GW4 Crucible Seed Projects

Led by Dr Sarah Milosevic (Cardiff University), this project will use spatial analysis to explore if the use of private clinics for elective procedures can be optimised so as not to perpetuate health inequalities.

University of Bristol: Judy Bettridge

Cardiff University: Sarah Milosevic (PI), Diana Contreras Mojica

University of Exeter: David Barrett, Caroline Farmer, Holly Sugg

Led by Dr Enrico De Luca (University of Exeter), this public engagement project aims to explore the experiences, perceptions and expectations of LGBTQ+ people regarding ageing and related health needs

University of Bristol: Amanda Hughes

Cardiff University: Diana Contreras, Neil Turnbull, Adam Williams

University of Exeter: David Barrett, Enrico De Luca (PI)

Led by Dr Nhat (Nick) Pham (Cardiff University), this project aims to explore how a biosensing wearable system could potentially support children to manage their sensory overload, exploring what is needed from such a system and developing a prototype.

University of Bath: Aikaterini (Katrina) Tavoulari, Runan Zhang

Cardiff University: Nhat (Nick) Pham (PI), Elisa Vigna

Led by Dr Yipeng Qin (Cardiff University), this pilot study will develop prototype chattable virtual avatars for use by museums and archives, to increase access to their online collections and make visiting exhibitions more interactive, engaging and enjoyable, whilst also exploring the ethical implications of using such technology.

University of Bath: Cangxiong Chen, Deborah Brewis

University of Bristol: Barbara Caddick

Cardiff University: Yipeng Qin (PI)

University of Exeter: Peidong Mei

Led by Dr Tristan Cann (University of Exeter), this project seeks to explore the barriers researchers face when applying quantitative methods such as natural language processing to archival data, in order to understand the requirements needed to make existing archival texts accessible for large scale computation analysis.

University of Bath: Joanna Clifton-Sprigg

University of Bristol: Barbara Caddick, Thomas Larkin

London School of Economics: César Jiménez-Martínez

University of Exeter: Tristan Cann (PI)

Led by Dr Peidong Mei (University of Exeter), this project aims to investigate how ChatGPT, a prominent AI technology, impacts cognitive and social aspects of learning, and to understand the adoption process and behaviour of this technology.

University of Bath: Benoit Dillet, Deborah Brewis, Fortune Nwaiwu, Zehra Önen-Dumlu

Cardiff University: Fernando Alva Manchego

University of Exeter: Peidong Mei (PI)

Led by Dr Jasmina Stevanov (University of Bristol), this groups aims to investigate the needs and requirements for developing a digital platform for remote early detection of dementia, by gathering interdisciplinary researchers from across the UK and Europe at a workshop to discuss the challenges and limitations of the available technologies and data sources in the intelligent diagnosis of dementia.

University of Bath: Arya Shabani

University of Bristol: Jasmina Stevanov (PI)

University of Exeter: Dibyendu Dutta, Garan Jones

Led by Dr Lyndsay Grant (University of Bristol), this group will take a collaborative approach, working with students, to develop a research agenda and participatory methodology for researching surveillance in UKHE, exploring how students understand and respond to HE surveillance practices.

University of Bristol: Jessica Ogden, Lyndsay Grant (PI)

University of Exeter: Kuba Jablonowski

In response to rising rates of mental health difficulties among children and young people, the UK government has recently increased its policy focus and funding for mental health in and through schools (DoH & DfE, 2017). However, it is unclear how schools are responding to this policy agenda given ongoing pressure to deliver academic outputs. This exploratory project brings together colleagues from education, policy studies and history, and from three of the four GW4 institutions to develop interdisciplinary conversations and an intersectoral network focused on mental health in education.

University of Bath: Rachel Wilder (Co-PI)

University of Bristol: Naomi Warne

University of Exeter: Katie Howard (Co-PI), Eleni Dimitrellou, Chris Sandal-Wilson

This project responds to that turn to the past for meaning and security at a time of enormous pressure on mental health. It aims to develop a transdisciplinary methodology for archiving experiences during Covid-19 and a prototype ‘time capsule’, in order to model a low-cost, reproducible, and therapeutic practice of engagement with the past which communities can use to build back better mental health both now – and in the next crisis, whether pandemic, war, or climate breakdown.

University of Bristol: Emma Cahill

Cardiff University: Dean Whybrow

University of Exeter: Chris Sandal-Wilson (PI), Kate Holmes, Irene Salvo