More DeStress(ed) minds on the job!

A Happy Belated New Year The Project DeStress team have all had a lovely destressing time over the Christmas and New Year holiday break, that we are all raring to get back into our work, beginning with analysis on the fieldwork we conducted last summer and developing the visual scenarios for our simulator. We are […]


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Lisa Lavia joins the research team

Dr Sarah Payne is delighted to announce that Lisa Lavia, Managing Director of the Noise Abatement Society has started her doctoral research as part of Project DeStress. Already a Project Partner, Lisa is now extending her involvement with the project, diversifying from assisting with public engagement and enhancing the impact of DeStress results, to creating her […]


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A buzz of DeStress Activity

The last few months have been exciting, with lots of activities happening for Project DeStress. The identification of quiet, calm, or tranquil urban outdoor places has started by the public, with 511 points being mapped in the case study cities of Edinburgh, Sheffield, and Brighton and Hove. The mapping questionnaire was launched on International Noise […]


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Project DeStress is recruiting!

Two fabulous opportunities have arisen to join the research team at Project DeStress, at Heriot-Watt University with Dr Sarah Payne. One is for a post doctoral acoustician the other is to become a doctorate research student. Further information about each is described below and full details can be found at the relevant links. I look forward […]


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