CHASE Lecture Series

D6: Culture in Transit

Northumbria University's Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) helps tackle inequalities through research, education and its work as an anchor institution in the North East of England. Through our new public lecture series, hosted by CHASE, we aim to raise awareness of inequalities and injustices of all kinds.

Our next event in the series will feature D6: Culture in Transit, visual arts producers working with extraordinary artists across borders to promote social and environmental consciousness. Through artistic exchange, research residencies and international projects, they believe art can help create a kinder and better informed society.

Refreshments will be served. 

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL OPEN SOON.

About CHASE

The Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) at Northumbria University is dedicated to helping all people live healthier for longer, developing new interventions to support the most marginalised in society and shaping a healthcare workforce that will change lives and meet future needs.  

Through our experiential education, interdisciplinary research and engagement with the communities we work with we strive to tackle social equity issues and address inequalities, improve healthcare and social work practice, develop the workforce of the future and better understand our role as an anchor institution in making the world a fairer place.  

The CHASE Lecture Series brings together region, national and international stakeholders, students, academics and people from the communities we work with to discuss key challenges and how we can overcome those to ensure an equitable society. The series will raise awareness of marginalisation for various groups including presenting the perspectives of those who have lived experience of these issues and will challenge attendees to develop more inclusive practices and to prioritise their work across social mobility and inclusion.  

Professor Monique Lhussier, Director of CHASE

Having graduated as an engineer in biological sciences, with a Masters in cellular nutrition and a PhD in sociology, Professor Lhussier is a lifelong researcher. As a social scientist, she has expertise in marginalisation, welfare and wellbeing. Her work focuses on understanding processes of engagement for groups which are often deemed ‘hard to reach’ or in situations of social or health precarity. She has expertise in a number of research methodologies and is particularly known for my innovative work in realist approaches to research.  

She is the Director for the Centre for Health and Social Equity at Northumbria University and deputy lead for the theme of Health Inequalities and Marginalised Communities of the NIHR North East North Cumbria Applied Research Collaboration.  

She is currently co-leading a £1.4M UKRI funded programme of work to help tackle homelessness in the North East and Cumbria, which was described as one of the largest investments in homelessness research. She has also recently undertaken research on women's experiences of homelessness, on adults at risk of exploitation, and into women who have been subjected to recurrent care proceedings.