Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP)
This project seeks to address the upstream commercial determinants of health, and improve population health and equity through action at local government level.
Centre for 21st Century Public Health
Our research explores ground-breaking approaches to public health and sustainability to enable us to meet the unique challenges of the 21st century.
About the Centre for 21st Century Public Health
Population health improvement requires action on commercial, political, economic and social determinants of health, engaging with the complexity of both the challenges and the responses to them.
Building on the ground-breaking work of the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), we investigate how corporate practices and global structures affect health, well-being, and equity. Our transdisciplinary research uses rich data and diverse methods to evaluate the real-world impact of policies and interventions across local, national, and global contexts.
We are committed to social justice, public interest science, sustainability, and nurturing the next generation of public health research leaders. Through projects like Local Health and Global Profits, we connect global corporate power to local health outcomes—driving change that helps people and places thrive.
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Our research and people
Find out more about our research and the people who contribute to it, and the projects and research groups we are associated with.
Tobacco Control Research Group
Our multidisciplinary, international research group examines how companies influence health and policy; and evaluates and provides evidence for policy change.
Centre for 21st Century Public Health members
Information about members of the Centre for 21st Century Public Health.
Latest Centre Publications
An overview of the most recent papers and reports produced by members of the Centre for 21st Century Public Health.
Spotlight
Highlights from our latest news, research and activities
Co-Directors join global experts making the case for wellbeing-centred policymaking
Prof. Anna Gilmore and Prof. Harry Rutter to give keynote addresses on structural drivers of health at Wellbeing Economy Forum in Iceland.
Centre for 21st Century Public Health joins two major global public health networks
The Centre has been accepted as a member of two influential international networks: the WHO/Europe Public Health Innovation Platform and the NCD Alliance.
Centre Directors deliver learning sessions for UK government department
Centre leaders Harry Rutter and Eleonora Fichera deliver sessions to HMRC on systems thinking and policy modelling using real-world case studies.
The business of health misinformation
This Local Health and Global Profits webinar explores the social media industry as a commercial determinant of health
Annual Calendar exposes alcohol and UPF industries’ relentless push to increase consumption
Trinity academics create 2026 calendar, revealing the power of commercial time-shaping, featuring work by Prof. Anna Gilmore
How commercial actors exploit climate change to undermine health governance
Analysis by Dan Hunt and Dr Britta Matthes reveals how climate change is weakening governance, creating openings for corporate capture.
Resource hub, training and guides
Access our resources and training opportunities.
Commercial Determinants of Health Resource Hub
A curated collection of practical tools, frameworks, and evidence to support public health action on commercial determinants of health.
Tobacco Tactics
Visit Tobacco Tactics for rigorous research on the tobacco industry.
Tobacco industry monitoring, research and accountability training
The Tobacco Control Research Group provides training to those who wish to learn more about implementing effective tobacco control policies.
Events
Our upcoming events and seminars.
The Centre for 21st Century Public Health Brown Bag Seminar Series
This seminar series for Bath researchers aims to spark interdisciplinary collaboration and offer opportunities for exchanging ideas.
The Centre for 21st Century Public Health seminar series
Come along to one of our seminars, showcasing research from across the Centre for 21st Century Public Health and our partners.
About us
The Centre for 21st Century Public Health (C21PH) at the University of Bath aspires to be a globally recognised, vibrant, trusted, and distinguished leader in innovative public health research that drives meaningful change at local, national, and international levels to improve human and planetary health.
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