Interdisciplinary research

The Centre's academics incorporate qualitative and quantitative research methods in a truly interdisciplinary fashion; connecting science, the arts and the humanities to improve understanding of the health risks and opportunities presented by the environment.

Climate Change, Community and Social Inequalities

HouseInc – Inclusive housing for marginalised communities

Analysing the interlinked dimensions of housing inequalities, with a focus on marginalised communities in four European countries.

Food Systems and Planetary Health

Global Community Food for Human Nutrition and Planetary Health in Small Islands (Global CFaH)

Global CFaH aims to understand the potential for improving household diet, nutrition, and food security, and reducing the burden of nutrition related diseases by promoting increased community-based food production based on agroecological principles, in small island countries.

Community and Social Inequalities

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…

Blue Environments and Health

Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition

Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition explores the inextricably interconnected and complex relationship between oceans and humans. Through the lens of the expanding oceans and human health…

Community and Social Inequalities

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.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Building individual and community resilience through nature based therapies (RESONATE)

The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), together with colleagues from the Behavioural Sciences Research Group, will lead a work package for a new €7m research project on…

Community and Social Inequalities

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.

Community and Social Inequalities

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…

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Tackling health inequalities with natural infrastructure

A five-year project focusing on how policies related to planning, managing, and investing in natural environments can reduce health inequalities.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots extension project  

A consortium of researchers from The Universities of Sheffield, Plymouth, Exeter and Sheffield Hallam have been funded to evaluate a one year extension to the Government’s flagship Green Social Prescribing test and learn pilots programme.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Greengage pilot RCT

A pilot test for a full randomised controlled trial of nature-based activities designed to support people with depression and anxiety.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbiology

Is antimicrobial resistance in rivers a public health risk?

This PhD project is investigating the public health implications of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in rivers and lakes across three novel studies.

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