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Presentations from 2nd VISION annual conference now available

    We are pleased to provide the presentations from our 2nd annual conference held 21 September 2023 at Mary Ward House in London. 

    The theme was Responding to violence across the life course. Sessions included presentations on childhood and teenage years; working life, poverty & economic impacts; older years; and social inclusion in policy and research. The conference concluded with a panel discussion on violence and complex systems.

    Seventy-seven academics, central and local government officials, practitioners, and voluntary and community sector organisations attended from a range of health and crime / justice disciplines.

    Please feel free to download the presentations below. Each session is one download.

    Photo caption: Dr Ladan Hashemi, Senior Research Fellow at VISION, answers a question after her presentation, ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childhood Obesity:​ Exploring Potential Mediating and Moderating Factors​’

    Download the Welcome slides

    Download the slides from Session 1 – Childhood and teenage years

    Download the slides from Session 2 – Social inclusion in policy & research

    Download the slides from Session 3 – Working life, poverty and economic impacts

    Download the slides from Session 4 – Older people

    VISION member awarded UKDS Impact Fellow focused on the socioeconomics of violence

      Dr Niels Blom

      We’re delighted that one of VISION’s core researchers, Dr Niels Blom, has been awarded a prestigious UK Data Service (UKDS) Fellowship.

      The award will be used to improve the reach and impact of Niels’ research on violence and abuse and its relationship with job loss, health, and wellbeing. He is using several UKDS datasets, including the UK Longitudinal Household Survey and the Crime Survey for England Wales, to understand the link between violence, particularly intimate partner violence, and its socioeconomic, wellbeing, and health impact.

      For more information about Niels, his work, and what he hopes to get out of the Fellowship scheme, see his blog on the UKDS website.  

      The UKDS is funded by the UKRI and houses the largest collection of economic, social and population data in the UK. Its Data Impact Fellowship scheme is for early career researchers in the academic or the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VSCE) sector. The focus in 2023 is on research in poverty, deprivation, the cost of living crisis, housing and homelessness, using data in the UK Data Service collection. The purpose of the programme is to support impact activities stemming from data-enhanced work.  

      For further information on the UK Data Service please see: UK Data Service

      To read Niels’ blog please see: UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2023: Niels Blom – Data Impact blog

      Or contact Niels at niels.blom@city.ac.uk

      Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash