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Impact: Improving the lives of refugees around the world

Impact: Transforming the lives of those suffering visual stress

Joint winner: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 – Best International Research Impact

Impact: Improving the lives of military veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Impact: Understanding powerlessness, understanding patients

Exploring feelings of powerlessness has helped our philosophers improve end of life care.

Insight: Depression. A couples’ disease?

Four in ten adults in the UK report having experienced depression at some point in their life and many are in a long-term relationship at the time. How can professionals better support couples?

Impact: How we started the green exercise revolution

Our pioneering green exercise research has captured the interest of people around the world.

Impact: Catalyst Project – Improving community services through the power of data

We helped Essex County Council and Suffolk County Council use cutting-edge technology to predict risk, evaluate public service initiatives and target services for vulnerable people.

Insight: Can we do more to support birth mothers after a child's taken into care?

We are helping develop and assess services supporting vulnerable mothers facing recurring care proceedings.

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Impact: Shaping public views on foreign aid