PROJECT – Life Course

In September 2018, the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health held an interdisciplinary conference called “Midlife Conversations”. The conference brought together scholars from across many disciplines, including history, biology, literature, psychology, sociology, and film studies, along with artists and members of the public, to explore the concept of mid-life. The following publication has […]

The Centre’s Beacon Projects aspire to exemplify the ways in which the Centre aims to create and sustain cultures and environments of health through transdisciplinary engaged research. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Transforming relationships and relationship transitions with and for the next generation: Healthy Relationship Education (HeaRE) and Transitions (HeaRT). Professor Anne Barlow Dr Tamsin Newlove-Delgado Dr Jan Ewing […]

Transformative Research Awards support novel, innovative and interesting research that moves beyond established divisions and dichotomies to enable insight, debate and new approaches to current health challenges. Dance, Health and Well-being: debating and moving forward methodologies It is now widely agreed that there is considerable evidence of the positive benefits of dance in developing physical […]

Research Initiation Awards are small awards open only to people or organisations from outside the university. Our aim is to support individual people or community organisations to begin to build the relationships or help create the conditions that could initiate future engaged research. Planting a seed during a drought – working for maternal health in […]

Research Initiation Awards are small awards open only to people or organisations from outside the university. Our aim is to support individual people or community organisations to begin to build the relationships or help create the conditions that could initiate future engaged research. The impact of a cancer diagnosis on close relationships We Hear You […]

The Research Support Funding scheme supported 13 short (six-month) projects that complemented and extended the Centre’s research themes: Transforming Institutions, Transforming Engagement, Transforming Health across the life course and Transforming Relations. Generating evidence of well-being outcomes from community engagement and social infrastructures Workshop date: 24th September 2019  The background A group of community representatives in […]