A fair and vibrant society research

Our researchers contribute to the development of vibrant, democratic societies that enable everyone to lead healthy and meaningful lives.
The REF is the UK’s system for assessing higher education research.
The research activities of our department fall under these research themes.
Our researchers contribute to the development of vibrant, democratic societies that enable everyone to lead healthy and meaningful lives.
Our research seeks to improve performance across a number of sporting, occupational, and clinical activities.
We develop health and wellbeing policies and programmes that target prevention and therapeutic treatments.
Staff from our department are part of these Research Centres.
Exploring pain. Finding new ways forward.
We seek to understand the impact of nutrition and exercise on human physiology and metabolism.
We foster research, training and education, and industry collaborations through qualitative research.
We deliver high quality research that has real-world impact on the safety and welfare of athletes across all levels of sport.
We focus on the study and application of motivation. We aim to understand the determinants of wellness and health, and guide behaviour-change interventions.
Our research activity is spread across four research groups.
We explore stress, anxiety, resilience, thriving, and mental health in sport and other domains - like healthcare, the military, business and performing arts.
View the membership of the Physical Culture, Sport and Health Research Group.
View the membership of the Tobacco Control Research Group.
View the membership of the Clinical Rehabilitation and Exercise Medicine (CREM) Research Group.
The impact of our research ranges from influencing international policy and practice through to generating millions of pounds of cost-savings for governments.
Our research is helping to reduce smoking and save lives by informing public policies, including via the introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes.
Our sports scientists have become embedded within British Skeleton’s Applied Science Programme as the team prepare for both Beijing 2022 and Milan Cortina 2026.
Our researchers have developed Activate; the first rugby-specific injury prevention exercise programme now used by rugby teams around the world.
In the search for tomorrow's champions, developing late can mean young athletes are overlooked. Our research helps young players reach their true potential.
Through our research, we have developed and implemented a set of recommendations to change the way in which firefighter's fitness is measured and assessed.
Our researchers have developed the 'Crouch, Bind, Set' technique, making the rugby scrum safer for millions of players around the world.
View support for research.
We support all aspects of applied health research within the University of Bath and local primary and community care.
Our comprehensive staff wiki guide provides information on starting your research study with the Bath & North East Somerset Swindon and Wiltshire Research Hub.
Our research strives to promote the population health and wellbeing and improve the quality and efficiency of health services. We work with a variety of partners at local, regional, national and international levels.
The impact of our research is far-reaching, from influencing international policy and practice to generating millions of pounds of costs-savings for governments.
Contact us to find out more about our research.