Summer Short Series: Appearance-Inclusive University

About this episode

Emma Waite discusses her research on promoting appearance inclusivity at universities.

Welcome to our 2025 Summer Short Series! We're back with bitesize episodes showcasing recent work from our team at the Centre for Appearance Research! In this episode, we are joined by Emma Waite, Research Fellow at CAR, who tells us about her recent paper entitled: “Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them”: Understanding and promoting appearance inclusivity at university." Emma discusses this qualitative piece of work and what it tells us about how we can improve appearance inclusivity in universities in a meaningful way. To read the full paper follow this link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144524001311 Cover image by Nada via Unsplash Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com Episode developed and produced by Maia Thornton

People in this episode

Host: Maia Thornton

Guest: Emma Waite

Topics covered

• appearance inclusivity
• university
• qualitative research
• education
• diversity

Keywords

• appearance inclusivity
• university
• research
• qualitative study
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Appearance Research

Books & works: Make sure that everybody feels there is a space for them

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