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Lauren Wray (University of Leeds)

Position
Project Officer
Faculty
Arts, Humanities and Cultures
School
University of Leeds

Lauren joined Changing the Story as a Project Officer in May 2019. Prior to CTS, she worked as a Project Development Worker for several small charities in the UK including a local mental health and youth homelessness charity. Her career has been dedicated to elevating youth voice and creating space for youth participation in project development, activism, and campaigning. Lauren is passionate about Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and sits on an E, D and I steering group for a local youth charity.

She has a BSc in Psychology and an MA in Global Development and Gender from the University of Leeds.


Resource Archive

Search or browse the resource archive for films, reports, toolkits and other resources produced by the Changing the Story and its commissioned projects. Items written by Lauren Wray are listed below:

TitleSummaryAuthorCategoriesTagsdoc_categories_hfilterdoc_tags_hfilter
Going Digital A Changing the Story Position on online arts and humanities researchBlog (2020/03/31) Going Digital A Changing the Story Position on online arts and humanities researchLauren Wray, , , safeguardingblog language-english subject-participatory-arts subject-policy
Engage young people as participants and collaborators in research projectsBlog (2020/07/04) Engage young people as participants and collaborators in research projectsLauren Wray, , , , blog language-english subject-covid19 subject-reflections youth
Praxis is launching a podcast series!Blog (2020/01/21) Praxis is launching a podcast series!Lauren Wray, PRAXIS, eventblog language-english
From grassroots participation to policyBlog (2020/05/07) From grassroots participation to policyLauren Wray, , , , blog language-english subject-covid19 subject-policy subject-reflections
Stop infantilising reflections on how to ensure meaningful engagement with young peopleBlog (2021/04/30) Stop infantilising reflections on how to ensure meaningful engagement with young peopleLauren Wray, , blog language-english youth
Decarbonising ResearchBlog (2020/06/30) Decarbonising ResearchLauren Wray, , blog language-english subject-climate-change
In Conversation Heritage for Global ChallengesBlog (2020/04/28) In Conversation Heritage for Global ChallengesLauren Wray, , lebanon locationblog language-english subject-policy
Praxis’ Digital Lecture SeriesBlog (2020/02/04) Praxis’ Digital Lecture SeriesLauren Wray, PRAXIS, , eventblog language-english subject-policy
New Project: Developing Youth Leadership for More Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in Post-Conflict Countriesblog (2019/10/29) New Project: Developing Youth Leadership for More Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in Post-Conflict CountriesLauren Wray, , , , , , kenya namibia phase1 rwanda south-africa locationblog language-english youth
Publication Launch: Transforming Conflict and Displacement through Arts and Humanities (December 2021)Blog (2021/1206) Publication Launch: Transforming Conflict and Displacement through Arts and Humanities (December 2021)Lauren Wray, PRAXIS, Robyn Gill-Leslie, eventblog language-english