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Brighter Futures Research Series

Research that improves policy

In this series of film shorts, Presenter Jules Pretty discusses with researchers across the University of Essex how their research is improving policies.

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Right as Rain: Self-Determination and Autonomy in Health and Social Care - Brighter Futures

Professor Wayne Martin, Professor Jules Pretty

08 November 2022

Often in a Blue Moon: On Death, Grief and Bereavement - Brighter Futures

Professor Lucy Noakes, Professor Jules Pretty

07 November 2022

Green Shoots: How We Help Plant Breathe and Grow - Brighter Futures

Tracy Lawson, Professor Jules Pretty

06 November 2022

Magic Mixtures: Mud and Microbes in Rivers and Seas - Brighter Futures

Professor Graham Underwood, Professor Jules Pretty

05 November 2022

Fortune Favours the Kind: Social Infrastructure that Works - Brighter Futures

Professor Gina Reinhardt, Professor Jules Pretty

03 November 2022

An Enchanted Forest: This Body of Ours - Brighter Futures

Dr Matt Lodder, Professor Jules Pretty

02 November 2022

Easy Does It: The Rise of Surveillance and Suspicion - Brighter Futures

Peter Fussey, Professor Jules Pretty

10 October 2022

In This Together: Racial injustice in the Workplace - Brighter Futures

Dr Maria Hudson, Professor Jules Pretty

07 October 2022

The Apple and Isaac: Your Devices and Cybersecurity - Brighter Futures

Professor Klaus McDonald-Maier, Professor Jules Pretty

06 October 2022

Friends and Foes: Failed States and Authoritarian Regimes - Brighter Futures

Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor Jules Pretty

05 October 2022

Every Cloud: Advances and Networks in Global Public Health - Brighter Futures

Dr Anuj Kapilashrami, Professor Jules Pretty

03 October 2022

Cutting the Mustard: Domestic Disasters and Unpreparedness - Brighter Futures

Professor John Preston, Professor Jules Pretty

02 October 2022

Chopping Wood: Country Conflict and Cooperation - Brighter Futures

Professor Kristian Gleditsch, Professor Jules Pretty

13 June 2022

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