2025

Sharing people with dementia's experiences of public transport

Dr James Fletcher has created IN-CITU, an exhibition of photography and data poetry captured by older people with cognitive impairment.

2024

Reimagining Recruitment in academia

Leda Blackwood has been investigating the factors that cause STEM early career researchers to leave academia.

Festivals can be a powerful force for sustainable lifestyle changes, new research shows

Festivals and mass gatherings can empower and inspire people making lifestyle changes for a sustainable future, according to new research from a vegan festival which suggests the power of these collective experiences may have been underestimated.

2023

Study identifies barriers that limit young men at HIV risk from taking preventative drug

A new qualitative study from Bath psychologists suggests a lack of information and perceived necessity, as well as awkwardness, are impacting uptake of PrEP.

Support available for older people experiencing high levels of food poverty in B&NES

University of Bath psychology research from Dr Leda Blackwood and Rebecca Hurwitz reveals high levels of food insecurity for older people on low incomes.

Focus groups can work without a moderator, shows research

Focus groups that feed views, experiences and opinions into politics, business and research might yield more open interaction and discussion within groups by moving moderators to a separate room, shows new research.

2022 and earlier

Nobody Is Immune To Loneliness, Here’s How To Prevent It Affecting Your Health

Prof Julie Barnett contributed to Vogue's exploration of how loneliness affects health, why we need to talk about it more, and positive steps to preventing it.