An interdisciplinary group led by thinker Havi Carel (Bristol) has received a £2.6 million grant for its undertaking, “Epistemic Injustice in Well being Care” (EPIC).
The “Discovery Grant“, from the charitable science basis Wellcome, will fund the undertaking for six years, starting this September.
Along with Professor Carel, the core group is:
They are going to be bringing on eight postdoctoral researchers and a variety of different researchers and collaborators from Swansea, Metropolis and Aston Universities, and the Universities of Bologna and Ferrara.
(l to r) Lisa Bortolotti, Matthew Broome, Havi Carel, Ian James Kidd, Sheelagh McGuinness
In line with the group, the undertaking
will provide a scientific investigation of epistemic injustice throughout a various vary of case research—together with somatic and psychiatric sicknesses, and neurodiverse individuals, in addition to youngsters and people in later-life care. EPIC goals to establish the interpersonal, institutional, and cultural dimensions of epistemic injustices. The undertaking will embrace a variety of occasions, postdoctoral positions, and publications and goals to establish sensible measures for the good thing about sufferers and healthcare practitioners alike.
Inquiries concerning the undertaking needs to be sent to Professor Carel.
