Creative Health Research Symposium

Since the publication of Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing in 2017 there has been a significant development of practice, policy and research around the concept of creative health.

At The University of Manchester we have been exploring the research landscape around creative health, beginning to map research agendas and identifying support for interdisciplinary networking both internally and externally to further develop a framework for creative health research.

This has built on our collaborative research project Organisations of Hope: Building a Creative Health Consortium in Greater Manchester (2022/2023) in which we mapped creative health activity in the city region as part of phase 2 of the UKRI Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities research programme.

This one-day symposium aims to bring together people interested in creative health research and its broader intersection with practice and policy. The day will include speaker panels, plenary discussion and a participatory session in which we invite you to get involved in the conversation through creative activities. Key themes addressed during the day include an exploration of the research landscape in creativity, health and wellbeing, creative methods and creative health/ care research and inequalities.

Confirmed speakers:

Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt

Consultant in creative health and cultural policy strategy, policy and research.

Professor Louise Mansfield

Professor of Professor of Sport, Health and Social Sciences and Research Lead for Welfare, Health and Wellbeing in the Institute of Environment, Health and Societies at Brunel University.

Dr Hannah Waterson

Research and Policy Manager at the National Centre for Creative Health

Dr Stephen Hicks

Senior Lecturer in Social Work, 'Creativity, Health and Wellbeing' Research Lead for Creative Manchester, The University of Manchester.

Dr Sarah Skyrme

Honorary Research Associate, Division of Neuroscience, Research Associate, Division of Population Health, Health Services, The University of Manchester

Dr Patsy Irizar

Simon Research Fellow, Sociology, The University of Manchester

Professor Chris Dayson

Professor of Voluntary Action, Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University

Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton

Julie McCarthy

Strategic Lead – Creative Health GM NHS

Dr Julian Hargreaves

Director of Research at The Woolf Institute

Tickets

The symposium is free and is open to anyone with an interest in creative health research. Catering will be provided on the day.

Funded Travel Costs

We understand that travel costs may be a barrier to some who would like to attend. We have a small budget available to support PhD/ unwaged/ freelance researchers subject to demand– if this applies to you please contact Angela Whitecross ([email protected]) by Friday 17 May, 2024.

This event is presented by Creative Manchester and researchers at The University of Manchester.

Creative Manchester is an interdisciplinary research platform based at The University of Manchester. The platform champions research in creativity and creative practice, bringing together research communities with external stakeholders to explore new research areas and address strategic opportunities. Please visit the website for more information about Creative Manchester.

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