Dr Anna Katharina Schaffner, Head of Comparative Literature, has been invited to be one of the research collaborators contributing to the Wellcome Trust’s new interdisciplinary project on rest and busyness.
The first residents of the Hub, a flagship new space for interdisciplinary projects around health and wellbeing, will investigate the busyness of modern life. Bringing together a rich network of scientists, artists, humanity scholars, clinicians, public health experts, broadcasters and public engagement professionals, the group will explore states of rest and noise, tumult and stillness, and the health implications for lives increasingly lived in a hubbub of activity. They have been awarded £1 million to develop the project over two years.
The group is led by social scientist Felicity Callard (Durham University) with core contributing members comprising psychologist and writer Charles Fernyhough (Durham University), broadcaster Claudia Hammond (BBC’s ‘All in the Mind’ and ‘Health Check’), neuroscientist Daniel Margulies (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) and poet James Wilkes (University of East Anglia). The group will start their occupancy at the Wellcome Collection in October 2014, as the venue opens new spaces and galleries after a £17.5m development.
For more details, please see the Wellcome Collection’s announcement of the project here:
www.wellcomecollection.org/the-hub/current-residents.aspx