Rikke Amundsen (Digital Media and Culture, Department of Digital Humanities), Laura Gibson (Digital Content Management Education, Department of Digital Humanities), Emily Stewart (Founder and Director, The Real Period Project), students and staff at King’s College London

Menstrual Cycle Awareness and Embodied Technologies, led by Rikke Amundsen and Laura Gibson, explored how menstrual cycle awareness and digital technologies shape everyday experiences of study and work in higher education. Working with students and staff at King’s College London, the project addressed a growing gap between increased public conversation about menstrual health and the limited ways universities account for cyclical, embodied experience in institutional life.

In collaboration with the Real Period Project, the team delivered menstrual cycle awareness sessions, focus groups, and a multi-stakeholder workshop bringing together academics, charities, and digital health practitioners. These activities created space for participants to reflect on how menstruation intersects with campus environments, workplace culture, institutional policies, and the use of menstrual tracking technologies. The project has laid the groundwork for future sector-facing guidance on menstrual wellbeing in higher education, positioning universities as key sites for ethical, inclusive approaches to embodied health and digital care.

To read more about the project, please see the PDF case study below.

Menstrual Cycle Awareness and Embodied Technologies – PDF Case Study