Dr Sarah Huque

Senior Research Fellow

Biography

Background

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Health in Social Science.

I am a Co-Investigator on the 7-year, Wellcome Trust-funded project "Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention," on which I currently lead Work Package 1, focusing on lived and living experiences of suicide and seeking to create an international hub for lived/living experience approaches to suicide research; and Work Package 2, exploring community-based practices of care for suicidality, using ethnographic methodologies.

I am also the Principal Investigator on the Edinburgh Mental Health Network-funded project "Sea to Spruce: A pilot study of green & blue space community groups for mental health improvement." This project uses interviews and focus groups to explore the experiences and opinions of people engaging in green and blue space activities (for example, wild swimming, gardening, hill walking) to improve their mental health, as well as those of policymakers working on green/blue spaces.

My broader body of research experience focuses on the intersection of social justice and public health, as well as methodological innovation. I was previously a Research Fellow on the Suicide Cultures: Reimagining Suicide Research project. My PhD work involved participatory research with disability activists in Malawi, and I have also worked on projects around graduate student well-being, trade unionism and disability in Malawi, antibiotic use in East Africa, and the development of Essential Information Packages around antibiotic information.

Qualifications

PhD Geography, University of St Andrews

MSc Global Health Implementation (Dist.), University of St Andrews

BA (Hons) Sociology, Minor: Social Work, New York University

Responsibilities & affiliations

Reviewer College, International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Areas of interest for supervision

I am open to inquiries from students interested in critical suicide studies; intersections between green/blue space use and access/disability/conservation; disability studies; or related topics; and who intend to utilise qualitative and/or participatory research methods in their work. I am particularly interested in supporting the work of minoritised researchers.

Current PhD students supervised

Maisie Jenkins - Health in Social Science - Exploring Self-Harm in Men's Lives: Research Prioritized by Lived Experience Expertise

Research summary

Qualitative & participatory research methods

Intersection of social justice & public health

Critical suicide studies

Critical mental health/Mad studies

Disability studies

Human geography

Sociology

Research publications: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-huque

 

Knowledge exchange

Participatory working with community-based organisations, including the development of research reports for organisational use.

Current project grants

Co-Investigator, Wellcome Trust Discovery Award

Past project grants

Principal Investigator, Edinburgh Mental Health Seed Fund Award

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