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Discover how Bournemouth University and the University of Glasgow joined forces to turn scientific theory into art, opening the door to a world of interdisciplinary possibilities.

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How we deal with emotional experiences not only impacts the mind, but the body too, according to research carried out by BU’s Professor Roger Baker.

Research led by Professor Jane Murphy and Dr Joanne Holmes of the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre (ADRC) at BU has resulted in the development of a toolkit that’s helping to transform nutritional care for people with dementia. This has reached 3,046 known recipients to date.

The SAIL project aims to identify new and sustainable partnership opportunities between areas such as leisure, tourism and health to help ageing people be more active and remain independent for longer.

Working with military experts to explore the concept of hybrid warfare and advise government officials and NATO about how to deal with this new and emerging threat.

BU research which guided policymakers on the implications for intellectual property rights in the UK, as a result of 3D printing, is set to shape the landscape on an international scale.

The National Centre for Cross Disciplinary Social Work (NCCDSW) (formerly the National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work) at BU has developed an exceptional reputation, delivering trusted education, research and consultancy with NHS Trusts, local authorities and other major employers in England, including the British Forces Social Work Service.

Discover how a BU project is helping disabled children tell their stories.

Research project Aftershock Nepal, which questioned the media’s handling of the 2015 earthquake, has led the way for similar initiatives to address humanitarian crises worldwide.

DRIVE is a new network that brings together academics, NGOs, stakeholders and practitioners from Kenya with UK partners to maximise digital technologies to address development challenges.

BU's Dr Jayne Caudwell is working with local stakeholders to help provide valuable swimming sessions for the transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming community. 

MultiFluid will develop a multi-level theory and hybrid solution with tools to provide a coherent multi-level enhancement to refine the fluid details and offer user-friendly controls in animation.

Bournemouth University has led the way in helping people with multiple sclerosis to manage their fatigue, the most common and debilitating of the disease’s symptoms.

Discover how the research of BU’s Dr Anna Feigenbaum has empowered everyday civilians to report the use of riot control weapons, such as tear gas canisters, during protest situations.

Researchers from Bournemouth University, in collaboration with the University of Brighton, have been exploring how advances in digital technologies are transforming our reading experiences – and have transformed how reading is researched in the process.

VISTA AR is a research project funded by ERDF that is working closely with  a number of tourist attractions in the South of England and the North of France , to develop an understanding of visitor experiences and using virtual reality to create new business models.

This project investigates how best to safeguard, protect and investigate mass graves to ensure truth and justice for survivor populations. 

The understanding of human anatomy is vital to the delivery of healthcare. Drawing on the computer animation and visualisation skills available at BU, the team are developing an online medical teaching platform to help improve medical education and training.

Investigating the use of generative AI tools in media creation in the context of responsible AI.

Investigating the efficacy of nurse-led, technology-supported models of care for patients requiring assessment, support and health education for skin cancer detection. 

This project started life as a symposium at BU, in June 2022, and evolved into an edited collection of articles published by Edinburgh University Press in Summer 2025.

Taking place across Europe, this project explores how to reduce unemployment and obesity at the same time through supporting people to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Run by Catalin Brylla, this project explores the engagement with digital media for improving physical, psychological, social and economic wellbeing in the visually impaired community.

Exploring blame dynamics around the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts. 

How a cycling and education programme is helping patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Digital Arts for Refugee Engagment (DA-RE) is an exploratory research project using arts-based activities in combination with digital literacy for developing the capabilities of refugee youth in Turkey and Bangladesh.

Researchers at Bournemouth University were commissioned by Health Education England (HEE) to develop the ‘Dementia Education And Learning Through Simulation 2’ (DEALTS2) programme. DEALTS2 is simulation-based dementia toolkit that’s being used nationally to support the delivery of dementia education across acute care.

BU’s programme of research focuses on location, evaluation, excavation, recovery, recording of crimes scenes and the analysis and use of evidence in a legal context. It is a combination of primary research and the analysis of the results of professional practice.

Developing an intervention to support older adults using personalised health coaching and digital technology to manage symptoms of frailty and long-term health conditions.

Exploring how digital interventions can support successful reintegration into the workforce after a stroke. 

Exploring the experiences of deaf and disabled television professionals working both on and behind the screen.

ECO-CODING is a Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) funded project that will bring the technology of DNA barcoding to BU, collaborating environmental organisations and local school children.

The Emotional Processing Scale for Wellbeing (EPS-W) taps into how people deal with changes and challenges in their working lives and provides guidance for improving wellbeing and building emotional resilience.

Exploring practice approaches to safeguarding adults who experience hate crime and discriminatory abuse. 

Understanding how the characteristics of CEOs influence research and development, innovation, and performance. 

Fair access – or widening participation (WP) – is an area of considerable interest in the UK’s higher education sector. Its impetus is on breaking down barriers that prevent people from diverse backgrounds from entering higher education, and flourishing when they do.

The National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice (NCPQSWPP) is working in partnership with government and trade bodies to raise awareness of the scale of the problem and to gain a greater understanding of the reasons why people are drawn into a scam. 

Project PDE-GIR, led by Bournemouth University, is developing partial differential equation (PDE) techniques to improve geometric modelling, image processing, and shape reconstruction (GIR). 

Funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the project aims to create dialogue and engage with minority ethnic communities around brain health and dementia.

Funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, the INSCCOPe project aims to improve the nutritional health of older people in the community, by supporting the implementation of a new procedure for screening and treatment of malnutrition.

Dr Ian Stephenson’s research develops new techniques to produce and render higher quality 3D images for feature film production.

BU’s combination of theoretical and practice-based research into health and social care education and practice gives the balance needed to deliver effective training programmes with wide-reaching impacts.

Exploring LGBTQI+ communities' experiences of the Eurovision Song Contest to examine attitudes, perceptions and practices. 

Discover how BU is working in partnership with Coda Music Centre and SEN schools to make music more accessible to all children.

A novel approach to investigating inequalities in nutrition and healthy ageing for older Black African adults in the UK. 

BU breastfeeding research has generated impacts for a wide range of beneficiaries at a local, national and international level.

Within today’s information societies, there are a number of ‘informational interests’ on the basis of which certain rights are claimed and wrongs denounced.

Providing a first-person perspective of what it feels like to have dementia in an unfamiliar hospital environment. 

ASPIRE is part of the Interreg VA Channel programme and will run from September 2019 to February 2023. The project has a total budget of over €10million and involves partners from the UK and France.

This research has considered the expression of sentencing explanations through face to face and telephone interviews with 16 youth court Magistrates across Southern England. 

An inclusive community food model for the health, wellbeing and social connectedness of older people. 

Exploring where, when and under what circumstances the mapping of mass graves should be avoided or kept secret so that protection is not jeopardised.

Improving the retention rate of registered nursing staff through collaborative development and use of an evidence-based nurse retention model.

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are increasingly used for their muscle-building and aesthetic effects. But they can have a detrimental impact on physical and emotional wellbeing, and little is known about the experiences of their users.

CIPPM, in collaboration with other European research centres, has been at the forefront of research to develop solutions for the digitization of our cultural heritage.

Developing the tools to empower the youngest generations of refugees.

An interactive narrative aimed at young people in high risk areas of Colombia at high risk of (re)recruitment by non-state armed gangs. 

Researchers at Bournemouth University have been undertaking a programme of research around self-management approaches for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to improve everyday quality of life.

See how BU researchers have helped a Scottish town to explain its history in a modern way.

Co-created by older people and academic researchers, this project will explore what it means to be an older person in a digital world.

BU researchers developed practice development approaches that would work across a wide variety of health and social care settings.

Working with the charity Energise Me, this project explored how the people working in physical activity, and their attitudes, affect the physical activity levels of LGBT+ people.

The Centre for Media History (CMH) has won over £1 million in grants to digitise radio collections. Together with published output this has created the leading academic centre for radio history.

This AHRC network is focused on three emblematic contexts: two rural communities (Bario and Long Lamai) in Malaysia, a historical town (Ilha de Moçambique) in Mozambique, and five favelas (Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil.

Neal White has conducted interdisciplinary research across art and techno scientific disciplines at BU since 2003. His work uses art as a reflective framework – an active cyclical experiment – through which we can ask questions that will lead to unexpected events and ideas.

Reading on Screen is a collaboration between the universities of Bournemouth and Brighton funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The Refugee and Migrant Leisure Network (RMLN) connects Bournemouth University academics working within the Centre for Events, Leisure, Society and Culture (CELSC) with local community partners.

Working with partners and the community to enable those who have experience of being homeless or vulnerably housed to have a voice in research. 

A short, animated film that shows the process of mass grave protection and investigation from the perspective of victims’ families.

Neighborhood Justice Panels (NJPs) in England are a local justice initiative made accessible to the public via the police and through probation recommendations in court. They provide an out of court option that is both flexible and cost-effective due to voluntary support.

Funded by Dementia Research UK, this project is working collaboratively with veterans with dementia to better understand their experiences and support needs. 

CIPPM undertook a comparative study of commercial music videos and amateur parodies to determine whether there were economic consequences to the presence of parody.

Using innovative music-based methods to understand and engage with youth at risk of criminal exploitation in Albania. 

Research led by the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) in conjunction with industry bodies has investigated management practices in the UK television industry. 

This project investigates care and support provided to people in their homes during the pandemic. It focuses on home care workers, carers and volunteers and the role they played in sustaining others and keeping them well at home. 

The 'Story 2 Remember' project is using drama and storytelling to create a training program to be used by health and social care professionals in care settings, with people with Alzheimer's disease.

This project aims to design, develop and test an intervention to support TV freelancers’ careers. 

A co-produced sustainable food-based intervention to improve nutritional health and ageing in older South Asian and Black African and Caribbean communities living in the UK 

The Active Ageing Evaluation is a collaborative research project between the Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit (BUCRU) and Active Dorset. Active Dorset is a local organisation responsible for creating the conditions for local people to choose an active lifestyle through participation in sport and physical activity.

The Centre for Applied Creative Technologies PLUS (CfACTs+) will transform the healthcare sector and training with digital technologies. 

An exhibition showcasing young LGBTQ+ positive experiences of social media and the internet. 

This project is designed to progressively develop comprehensive data on states and their relationship with missing persons. 

Comparing different nutritional approaches for treating malnourished older adults in care homes. 

This study will consider the impact of greater fear and anxiety around pain (pain catastrophising) and how this affects the time when women are admitted to hospital in labour, their labour choices, and birth outcomes.

Dr Samuel Nyman's research into improving the wellbeing and health of those with dementia and their carers.

The TOMATO project will help develop an intervention to provide nutritional care for people living with dementia at home.

Demonstrating the role of digital media and advertising in stimulating consumer imagination has transformed advertising in Transport for London. 

The UK-China Health and Economy Partnership is a novel knowledge transfer partnership that will promote long-term collaboration between Bournemouth University, the University of York, the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds.

UCCVP aims to explore and investigate cloud-based virtual film production in both the UK and China, identifying key challenges and developing future strategic plans for UK-China collaboration in the film industry.

Funded by the reproductive and gynaecological health charity Wellbeing of Women, this study into the perineal practice undertaken by midwives at the time of birth collected information from across the four countries of the UK.

Why are some people highly engaged by political communication, while others are not? Why do some people believe spurious claims of political actors while others approach them all with cynicism?

Exploring the experiences and motivations of production managers working in UK television, as well as the current skills gap for the industry. 

Exploring practical ways to support people who might find it difficult to access virtual or remote health services and who might be affected by wider inequalities.

Researchers are investigating the feasibility of using slow and deep breathing as an alternative treatment method for high blood pressure during pregnancy.

Exploring feelings of belonging and identity within post-industrial communities in the North East of England and Eastern Germany and their representation in media and popular culture.