Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, we’re excited to bring you something special: Episode 2 of the Health CASCADE Masterclass. This Masterclass, ‘Advancing the Science of Co-creation of Health Promotion and Behaviour Change Interventions’ begins with an introduction from Professor Sebastien Chastin. You then… Read More »New Year, New Masterclass!
We are thrilled to share the fantastic news that our Health CASCADE research fellow, Dr. Giuliana R. Longworth, successfully defended her PhD thesis at Fundació Blanquerna on Wednesday, 20th November 2024. Her thesis, titled “Advancing the Science Behind Co-Creation for Public Health: A Focus on Implementation… Read More »Congratulations to Dr. Giuliana R. Longworth on Defending Her PhD Thesis!
Mira Vogelsang is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral fellow within the Health CASCADE project. Her research focuses on comparing the core elements of different co-creation processes, contributing to generalisable protocol development on how to conduct co-creation for workplace sedentary behaviour interventions. The Workplace Health Co-Creation Study… Read More »Part II: Driving impactful change to workplace well-being: A Scottish company’s co-creation journey
Glasgow Science Festival, a city-wide festival of science-fuelled fun for adults and children alike, returned for its 18th year, celebrating how research transforms our lives, cities, and futures! This year, Health CASCADE researchers based at Glasgow Caledonian University hosted a session in the beautiful Botanic… Read More »Listening to young voices: How co-creation could transform Glasgow
In research, the transition from naive practice to a robust co-creation approach is hindered by fragmented knowledge about co-creation. This fragmentation arises from diverse theories, methods and perspectives linked to co-creation, with very little cross-learning between fields and contexts. This complicates the synthesis of existing… Read More »Fragmented Knowledge: Bridging the Divide from Naive Praxis to Robust Co-creation
Lauren McCaffrey is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral fellow within the Health CASCADE innovative training network. Her research investigates co-creator’s experiences and how it influences their participation and engagement in the co-creation process. The Workplace Health Co-Creation Study focused on addressing sedentary behaviour among employees –… Read More »Driving impactful change to workplace well-being: A Scottish company’s co-creation journey
Quentin Loisel is part of the work package aiming to develop technologies enabling evidence-based co-creation. His work bridges technology and the fundamental human dimension within the values of the complex co-creation process. His work recently focused on how generative artificial intelligence can improve governance, collective… Read More »The keys to a successful multidisciplinary project
Exciting developments unfolded in Brussels as Katrina Messiha concluded her secondment at EuroHealthNet on December 15th, 2023. In her role as an Academic and Policy Researcher, Katrina focused on crafting a Policy Précis addressing health equity through inclusive participatory processes. This document provides a comprehensive… Read More »Katrina’s Secondment in Brussels at EuroHealthNet
Katrina Messiha, in her capacity as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge through the NIHR-funded ComPHAD project, has been involved in integrating her PhD work to contribute to the advancement of brain health research, with a focus on prioritising historically marginalised groups. Since… Read More »Katrina’s Secondment in Cambridge, the ComPHAD project
The question of “Why research co-creation when it’s been used for decades?” is a familiar inquiry in co-creation circles. In response, our PhD Fellow, Danielle Agnello, embarks on a valuable secondment, collaborating with the innovative minds at Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam. Danielle is leading a… Read More »How to Co-Create in the Real World: Danielle’s Secondment to Waag Futurelab