Community and Social Inequalities

We are addressing health and social inequalities through a series of local and global projects that examine issues such as healthy homes, workplace equality, digital inclusion, food security, nutrition and health, social prescribing and climate adaptation.

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HouseInc – Inclusive housing for marginalised communities

Analysing the interlinked dimensions of housing inequalities, with a focus on marginalised communities in four European countries.
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Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory

An £8.7m project generating data on energy usage in UK homes to inform strategies aiming to meet net zero climate targets.
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Energy Demand Research Centre

A transformative research programme focused on energy demand reductions in buildings, transport and industry.
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Sensing Climate

A 5-year project placing the expertise of disabled people at the forefront of the climate crisis, creating new strategies to navigate a changing world.
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Evaluating Coastal Rural Communities Active and Sustainable Travel: COAST

Promoting sustainable active travel can be more challenging in rural areas. For people living in rural settings such as villages and small towns, getting around using active transport such as…
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Evaluating Coastal Rural Communities’ Active and Sustainable Travel: COAST

Promoting sustainable active travel can be more challenging in rural areas. For people living in rural settings such as villages and small towns, getting around using active transport such as…
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Working with Businesses

Supporting Cornish SMEs Since 2016, the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) – which is part of the University of Exeter in Cornwall – has supported more than…
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Making Sense of Internal Environments for Health

In the UK, there are persistent and overlapping inequalities in health, housing and digital inclusion. The Smartline Project has revealed valuable insights into the role that digital technologies could play…
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Evaluating the social value of sensor systems in social housing

This multi-partner project is evaluating the social return on investment of adopting an indoor environment sensor system.
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Digital Inclusion

The Smartline project investigated how digital technology can support connected communities. The project asked: What are people’s attitudes towards digital technology, and what barriers prevent people from using it? How…
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SenseWell: Using Sensors to Support Independent Living

A feasibility study investigating whether sensors in homes can help to identify health risks and changing conditions, to support independent living at home.​​ Can sensors identify changing health conditions?​ Should sensors be…
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Making environmental and health equal, diverse, and inclusive: Reflections from a Centre of Environment and Human Health (REACH)

The UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded the Reflections from a Centre of Environment and Human Health (REACH) project which focused on understanding aspects of institutional whiteness and processes and…
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