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.

Community and Social Inequalities, Other

Energy Demand Research Centre

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

Community and Social Inequalities, Other

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.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

GroundsWell: transforming our cities from the ground up

Exploring inequalities in how people access and use natural spaces in urban areas.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

RENEW : exploring how individuals relate to and experience nature and biodiversity and how this may change with biodiversity renewal

RENEW is a five-year partnership programme (2022 – 2027), led by the University of Exeter and the National Trust and funded by NERC, to develop solutions to one of the…

Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbiology, Blue Environments and Health, Climate Change

BlueAdapt- a Horizon Europe project to study how Climate Change impacts on Coastal Pathogens to affect Human Health

OCTOBER 2022-2026 The impact of climate change on health risks due to pathogens in the environment, specifically in our coastal waters is being investigated by this £8.7 million Horizon Europe…

Other

Perception of health risks relating to 5G and other wireless tech

2022- 2027 Novel applications of wireless communications technology continue to see extremely rapid growth, ranging from mobile phones and virtual reality to industry automation and the Internet of Things. In…

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Evaluating the Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots

A team from ECEHH have been funded to evaluate the Government’s flagship Green Social Prescribing test and learn pilots programme. Social prescribing and community-based support enables GPs, other health and care practitioners and local agencies to refer people to a link worker who gives people time and focuses on what matters to the individual.

Nature, Biodiversity and Health

Nature on Prescription for Mental Health: Feasibility Stage for the ‘greENGAGE’ Trial Stage

A team from the University of Exeter and University of Plymouth are conducting a feasibility study of nature-based activities reached through social prescribing. The work is funded by have been…

Climate Change

Local Climate Adaptation Tool

A partnership with Cornwall Council and local stakeholders to help decision makers plan and adapt to climate change.

Food Systems and Planetary Health

Food production in small island states

Improving community-based food production in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Food Systems and Planetary Health

Transdisciplinary data assemblages

Synthesising existing data sources to inform food policy and action in the Caribbean.

Blue Environments and Health

BlueHealth

A transdisciplinary international consortium that investigated how aquatic environments can affect the health of Europe’s population.

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