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Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
I am a cultural geographer interested in the relationship between health, place, and identity, and in developing theory and methods to help us interrogate and understand this relationship.
In my current research (funded by the Wellcome Trust), I am looking specifically at activities that are being prescribed to improve mental health and wellbeing, and am undertaking data-collection in 2024 and 2025.
My interest and expertise in understanding the relationalities of health underpins my teaching within Lancaster Medical School.
Research Grants
2023-2026 - Wellcome Trust Early Career Award
2021-2023 - ESRC (NWSSDTP) Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020 - Thesis 'A post-phenomenological study of 'therapeutic landscape' experiences' (ESRC NWSSDTP funded)
Career Details
Teaching:
Lancaster Medical School:
Special Study Module 2 - A walk in the landscapes (of 'therapeutic' geographies) (2021-)
Health Culture and Society 3 - Chronic pain and everyday life (2021-)
Sociology:
SOCL 101 – Sociological Imagination – 2018-2019
Human Geography:
LEC 115 – Geographical Skills – 2015-201C
LEC 115 – Geographical Skills: Manchester field trip 2016, 2017, 2018
LEC 210A – Qualitative Methods in Human Geography 2015-2019
LEC 327 - Geographies of Health – 2015-2017
LEC 326 – Cities and Globalisation – 2018-2020
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Accounting for the experiential complexity of socially-prescribed activities
Edwards, A. (Principal Investigator), Brewster, L. (Co-Investigator) & Edwards, A. (Principal Investigator)
16/01/23 → 14/10/27
Project: Research
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NWSSDTP: Innovations in ‘therapeutic landscapes’: implications for social prescribing (Annabelle Edwards)
Edwards, A. (Principal Investigator) & Brewster, L. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/21 → 15/01/23
Project: Research
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Does better than expected life expectancy in areas of disadvantage indicate health resilience? Stakeholder perspectives and possible explanations
Mead, R., Rinaldi, C., McGill, E., Egan, M., Popay, J., Hartwell, G., Daras, K., Edwards, A. & Lhussier, M., 31/05/2024, In: Health and Place. 87, 103242.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Moving from features to functions: Bridging disciplinary understandings of urban environments to support healthy people and ecosystems
Yuille, A., Davies, J., Green, M., Hardman, C., Knight, J., Marshall, R., Armitt, H., Bane, M., Bush, A., Carr, V., Clark, R., Cox, S., Crotty, F., de Bell, S., Edwards, A., Ferguson, J., Fry, R., Goddard, M., Harrod, A. & Hoyle, H. E. & 16 others, , 30/11/2024, In: Health and Place. 90, 103368.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Review article › peer-review
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Achieving parity of esteem? The role of the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector within integrated care systems - a case study of Lancashire and South Cumbria VCFSE Alliance
Wheeler, P., Edwards, A., Halliday, E. & Lowther-Payne, H., 1/04/2022, In: Morecambe Bay Medical Journal. 8, 12, p. 334-338 5 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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‘Therapeutic landscape’ experiences – redefining their relationship with the everyday
Edwards, A., 31/05/2022, In: Health and Place. 75, 7 p., 102796.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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A post-phenomenological study of 'therapeutic landscape' experiences
Edwards, A., 17/01/2021, Lancaster University. 273 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Activities
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Campus in the City
Edwards, A. (Speaker)
25/04/2025Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Royal Geographical Society with IBG Annual International Conference
Harrod, A. (Speaker), Harrod, A. (Chair) & Edwards, A. (Chair)
30/08/2022 → 2/09/2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic