Tagged: loneliness

By Fred Cooper A guest post in the blog series on ‘Solitude in the Time of COVID-19‘ from historian Fred Cooper, who offers a path through some contexts for and responses to the current crisis. https://solitudes.qmul.ac.uk/blog/covid-19-and-the-loneliness-crisis/  

By Fred Cooper and Charlotte Jones In this article Charlotte Jones and Fred Cooper argue that Covid-19 seems to be creating the conditions for new extremes of detachment and isolation amongst students. Covid-19 has amplified student loneliness and distress

By Fred Cooper and Charlotte Jones A project on loneliness and mental health in collaboration with student co-researchers, most recently in the charged and altered context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Together researchers and students developed a creative journaling project for the sharing of experiences and artistic responses to the lockdown. https://wcceh.org/projects/beacon-loneliness-and-community/

By Olly Clabburn, Fred Cooper, and Charlotte Jones lockdownblues.co.uk A website and virtual scrapbook for the sharing of experiences and observations on loneliness and isolation before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The project focuses on the South West of England, but contributions are also welcome from further afield.  

By Manuela Barreto Loneliness is a widely-reported experience internationally; but while it is common, it is often stigmatised, and can lead to mental health problems. We also know from recent research that loneliness has a lot to with age, gender, and culture – and that the stereotypes we have of isolated older people are not […]

By Catherine Leyshon and Jen Siggs Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE) is a project operating in eight rural communities – two each in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK (Cornwall and East Sussex) –that seeks to address loneliness and isolation in rural areas, not least in the context of COVID-19.  The […]