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)
EC3R
Establishing Capacity, Connection and Collaboration for Early Career Researchers working at the intersection of the Arts, Humanities, and Health.
MARCH Network
Investigating how social, cultural, community engagement can support our mental health
Music and Motherhood: Europe
Supporting and evaluating the European roll-out of singing sessions for postpartum depression
The psychoneuroimmunology of music
Exploring how music affects the interaction between psychological processes, the brain and the immune system
One Nation One Project
A major national evaluation of social prescribing across 22 sites in the US
Loneliness, isolation and physical health
Using cohort study data and hospital admission records to establish how loneliness & isolation are linked to health outcomes.
Social Prescribing for Severe Mental Illnesses (SuPreME)
Improving access to social prescribing for people with severe mental illnesses
Dance/Connect
Exploring if, and how, online dance classes support young people living with anxiety
SHAPER (Melodies for Mums)
Investigating the impact of singing for postnatal depression, via a randomised controlled trial and an implementation science study.