East Midlands Sustainable Living and Mental Wellbeing (EM-SLAM)

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East Midlands Sustainable Living and Mental Wellbeing (EM-SLAM) is an Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Focal Award that funds doctoral training across four East Midlands universities: Loughborough University (lead), De Montfort University, the University of Leicester, and Nottingham Trent University. Hosted through Loughborough's Storytelling Academy, it uses storytelling as a shared research methodology to investigate the relationships between sustainable living, ecological anxiety and grief, and mental wellbeing, working at the intersection of the environmental and health humanities. It supports a minimum of thirty AHRC-funded doctoral researchers, up to forty in total with university match-funding, over a nine-year period, with each researcher undertaking a four-year PhD. Doctoral researchers work with a network of health, sustainability and cultural partner organisations through placements and co-produced research. The award was established in 2025, with its first cohort entering in 2026.

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Founding year

2025

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University affiliation(s)

Loughborough University
Loughborough

Partner Infrastructures

National Justice Museum

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Nottingham

Partner Universities

De Montfort University

Nottingham Trent University

University of Leicester

Additional Partnerships

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Mental Health Foundation; Centre for Mental Health; The National Forest; National Memorial Arboretum; Charnwood Arts; Design in Mental Health Network; The Generator; Fearon Hall; Trash Free Trails; Active Together; BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health CIO