Introducing the  Discovering  livability  Project. Discovering  livability  is an  ambitious  seven  year  project  that  aims  to disrupt  the  current  focus  on crisis  interventions  in  suicide  prevention. The  project  is  fully  funded  by  a  welcome  and led  by  researchers  at the  University  of  Edinburgh, the  University  of  Lincoln, and  mine  in  Camden. Instead  of  asking  how we  can  prevent  people  dying, discovering  livability will  explore  how  we  might cultivate  environments  and  societies that  are  more  livable. But  what  do  we  mean  by  livability  or  livable? What  livability  means  will vary  for  different  people  and  groups. Broadly,  it  refers  to  a  range  of features  that  can  make  a  life feel  or  be  more  livable, including  social,  political, environmental,  and  cultural  contexts. We  ask,  how  is  livability  understood and  made  sense  of  by different  individuals  and  communities? The  project  is  divided up  into  four  work  packages, each  with  a  different  focus, lived  experience,  community  and  peer  support, activism  and  livable  lives, and  policy  and  politics. We'll  be  using  a  variety  of research  methods  that  focus  on people's  real  life  experiences, such  as  spending  time  in  communities, looking  closely  at  government  policies relating  to  suicide, having  in  depth  conversations, and  using  arts  based  methods  to explore  new  ways  of  thinking  about  suicide. At  the  heart  of  the  project  are lived  and  living  experiences  of  suicide. We  are  working  with  researchers,  activists, and  collaborators  from  across the  world  to  explore  what  these  experiences mean  in  practice  and  how  they  can  shape approaches  to  suicide prevention  and  research. To  find  out  more  about  the  project and  how  you  can  get  involved, you  can  email  us  via discovering  livability  at dot  dot  or  visit our  blog  sitee  via  the  link  below.