Resilient economies and sustainable supply chains
Exploring how private, public and third-sector organisations adopt eco-friendly and ethical practices in their operations and supply chains.
Digital transformation
Reflecting the importance of evolving digital solutions including AI, robotics, fintech, blockchain, and the metaverse.
Health behaviours in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
This project seeks to understand and overcome the barriers to health-related behaviours in people living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. It explores alcohol consumption, smoking, diet, physical activity and uptake of NHS health checks. It also explores vaping in young people.
Support for Inter-Parental Communication
Researchers at the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology are carrying out an evaluation of Mentalization Based Therapy for Parenting under Pressure (MBT-PP), a therapy for parents delivered by Tavistock Relationships. The Support for Inter-Parental Communication (SIPCo) project is studying the effects of MBT-PP compared to the usual support available in three local authorities: Bristol, Dorset, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The project is funded by the Youth Endowment Fund.
Influenza and Covid-19 uptake in NHS employees
Qualitative insights and co-produced interventions
A face can speak a thousand words: Using artwork to understand emotions
Research into using artwork to understand emotions.
Developing self-help to reduce dental anxiety in children
We have developed the first evidence-based self-help Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) guide to reduce dental anxiety in children.
Living alone with dementia: managing without informal support to contact and navigate services
This research is about understanding the needs of people with dementia who live on their own and do not have someone to help them access services or act as a point of contact.
Why do we like to touch some objects more than others?
When interactive objects are under development, it is important to understand how people will react to and make them more aesthetically appealing.
The gut-brain axis and microbiome: a new perspective on neurological disorders
Research into the gut-brain axis and microbiome.