Research projects
Advancing knowledge of how social factors affect our health
We investigate how social connections and behaviours impact people’s health, including:
- Social assets: e.g. social connections, arts and culture, communities, leisure, nature, social prescribing
- Social deficits: e.g. loneliness, isolation, social restrictions during health emergencies
All our past and current projects are listed below
(Note that completed projects are indicated by a tick)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health
Collaborating with the World Health Organization to realise the global potential for the arts to support public health
Hospital-Initiated Social Prescribing for Children and Young People (CHOICES-HI)
Investigating whether hospital-initiated social prescribing could help improve the wellbeing of children and young people diagnosed with diabetes.
CAMHS And Social Prescribing Applications (CASPA)
Developing and testing a novel social prescribing pathway for young people
INcreasing AdolesCent social and community supporT (INACT)
National programme of work which aims to understand how schools and local community resources can work together to improve outcomes for pupils
EpiArts Lab
Working with University of Florida to explore how the arts are linked to health outcomes in the USA.
Wellbeing while waiting (‘INSPYRE’)
Exploring how social prescribing can help young people waiting for NHS mental health support
WE-EngAGE (Wellbeing, Engagement, Ageing)
Explores the impact of leisure engagement on the psychological, cognitive, and physical wellbeing of older adults
Arts Health Early Career Research Network
An international network led by our group that supported ECRs globally
A fRAmework of the DetermInants of Arts aNd Cultural Engagement (RADIANCE)
A new framework of individual, local and societal factors affecting arts & cultural engagement for health