Days and ARCadia, the…
Challenges of Language, Accessibility and Ethics of Interviewing in the Digital Space
Teresa Piacentini, Nughmana Mirza and Molly Gilmour have produced a Sage Methods Online Research Case Study that helps researchers think through and navigate online methods especially in working with those marginalised by language, economic security and gender. The case study can be accessed here.
‘My mental health has gone’: Prisoner experiences of Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland during 2020
The Criminal Justice stream analyses 86 responses to a survey circulated across prisons in Scotland. Overall, imprisoned people reported worsening mental and physical health as a result of Covid restrictions during Spring and Summer 2020. These reduced time out of cell, contact with family and varied activities.
Pervasive Punishment in a Pandemic
The Criminal Justice Stream, led by Ryan Casey, published an article in the Probation Journal. (Online First, 2021) Abstract: In this paper, we draw on data from a recent study of how Covid-19 and related restrictions impacted on vulnerable and/or marginalised populations in Scotland (Armstrong and Pickering, 2020), including justice-affected people (i.e. people in prison…
Early impact of Covid-19 lockdown on Muslim & Black Minority Ethnic women in Scotland
Sarah Armstrong analyses data from partner Amina, The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre. It shows the impact of closure of places of worship on wellbeing. The briefing also includes information about hate crime, finances, mental health and humour. Amina, The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre, a third sector organisation working with women in Scotland, circulated a survey…
‘Why have we been forgotten?’ What lockdown is like for prisoners’ families
This blog discusses the impacts of the lockdown on those who have spent it separated from a loved one in prison.
Things are ‘the same’: Complicating OK narratives of prisoners during lockdown
Sarah Armstrong analyses data from our prison survey, focusing on how we make sense of those who said that things were ‘the same’ as before lockdown.
Launch event: Left out and locked down | 17 Dec 2020
Join our webinar and hear about the findings of our study.
Experiences of sex workers during lockdown
Kristina Saunders shares insights into the challenges faced by sex workers during lockdown, highlighting that lives and livelihoods have been acutely impacted by Covid-19.
Hunger, health, dependence and autonomy: Food issues during lockdown
Molly Gilmour, Dominic Reed and Phillippa Wiseman explore the subject of food during lockdown. The availability of not just food, but the right kinds of food, had a huge impact on the mental and physical wellbeing of participants from all the research streams in the project.
Capacities and demands in times of crisis: Impacts on service provision
This briefing draws upon our survey of staff experiences at 56 organisations providing services to marginalised groups in Scotland.
Change and Challenge: Personal impacts for staff supporting vulnerable groups
Sarah Armstrong considers how service providers have been affected by increased workload and other negative impacts on wellbeing.
A request for recognition: Early analysis of our survey of organisations (Part 4)
Molly Gilmour shares more early findings from our survey of organisations. This analysis found that people affected by Covid-19 have felt unheard by decision makers throughout the pandemic.
Inaccessible information: experiences of people with learning disabilities during Covid-19
We have made an Easy Read document about what life has been like for people with learning disabilities during Covid-19.
Can you deliver? Food slots during lockdown
Paul Pearson considers the accessibility of supermaket delivery slots for people living with disabilities and long-term health conditions during lockdown.
Mental health in Scottish prisons under pressure during lockdown
Marguerite Schinkel explores the effects of lockdown on prisoners in Scotland.
Supporting Survivors of Domestic Abuse: Early findings from the Third Sector
April Shaw reflects on how lockdown has affected survivors and the third sector practitioners supporting them.
Funding lifelines but growing uncertainty: Early analysis of our survey of organisations (Part 3)
Sarah Armstrong shares findings from our survey of organisations. Funding in the third sector, already typified by instability and short lifecycles, has become even more unstable during the pandemic.
CHALLENGE POVERTY WEEK #TogetherWeCan
This week Scotland in Lockdown is proud to support our research partner Poverty Alliance by taking part in Challenge Poverty Week. Every day this week we will be tweeting findings from our research to demonstrate how deeply inequalities shape experiences of lockdown. Challenge Poverty Week (CPW) is a weeklong campaign, beginning 5th Oct, pushing for…
Less, more, gone and new: Early analysis of our survey of organisations (Part 2)
Ryan Casey shares more early findings from our survey of organisations. Service providers have faced a uniquely challenging time during lockdown, reporting increased demand from client groups for food parcels, equipment for digital inclusion, and social activities.
Online event | COVID-19: Health, Economy, Society, Politics
The Stevenson Trust for Citizenship presents an online lecture and Q&A featuring our study co-lead, Professor Sarah Armstrong who will share some early findings of the project.
Positives of lockdown: Early analysis of our survey of organisations (Part 1)
Gareth Mulvey offers an early analysis of our study’s organisational survey examining some positive effects on services during lockdown.
Living through Covid-19 with type 1 diabetes: Emerging findings
Chris Bunn shares emerging findings from interviews with people living with type 1 diabetes during the pandemic.
Why research lockdown?
Lucy Pickering, a principal investigator on the project, shares her reflections on why research involving the effects of Covid-19 on marginalised groups is essential, with reference to some emerging findings.
The coronavirus and care experienced young people: a moment for critical reflection
Nicola Ceesay considers how young people in care have been affected by lockdown, which has combined with existing systems of restriction to entrench the inequalities that led people into care in the first place.
Research, Interrupted: Rethinking research, relationships and responsibilities in the pandemic
Molly Gilmour discusses how the pandemic has disrupted her own work, and has also provided opportunities to reflect on ethical approaches to research.
The meanings and pressures of ‘rapid research’ on Covid-19
In this blog, co-PI Sarah Armstrong talks about the pressure, meanings of and need for ‘rapid’ social research on Covid-19.
Recruiting Now
A Glasgow University study is now recruiting participants for research that explores how lockdown is experienced by those who are already isolated or marginalised.
Response and Recovery: putting in place systems to support those most impacted by COVID-19
Fiona McHardy at the Poverty Alliance reflects on how the research can be used to strengthen systems for people hit hardest when a pandemic intersects with other issues of inequality.
22 February 2021